Quotes About Privilege

When you're accustomed to wealth, you don't show it, right? That's why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it's almost like, 'Don't show wealth - that's crass.'

For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family's wealth.

Anybody that lives in America and has parents with a moderate amount of wealth can be spoiled. I see it every day - kids who are just running their parents over to get what they want because kids are smart, and they know they can manipulate their parents.

You can't control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, 'Check your privilege,' they're saying, 'Acknowledge how these factors helped you move through life.' They're not saying apologize for it.

The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication.

Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging a bat or sinking a free-throw they may find that the rules have been suspended for them. They are waved through school and into the pros, and incidents of bad behavior are overlooked or covered up.

Some members of the ruling class are making a concerted effort to expand the wealth gap.

People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.

I am privileged to be the heir to huge wealth, and I regard myself as a custodian of that money for the benefit of people who need it more than I do.

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.

I photograph wealth.

For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.

People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.

People talk about the redistribution of wealth a lot, which is a very valid topic. But what about the redistribution of health? That's even more concentrated at the top.

We want to exert pressure on wealthy people.

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

Look, I'm not saying you can't make it if you grew up from a wealthy situation. I mean, a ton of people have.

The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.

The problem with money bail, for those who aren't familiar with it, is that it puts a price tag on freedom. It says to someone who is wealthy that no matter how dangerous you are, you can buy your way out.

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.