Ethics, Thursday

[saddeserthermit]

Today the classroom's desks were shoved to the sides of the room and a white tape was going down the middle. Anakin and Obi-Wan were standing on it. "Today we're going to explore how assumptions we make about how we interact with the world might not be universal," Anakin began.

"This is a class we teach every year," Obi-Wan said, "In an effort to communicate the principle of privilege. Privilege is a complicated concept, which touches each of us in different ways: depending on which planet we are on and what era it is, simple things such as skin tone, education, wealth, ethnicity and so on may make our lives harder or easier. One may experience privilege for one element of one's self, and lose it for another. And so forth."

Anakin nodded. "Since Fandom covers the gamut of space and time," and has a statistically unusual number of orphans, "it's very difficult to get a group of questions that accurately reflect the challenges and the privileges in your life. I would ask that you answer as honestly as you can. Master Kenobi and I, as always, will participate as well. Though we both became Jedi, which is a group of privilege in our galaxy, we grew up quite differently."

"If you are uncomfortable with the assignment, you are allowed to sit it out," Obi-Wan continued. "Please tell us if this is the case."

"Everyone else, stand on the line, please," Anakin said.

Comments

Assignment: Privilege

[saddeserthermit]

"If you felt like you had adequate access to healthy food growing up, take one step forward."

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[saddeserthermit]

And another step forward.

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[giveherahand]

Mara took another step forward.

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[rebelseekspizza]

"What, like fucking kale chips and shit?" said Dante, not moving.

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[era_two_triangle]

... Gems didn't eat.

This was Peridot, burying her face in her hand and continuing to stay put.

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[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka took a step forward.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin mulled this over, then stayed where he was. At the Temple, he had. On Tatooine, he'd known what it was like to be hungry.

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[boneyard_girl]

Ada made a face, and stayed put. It was always as healthy as possible, but it wasn't uncommon for there to be weeks where there wasn't quite enough for everyone, or where they couldn't afford meat or dairy because the town would raise the prices just to spite them. She'd eaten half-portions herself a few times to make sure the littles got full meals.

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[crimson_sister]

They hadn't been starving, Lucille had to admit that, even if she doubted whether the food she and her brother had been served could be considered healthy. Still, she took a step forward.

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[goforthe_optics]

Again, Tali didn't move. She couldn't say she had ever gone hungry, but food in the Migrant Fleet was always strictly rationed, and of course those rations weren't always optimal at times when resources were low.

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[candycrushlove]

Maria had to think about that for a moment. Most people thought that Amy and Maria's diets were sometimes not very healthy, but her mom made sure she was fed, so Maria stepped forward.

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[spell_chucker]

He'd certainly never gone hungry in Dalaran, so Khadgar took a step forward again.

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey didn't move. Again.

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[studyingfear]

If there was a family with access to healthier food than what he was given...

No, they probably didn't exist.

Rufus took a step forward.

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[vrajna_kralis]

Hyacinthe stayed still again. Healthy? Yes, but not exactly adequate. He'd gone hungry often enough as a boy and he doubted the teachers counted the food you stole as access.

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[notfinnyet]

Oh, well, that one was easy. (Sure, it was often withheld as punishment, but that was the cadets' own fault for not performing better!) FN-2187 took a step forward.