The &quot;reasonable argument&quot; for privilege isn&#x27;t that you grew up rich or whatever, but rather that there are negative assumptions made about others that are not made about you. For example, one of my best friends is a doctor, who moved into hospital administration, and from there into financial advising and investing. He&#x27;s very wealthy and successful. And if he&#x27;s pulled over by the cops, he has to worry that they&#x27;ll assume he stole his nice car. He has to deal with people crossing the street to avoid walking by him, or clutching their bags with fear in their eyes. Why? Because he&#x27;s black.<p>Not having people assume you&#x27;re a violent thug because of the color of your skin is privilege.<p>My wife is a high-level expert in e-commerce, and has been a professional analyst in the field for 15 years. I&#x27;ve watched men carefully explain to her how credit card processing works as if she was an idiot, gently correcting her when she disagrees or contradicts them.<p>Not getting mansplained about your own area of expertise is privilege.<p>Does this help?