What If Everything You Know About Privilege Is Wrong?

Cammi Pham
The Unlearner
Published in
2 min readNov 8, 2023

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Cammi Pham — WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIVILEGE IS WRONG?

If you find yourself thinking you’re underprivileged, there’s a high chance that you are.

You may be underprivileged within your own bubble, but beyond your immediate community, there are always people facing even greater challenges.

It’s a default mindset to label ourselves as the underprivileged, and it often provides a convenient excuse to blame others for everything that goes wrong in our lives.

Just because someone is privileged doesn’t mean they don’t face their own set of challenges.

These struggles may manifest differently, but that doesn’t diminish their significance.

It’s important not to let others invalidate your struggles or belittle your pain; we all encounter challenges in different ways.

From the perspective of those who are less privileged, it’s crucial to be open-minded and accept that people who are more privileged also face their own struggles. You are struggling, but it doesn’t mean they don’t.

If our lives are underprivileged, it doesn’t necessarily mean that others have it easy. Our lives might still be less…

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Cammi Pham
The Unlearner

Unlearner. Marketer. Partner @ Growth + eCommerce Marketing Agency @ThinkRenegade | Subcribe to get new posts >> https://www.dailyunlearner.com