Privilege Meme
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pasitheaBold whatever applies to you
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher social class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children's books by a parent (Sorta. More I remember being taught to read myself rather than being read to. Realistically, this is much better than being read to IMO)
10.Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (Flute and some blacksmith apprenticing if that counts.)
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (See above)
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.This one needs an anti-privilege mark. People like me are routinely and actively disparaged in the media
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16.Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer campBible camp, the antithesis of privilege
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotelsWe stayed in a tent but went to Disneyworld and stuff. I think that's privilege
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18HAHAHAHA! My clothes were the NEIGHBOR KIDS hand-me-downs.
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from themHAHAHAHA!
22. There was original art in your house when you were a childDefine art. I'm going with NO.
23. Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
24.You and your family lived in a single family houseGawd no! Our house was on a party line most of my childhood.
25. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
26. You had your own room as a child (After I was 10 at any rate)
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school Used as a computer monitor
29. Owned (an investment) in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
35. I am for the most part healthy and have no significant disability.
36. I have been born into a gender which I am comfortable with.
37. My sexuality is viewed positively in the media and by the majority of my society. Antithesis again
38. My sexuality is not visible to others just by looking at me. (Or so I'd like to believe at any rate)
39. My peer group is represented positively in the media and embraced positively by the majority of society.HAHAHAHAHAHA NO
40.My ethnic group is represented positively in the media and rarely stigmatized or stereotyped.If I have an ethnicity, it's 'white person from midwest' Lately those people have potrayed themselves as huge flaming idiots in the news and self stigmatizing and stereotyping. I'm frequently ashamed to be one of them. My ethnicity isn't readily visibly apparent, but frequently, neither is that of a religious minority. I'm marking myself as privileged here but I question its value.
41. The language spoken by teachers in school was the same language as that I spoke with my family at home. ... More or less. I got hassled by teachers for using queens english spellings rather than american but that's very minor.
42. My parents and teachers took it for granted that I would attend university. ... And then made no effort to help me towards this goal.
43. Any money I earned at part-time jobs before I turned 18 was mine to keep or put towards my education. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
44. I know what my family's genetic history is. I know my mom had skin cancer and my father's father committed suicide
45. When people see me with my parents, they assume we're related.Even as a child I was frequently teased about being adopted
46. I graduated from college or university with (almost) no debt.
47. During college or university, I could use income from part-time jobs to supplement my spending money (rather than for tuition, books, or living expenses).
I think this quiz misses a lot of potential areas for privilege and overstates the value of some others. Perhaps a good last question would be an essay question which asks what you think privilege is. It would probably be far more telling about how much privilege you have than all of the others combined.
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher social class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children's books by a parent (Sorta. More I remember being taught to read myself rather than being read to. Realistically, this is much better than being read to IMO)
10.Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (Flute and some blacksmith apprenticing if that counts.)
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (See above)
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.This one needs an anti-privilege mark. People like me are routinely and actively disparaged in the media
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16.Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer campBible camp, the antithesis of privilege
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotelsWe stayed in a tent but went to Disneyworld and stuff. I think that's privilege
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18HAHAHAHA! My clothes were the NEIGHBOR KIDS hand-me-downs.
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from themHAHAHAHA!
22. There was original art in your house when you were a childDefine art. I'm going with NO.
23. Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
24.You and your family lived in a single family houseGawd no! Our house was on a party line most of my childhood.
25. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
26. You had your own room as a child (After I was 10 at any rate)
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school Used as a computer monitor
29. Owned (an investment) in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
35. I am for the most part healthy and have no significant disability.
36. I have been born into a gender which I am comfortable with.
37. My sexuality is viewed positively in the media and by the majority of my society. Antithesis again
38. My sexuality is not visible to others just by looking at me. (Or so I'd like to believe at any rate)
39. My peer group is represented positively in the media and embraced positively by the majority of society.HAHAHAHAHAHA NO
40.My ethnic group is represented positively in the media and rarely stigmatized or stereotyped.If I have an ethnicity, it's 'white person from midwest' Lately those people have potrayed themselves as huge flaming idiots in the news and self stigmatizing and stereotyping. I'm frequently ashamed to be one of them. My ethnicity isn't readily visibly apparent, but frequently, neither is that of a religious minority. I'm marking myself as privileged here but I question its value.
41. The language spoken by teachers in school was the same language as that I spoke with my family at home. ... More or less. I got hassled by teachers for using queens english spellings rather than american but that's very minor.
42. My parents and teachers took it for granted that I would attend university. ... And then made no effort to help me towards this goal.
43. Any money I earned at part-time jobs before I turned 18 was mine to keep or put towards my education. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
44. I know what my family's genetic history is. I know my mom had skin cancer and my father's father committed suicide
45. When people see me with my parents, they assume we're related.Even as a child I was frequently teased about being adopted
46. I graduated from college or university with (almost) no debt.
47. During college or university, I could use income from part-time jobs to supplement my spending money (rather than for tuition, books, or living expenses).
I think this quiz misses a lot of potential areas for privilege and overstates the value of some others. Perhaps a good last question would be an essay question which asks what you think privilege is. It would probably be far more telling about how much privilege you have than all of the others combined.
