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green privilege en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The advantages that wealthy people have in society in addition to the buying power of their money.
    • It ain't white privilege, pal. It's all about green privilege. You got a lot of green, you got a lot of friends who are happy to do your biddin'. 2018, David Housewright, Like to Die: A McKenzie Novel:
    • In response to criticisms that eco-districts are merely islands of green privilege, can these lessons learned be applied in lower income neighbourhoods? 2017, Jennifer Lenhart, Joan Fitzgerald, “Eco-Districts as a Transition Pathway to Low-Carbon Cities”, in Shobhakar Dhakal, Matthias Ruth, editors, Creating Low Carbon Cities, page 197:
    • White privilege...manifested to divide society by engulfing us in a cloud of racism and hatred is now allowing the true members of green privilege to control and take us all hostage. 2010, Kommon Knowledge, Until Uhuru: For Us Colored Folks, page 4:

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