There is a very real, very pervasive form of privilege on college campuses today. But itโs not โwhite privilegeโ or โheterosexual privilegeโ โ two phrases bandied about during freshmen orientation and through various campus โtoleranceโ campaigns.
No, the true privilege on campus is enjoyed by left-wing students, who are coddled, validated and stroked their entire four years of college. Theyโre doused in victimization glorification, given university-funded special events and programs to tout their causes, and supported by every word that comes out of their professorsโ mouths.
Tal Fortgang, a Princeton University student, has come up with a list of 38 ways many college students enjoy โleft-wing privilegeโ on campus.
Among his list are these examples of privilege, routinely held by left-wing students:
I can spend my entire college career taking only classes with professors who think exactly as I do.
I do not have to fear tipping my hand about my political views in my schoolwork.
I can describe my summer writing job without censoring the name of the publication or its political leanings.
I can use buzzwords and academic jargon to make my arguments, and they will be accepted as legitimate.
If I can categorize someone who disagrees with me as โpowerfulโ or โoppressive,โ I donโt even have to listen to them to begin with.
I can get โtrigger warningsโ appended to texts that challenge me or make me feel uncomfortable.
As Fortgang points out in writing his list: โThe very voices that decry inequality in all its manifestations either accept or turn a blind eye to the stunning dearth of conservative academics and the de facto censorship of right-wing students on overwhelmingly left-wing campuses.โ
Read his entire list at The College Fix. And have a look at his viral column from last year, โMeet the Poster Child For White Privilege โ Then Have Your Mind Blown.โ






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