Home Depot Tells Its Staff They're White-Privileged Oppressors and Marginalized Victims
By Alex Parker | Mar 25, 2022 2:30 AM ET
There’s a place where privilege reigns supreme, where some suffer while others royally rule. It’s a realm of radical difference, a dimension of dreadful disparity.
If you dare stare into the frightful face of inequity, look no further than the pernicious prince-and-pauper paradigm playing out at The Home Depot.
I’m speaking of the unjust variance among the store’s staff.
You’ve no doubt noticed it — while on the prowl for the perfect piece of PVC pipe or a sexy pirate yard ornament, you couldn’t help but observe the vast array of social ladder rungs represented by the viceroys and victims in orange aprons.
Thankfully, the home improvement chain recently attempted to reshuffle society’s deck.
Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok posted a Home Depot employee worksheet called “Unpacking Privilege.” It defines the “P” word as “a special benefit or advantage that may be earned or unearned.”
“A person may or may not be aware that they are benefitting from privilege,” the handout states.
Those helping do-it-yourselfers locate a two-pound bag of bat guano or econo-size container of coyote urine should be versed in privilege of two types:
Social Privilege
Special, unearned advantage or entitlement, used to one’s own benefit or to the detriment of others. These groups can be advantaged based on social class, age, disability, ethnic or racial category, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.
White Privilege
Societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by people of color under the same social, political and economic circumstances.
The looks of privilege are laid out:
If while growing up, college was an expectation of you, not a dream, you have class privilege.
If you can expect time off from work to celebrate your religious holidays, you have Christian privilege.
If you can use public bathrooms without stares, fear or anxiety, you have cisgender privilege.
If you don’t have to worry about how to get into a store, you have able-bodied privilege.
If you don’t have to explain that your spouse is of the same gender, you have heterosexual privilege.
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