jumpingjacktrash:

persephore:

“Your job — as students who are receiving an education — is to be aware of your privilege. And use this particular privilege called “education” to do your best to achieve great things, all the while advocating for those in the rows behind you.”

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i’m reblogging because of that last line.

so many people on tumblr think ‘privelege’ means ‘feel guilty and apologize a lot’. but it’s actually a power you can use to help people who don’t have it.

imagine if the kids in the back of the room passed their paper balls forward so the kids in the front row could take the shot for them.