Sentence examples for perception of privilege from inspiring English sources

Tensions remain between some private- and public-school parents over a perception of privilege, after some families whose children were accused of damaging the playground contributed $50,000 to repair it.

Most of that has to do with a perception of privilege: Duke is stereotypically populated by wealthy, white students from out of state — the University of New Jersey at Durham, as it has been called — who seem to see positions in major law firms and financial institutions, Charlotte to Boston, as their right.

The more equal opportunities appear to be, the more legitimized privilege is and the fuzzier the public perception of privilege.

Beyond the sensitive issues of sovereignty and nationalism around the Rio Olympics, the episode unleashed a discussion around Brazil about perceptions of privilege, accountability and danger in a society where many Brazilians themselves often lament their exposure to alarming levels of violent crime and police corruption.

The video, which shows the students sipping liquor, tending to a pet jaguar and feigning fatigue with so many females pursuing them, went viral – reinforcing perceptions of privilege, power and impunity enjoyed the Mexican elites, along with the kind of graduates emerging from Legionaries' academies.

The Tories will suffer too, because of the reinforced perception of unearned privilege.

The U.K.'s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has today ruled that MPs' and Peers' private communications are not exempt from spying — overturning a perception of special privilege stemming from the so-called 'Wilson Doctrine'.

He concluded that white perceptions of native privilege and corruption constitute "Canada's most hidden anger," and that the deep split between natives and immigrant Canadians is the country's greatest division.

Ever since, local residents have squabbled and sued over the existence of private homes on public land and the perception of a pocket of privilege.

Doctors were able to trade on this cultural perception for an unusual degree of privilege and influence.

"The idea with HOT lanes was 'O.K., let's use the capacity better and put a price on the availability of a faster lane.' " Although the old perception of HOT lanes as a privilege for the rich persists, Ms. Hanak said, "Anybody who's a driver can at certain times find it really valuable to get somewhere faster.