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We already have positive and negative rights, so couldn't there be positive and negative privilege? Lots of the "invisible knapsack" privileges are actually negative privileges, I think.

But it's more important to get a message across than use the "right" words. If someone were telling me that they don't see how they're privileged, I'd point to something like the negative privilege of "not being harassed." On the other hand, rights are universal: everyone has a right not to be harassed, but the uneven application of that right makes it a privilege.