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Why Two Parents Are the Ultimate Privilege
Why Two Parents Are the Ultimate Privilege
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Half of American babies are born to unmarried mothers. And those with two parents, Melissa Kearney argues, have an immense advantage.
By Bari Weiss
12.09.23 — Culture and Ideas
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Why Two Parents Are the Ultimate Privilege

One of the words that’s become utterly void of meaning in the last few years because of its overuse and misuse is privilege. White privilege, male privilege, able-bodied privilege, gender privilege, heterosexual privilege, even hot privilege. In these contexts, privilege is a stain, an original sin meant to guilt the offending party into repentance. 

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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