Comic by Toby Morris Perfectly Demonstrates Privilege

                        

In his comic "On a Plate," Auckland-based artist Toby Morris demonstrates both the effects and the causes of class privilege by illustrating a side by side comparison of "Richard," a child from an upper middle-class family, and "Paula" who comes from a low-income family.

It's often argued that success isn't about who you are, but how hard you work. While those coming from financially sound families do have an upper-leg, the less fortunate ones have the opportunity to reach this same level through hard work and a good education. After all, we aren't solely defined by our home life, and the differences it allows to our character is relatively small. The problem is, as this comic argues, "...over the years all these little differences, they start to add up, to build into something bigger." 

"On a Plate" accurately and profoundly expresses the implications of privilege. Closing these disparities isn't a matter of socialism, it's a matter of  rectifying the fact that "equal opportunity" doesn't exist in this society. 

Check out the whole comic here. 

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Economic Benefits of White Privilege

Privilege isn't usually isolated, many times, certain kinds of privilege are connected to others. White privilege, for example, connects to class privilege in many cases.This article breaks down information from the US Census Bureau and provides six easy-to-understand charts that illustrate six different building blocks in the bridge between white and class privilege.

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