Tonight I was scrolling through facebook and found a post about "straight pride" that struck me. I'll share it here:
I have recently spent some time talking and thinking about the idea of "privilege," and it seemed a good opportunity to share those thoughts, so I went ahead and started typing a response in the comment box. It got pretty long, and eventually I thought that it might just be something worth sharing to a wider audience.
"Privilege" is an idea that's hard to explain, especially to someone who has enjoyed it. Of course that is no shame, but it does make it harder to empathize with those who haven't. Hopefully this can help to put this conversation in a slightly different light, and hopefully this will explain a little better why these "I'm proud to be in the majority" posts might be missing the point.
Here is the letter:
