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This Simple Comic Perfectly Explains Privilege, And Everyone Must Read It
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This Simple Comic Perfectly Explains Privilege, And Everyone Must Read It

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When we think about the social issues of our age poverty, materialism, and violence are probably the first things that come to mind. But there’s another problem of great substance – privilege.

When we say privileged, we’re not talking about those people who were born into royalty or those with millionaire parents in a simple black and white Poor Vs. Rich comparison. We merely mean those folks who have perhaps had a helping hand or two in life while others weren’t given such assistance. You can’t blame people for being given opportunities, but it’s always good to spare a thought for how the other half lives and to better the better-self in helping those who are not that lucky. In this comic strip below, privilege meaning turns more into a psychological subject, rather than the material one.

Check out this comic to see what we mean. It’s a short story called “On A Plate,” and it’s been “liked” more than 200,000 times. The comic is simple, but we’re sure you’ll agree that the message explaining what a privilege is, is pretty powerful.

More info: Toby Morris (h/t: The Wireless)

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Stille20
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think a lot of people missed the point. The idea is privilege is real. People with privilege still have to work hard to succeed, but it's like they are playing the same game on easy mode. It's not about guilt, it's about awareness.

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Sheralyn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah.. try mentioning the word 'privilege' and you get labelled as a 'libtard'. That's so not the point, the point is that you can always try to help someone who doesn't have the same advantages as you. You're not obliged to, but you can always try.

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AcousticGString
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone think the first two photos were of super old people in jail or something before reading and finding out they were babies?

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know about "in jail", but I was definitely thinking "chubby old people".

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Alusair Alustriel
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that judgeing people's status basing on what they currently do/achieved is getting more and more false nowadays. I know it won't change, but we all should try to know the person and learn their history before saying "He is a walking success" or "He is a lazy dumbass". I come from a poor family, where we have had problems with basic needs and I remember days when we ate only bread with butter and onion, cause we couldn't afford. I can't say I wasn't a happy child - poverty has not diminished our family love. And I had a friend who came from a rich family - she was a very good and nice person... Just a better start. Some people get just more luck - one good aquaintance and her parents got an offer to work abroad in the 80s, which was a good start. Mine didn't although whole life they worked hard and honest as well. That came out a wall of text... Well, my point is - don't judge the book by the cover pretty much...

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Elisabeth Brand
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just gonna put this out there....I work as a manager at McDonald's. I moved out of an abusive drug filled household when I was 17 trying to do something better for myself. I worked full time and finished school, but never made it to college. Honestly, if I lived by myself, there is no way I could make it from check to check. In my little family now, we have three minimum wage incomes to support our house and it's still barely enough with how much our bills come out to. It's hard. But it's not because I'm lazy or my hubby is lazy or our roommate is lazy. It's because we live in a world where this is the only job I can get right now and there's nothing better available to me, and even if I had the money for college I wouldn't have the time. Please, don't judge anyone based on their job. I'm smart. Just can't find anything better.

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Craig Lonie
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes you can you are halfway there your over the worst if your managing a McDonald's there are routes open in retail to area manager and on

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Arty
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well the guy had the "easy" life indeed...but he's also a jerk...

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Becky Burns
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, it shows the bias of this cartoon. Not every person who "got a head start" is ungrateful, a jerk, or forgets the people who helped them along. Not every person who is underprivileged is gracious and humble.

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Chuck Bartowski
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see privilege as a gradient. Sure, there are those who get everything handed to them, as you can see on the left, but they are few and far between. A bit of anecdotal evidence: myself. I can see how I've been blessed. My parents cared, and encouraged me to do well. They encouraged me to use get extra help when needed and always do my best. But they couldn't send me to a good private school. My high school was spent at a school that has serious gang problems. 1/3 of my graduating class dropped out. I was lucky to have a few fantastic teachers, but overall the education there was sub-par. In that aspect, I was a bit on the under-privileged side. To say that there are entire groups that are under-privileged or privileged only causes to create more tension. Really, we all need to recognize what ways we, and those around us have been blessed, put at a disadvantage, and just try to be decent human beings to each other.

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Steven DesJardins
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem I see is that this has been commonly referred to as "White Privilege." It's not. It is class privilege and it has been with us since the dawn of civilization.

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Kelly Overholser
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly! I don't doubt that there's more white people than other races that benefit from class privilege, and sure there's probably some racist, bigoted jerks that make things worse for non-white people, but class is by far the biggest cause of the imbalance, not race.

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Maciek Ravs
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can't see that this guy parents are smarter or and worked harder for him and because of that they have what they have and this kind of life. Her parents unfortunately didn't archived same. This is life. Sometimes whole generations need to work hard to get there and when they finally do, someone will say that they are economically privileged.

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Sno Bal
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except, the same thing happened with their parents as happened with the kids. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Pokoirl YaSe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well .. i'm not rich but i recognize myself into the boy, my parents had helped enormously and i'll never be able to pay them back. They made me into who i am. I worked hard, spent nights workin'and i had my own difficulties. I think that in the end, everyone works as hard as they can when they WANT to achieve, but, life bein'life, Richard gets more from 8 hours work than Paula. You can't change that. My father is paula, he worked like s**t and got where he is so i an be Richard. that's life, work hard and achieve the best that you can with the priviliges that you have (health is privilige even if you have only that) so that your children will have it easier

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Winifred
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks James for posting this - it is the cruel reality that most of us know, and yet may forget from time to time. I grew up from a poor family with a single mom who has to raise 6 kids. We all managed to get a decent education and somehow "break" the spell of being poor. However, the respect for hard work and integrity never left us, as my mother has hoped. The hardship also trained us to have a thankful heart always, and the awareness of other people's misfortune. The Serenity Prayer - Grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, the courage to change things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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Andre campos gomes
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to paula's life because my family l heve to fight and save money to have our things

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Sheralyn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, please don't see this comic as making 'generalizations'. It was never meant to be. It's just trying to contrast a hypothetical person who had the advantage of an economically advantaged household with a hypothetical person who had the burdens of an economically disadvantaged one. It's not trying to shame or guilt trip (at least not much), just trying to raise awareness and hopefully encourage people to be more helpful and kind.

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Juana
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I think it encourages class warfare. It's Marxist propaganda. Sorry.

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Amanda Machowski
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what's wrong with the world. This is still prejudice! Weather we are judging someone for their poor upbringing or their rich upbringing, you are still judging them by something that is completely out of their control! We should never judge anyone period, but rather look at both Richard and Paula and praise them for their successes! Paula worked hard and landed a job; Richard worked hard and landed a job. They are both gainfully employed and that is all that should be looked at!

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Pombo_With_Aides
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found it extremely interesting, even more so for being a short story. I think you can identify a lot with Paula, but also a little with Richard. In my view, I identified more with Richard for having the opportunity to study in a good school and having a good upbringing.

