What does it really feel like to be privileged? It’s a tough question to ask and one that many people take for granted—especially those who have grown up in an environment where they represent the majority. While there are certainly countless people today who strive to understand their privilege, which can be defined as “an unearned advantage in society through some aspect of your identity,” in truth those who have that privilege can really never fully comprehend what their lives would be like without it.
Unless they somehow find themselves in a situation where they no longer have privilege—where they become “the other.”
