“Carrying the Weight of Exploitation: A Reflection on Privilege”

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I


sit on a man's back

choking him and making him carry me

and my load,

and yet assure myself and others

that I am very sorry for him

wish to ease his lot by all possible means

-except by getting off his back.


-Leo Tolstoy



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