Monday, March 23, 2015

Why Won’t Liberals Talk about the Most Important Kind of ‘Privilege’ in America?

NRO

"It’s marriage. 

"Much has been written about privilege in academic settings over the past few decades. There’s the privilege of wealth, and the advantages wealth confers if a baby is lucky enough to be born into it. Much too has been written about the advantages of being born into this world as a Caucasian — known in academia as “white privilege.” 

"But not enough has been written about the most important advantage a baby can have in America: the advantage of being born with a mother and father who happen to be married. Call it “the marriage privilege” — the advantages are startling."  Read more

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