Hugh Mann Wright

@hughmannwright.bsky.social

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Following and occasionally tweeting on issues of asylum, migration, trade, HRs, law, economics. Hive enthusiast. Bach fanatic. "๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ."

Extract from Chapter 1 of Arianne Shahvisi's 2023 book "Arguing for a Better World: How to Talk About the Issues that Divide Us". The extract explains the concept of "white privilege" in economic terms as a "psychological wage": a top-up granted to some but not all of those exploited in/by a capitalist system, to gain their continued support or toleration for the very system which exploits them, and which therefore operates against their best interests.
Captured image of an email acknowledging membership of the UK's RNLI.
Canteen lunch with cod, honeyed vegetables, hemp seeds and pearl couscous as main course.