Dominant privilege

Dominant privilege is a concept in critical theory describing the unearned advantages enjoyed by members of the dominant culture. It includes three presumptions^[1]:

Innocence: I am not looked to as the cause of problems in society.
Worthiness: I am presumed worthy of society's trust and wealth.
Competence: I am expected to be skillful, successful, and autonomous.

Examples of dominant privilege include White privilege, male privilege, and heterosexual privilege.

References

^ http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachdiversity/privilege/textDocs/privilege.pdf

Critical theory

Origins	Frankfurt School · Freudo-Marxism

Concepts	Critical vocabulary · Binary opposition · Dominant privilege · Phallogocentrism · Reconstructivism

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