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Panache · 07-01-08, 01:09 PM

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No, because whatever native intelligence I possess, I have applied toward the end of trying to make things more just and equitable for everyone.
I have also not done anything by way of cultivating my intellect or parlaying it into power, status, or monetary gain- nothing that would give me any advantage over others- other than reading books, listening to people, and keeping my eyes peeled. I understand that my intellect is a byproduct of being privileged: white and well-born. Yet without education, it avails me little (I won't say "nothing"; that would be disingenuous). And I genuinely do what I can to advance equality. Born stupid, I'd be able to do much less. As it is, even ignorant and uneducated, I have a gift with words that sometimes compels people to listen to me as they would not to someone without that gift.
I would not toss it away when it can be used to help the situation, even though it is the result of unearned privilege.

So in other words, you give lip service to equality, but you don't really want everyone to have the exact same level of intellect. Hypocrite.