Sentence examples for in their privilege from inspiring English sources

Would anyone say they were rubbing our noses in their privilege, confronting individuals with decisions that only society could answer?

But the earth was moving under the Soviet empire, and unlike many of her circle who saw perestroika as an opportunity to cash in their privilege, Politkovskaya moved instinctively in the opposite direction.

Vijay Prashad in his books Karma of Brown Folk argues that many immigrants who came to the USA after 1965 were often trapped in their privilege.

This is when people are so enclosed in their privilege that they are not aware of the struggles faced by those not with privilege.

As Londoners are wont to do with any situation that makes them feel uncomfortable in their privilege, everyone turns a blind eye.

"[Black students] have experienced yet another triggering event to remind them that students still walk amongst peers who feel superior in their privilege," the group wrote.

But given his failure to prepare the French people for change and their predilection for taking to the streets to protest reductions in their privileges, this could be a rocky ride.

Jurgis falls in with criminals and corrupt politicians, and then, suddenly, at a public meeting, he's electrified by a fervent voice: "They own not merely the labor of society, they have bought the governments; and everywhere they use their raped and stolen power to intrench themselves in their privileges".

"It's a perverse sickening combination of very deeply embedded assumptions and experiences, but also the stake that people have in their privileges".

Bureaucrats have also scuttled any attempt to rein in their powers and privileges.

It means those categorized as privileged have a role to play in exercising their privilege on behalf of the advancement of inclusion.