How Priviledged Are You?

Tick all those that apply:

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 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 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.

I do not have any physical disabilities. /

I do not have any social disabilities. /

I do not have any learning disabilities. (Assuming this is american and means learning difficulties)

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.(atheist so n/a here)

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.




We are all priviledged in some shape or form.
Let me know how priviledged you are and what you thought of this.
Credit to buzzfeed.