Unearned Privileges

An unearned privilege I have that I feel should be eliminated from society is able-bodied privilege. Reading through the privilege lists for class I decided to look at the able-bodied one and I was struck by how unfairly we treat people that are not of able-body. It was a check list that went through the life of a person that was not able-bodied and it made me realize that people of able-body do not treat people not of able-body fairly. We don’t treat them as equals, which is what they really want to be treated as. We treat them as if they are a completely different species, when really they are someone’s brother or sister or parent who went through something traumatic or were just born that way and didn’t get the able-bodied privilege that we did.

An unearned privilege I have that I feel everyone in society should have is the privilege of being financially stable. I’m not saying that I am rich and obviously I am supported by my parents, but it was nice to know growing up that there would be food on the table and I would have clothes to wear. I wish everyone could have that privilege and it breaks my heart that there are people in the US and in the world that go without eating on a daily basis. If everyone had this privilege I feel that it would take away a lot of crime and violence in the world. It’s like money is what fuels all the bad things that are going on in the world. Everyone says “money can’t buy you happiness”, but it sure seems to take away a lot of people’s problems.