How Privileged Am I?
- I am white.
- I have never been discriminated against because of my skin color.
- I have never been the only person of my race in a room.
- I have never been mocked for my accent.
- I have never been told I am attractive “for my race.”
- I have never been a victim of violence because of my race.
- I have never been called a racial slur.
- I have never been told I “sound white.”
- A stranger has never asked to touch my hair, or asked if it is real.
- I am heterosexual.
- I have never lied about my sexuality
- I never had to “come out.”
- I never doubted my parents’ acceptance of my sexuality.
- I have never been called “fag.”
- I have never been called “dyke.”
- I have never been called a “fairy,” or any other derogatory slur for homosexuals.
- I have never tried to hide my sexuality.
- I am always comfortable with P.D.A. with my partner in public.
- I have never pretended to be “just friends” with my significant other.
- I have never been ostracized by my religion for my sexual orientation.
- I have never been told I would “burn in hell” for my sexual orientation.
- I have never been told that my sexuality is “just a phase.”
- I have never been violently threatened because of my sexuality.
- I am a man.
- I feel comfortable in the gender I was born as.
- I still identify as the gender I was born in.
- I have never tried to change my gender.
- I have never been denied an opportunity because of my gender.
- I make more money than my professional counterparts of a different gender.
- I have never felt unsafe because of my gender.
- I have never been catcalled.
- I have never been sexually harassed or assaulted.
- I have never been raped.
- I work in a salaried job.
- My family and I have never lived below the poverty line.
- I don’t have any student loans.
- I have never gone to bed hungry.
- I have never been homeless.
- My parents pay some of my bills.
- My parents pay all of my bills.
- I don’t rely on public transportation.
- I buy new clothes at least once a month.
- I have never done my taxes myself.
- I have never felt poor.
- I have never had to worry about making rent.
- I have never worked as a waiter, barista, bartender, or salesperson.
- I have had an unpaid internship.
- I have had multiple unpaid internships.
- I went to summer camp.
- I went to private school.
- I graduated high school.
- I went to an elite college.
- I graduated college.
- My parents paid (at least some of) my tuition.
- I had a car in high school.
- I’ve never had a roommate.
- I’ve always had cable.
- I have traveled internationally.
- I travel internationally at least once a year.
- I studied abroad.
- I’ve never skipped a meal to save money.
- I don’t know what “Sallie Mae” is.
- I spent Spring Breaks abroad.
- I have frequent flier miles.
- My parents are heterosexual.
- My parents are both alive.
- My parents are still married.
- I do not have any physical disabilities.
- I do not have any social disabilities.
- I do not have any learning disabilities.
- I have never had an eating disorder.
- I have never been depressed.
- I have never considered suicide.
- I have never attempted suicide.
- I have never taken medication for my mental health.
- I can afford medication if/when I need it.
- I have never been told I’m overweight or “too skinny.”
- I have never felt overweight or underweight or “too skinny.”
- I have never been shamed for my body type.
- I consider myself to be physically attractive.
- I can afford a therapist.
- I’ve used prescription drugs recreationally.
- I have never had an addiction.
- I have never been shamed for my religious beliefs.
- I have never been violently threatened for my religious beliefs.
- I have never been violently attacked for my religious beliefs.
- There is a place of worship for my religion in my town.
- I have never lied about my ethnicity as self-defense.
- I have never lied about my religion as self-defense.
- All my jobs have been accommodating of my religious practices.
- I am not nervous in airport security lines.
- I have never heard this statement: “You have been randomly selected for secondary passport control.”
- I have never been called a terrorist.
- Nobody has ever tried to “save” me for my religious beliefs.
- I have never been cyber-bullied for any of my identities.
- I was not bullied as a child for any of my identities.
- I have never tried to distance myself from any of my identities.
- I have never been self-conscious about any of my identities.
- I have never questioned any of my identities.
- I feel privileged because of the identities I was born with.
Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you