thinking about my optometrist who was treating my eye infection and said “if it hurts, you can rinse your eye with boiled water. look at me - look at me. i want you to understand that i mean water that has been boiled and has since cooled down. not boiling water. do you understand?” like i’m so grateful for this man ensuring that I wouldn’t destroy my eyes by pouring boiling water in it, because it is an adequate assessment of my intelligence
i feel like when talking about the concept of privilege it is meaningful to distinguish “everyone should have this but certain people don’t” privilege (e.g supportive parents, relative safety) from “no one should have this but certain people do” privilege (preferential treatment in certain job fields, billions of dollars)
