Inventing Our Enemies

"I sit on a man's back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible... except by getting off his back." - Leo Tolstoy

The essence of privilege is not recognizing you have it in the first place. When it is present, we are inclined to simply assume that things are simply the way they are, and that no conscious decisions have gone into the construction of that reality. It's ...