What Is Privilege?
Privileges are unearned, unasked for, often invisible benefits and advantages not available to members of minoritized groups. Rather, these advantages are socially constructed to benefit members of dominant groups. The BuzzFeed staff members in the video above participated in an activity designed to inspire awareness about privilege as a means of working toward a more just and inclusive world.
For a consideration of the daily effects of white privilege, see Peggy McIntosh's foundational work, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack."