It seems like those who are most privileged are the very same that can’t recognize that privilege, because not only do they not care to recognize such or even seriously to contemplate such, but they typically feel that whatever is happening, is just the way things are supposed to happen, and if it seems like they have it easier, so much the better for them. In other words, many people of privilege simply take it as their birthright, and have a strong tendency to feel that while they might have an advantage over others, it’s a very slight advantage, easily overcome by those unheralded others who put their nose to the grindstone.
As they say, none are so blind as those that will not see, and those that are privileged but will not admit to such, or discount such, are the very same that see through a prism which is distorted and because of this, the reflections of the society that they are a part of, are equally distorted. Indeed, it isn’t possible to have empathy for the other when a person doesn’t see the other as anything that is deserving of some extra consideration, compassion, or concern. The reason that this occurs is because privileged people just don’t seem to have the necessary insight to actually see society as it really is, or don’t want to bother to do so, especially if that would mean upsetting their viewpoint to something in which they see themselves as other non-privileged people do.
Many of those who are privileged don’t want to change a thing, because when you are in pole position to get all the advantages in life, and know that the chips are perpetually in your favor, there isn’t any logical reason why you would want to change anything. Of course, from a fairness perspective, from an understanding of how society actually is for those who aren’t so privileged, it’s sensible to want to do your part to help level the playing field, because when that field is always titled in your favor, then it is suspect as to how much credit you should get for your success in life. Rather, in a meritorious society, that merit should come from a perspective which takes into account who has been privileged, and who has not, and adjustments should be made correspondingly, thereby.
Being privileged is such a great place to be that those who are privileged are typically disinclined to want to honestly examine their life, for if they did, they might just find that their distorted view of society reflects a person who has not bothered to actually see society in a way and manner, that understands that those that are privileged lead lives that are different from those that lack those advantages, and in that inability to see, they have done those others, wrong, because they have failed to even to consider to walk a mile in their shoes. Indeed, it would behoove all those that are privileged, to put themselves in a position, in which that privilege has been temporarily neutralized or abandoned, and then, they will have the opportunity to open up their eyes to see or else to remain stubbornly blind to that which calls out for justice, fairness, and opportunity.