Privilege...???

[kelliekat44]

"Chris Wallace celebrated his 50th anniversary in the news business this summer. The biological son of legendary 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace got his start as a 16-year-old assistant to Walter Cronkite, a job he landed courtesy of his stepfather, future president of CBS News Bill Leonard. As the host of Fox News Sunday, Wallace has seen his overall viewership spike 20 percent year-over-year to 1.22 million per episode in August. Wallace spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the changes he has seen over five decades and the coverage of today’s biggest news stories.


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"Your stepdad got you that internship. Some would call that nepotism."

"At that time, there was a common practice that all the networks would hire as interns the kids of their correspondents and producers. It was a great thing because it allowed you to see what your mom or dad did, and it built up a sense of pride. I treasured the opportunity to work with my father and stepfather. There’s a lot of negatives to having a father in this business, too. They miss holidays, school events, vacations, so I don’t think this was an improper benefit."

[badtoworse]

1. I'd go with nepotism rather than privilege.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. isn't nepotism a form of privilege ... ?

Word Origin and History for nepotismhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nepotism
n.
"favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointment to high office," 1660s, from French népotisme (1650s), from Italian nepotismo, from nepote "nephew," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "grandson, nephew" (see nephew ). Originally, practice of granting privileges to a pope's "nephew" which was a euphemism for his natural son.

more at link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nepotism

[badtoworse]

4. I think of privilege as inuring to the benefit of an entire class of people...,

...whereas nepotism is unique to an individual with the authority to hire whomever he pleases. The difference is subtle.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Agree to disagree. N/t

[gollygee]

2. Yes that's absolutely privilege

Class privilege, and white privilege as well, because more white people are in positions to give their kids or friends' kids jobs, so white people are much more likely to receive the privilege of having a parent or friend's parent help them get a job. And the better paying the job, the more that's true.