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Aleks Roberson
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up in a two bedroom house with 2 brothers, my mom, and my step dad. I grew up with my family living off of minimum wage. Here's the truth, we bought that rent house by the time I was 8, by the time I got to middle school my we have about 6 other rent houses with my mom and step father moving up in their field of work. Neither one of them has a formal education. Are you ready for the truth? It's not about privilege, it's about how hard you work abound how badly you want something. Now I'm in graduate school, my step-father is a co-owner of the company he started at the bottom with, cleaning the shops, now he practically runs it. My mother is in management at Wal-Mart both with no privilege, no privilege given to me but look at where they are and where I am headed. I'm tired of excuses in America and weak people, make your own success. Take out a loan, go to school part time, get connections and network to move up, don't stay stagnant.

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Jim Hubbard
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are really going to go with this definition of "privilege", and still be honest with yourself and the rest of the world, you must then admit that "Paula" is privileged when comparing her to others children who were not able to leave her country and who are probably living on dirt floors without 2 loving parents. In fact, you MUST (if you are to be totally honest about "privilege" as described in this cartoon) admit that EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WORLD IS PRIVILEGED when compared to those below them. Carrying this cartoon (and its definition of "privilege") to their logical conclusion, there will be only ONE person in a world of close to 8 BILLION that is not privileged. I find it entirely appropriate that "privilege" is depicted in a cartoon, as it has just as much to do with reality as a cartoon or as the notion of "fairness" in life.

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Robert Feeney
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is ridiculous. I guess privilege is the new buzzword designed to make everybody feel bad for their success. This comic doesn't explain privilege, It explains real life. Some people are successful. Some people are smart. Some people get a good break. Take this comic in a different direction. What if a "no privilege" kid ended up going to college and getting a real good job. Then that person would be considered "privileged" but the parents went through hell to help ensure that. You can't think everyone with a good life got there through "privilege". And even if they did, part of being successful is being able to pass it on to your kids. That's not privilege. Paris Hilton is privilege. "Rich kids of Instagram" are privilege. A couple making $200,000 whose parents busted their asses to give them a good life is not privilege. This idea of privilege has to end. It's defeating for those who feel they don't have "privilege".

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Milan Mancel
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is point of this comics? Some people have better start some not, so? In each case if you really want to achieve something in both cases you, and only you, have to work truly hard. Regardless of your family background. If you think that richer kids have it easy, you see only tip on an iceberg. Because of they "privilege" they have lots of other issues and disadvantages. So stop whining all the time and work hard - both, the rich ones and the poor ones. My parents had to live from payday to payday and did not have much money, I have to work hard. But it never occured to me to judge richer families and people. It is just a reality.

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bebe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you missed the point. Sometimes working hard is just not enough. I climbed in the society, but I left so much behind me... sick mother, beloved husband, my old cat, friends, home, stability. Just because I wanted and needed to work hard to be able to reach the point that others have for free. I am thirty and I am where 20 years old privileged people typically gets without any problem. There is a vast of sadness and unlucky events which constantly are bringing me down. No support, no safety pillow, nothing. You can rely only on yourself, and one, single unlucky event and everything crumbles. There is no backup for non-priviledged people. That what you are missing. The amount of uncertainty about your future and grief over your broken past is something which might be hard to understand.

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Nadine Chahine
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The text is based on the book "The Social Animal" so I hope that the illustrator has permission to use that example. Otherwise please refer to the original author of this. His book is amazing.

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Bill Brewer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's true that there are people who, as the saying goes, were born on third base and go through life thinking they've hit a home run. We're all human, and any of us might make the same mistake in their shoes. That does NOT demonstrate that some being better off than others is an injustice. I always try to be mindful that, imperfect though my life is, I am much better off than many others. I count my blessings, and I'm certainly rooting for anyone who wants to improve their lot in life. But the idea that I should feel guilt or shame over the demographic slot I occupy is absurd and offensive.

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Nichol Renee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure if you're just venting or if you believe that the comic is trying to make you feel shame. If you recognize that not everyone (Paula) has access to the same opportunities (internship, good healthcare, quality education, etc), then you should not feel shame. Paula must fight through a thicker/darker forest, and acknowledging that is the point. As people with a privledge, acknowledging that we have a leg up is very important. Even if we have also gone through hardship, it's important to recognize that some people DO work hard and still cannot climb out of the pit without help. That is the point. Social programs are the substitute for "the leg up" that some of us get in life. Getting help from the government or from others should not be seen as a lazy man's way out, but instead the substitute for not having privledge.

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Brent Lanyon
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love how they make the privileged person the guy...men, the last group your aloud to bash

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Spaceman Spiff
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're allowed to bash white people too. Best if it's one of those horrible white males.

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Juana
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US constitution grants us equal RIGHTS not equal OPPORTUNITIES. We all just need to do the best with what we're given.

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Pombo_With_Aides
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found it extremely interesting, even more so for being a short story. I think you can identify a lot with Paula, but also a little with Richard. In my view, I identified more with Richard for having the opportunity to study in a good school and having a good upbringing.

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Marcelo eduardo
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my life is more similar to that of the boy, because my parents want me to dedicate myself a lot in my studies so that in the future I can have a good job. so I think Richard's parents are right to make their son push himself more in studies but to have equality for both regardless of the situation.

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v1ni
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i believe that my life is half an half between the two stories described on the page, since i get some things for free, but there are also things that i have to work hard to get. I agree between many quotes because situations similar to these happen all the time, but they are not the same as this one, for example, in situations of test scores, my family always demanded me, but they also never helped me to study as well as her family.

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Marcelo eduardo
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10 months ago

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Marcelo eduardo
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more that of the kid because my parents want me to dedicate myself a lot in my studies so that in the future i have a good job. so i think Richrd parents are right to make their sen push himself more, in his studies but to have equality for both regardiess of the situation.

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Pedro Saldibia
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is similar to Richard's, as my parentes, always try to make my life easier so that i can focus only on my studies. I disagree, i think everyone has opportunities to have things, only some are in more difficult situation than others.

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lis fernandes alves
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I partially agree, I think that studies do not define people's future and determination. For example, my father, unfortunately he couldn't finish his studies, but he had opportunities and he managed to "win in life", but even so he goes through difficulties, just like everyone else, but studies are important to achieve our dreams.

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Valen Cruz
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to Paula's because I need to go after the things i want and need, but, my parents always did their best so that my brother and I had all the best opportunities, such as English courses, writing course and etc. I agree with the proposal that history has to show different realities and that this exist.

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Pedro Henrique
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to richard´s life, my parents support me mainly in my studies. I think Richard´s parents are not wrong to encourage their son too much to do well in school, although always being pushed too hard to do something you don´twant is not cool, but as a "return", his parents give all the best for Richard.

