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CMV: While I admit that I have privilege, I still don’t see why everyone insists on me acknowledging that fact

Sorry for the weird title but I couldn’t think of a better way to phrase it.

I’m white. I’m male. I’m straight. So yes, I have privilege and I’m totally fine admitting that. So now what?

That’s really the question that I wonder whenever people bring this up. Like yeah, I have privilege but since I’m not the god-king-emperor of the planet there’s not much I can do about it. I can’t stop other people from being racist or sexist. So I always wonder why everyone seems so adamant that I admit to having privilege. 

It doesn’t change the fact that I still worked hard to get where I am, nor does it change the fact that I will continue to do so. Like, I’m also pretty privileged to have been born with functioning kidneys but that doesn’t mean I have to give a kidney to someone with a disorder.

The thing that really confuses me is that people don’t phrase this like it’s just a fact of life. Like, they don’t just say “you have privilege” the same way they say “oh the sky’s blue”. To many people it seems like there’s a lot more.....fire behind it. Like they would get legitimately angry at me if I denied having privilege which makes no sense because once again, *the knowledge that I have privilege doesn’t change my behavior at all*. Like I said, it’s not like I’m gonna give all my money to black people or something like that. 

So CMV. Maybe there really is a reason people are so adamant on this topic?
gpt
There are two views on privilege, and you hold the first of them.

1. Everyone has inherent privileges: IQ, good/bad parents, height, explosiveness, country of birth, etc.  These exist, and there's not a lot we can do about them.

2. Everyone starts the same, and privilege is a result of oppression.

The second view is very common.  If you hold it, then privilege is "unfair" in a preventable way.  Not in a "life is unfair" way, but in a "if you weren't oppressive, others would be better off" way.  Many of the people who vindictively want you to admit your privilege believe that a hypothetical world exists in which your privilege doesn't, and therefore we should be aiming at that world.  In order to aim at that world, everyone needs to acknowledge that we're not in it.

This is the fundamental difference between your viewpoint and the people you're referencing: you believe that privilege is unavoidable, and they don't.  That's why it's so important to them that you acknowledge it, because on their worldview, it can be changed on a broad scale, and acknowledgement is the first step to that.