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The Perils of "Privilege"
AuthorPhoebe Maltz Bovy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIdentity politics, white privilege
PublisherSt. Martin's Press[1]
Publication date
March 2017
Pages324 pp[1]
ISBN978-1-250-09120-8 (hardcover)

The Perils of "Privilege": Why Injustice Can't Be Solved by Accusing Others of Advantage is a 2017 non-fiction book by Phoebe Maltz Bovy,[2][1][3] a Toronto-based author.

Overview

A look into the concept of "privilege" and how it affects progressive politics and that accusing others of unearned advantages does nothing to address inequality and perhaps only makes things worse.

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