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angel gomes 82
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I relate to Richard's life (except the final part that he says he never got anything on plate) because my parents always give me support to study and all the confort that they can. I don't deserve more than a person that has Paula's life, I just have more conditions than them. I agree with the short story because meritocracy is not fair and this is how it really works. Both people in the story were smart, they just didn't had the same opportunities.

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michael tasker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then there are people who *did* come from nothing, do well for themselves, and are still called 'privileged' just because of the color of their skin. The American dream has been polluted by those who feel they deserve everything I achieved without the struggle I fought.

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Stefan Catalin Dascalu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This whole thing is pointless. Left is generational wealth. An ancestor in their past started probably the same way right did and worked their way up. Right is a history of failure and parasitic behavior. A real parent would rather die than sabotage their child in that way. Is this whole thing equal? No, but you're never going to stop most people from wanting the best for their children. Is the whole thing fair? No, but nothing is! Left could have just as easily squandered everything and reset their offspring to a worse position than right. The last statement stands. The first part is. More work, better choices, less winging. Just like the last part ignores all the advantages left got the comic implies that we should ignore the mountain of bad choices right made.

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Rafał Krych
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The point of this story is that your success in life helps your children to be successful as well? For me, it looks like the same thing as the rivalship which causes evolution. Is something wrong with this?

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Egan Janitra
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy works for a good name and reputation to proof for many people, he dont hope money so much from the job. While the girl works very hard to seek f*****g money for her basic need and her parents medicine. Why am I not be the guy instead of being the girl?

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Barbra
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So: when people have good parents neither a good school they will be always servants? Nobody can go to university and get a decent job? maybe they won't become rich, but maybe they won't change in better their life. This is absurd: I know people like the boy who is eternally bored, instead of other who works hard and live with more dignity and never give up.

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Norah Morris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've gone to a private school I have never gone hungry and this hit me like a f*****g brick, thank you, I won't be Richard

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Vanessa Moraschi
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And why is his parents rich? Is it all a long line of being rich or did some one at some point put work in to achieve success?

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Barley Singer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get the point of the strip, but it is also true that the term "privilege" is being misused. Image twins. Paul and Mike have the same parents, the same house, the same school... but their parents beat the hell out of Paul every Saturday morning, the difference is *not* that Mike is "priviliged", it is that Paul is being abused. However in this era, a lot of people would describe Mike as privileged. A privilege is a thing that is unusual for a person to get. If you go to a ballgame and the stadium's management notices you and gives you a free night up in the box with champagne ...if you got given a brand new convertible on your 16th birthday... if you grew up wealthy and had a trust fund... well those things are "privilege". If you are handed a free ride at any university you want to go to, for as long as you like, that is a privilege. It isn't supposed to "privilege" to NOT wind up shot by the cops in the back while unarmed. A lot of RIGHTS are being treated like privileges.

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Gunnar Brown
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

person on the right is me, but im mostly white. i was unemployed for 4 years because nobody wanted to hire a highschool grad who got out by the skin of his teeth and never went to college, didnt qualify for grants, didnt qualify for financial aid. didnt qualify for government assistance and has been stuck resorting to donating plasma for the last few years and being a regular at local food pantries and p**n shops. white privilege? sign me the hell up.

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Thi Thai
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great comic strip, simply perfectly illustrate what is being privileged in the society these days

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Thane Matthews
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what I get from this is that "privilege" is "bad" so we should punish the privileged - that's what populist revolutions have done for centuries - the French revolution with the guillotine, the Russian with the Gulags, the Cuban with the firing squad. The point should be that privilege is good and more people should have access to it not look donw on people who do. Also I note that it's the boy (again) who is getting "undeserved" help while the girl is being held down. This is more Liberal c**p that has been going in education for 30 or more years. Boys are bad, girls are good.

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Kniome Pierce
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comic is such BS. The parents care about the girl so much yet they don't expect her to get A's and have people coming in and out all the time. Sorry, but if she had worked a little harder she prob could have gotten scholarships instead of trying to get a loan. This comic is a typical woe is me.

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Ana Super
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some work really hard but they don't have luck, some work hard and have luck too, some doesn't work and have luck, some others doesn't work but doesn't have luck too. Maybe some things are about luck ...

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Kathryne Stanco
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more towards the girls ... but I've had some privilege . My parents weren't home much , we had to raise ourselves pretty much . We ate a lot of spaghetti , Tuna and dollar TV dinners because it's what we could afford . My parents sent us to a private school that was hardly funded and we really couldn't afford to go on a lot of the trips . I'm in debt with a 1 year old struggling to even have a job that hasn't given me any hours in the last couple of months and I would love to go back to school but maybe I can try one step at a time . Anyways I said all of that even if nobody reads it or cares just to say I agree there is privilege , I've seen it first hand . However , there seems to be this assumption lately that most or all white people are privileged when in reality a lot of my friends of mixed races have qualified for more grants to school or to have gone on those trips than I had with parents who didn't work like my parents did for whatever their situation was .more love

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Fmw Beckers
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reality in a nut shell. I do not begrudge the rich I just don't want to contribute to it. Just check how ostentatious the people you deal with live and look for a better deal else were. And by the way I am a Unionist and Socialist organiser fought tooth and nail for my rights and remuneration people now a days should know to get organise to claim a better deal.

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Robert Feeney
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comic is ridiculous and offensive. It doesn't illustrate privilege. Illustrates real life. Some people are smart. Some people's parents worked hard. Some people's grandparents worked hard. Part of being successful is being able to pass it on to future generations of your family. That's not privilege, that's the way the world works. We know life is not fair. Everyone is not supposed to have the same as everyone else. If this comic went in a different direction and the so-called underprivileged person ended up going to college and having a very good job, would they then be privileged too? Their parents worked very hard and they probably didn't have much of anything yet, they still became successful. Do you see the flaw in referring to someone as privileged? You don't know where somebody came from. You don't know how hard they or their family worked. Stop boiling everything down to "privilege". Some people are successful, some are not. Deal with it.

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Evdokimos Fregoglou
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me the movie with Eddie murphy and Dan aykroyd "Trading Places". Similar to the bet which was set there from the Dukes. Richard is the product of a good environment actually. This can determine someone's life.

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C.Jin Lee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew even before finishing the comic that everyone would be complaining about how they shouldn't feel guilty and that they worked hard without any privilege. Always, always missing the point.

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand why there can be some scoffing at "white privilege", especially since I personally see some people (namely immigrants or children of immigrants) of various races who are well-off but decided to get educated in Canada (some Middle East, South East Asian, and Japanese people, and a LOT of Chinese for some reason), and obviously, a fair amount of white people in poverty, so I'm always happy when I see attention raised to privilege in the very universally true, non-stereotypical way that it most often is - a class / financial issue. Are there still issues with discrimination (i.e. on race, gender, sexuality)? Certainly! But everything's a bit easier when you know the right people or can slip a few dollars one way or the other.

