How Privileged Am I?
Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you
- 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.