So, the challenge: how to get across the ideas bound up in the word privilege, in a way that your average straight white man will get, without freaking out about it? (…)
Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, Straight White Male is the lowest difficulty setting there is.
” Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is, John Scalzi, Whatever.
Genius. Si tu es un mec hétéro blanc, tu peux «perdre» ou «avancer» moins vite qu’une lesbienne noire, mais ça ne change pas de le fait que tu joues au niveau de difficulté le plus bas. (Et c’est un hétéro qui le dit.) [via]