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's one phrase going through my head right now, and it's "small loan of a million dollars".

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Zarina Tsallagova
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People really seem to be missing the point. It's not about Richard not working at all and getting everything just like that, or Paula finding excuses and not working hard enough to succeed, it's about them putting about same amount of effort (let's be honest, often Paula more effort) and getting these dramatically ipposite results. And it's not about Richard being a jerk (or doing nothing - he was really working hard, but he had a much higher start indeed and better resources), it's about him sincerely not understanding that these are his privileges that made the difference a lot. In reality, he could've probably not made it to where he is, or could've spend much more time and effort, if not for his privileges.

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NQ L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up poor even though my biological father was very wealthy. He left us for the babysitter. My mom & I left our home country for the US (legally). I started working when I was 14. We were never on Welfare or anything like that. We worked hard & long hours. I put myself through school because my mom couldn't afford to help. I'm now in my mid 30's and have a successful career. I'm married to a wonderful husband and we both have six-figure jobs. Things are great now but I will never forget my old days. My point is, even if you come from a poor background, just study/work hard, you will get there. Yeah those with privileges have it easier but don't let that hold you back. Your life is how you made it.

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Heidi Joy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I have always felt like this being raised by a single mom. My dad's step kids were the privileged ones.

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John Ashley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The truth of this, is that it is nonsense. This is simply not the scenario of the middle class, which is people ranging from those who are fairly well off (but not wealthy) to those who are not as well off (but not poor). Particularly in the U.S. where the middle class is the vast majority, and the wealthy and poor are small minorities. This is simply agi-prop designed to fractionalize the middle class.

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John Ashley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What this is about, is complaining about one's circumstance due to accident of birth. Circumstances are not privilege. Privilege (real privilege) is special exemptions/considerations/rights granted by the State. Example: Being able to own a car is a right. Being able to drive one is a privilege. Whether or not one can afford a car is not an example of privilege. Unless one's aim is to redefine privilege... and why would one want to do that?

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pennyworth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the comic was about showing how some people( due to their privilege life experiences) were not aware they were being a jerk.

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Kateřina Eff
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

''Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.'' (Barry Switzer)

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Nick
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is nick....nick was raised by an immigrant, who couldn't speak english, and who's family was a 14 hr plane ride away. Nick never met his real father and grew up in a home similar to Paula. Nick also went to public school, like Paula. Nick worked his a*s off to get A's, play sports, and also work part-time. Nick went to a university on loans and continued working his a*s off to get good grades, work multiple part-time jobs, play sports, student gov't, etc. Nick now has 3 university degrees and works in beautiful Bermuda. Nick has many friends (from many different backgrounds) who worked their asses off and live great lives. Nick also has friends who worked harder at making excuses instead of making positive choices. Don't use the system as an excuse for your situation. Be like Nick.....work your a*s off...the smart way, not the hard way.

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Kateřina Eff
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is Nick a guy with 3 degrees, who misses the point on a comic strip, or is he just a joke? I hope the latter...

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Sharita Sarmah
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

..uh I was hoping for more...i mean till the end...in their old ages!!

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BobbyMcD
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is great, but I hope the artist will fix the next to last panel. It should read "...anything on a plate." They left out the "a", which is the punchline to the whole piece and in the title of the strip.

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Heather Cox
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true. I keep hearing some people saying those in "unskilled" jobs shouldn't complain about being treated like c**p because those people make minimum wage. Yet, the people making those snotty remarks would never work for minimum, themselves. At the same time, those internships are often nothing more than free slave labor for employers.

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Kjorn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! that's a great story. this should be circulating in school

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Mark Wilson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cartoon hits the nail on the head. No further comment necessary.

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Mark Wilson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cartoon hits the nail on the head. There is no further comment necessary.

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time.

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time. Trust me. I was the kid on the right growing up. But I never watched TV. I studied. Now I am well off.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This shows a total lack of understanding of culture in America. But what it does show is agenda. I suggest you get a degree.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The images in the 7th row make the greatest assumption. Getting an internship is the make or break for getting your career started off early, if ever. No internship during college or just after college, and you're thrown out with the rest of the chronically jobless dogs. Something to consider is that affirmative action programs pretty much guarantee women and minorities an internship in STEM fields so long as they meet the basic requirements, even if a higher qualified white male also applies. I know, cause this is my field, I've been there, done that, and seen it. While I'll accept that minorties have it rough in STEM fields, I absolutely do not accept that women have it hard in STEM fields. Just no evidence of that.

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Nick
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Nick. Nick was born to an immigrant mom, who didn't speak english, & who's family was a 14 hr plane ride away. Nick also never met his real dad & grew up in a home similar to Paula. Nick also went to public school like Paula, but worked his a*s off to get A's, play sports, and work part-time. Nick didn't worry about how stressed the teachers were...he just learned the material. After high school Nick went to university on loans and scholarships. He continued working his a*s off to get good grades, play sports, work part-time, serve on student gov't, and participate in various musical/academic clubs on campus. Nick has made many friends, from many backgrounds, who also worked their asses off and have nice lives. Nick also has friends who work harder at making excuses instead of making positive choices. Nick now has 3 university degrees and works in beautiful Bermuda. Be like Nick..work your a*s off...not the hard way, the smart way....oh...and pray...a lot.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

privilege is how with the same levels of effort put forth by each child, once child was able to succeed in life far more than the other; living life in easy mode vs hard mode. in your scenario Nick had to put in twice the effort to gain the same level of success that Richard like child would have had to put in, since Richard like kid didn't have as many road blocks to overcome.

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Greg NZ
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

B******t. Make a life for yourself, don't spend it whinning about "muh privileges".

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time. Trust me. I was the kid on the right. and I'm not fairly well off, because I NEVER watched TV. I studied. All the time.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remind me of Trump who said he built his empire by himself with just a "small" 1 million loan from his dad. Yeah right! That's probably why he keeps acting like a spoiled brat.

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WANTED JOHN
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any race, religion or segment of population could find them self on either side of that cartoon.

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This is why the white race needs to be destroyed.

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Any race, religion or segment of society could find themselves on either sides of that cartoon. There is no "privilege", the people on the left worked hard and had it easier because their parents built their way up like the people on the right were doing. It's not that hard to understand..

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awwwww.......guilting people works so well........right?

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww... because being a pathetic troll who never gets off his computer works so well.... right? Nobody cares what you have to say.

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I get it, but I don't like it. Yes, the rich get richer most of the time, but at the same time this comic perpetuates the stereotype that even if you work hard, if you come from humble surroundings, you will always be stuck in the limbo, therefore why bother. I don't know what a Polytech is but if it's an institute of technology, and you graduated, then you must be either very lucky, or smart - either case will land you a pretty good first job within a year of completion, definitely not as a waiter.

