Using Privilege As A Weapon Analysis

In Meghan Daum’s article “Using privilege as a weapon”, she tactically begins with insults thrown at her in the past. She says these insults in a brief and concise way. Furthermore, she makes being “an ugly hobbit” or “whore” not have much importance. Daum’s candid and wholehearted response lets her audience know that she has received “not-so-nice” insults in the past. Even so, insults do not define who she is nor matter to her. She does not dwell on pity stories that would evoke empathy from her audience. Daum’s main point for resurrecting past insults are not for comedic value, but for a bigger issue. She presents how her success is often attributed to “privilege” or being in “ a very wealthy family”, but in reality she comes from “hardscrabble” background. Despite Daum’s confidence, she begins to sound disturbed finding her attacker’s motive. She reveals facts about her past to reject being “privileged”. Daum’s argument which is usually sarcastic, and unemotional becomes vulnerable. Being Meghan Daum, she immediately attacks her opponent’s argument. Thus, the claim becomes useless. She refutes the claim not only by providing evidence, but …show more content…
She uses a series of questions to prove how privilege pervades everyday society. If you are “hetrosexual” then your privledged. Nope, are you “comfortable with the gender you were assigned at birth ? So privileged. If you are white, everyone already know the answer. Daum shows how ridiculous the claims are becoming regarding being privileged. Daum gains authenticity by showing people’s claims to the extreme. She shows how privilege revolves factors like race, status, gender which means anyone can be technically be labeled privileged. Privilege does not have to be a person’s assets being assessed, but could reached. Most humans have a brain that allows thinking are we not privileged