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Question 1. How does Fortgang define the customary use of "Check your privilege" (par. 1)? What doe she interpret the phrase to mean?
Question 2. To what is Fortgang referring when he mentions the "equal protection clause" (par. 2) and "equal protection under the law" (11)? Why does he invoke this concept?
Question 3. What would you say is Fortgang's primary purpose in this essay? How well does he succeed?
Question 4. In your own words, summarize Gay's definition of privilege.
Question 5. What does Gay mean by "the difference between relative and absolute poverty" (par. 1)? How does that difference apply to her understanding of privilege?
Question 6. What does Gay believe to be the most basic reason people object when they're "accused of having privilege" (par. 7)
Question 7. In paragraph 6 Thompson writes, "I became convinced that, on a moral level, life was either hallowed or it wasn't. And I wanted it to be." What does he mean? What point is he making here?
Question 8. Thompson refers to the "availability of reasonable alternatives" (par. 17) to the death penalty, but he doesn't indicate what they might be. Why not? What alternatives can you think of?