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I'm supposed to feel sorry because she had a job in college? I consider that an advantage. And her parents loved her. She'll be just fine.

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Should I feel sorry for her? How is she contributing to society? The "privileged" man is probably a doctor, engineer or a manager who creates values, while she is probably dependent on social welfare and is just a burden for society.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should we feel sorry for you? Probably, since you obviously have not an ounce of empathy or compassion in your body. It is people such as yourself who have no idea what real "values" are.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think a lot of people missed the point. The idea is privilege is real. People with privilege still have to work hard to succeed, but it's like they are playing the same game on easy mode. It's not about guilt, it's about awareness.

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Sheralyn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah.. try mentioning the word 'privilege' and you get labelled as a 'libtard'. That's so not the point, the point is that you can always try to help someone who doesn't have the same advantages as you. You're not obliged to, but you can always try.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone think the first two photos were of super old people in jail or something before reading and finding out they were babies?

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know about "in jail", but I was definitely thinking "chubby old people".

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that judgeing people's status basing on what they currently do/achieved is getting more and more false nowadays. I know it won't change, but we all should try to know the person and learn their history before saying "He is a walking success" or "He is a lazy dumbass". I come from a poor family, where we have had problems with basic needs and I remember days when we ate only bread with butter and onion, cause we couldn't afford. I can't say I wasn't a happy child - poverty has not diminished our family love. And I had a friend who came from a rich family - she was a very good and nice person... Just a better start. Some people get just more luck - one good aquaintance and her parents got an offer to work abroad in the 80s, which was a good start. Mine didn't although whole life they worked hard and honest as well. That came out a wall of text... Well, my point is - don't judge the book by the cover pretty much...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just gonna put this out there....I work as a manager at McDonald's. I moved out of an abusive drug filled household when I was 17 trying to do something better for myself. I worked full time and finished school, but never made it to college. Honestly, if I lived by myself, there is no way I could make it from check to check. In my little family now, we have three minimum wage incomes to support our house and it's still barely enough with how much our bills come out to. It's hard. But it's not because I'm lazy or my hubby is lazy or our roommate is lazy. It's because we live in a world where this is the only job I can get right now and there's nothing better available to me, and even if I had the money for college I wouldn't have the time. Please, don't judge anyone based on their job. I'm smart. Just can't find anything better.

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Craig Lonie
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes you can you are halfway there your over the worst if your managing a McDonald's there are routes open in retail to area manager and on

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Arty
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well the guy had the "easy" life indeed...but he's also a jerk...

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Becky Burns
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, it shows the bias of this cartoon. Not every person who "got a head start" is ungrateful, a jerk, or forgets the people who helped them along. Not every person who is underprivileged is gracious and humble.

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Chuck Bartowski
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see privilege as a gradient. Sure, there are those who get everything handed to them, as you can see on the left, but they are few and far between. A bit of anecdotal evidence: myself. I can see how I've been blessed. My parents cared, and encouraged me to do well. They encouraged me to use get extra help when needed and always do my best. But they couldn't send me to a good private school. My high school was spent at a school that has serious gang problems. 1/3 of my graduating class dropped out. I was lucky to have a few fantastic teachers, but overall the education there was sub-par. In that aspect, I was a bit on the under-privileged side. To say that there are entire groups that are under-privileged or privileged only causes to create more tension. Really, we all need to recognize what ways we, and those around us have been blessed, put at a disadvantage, and just try to be decent human beings to each other.

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Steven DesJardins
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem I see is that this has been commonly referred to as "White Privilege." It's not. It is class privilege and it has been with us since the dawn of civilization.

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Kelly Overholser
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly! I don't doubt that there's more white people than other races that benefit from class privilege, and sure there's probably some racist, bigoted jerks that make things worse for non-white people, but class is by far the biggest cause of the imbalance, not race.

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Maciek Ravs
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can't see that this guy parents are smarter or and worked harder for him and because of that they have what they have and this kind of life. Her parents unfortunately didn't archived same. This is life. Sometimes whole generations need to work hard to get there and when they finally do, someone will say that they are economically privileged.

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Sno Bal
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except, the same thing happened with their parents as happened with the kids. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Pokoirl YaSe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well .. i'm not rich but i recognize myself into the boy, my parents had helped enormously and i'll never be able to pay them back. They made me into who i am. I worked hard, spent nights workin'and i had my own difficulties. I think that in the end, everyone works as hard as they can when they WANT to achieve, but, life bein'life, Richard gets more from 8 hours work than Paula. You can't change that. My father is paula, he worked like s**t and got where he is so i an be Richard. that's life, work hard and achieve the best that you can with the priviliges that you have (health is privilige even if you have only that) so that your children will have it easier

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Winifred
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks James for posting this - it is the cruel reality that most of us know, and yet may forget from time to time. I grew up from a poor family with a single mom who has to raise 6 kids. We all managed to get a decent education and somehow "break" the spell of being poor. However, the respect for hard work and integrity never left us, as my mother has hoped. The hardship also trained us to have a thankful heart always, and the awareness of other people's misfortune. The Serenity Prayer - Grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, the courage to change things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to paula's life because my family l heve to fight and save money to have our things

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Sheralyn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, please don't see this comic as making 'generalizations'. It was never meant to be. It's just trying to contrast a hypothetical person who had the advantage of an economically advantaged household with a hypothetical person who had the burdens of an economically disadvantaged one. It's not trying to shame or guilt trip (at least not much), just trying to raise awareness and hopefully encourage people to be more helpful and kind.

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I think it encourages class warfare. It's Marxist propaganda. Sorry.

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Amanda Machowski
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what's wrong with the world. This is still prejudice! Weather we are judging someone for their poor upbringing or their rich upbringing, you are still judging them by something that is completely out of their control! We should never judge anyone period, but rather look at both Richard and Paula and praise them for their successes! Paula worked hard and landed a job; Richard worked hard and landed a job. They are both gainfully employed and that is all that should be looked at!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found it extremely interesting, even more so for being a short story. I think you can identify a lot with Paula, but also a little with Richard. In my view, I identified more with Richard for having the opportunity to study in a good school and having a good upbringing.

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Aleks Roberson
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up in a two bedroom house with 2 brothers, my mom, and my step dad. I grew up with my family living off of minimum wage. Here's the truth, we bought that rent house by the time I was 8, by the time I got to middle school my we have about 6 other rent houses with my mom and step father moving up in their field of work. Neither one of them has a formal education. Are you ready for the truth? It's not about privilege, it's about how hard you work abound how badly you want something. Now I'm in graduate school, my step-father is a co-owner of the company he started at the bottom with, cleaning the shops, now he practically runs it. My mother is in management at Wal-Mart both with no privilege, no privilege given to me but look at where they are and where I am headed. I'm tired of excuses in America and weak people, make your own success. Take out a loan, go to school part time, get connections and network to move up, don't stay stagnant.

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Jim Hubbard
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are really going to go with this definition of "privilege", and still be honest with yourself and the rest of the world, you must then admit that "Paula" is privileged when comparing her to others children who were not able to leave her country and who are probably living on dirt floors without 2 loving parents. In fact, you MUST (if you are to be totally honest about "privilege" as described in this cartoon) admit that EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WORLD IS PRIVILEGED when compared to those below them. Carrying this cartoon (and its definition of "privilege") to their logical conclusion, there will be only ONE person in a world of close to 8 BILLION that is not privileged. I find it entirely appropriate that "privilege" is depicted in a cartoon, as it has just as much to do with reality as a cartoon or as the notion of "fairness" in life.

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Robert Feeney
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is ridiculous. I guess privilege is the new buzzword designed to make everybody feel bad for their success. This comic doesn't explain privilege, It explains real life. Some people are successful. Some people are smart. Some people get a good break. Take this comic in a different direction. What if a "no privilege" kid ended up going to college and getting a real good job. Then that person would be considered "privileged" but the parents went through hell to help ensure that. You can't think everyone with a good life got there through "privilege". And even if they did, part of being successful is being able to pass it on to your kids. That's not privilege. Paris Hilton is privilege. "Rich kids of Instagram" are privilege. A couple making $200,000 whose parents busted their asses to give them a good life is not privilege. This idea of privilege has to end. It's defeating for those who feel they don't have "privilege".

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Milan Mancel
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is point of this comics? Some people have better start some not, so? In each case if you really want to achieve something in both cases you, and only you, have to work truly hard. Regardless of your family background. If you think that richer kids have it easy, you see only tip on an iceberg. Because of they "privilege" they have lots of other issues and disadvantages. So stop whining all the time and work hard - both, the rich ones and the poor ones. My parents had to live from payday to payday and did not have much money, I have to work hard. But it never occured to me to judge richer families and people. It is just a reality.

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bebe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you missed the point. Sometimes working hard is just not enough. I climbed in the society, but I left so much behind me... sick mother, beloved husband, my old cat, friends, home, stability. Just because I wanted and needed to work hard to be able to reach the point that others have for free. I am thirty and I am where 20 years old privileged people typically gets without any problem. There is a vast of sadness and unlucky events which constantly are bringing me down. No support, no safety pillow, nothing. You can rely only on yourself, and one, single unlucky event and everything crumbles. There is no backup for non-priviledged people. That what you are missing. The amount of uncertainty about your future and grief over your broken past is something which might be hard to understand.

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Nadine Chahine
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The text is based on the book "The Social Animal" so I hope that the illustrator has permission to use that example. Otherwise please refer to the original author of this. His book is amazing.

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Bill Brewer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's true that there are people who, as the saying goes, were born on third base and go through life thinking they've hit a home run. We're all human, and any of us might make the same mistake in their shoes. That does NOT demonstrate that some being better off than others is an injustice. I always try to be mindful that, imperfect though my life is, I am much better off than many others. I count my blessings, and I'm certainly rooting for anyone who wants to improve their lot in life. But the idea that I should feel guilt or shame over the demographic slot I occupy is absurd and offensive.

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Nichol Renee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure if you're just venting or if you believe that the comic is trying to make you feel shame. If you recognize that not everyone (Paula) has access to the same opportunities (internship, good healthcare, quality education, etc), then you should not feel shame. Paula must fight through a thicker/darker forest, and acknowledging that is the point. As people with a privledge, acknowledging that we have a leg up is very important. Even if we have also gone through hardship, it's important to recognize that some people DO work hard and still cannot climb out of the pit without help. That is the point. Social programs are the substitute for "the leg up" that some of us get in life. Getting help from the government or from others should not be seen as a lazy man's way out, but instead the substitute for not having privledge.

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Brent Lanyon
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love how they make the privileged person the guy...men, the last group your aloud to bash

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Spaceman Spiff
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're allowed to bash white people too. Best if it's one of those horrible white males.

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Juana
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US constitution grants us equal RIGHTS not equal OPPORTUNITIES. We all just need to do the best with what we're given.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found it extremely interesting, even more so for being a short story. I think you can identify a lot with Paula, but also a little with Richard. In my view, I identified more with Richard for having the opportunity to study in a good school and having a good upbringing.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my life is more similar to that of the boy, because my parents want me to dedicate myself a lot in my studies so that in the future I can have a good job. so I think Richard's parents are right to make their son push himself more in studies but to have equality for both regardless of the situation.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i believe that my life is half an half between the two stories described on the page, since i get some things for free, but there are also things that i have to work hard to get. I agree between many quotes because situations similar to these happen all the time, but they are not the same as this one, for example, in situations of test scores, my family always demanded me, but they also never helped me to study as well as her family.

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Marcelo eduardo
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more that of the kid because my parents want me to dedicate myself a lot in my studies so that in the future i have a good job. so i think Richrd parents are right to make their sen push himself more, in his studies but to have equality for both regardiess of the situation.

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Pedro Saldibia
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is similar to Richard's, as my parentes, always try to make my life easier so that i can focus only on my studies. I disagree, i think everyone has opportunities to have things, only some are in more difficult situation than others.

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lis fernandes alves
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I partially agree, I think that studies do not define people's future and determination. For example, my father, unfortunately he couldn't finish his studies, but he had opportunities and he managed to "win in life", but even so he goes through difficulties, just like everyone else, but studies are important to achieve our dreams.

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Valen Cruz
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to Paula's because I need to go after the things i want and need, but, my parents always did their best so that my brother and I had all the best opportunities, such as English courses, writing course and etc. I agree with the proposal that history has to show different realities and that this exist.

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Pedro Henrique
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more similar to richard´s life, my parents support me mainly in my studies. I think Richard´s parents are not wrong to encourage their son too much to do well in school, although always being pushed too hard to do something you don´twant is not cool, but as a "return", his parents give all the best for Richard.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I relate to Richard's life (except the final part that he says he never got anything on plate) because my parents always give me support to study and all the confort that they can. I don't deserve more than a person that has Paula's life, I just have more conditions than them. I agree with the short story because meritocracy is not fair and this is how it really works. Both people in the story were smart, they just didn't had the same opportunities.

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michael tasker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then there are people who *did* come from nothing, do well for themselves, and are still called 'privileged' just because of the color of their skin. The American dream has been polluted by those who feel they deserve everything I achieved without the struggle I fought.

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Stefan Catalin Dascalu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This whole thing is pointless. Left is generational wealth. An ancestor in their past started probably the same way right did and worked their way up. Right is a history of failure and parasitic behavior. A real parent would rather die than sabotage their child in that way. Is this whole thing equal? No, but you're never going to stop most people from wanting the best for their children. Is the whole thing fair? No, but nothing is! Left could have just as easily squandered everything and reset their offspring to a worse position than right. The last statement stands. The first part is. More work, better choices, less winging. Just like the last part ignores all the advantages left got the comic implies that we should ignore the mountain of bad choices right made.

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Rafał Krych
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The point of this story is that your success in life helps your children to be successful as well? For me, it looks like the same thing as the rivalship which causes evolution. Is something wrong with this?

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Egan Janitra
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy works for a good name and reputation to proof for many people, he dont hope money so much from the job. While the girl works very hard to seek f*****g money for her basic need and her parents medicine. Why am I not be the guy instead of being the girl?

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Barbra
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So: when people have good parents neither a good school they will be always servants? Nobody can go to university and get a decent job? maybe they won't become rich, but maybe they won't change in better their life. This is absurd: I know people like the boy who is eternally bored, instead of other who works hard and live with more dignity and never give up.

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Norah Morris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've gone to a private school I have never gone hungry and this hit me like a f*****g brick, thank you, I won't be Richard

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Vanessa Moraschi
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And why is his parents rich? Is it all a long line of being rich or did some one at some point put work in to achieve success?

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Barley Singer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get the point of the strip, but it is also true that the term "privilege" is being misused. Image twins. Paul and Mike have the same parents, the same house, the same school... but their parents beat the hell out of Paul every Saturday morning, the difference is *not* that Mike is "priviliged", it is that Paul is being abused. However in this era, a lot of people would describe Mike as privileged. A privilege is a thing that is unusual for a person to get. If you go to a ballgame and the stadium's management notices you and gives you a free night up in the box with champagne ...if you got given a brand new convertible on your 16th birthday... if you grew up wealthy and had a trust fund... well those things are "privilege". If you are handed a free ride at any university you want to go to, for as long as you like, that is a privilege. It isn't supposed to "privilege" to NOT wind up shot by the cops in the back while unarmed. A lot of RIGHTS are being treated like privileges.

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Gunnar Brown
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

person on the right is me, but im mostly white. i was unemployed for 4 years because nobody wanted to hire a highschool grad who got out by the skin of his teeth and never went to college, didnt qualify for grants, didnt qualify for financial aid. didnt qualify for government assistance and has been stuck resorting to donating plasma for the last few years and being a regular at local food pantries and p**n shops. white privilege? sign me the hell up.

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Thi Thai
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great comic strip, simply perfectly illustrate what is being privileged in the society these days

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Thane Matthews
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what I get from this is that "privilege" is "bad" so we should punish the privileged - that's what populist revolutions have done for centuries - the French revolution with the guillotine, the Russian with the Gulags, the Cuban with the firing squad. The point should be that privilege is good and more people should have access to it not look donw on people who do. Also I note that it's the boy (again) who is getting "undeserved" help while the girl is being held down. This is more Liberal c**p that has been going in education for 30 or more years. Boys are bad, girls are good.

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Kniome Pierce
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comic is such BS. The parents care about the girl so much yet they don't expect her to get A's and have people coming in and out all the time. Sorry, but if she had worked a little harder she prob could have gotten scholarships instead of trying to get a loan. This comic is a typical woe is me.

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Ana Super
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some work really hard but they don't have luck, some work hard and have luck too, some doesn't work and have luck, some others doesn't work but doesn't have luck too. Maybe some things are about luck ...

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Kathryne Stanco
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My life is more towards the girls ... but I've had some privilege . My parents weren't home much , we had to raise ourselves pretty much . We ate a lot of spaghetti , Tuna and dollar TV dinners because it's what we could afford . My parents sent us to a private school that was hardly funded and we really couldn't afford to go on a lot of the trips . I'm in debt with a 1 year old struggling to even have a job that hasn't given me any hours in the last couple of months and I would love to go back to school but maybe I can try one step at a time . Anyways I said all of that even if nobody reads it or cares just to say I agree there is privilege , I've seen it first hand . However , there seems to be this assumption lately that most or all white people are privileged when in reality a lot of my friends of mixed races have qualified for more grants to school or to have gone on those trips than I had with parents who didn't work like my parents did for whatever their situation was .more love

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Fmw Beckers
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reality in a nut shell. I do not begrudge the rich I just don't want to contribute to it. Just check how ostentatious the people you deal with live and look for a better deal else were. And by the way I am a Unionist and Socialist organiser fought tooth and nail for my rights and remuneration people now a days should know to get organise to claim a better deal.

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Robert Feeney
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comic is ridiculous and offensive. It doesn't illustrate privilege. Illustrates real life. Some people are smart. Some people's parents worked hard. Some people's grandparents worked hard. Part of being successful is being able to pass it on to future generations of your family. That's not privilege, that's the way the world works. We know life is not fair. Everyone is not supposed to have the same as everyone else. If this comic went in a different direction and the so-called underprivileged person ended up going to college and having a very good job, would they then be privileged too? Their parents worked very hard and they probably didn't have much of anything yet, they still became successful. Do you see the flaw in referring to someone as privileged? You don't know where somebody came from. You don't know how hard they or their family worked. Stop boiling everything down to "privilege". Some people are successful, some are not. Deal with it.

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Evdokimos Fregoglou
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me the movie with Eddie murphy and Dan aykroyd "Trading Places". Similar to the bet which was set there from the Dukes. Richard is the product of a good environment actually. This can determine someone's life.

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C.Jin Lee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew even before finishing the comic that everyone would be complaining about how they shouldn't feel guilty and that they worked hard without any privilege. Always, always missing the point.

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand why there can be some scoffing at "white privilege", especially since I personally see some people (namely immigrants or children of immigrants) of various races who are well-off but decided to get educated in Canada (some Middle East, South East Asian, and Japanese people, and a LOT of Chinese for some reason), and obviously, a fair amount of white people in poverty, so I'm always happy when I see attention raised to privilege in the very universally true, non-stereotypical way that it most often is - a class / financial issue. Are there still issues with discrimination (i.e. on race, gender, sexuality)? Certainly! But everything's a bit easier when you know the right people or can slip a few dollars one way or the other.

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's one phrase going through my head right now, and it's "small loan of a million dollars".

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Zarina Tsallagova
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People really seem to be missing the point. It's not about Richard not working at all and getting everything just like that, or Paula finding excuses and not working hard enough to succeed, it's about them putting about same amount of effort (let's be honest, often Paula more effort) and getting these dramatically ipposite results. And it's not about Richard being a jerk (or doing nothing - he was really working hard, but he had a much higher start indeed and better resources), it's about him sincerely not understanding that these are his privileges that made the difference a lot. In reality, he could've probably not made it to where he is, or could've spend much more time and effort, if not for his privileges.

