Our Lives Matter S1E32: Privilege versus Adaptation

Our Lives Matter

Jul 04 2024 | 00:22:52

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Show Notes

People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to pursue what they value in life, and they think of more ideas in the process. The idea of privilege is one way people talk about how differences in people’s abilities, environments, and ideas affect the outcomes of what they do in life. Recognizing that is a big part of understanding the diversity of humanity. Within a high school you can meet diverse people who each have their own stories about how they’ve used their abilities and ideas in their environments to live their lives. In a college you can…

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