How Privileged Am I?

  1. I am white.
  2. I have never been discriminated against because of my skin color.
  3. I have never been the only person of my race in a room.
  4. I have never been mocked for my accent.
  5. I have never been told I am attractive “for my race.”
  6. I have never been a victim of violence because of my race.
  7. I have never been called a racial slur.
  8. I have never been told I “sound white.”
  9. A stranger has never asked to touch my hair, or asked if it is real.
  10. I am heterosexual.
  11. I have never lied about my sexuality
  12. I never had to “come out.”
  13. I never doubted my parents’ acceptance of my sexuality.
  14. I have never been called “fag.”
  15. I have never been called “dyke.”
  16. I have never been called a “fairy,” or any other derogatory slur for homosexuals.
  17. I have never tried to hide my sexuality.
  18. I am always comfortable with P.D.A. with my partner in public.
  19. I have never pretended to be “just friends” with my significant other.
  20. I have never been ostracized by my religion for my sexual orientation.
  21. I have never been told I would “burn in hell” for my sexual orientation.
  22. I have never been told that my sexuality is “just a phase.”
  23. I have never been violently threatened because of my sexuality.
  24. I am a man.
  25. I feel comfortable in the gender I was born as.
  26. I still identify as the gender I was born in.
  27. I have never tried to change my gender.
  28. I have never been denied an opportunity because of my gender.
  29. I make more money than my professional counterparts of a different gender.
  30. I have never felt unsafe because of my gender.
  31. I have never been catcalled.
  32. I have never been sexually harassed or assaulted.
  33. I have never been raped.
  34. I work in a salaried job.
  35. My family and I have never lived below the poverty line.
  36. I don’t have any student loans.
  37. I have never gone to bed hungry.
  38. I have never been homeless.
  39. My parents pay some of my bills.
  40. My parents pay all of my bills.
  41. I don’t rely on public transportation.
  42. I buy new clothes at least once a month.
  43. I have never done my taxes myself.
  44. I have never felt poor.
  45. I have never had to worry about making rent.
  46. I have never worked as a waiter, barista, bartender, or salesperson.
  47. I have had an unpaid internship.
  48. I have had multiple unpaid internships.
  49. I went to summer camp.
  50. I went to private school.
  51. I graduated high school.
  52. I went to an elite college.
  53. I graduated college.
  54. My parents paid (at least some of) my tuition.
  55. I had a car in high school.
  56. I’ve never had a roommate.
  57. I’ve always had cable.
  58. I have traveled internationally.
  59. I travel internationally at least once a year.
  60. I studied abroad.
  61. I’ve never skipped a meal to save money.
  62. I don’t know what “Sallie Mae” is.
  63. I spent Spring Breaks abroad.
  64. I have frequent flier miles.
  65. My parents are heterosexual.
  66. My parents are both alive.
  67. My parents are still married.
  68. I do not have any physical disabilities.
  69. I do not have any social disabilities.
  70. I do not have any learning disabilities.
  71. I have never had an eating disorder.
  72. I have never been depressed.
  73. I have never considered suicide.
  74. I have never attempted suicide.
  75. I have never taken medication for my mental health.
  76. I can afford medication if/when I need it.
  77. I have never been told I’m overweight or “too skinny.”
  78. I have never felt overweight or underweight or “too skinny.”
  79. I have never been shamed for my body type.
  80. I consider myself to be physically attractive.
  81. I can afford a therapist.
  82. I’ve used prescription drugs recreationally.
  83. I have never had an addiction.
  84. I have never been shamed for my religious beliefs.
  85. I have never been violently threatened for my religious beliefs.
  86. I have never been violently attacked for my religious beliefs.
  87. There is a place of worship for my religion in my town.
  88. I have never lied about my ethnicity as self-defense.
  89. I have never lied about my religion as self-defense.
  90. All my jobs have been accommodating of my religious practices.
  91. I am not nervous in airport security lines.
  92. I have never heard this statement: “You have been randomly selected for secondary passport control.”
  93. I have never been called a terrorist.
  94. Nobody has ever tried to “save” me for my religious beliefs.
  95. I have never been cyber-bullied for any of my identities.
  96. I was not bullied as a child for any of my identities.
  97. I have never tried to distance myself from any of my identities.
  98. I have never been self-conscious about any of my identities.
  99. I have never questioned any of my identities.
  100. I feel privileged because of the identities I was born with.

Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you