green privilege

English

Noun

green privilege (uncountable)

1. The advantages that wealthy people have in society in addition to the buying power of their money.
   • 2010, Kommon Knowledge, Until Uhuru: For Us Colored Folks, page 4:

     White privilege...manifested to divide society by engulfing us in a cloud of racism and hatred is now allowing the true members of green privilege to control and take us all hostage.

   • 2017, Jennifer Lenhart, Joan Fitzgerald, “Eco-Districts as a Transition Pathway to Low-Carbon Cities”, in Shobhakar Dhakal, Matthias Ruth, editors, Creating Low Carbon Cities, page 197:

     In response to criticisms that eco-districts are merely islands of green privilege, can these lessons learned be applied in lower income neighbourhoods?

   • 2018, David Housewright, Like to Die: A McKenzie Novel:

     It ain't white privilege, pal. It's all about green privilege. You got a lot of green, you got a lot of friends who are happy to do your biddin'.