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NQ L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up poor even though my biological father was very wealthy. He left us for the babysitter. My mom & I left our home country for the US (legally). I started working when I was 14. We were never on Welfare or anything like that. We worked hard & long hours. I put myself through school because my mom couldn't afford to help. I'm now in my mid 30's and have a successful career. I'm married to a wonderful husband and we both have six-figure jobs. Things are great now but I will never forget my old days. My point is, even if you come from a poor background, just study/work hard, you will get there. Yeah those with privileges have it easier but don't let that hold you back. Your life is how you made it.

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Heidi Joy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I have always felt like this being raised by a single mom. My dad's step kids were the privileged ones.

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John Ashley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The truth of this, is that it is nonsense. This is simply not the scenario of the middle class, which is people ranging from those who are fairly well off (but not wealthy) to those who are not as well off (but not poor). Particularly in the U.S. where the middle class is the vast majority, and the wealthy and poor are small minorities. This is simply agi-prop designed to fractionalize the middle class.

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John Ashley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What this is about, is complaining about one's circumstance due to accident of birth. Circumstances are not privilege. Privilege (real privilege) is special exemptions/considerations/rights granted by the State. Example: Being able to own a car is a right. Being able to drive one is a privilege. Whether or not one can afford a car is not an example of privilege. Unless one's aim is to redefine privilege... and why would one want to do that?

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pennyworth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the comic was about showing how some people( due to their privilege life experiences) were not aware they were being a jerk.

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Kateřina Eff
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

''Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.'' (Barry Switzer)

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Nick
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is nick....nick was raised by an immigrant, who couldn't speak english, and who's family was a 14 hr plane ride away. Nick never met his real father and grew up in a home similar to Paula. Nick also went to public school, like Paula. Nick worked his a*s off to get A's, play sports, and also work part-time. Nick went to a university on loans and continued working his a*s off to get good grades, work multiple part-time jobs, play sports, student gov't, etc. Nick now has 3 university degrees and works in beautiful Bermuda. Nick has many friends (from many different backgrounds) who worked their asses off and live great lives. Nick also has friends who worked harder at making excuses instead of making positive choices. Don't use the system as an excuse for your situation. Be like Nick.....work your a*s off...the smart way, not the hard way.

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Kateřina Eff
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is Nick a guy with 3 degrees, who misses the point on a comic strip, or is he just a joke? I hope the latter...

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Sharita Sarmah
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

..uh I was hoping for more...i mean till the end...in their old ages!!

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BobbyMcD
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is great, but I hope the artist will fix the next to last panel. It should read "...anything on a plate." They left out the "a", which is the punchline to the whole piece and in the title of the strip.

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Heather Cox
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true. I keep hearing some people saying those in "unskilled" jobs shouldn't complain about being treated like c**p because those people make minimum wage. Yet, the people making those snotty remarks would never work for minimum, themselves. At the same time, those internships are often nothing more than free slave labor for employers.

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Kjorn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! that's a great story. this should be circulating in school

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Mark Wilson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cartoon hits the nail on the head. No further comment necessary.

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Mark Wilson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cartoon hits the nail on the head. There is no further comment necessary.

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time.

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time. Trust me. I was the kid on the right growing up. But I never watched TV. I studied. Now I am well off.

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Pam Tabulous
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This shows a total lack of understanding of culture in America. But what it does show is agenda. I suggest you get a degree.

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Culdee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The images in the 7th row make the greatest assumption. Getting an internship is the make or break for getting your career started off early, if ever. No internship during college or just after college, and you're thrown out with the rest of the chronically jobless dogs. Something to consider is that affirmative action programs pretty much guarantee women and minorities an internship in STEM fields so long as they meet the basic requirements, even if a higher qualified white male also applies. I know, cause this is my field, I've been there, done that, and seen it. While I'll accept that minorties have it rough in STEM fields, I absolutely do not accept that women have it hard in STEM fields. Just no evidence of that.

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Nick
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Nick. Nick was born to an immigrant mom, who didn't speak english, & who's family was a 14 hr plane ride away. Nick also never met his real dad & grew up in a home similar to Paula. Nick also went to public school like Paula, but worked his a*s off to get A's, play sports, and work part-time. Nick didn't worry about how stressed the teachers were...he just learned the material. After high school Nick went to university on loans and scholarships. He continued working his a*s off to get good grades, play sports, work part-time, serve on student gov't, and participate in various musical/academic clubs on campus. Nick has made many friends, from many backgrounds, who also worked their asses off and have nice lives. Nick also has friends who work harder at making excuses instead of making positive choices. Nick now has 3 university degrees and works in beautiful Bermuda. Be like Nick..work your a*s off...not the hard way, the smart way....oh...and pray...a lot.

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pennyworth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

privilege is how with the same levels of effort put forth by each child, once child was able to succeed in life far more than the other; living life in easy mode vs hard mode. in your scenario Nick had to put in twice the effort to gain the same level of success that Richard like child would have had to put in, since Richard like kid didn't have as many road blocks to overcome.

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Greg NZ
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

B******t. Make a life for yourself, don't spend it whinning about "muh privileges".

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Paul Lim
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kid was watching TV instead of studying while the parents aren't home. The parents were working two jobs? from what I see, it's usually the kid on the left whose parents are never home and working all the time. Trust me. I was the kid on the right. and I'm not fairly well off, because I NEVER watched TV. I studied. All the time.

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Marie-Ève Lacombe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remind me of Trump who said he built his empire by himself with just a "small" 1 million loan from his dad. Yeah right! That's probably why he keeps acting like a spoiled brat.

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WANTED JOHN
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any race, religion or segment of population could find them self on either side of that cartoon.

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This is why the white race needs to be destroyed.

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Any race, religion or segment of society could find themselves on either sides of that cartoon. There is no "privilege", the people on the left worked hard and had it easier because their parents built their way up like the people on the right were doing. It's not that hard to understand..

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awwwww.......guilting people works so well........right?

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stacyh
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww... because being a pathetic troll who never gets off his computer works so well.... right? Nobody cares what you have to say.

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I get it, but I don't like it. Yes, the rich get richer most of the time, but at the same time this comic perpetuates the stereotype that even if you work hard, if you come from humble surroundings, you will always be stuck in the limbo, therefore why bother. I don't know what a Polytech is but if it's an institute of technology, and you graduated, then you must be either very lucky, or smart - either case will land you a pretty good first job within a year of completion, definitely not as a waiter.

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I'm supposed to feel sorry because she had a job in college? I consider that an advantage. And her parents loved her. She'll be just fine.

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Should I feel sorry for her? How is she contributing to society? The "privileged" man is probably a doctor, engineer or a manager who creates values, while she is probably dependent on social welfare and is just a burden for society.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should we feel sorry for you? Probably, since you obviously have not an ounce of empathy or compassion in your body. It is people such as yourself who have no idea what real "values" are.

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