'Fortgang (a white male) clearly misunderstands what white male privilege means and how structural racism and sexism operate in the everyday. He frames himself, despite his economic, social (and racial) capital, as an underdog.
..TIME even republished the piece under the sensationalist title “Why I’ll Never Apologize for My White Male Privilege”. Though the title may be an unflattering editorial pick, even this betrays an important misunderstanding of the concepts being discussed.'
..'By asking someone to check her/his privilege, no one is asking that person to apologize for their privilege – no one is responsible for the circumstance of their birth – rather the phrase seeks to bring reflective awareness by asking the individual..
..to acknowledge how race, ethnicity, class, caste, gender, sexuality and able-bodiedness can impact opportunity and welfare within a society. Fortgang, however, feels, as many other privileged groups, under attack when he is asked to check his privilege.'
'It’s not surprising that privileged groups often remain unaware of how they benefit from certain social arrangements; reacting angrily when being made aware of these by third parties. Whiteness and maleness hardly ever come into question because the norm is created to fit them' 
'Whiteness’ is a rhetoric device and a system which perpetuates power hegemony including and ejecting groups over different historical periods and territories.' mediadiversified.org/2014/05/12/bec…
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