User:Skakkle/Identity privilege

In political discourse in the United States, the theory of identity privilege is a form of identity politics, roughly associated with the successor ideology family of social theories. But it is also connected to earlier, less controversial forms of social justice theory.

Identity privilege is a privilege that does not come from any kind of individual merit or achievement. It also is not inherited on an individual basis, as in the case of intergenerational wealth transfer. An individual automatically has such privilege because he or she is a member of a privileged identity class. The common assumption is that the average member these classes has some degree of privilege everywhere they go.

The most common privileged identity attributes are commonly understood be:

There are plenty of other categories. There are plenty of problems with the simple form of this theory, yet it is very popular mode of thinking. And the principle described here is a common premise used to attack those who oppose in various forms the liberal orthodoxy or the agenda of the Democratic party of the United States.