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title: "8 Privilege Like Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paloma-elsesser/i-went-to-private-school-my-whole-life-growing-up-in-los-angeles-you/)

[Paloma Elsesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paloma-elsesser/)

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> [White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-mcintosh/white-privilege-is-like-an-invisible-weightless-knapsack-of-special/)

[Peggy McIntosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-mcintosh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/peggy-mcintosh-34173_blank_white-privilege-is-like-an-invisible-wei_814789.png)

> [I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dede-gardner/i-think-what-i-do-for-a-living-is-a-privilege-so-at-the-very-least-i/)

[Dede Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dede-gardner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/dede-gardner-34366_good_i-think-what-i-do-for-a-living-is-a-priv_1165116.jpg)

> [“what happens when you tell everyone that their worth, their ability, their right to speak on certain subjects and—shudder—their “privilege” is, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milo-yiannopoulos/what-happens-when-you-tell-everyone-that-their-worth-their-ability/)

[Milo Yiannopoulos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milo-yiannopoulos/)

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> [“Privilege is like oxygen. You don't realize it's there until it's gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-sklar/privilege-is-like-oxygen-you-don-t-realize-it-s-there-until-it-s-gone/)

[Rachel Sklar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-sklar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/rachel-sklar-53396_quote_privilege-is-like-oxygen-you-don-t-reali_2032702.jpg)

> [All of which raises the question – your task, burden, privilege, call it what you like – a question which men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-currie-jr/all-of-which-raises-the-question-your-task-burden-privilege-call-it/)

[Ron Currie Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-currie-jr/)

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> [I feel like it's a real privilege to like what I do and feel challenged by what I do and just want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayo-edebiri/i-feel-like-it-s-a-real-privilege-to-like-what-i-do-and-feel/)

[Ayo Edebiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayo-edebiri/)

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> [Atheism is like the highest level of white privilege. It's like having a black belt in white privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/atheism-is-like-the-highest-level-of-white-privilege-it-s-like-having/)

[W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/)

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