Re: the meaning of privilege - the way that your friend used the word strikes me as the way that the word used to be generally understood; that's definitely the way it's used in older books, for instance. I suppose someone who grew up with a visceral sense of being looked down on by privileged (in the old sense) rich WASP-y Ivy League types might hate being told, surprise! we've expanded the definition of privilege so you count too. You are the thing you loathe and resent!
It's sort of similar to the way that some geeks who were bullied in high school retain the sense of being kicked around long after they've landed high-paying and powerful tech jobs. Their self-image can't catch up with their change in circumstances.
In any case. Watching Zootopia is always a good choice! One of the things that makes the movie so interesting is that, while it calls on a number of real world issues (the one that jumps to mind at the moment is Judy explaining that, while a bunny can call another bunny cute, if another species does it...), the world-building is strong enough that it's not a direct one-to-one parallel to anything: the specific predator-prey divide (or the big animal-small animal divide) doesn't exactly map onto a particular human issue.
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It's sort of similar to the way that some geeks who were bullied in high school retain the sense of being kicked around long after they've landed high-paying and powerful tech jobs. Their self-image can't catch up with their change in circumstances.
In any case. Watching Zootopia is always a good choice! One of the things that makes the movie so interesting is that, while it calls on a number of real world issues (the one that jumps to mind at the moment is Judy explaining that, while a bunny can call another bunny cute, if another species does it...), the world-building is strong enough that it's not a direct one-to-one parallel to anything: the specific predator-prey divide (or the big animal-small animal divide) doesn't exactly map onto a particular human issue.