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Read more about the article Three Harms of Privilege

Three Harms of Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 30, 2020
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The harm of privilege is exclusion, injustice, and isolation. When I say the word privilege, I’m talking about a set of unearned social advantages given to one individual or group…

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Read more about the article S3 Bonus | What Is Privilege?

S3 Bonus | What Is Privilege?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:Podcast/Privilege and Race
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What is privilege? What is it not? How does privilege cause harm? In this bonus episode, Amy Julia describes her working definition of privilege, the ways that privilege leads to…

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S3 E1 | Waking Up to Privilege with David Bailey

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 16, 2020
  • Post category:Podcast/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Race, class, and the kingdom of God all come up in this conversation between Amy Julia and David Bailey, Director of Arrabon, a ministry to help churches become reconciling communities.…

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Read more about the article Recommended Books, Podcasts, and Films about Race and Privilege

Recommended Books, Podcasts, and Films about Race and Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 9, 2020
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Post contains affiliate links. As I’ve written before, one part of a meaningful, transformational, humble, and holistic response to the history and current reality of injustice and social division in…

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Read more about the article Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 14, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:2 Comments

When I was asked to have classroom conversations with a group of 8th grade students about To Kill a Mockingbird in conjunction with White Picket Fences and the discussion of…

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Read more about the article Q Ideas 2019: The Harm of Privilege

Q Ideas 2019: The Harm of Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 3, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:3 Comments

My Talk at Q Ideas 2019: The Harm of Privilege It was a tremendous honor to speak about privilege in front of the audience at the Q Ideas conference last…

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Read more about the article Defining Privilege Part Two: What Privilege Is

Defining Privilege Part Two: What Privilege Is

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 1, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:4 Comments

In my previous post, I discussed what privilege is not. In this post I will define what privilege is.  What exactly do we mean when we use the word “privilege”?…

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Read more about the article Defining Privilege Part One: What Privilege Is Not   

Defining Privilege Part One: What Privilege Is Not  

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 30, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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As important as it is to understand what privilege is, it is also important to clarify what privilege is not. Privilege is not an accusation that you have done something…

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Read more about the article How Disability Helped Me Understand Privilege | Washington Post

How Disability Helped Me Understand Privilege | Washington Post

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 23, 2019
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Privilege and Race
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I would never have written my most recent book, White Picket Fences: Turning Towards Love in a World Divided by Privilege, had I not given birth to a daughter with…

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Read more about the article The Problem with “Noblesse Oblige”

The Problem with “Noblesse Oblige”

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 20, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:10 Comments

After George H.W. Bush died, we heard a lot about how he modeled the idea of “noblesse oblige.” It’s a French term that translates as “nobility obligates.” In other words,…

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