20 Ideas for Discussions about Privilege (2025)
Daria Schubert
This article from Dartmouth titled: Introduction to Power, Privilege, and Social Justice is succinct and easy to read. The follow-up Part 2 article has some great set-ups, ground rules, and approaches, including some discussion topics:
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- What is your relationship to social justice?
- How have you seen power and/or privilege, or lack of, in your everyday life?
- What 3~5 identities are important to you? Which identities have the most impact on how you see yourself?
- What are some identities that you hold that are privileged? What are some identities that you hold that aren’t?
- What part of others’ identities do you notice first?
- How do your salient identities affect how you experience Dartmouth? How might it differ from other people’s experiences?
These could be asked in small groups or on a discussion board.
They also included this list of additional resources:
