check your privilege

Phrase

as imperative with to-infinitive

(as imperative, with to-infinitive) Used to urge someone to examine their own speech and actions for bias or presumption due to social privilege and to curb or check any such bias or presumption.

Japanese Meaning

自分が有する社会的特権から生じる可能性のある偏見や思い込みを自らの言動で省み、それを抑制・改善するよう促す命令的な表現 / 自分の持つ特権が影響を及ぼしているかを再検討し、その偏りを意識し直すよう呼びかける意味合いのフレーズ

What is this buttons?

Before dismissing their concerns, check your privilege and consider how your background shapes your perspective.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

相手の懸念を却下する前に、自分の持つ社会的特権を省みて、出自や背景が自分の見方にどう影響しているか考えてください。

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(as imperative, with to-infinitive) Used to urge someone to examine their own speech and actions for bias or presumption due to social privilege and to curb or check any such bias or presumption.

The idea that the dominant lack the tools to recognize their role in systems of oppression is currently in the cultural ascendant. It underpins the instruction to ‘check your privilege’.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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