Anthony Eichberger
1 min readMay 13, 2022

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I agree with most of your major points, here. The one spot where I might slightly disagree is on complicity -- but I don't want to misread what you're saying. I view obliviousness (to injustice) as a separate phase from complicity. If one is oblivious to someone else's oppression, they can't be complicit. Once they have awareness, then their failure to act or offer allyship would make them complicit.

I find myself writing a lot about privilege, and I've expanded on some areas that not a lot of people talk about.

The first is iconism ("celebrity privilege"), which could be considered a subset of what you define as Social/Economic Privilege:

https://medium.com/my-unpopular-opinion/yes-comedian-privilege-is-a-thing-a73995b2f765

Then there is sectarianism ("sectarian privilege"), which would be a variation of Political Privilege:

https://medium.com/politics-fast-and-slow/lets-talk-about-sectarian-privilege-2b09e7947190

And, although this one can be more rare amongst the general population, cellulism (a coin I termed to describe "dermatological privilege"), which could be said to fall under the Physical Privilege category:

https://medium.com/perceive-more/on-the-oppressed-end-of-dermatological-privilege-587faa23a49c

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Anthony Eichberger
Anthony Eichberger

Written by Anthony Eichberger

Gay. Millennial. Pagan/Polytheist. Disabled. Rural-Born. Politically-Independent. Fashion-Challenged. Rational Egoist. Survivor. #AgriWarrior (Deal With It!)

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