065: Privilege

Kel and Brooke have skirted around this topic for many months, but they think it's time. Time to talk about privilege. What is privilege exactly? And why is it such an important concept to understand? Brooke and Kel both talk through their own understanding of privilege – from their initial defensiveness towards the idea, through to acknowledgement. It's a topic that's often met with resistance or outright anger, and they both talk in-depth about why that is. Kelly talks about the fact that we feel uncomfortable ever acknowledging our own privilege as it challenges the notion that "the harder I work, the luckier I get." Brooke talks about a Toby Morris comic that gave her a lot of clarity on what privilege actually looks like (and it's not necessarily about being born in to wealth – it's far deeper than that) and how it gave her language to articulate privilege without needing to feel guilty or defensive. For Brooke, privilege is essentially about opportunity, while Kel posits it as headspace. Either way, this is a fascinating chat that will hopefully lead to a deeper conversation about the privileges that we are blind to, and those that are glaringly obvious to others. Links: Why Poverty is Like a Disease ( ) – Christian Cooper Toby Morris' comic strip, 'On a Plate': Head over to to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and

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065: Privilege is an episode from Let It Be by Jackrabbit.FM.

This episode is 30:05 long.

This episode was published on Jun 19, 2017.

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