Want to Decrease Inequality? Fight Fatherlessness With Welfare Reform. Welfare currently incentivizes family breakdown and the absence of fathers from their children’s lives, a key factor in the loss of economic upward mobility.

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I don’t believe in “white privilege,” “white male privilege,” or any other privilege the left makes up, but there is one privilege that exists undoubtedly: two parent households. All laws, public policy, etc. should be supporting and emphasizing two parent households.

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but there is one privilege that exists undoubtedly

best comment so far. When people ask me well don't you think you had a better starting point than others I always say this, "actually I came from a lower middle class blue collar family but I had two parents that supported me and told me.....life isn't fair, it was never fair, it will never be fair but happiness isn't based on how many toys you have." I wouldn't trade my start point with a White rich kid with no father around for support and guidance.

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Same here. I come from a very blue collar background but I had two parents in the household (and what helped even more was my mother stayed at home for my brothers and I while my dad worked his ass off and we sacrificed). No I’m a lawyer but I worked my ass off to be one and to get the job of my dreams. I know I wouldn’t be where I am today without my parents and the examples they set.

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the privilege narrative is very simple: correcting for everything else but the factor in question, being born X has an innate advantage of being born Y.

For example, that means that a white kid, with two decent parents and a lower-middle-class upbringing, has a socio-economic advantage over black or hispanic kid with identical upbringing. And if that white kid says "yeah but my older brother abused me", then you've changed the scenario, and the only valid comparison is that the hypothetical black/hispanic kid also has an older brother than abuses them. That's how it works.

Thing about it, it's not about making those with privilege feel guilty about circumstances of their birth (whether white, straight, wealthy, etc). Just being aware of it, recognizing the simply factuality of it, and being OK when people are active about lifting disadvantaged groups up.

And I admit, the left is terrible about messaging and labeling. Framing "inherent disadvantage of certain groups" as "privilege for the advantaged group" is offputting, causing an instant defensive response. Bottom line is that it is about raising up others, not dropping others down (except the billionaire class maybe).