Check Your Privilege!

[Hero in a half shell]

I didn't understand whether I was supposed to leave half the questions checked or unchecked because of the constant changes between "I have" and "I have never"

So I got 57 out of 100.

Quite privileged.

Fair enough I suppose.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

78/100. Straight white male living in Canada, not surprised at all.

The test is a bit weird at points trying to not be America-centric and then immediately being America-centric (i.e. going out of it's way to not specify white in the race questions and then immediately pulling out an "are you white?" on you). It also uses some less controversial measures of privilege like living/dead parents, poverty and mental health that seems to make the test results a bit different then the usual definition of privilege.

If anything it's interesting to see that the concept of "privilege" goes a bit deeper then the usual race/gender rights thing that's prevalent on the internet.

Also it's important to remember that, as the test points out, there's nothing wrong with having more or less privilege then anybody else even if tumblr SJWs would like you to believe it.

 

[VanQ]

49/100 and I'm a white cis-scum male that's only ever had my sexuality questioned because I haven't had a girlfriend in many, many years. So apparently because someone once thought I was gay counts as me not being privileged. Oh woe is me. Boo-fucking-hoo.

I'm a white, straight male and I got a 48/100 even though I answered 100% honestly. I'm quite surprised, but I guess this just goes to show "privilege" is not secret Tumblr code for "bias against straight white dudes."

Naturally, I'm oh-so shocked by that fact.

Of course it's not a secret codeword. They're quite open about it, actually.

 

[Drops a Sweet Katana]

64%: Quite privileged.

As expected really and I have never felt the need to seriously complain about anything in my life because of it.

 

[RoonMian]

64 out of 100.

Though I found it funny that I had no idea what Sallie Mae means because I am not American. Not being American is a privilege? Seems about right...

 

[Frankster]

How Privileged Are You?
You live with 37 out of 100 points of privilege.

You?re not privileged at all. You grew up with an intersectional, complicated identity, and life never let you forget it. You?ve had your fair share of struggles, and you?ve worked hard to overcome them. We do not live in an ideal world and you had to learn that the hard way. It is not your responsibility to educate those with more advantages than you, but if you decide you want to, go ahead and send them this quiz. Hopefully it will help.



Woohoo I think I've won and got lower then everyone else so far. Dunno what I won but well, a wins a win.

Does this mean my voice carries more weight in future threads or something? Or do I just get a pity party?

Anyways that test was a load of bull for the most part..
Heck one of my "privileges" was that I studied abroad and went to boarding school...
Nevermind that it was cos I was kicked out of my old school and that boarding school was kinda a last chance school for troubled kids of all sorts... It had its good moments but Id wager most people wouldn't have liked that environment, let alone consider it a privilege compared to a more mundane school environment.

Edit: Nvm, 2 people beat my "score". Goddamnit, if it wasnt for private school and studying abroad counting as privileges I'd totally have bought home the gold.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I got 47/100, and I feel it should have been a higher number v: Though, my current life situation feels a lot more comfortable and "privileged" than the one I grew up with. When I compare myself socioeconomically, or even the whole general area where I live now, to back in my hometown, it makes me realize how good I have it compared to most of my friends and family.

 

[K12]

54 out of 100 is surprisingly low for a white, heterosexual, well-educated, english-speaking, middle-class, western born man with no physical, psychological or neurological problems.

 

[Scarim Coral]

55/ 100
I thought it would be higher since I am living with my parent but in saying so some of the stuff doesn't apply to me much like having a partner.

 

[Yan007]

44/100

But I lived for years in China (recently came back home) and would be pointed at, touched and mocked constantly for being white.

 

[freaper]

73/100, but it would probably be higher if I hadn't been as facetious about some of their questions.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

49/100 and I'm a white cis-scum male that's only ever had my sexuality questioned because I haven't had a girlfriend in many, many years. So apparently because someone once thought I was gay counts as me not being privileged. Oh woe is me. Boo-fucking-hoo.

I'm a white, straight male and I got a 48/100 even though I answered 100% honestly. I'm quite surprised, but I guess this just goes to show "privilege" is not secret Tumblr code for "bias against straight white dudes."

Naturally, I'm oh-so shocked by that fact.

Of course it's not a secret codeword. They're quite open about it, actually.

yepp cis white cis scum reporting for duty, had a solid 42/100 on this "quiz".

This quiz is loaded, I feel like there were certain sections where if you were going to checkmark one (or not) then you were going to checkmark the next 5-6 because they were all related/would happen most likely.


one example:

Sure, my parents are married and alive and heterosexual, but one isn't my real parent, and they both have had 2+ jobs my entire life clawing their way up the economical ladder so I had to single handedly take care of my brothers 90% of my free time growing up because of that. (Not pouting/minding it, just stating this generalized quiz is kinda crap and doesn't consider alot of relative things)


All that being said, I think my score probably could've been higher, while some parts of my life haven't been easy, I've always had food in my stomach and a roof over my head, so relatively I could be doing way worse than many people in certain areas of living.

 

[cpukill]

31/100

Straight, white male, but that's about where the privilege stopped. I'm a progressive and atheist in a very conservative/religious US state (West Virginia). Never went hungry, so I did have an advantage over other people my age, but we were never beyond lower middle class. Started work at 15 so I could afford a vehicle at 16. Father committed suicide about 4 years ago...so...yeah, that line of questioning was dumb.

Oh, and my lovely missus of 4 years is black, which seems to agitate both white folks and other black folks. Seems to really rankle black men more than black women that she's with me. My personal favorite is when she or I is called a "race traitor" by our respective ethnic others. You can imagine the other shit we get called, which I can't type here without setting off a filter I'm sure.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

49/100. That's actually a lot less than I was expecting, considering that I'm a white straight male.

Truth be told though, I think the test only works well in an american perspective because since I'm from the UK, I could get financial support from the government and I have health care benefits from the NHS which I think is a massive privilege over the US (Where a medical bill can mean bankruptcy from what I've learned). Also the definition and perspective of a College changes depending on where you live since going to college is a lot less of a big deal in the UK whereas going to University is more in line with the test. Furthermore, I hear much less incidents about racial, religious, sexual orientation, or gender issues in the here in the UK on the news and a lot more support for equality, I mean hey; channel four hosted a televised gay wedding musical with Stephen Fry (also homosexual and a national treasure considered to be an excellent representative of the UK) as the host. Would that happen in the US, in every state?

 

[Ratty]

"Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like ?well I don?t hate black people so I?m not a racist,? but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you?re privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven?t been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change." - Dave Chappelle

Yeah I heard about this joke-quiz a while back. But privilege is a real thing, and people should be aware of it and not mocked for talking about it. The above quote that I just saw recently encapsulates why very well.

This is bullshit. Why should I feel guilty a) for being born a certain skin colour and b) for working hard mon-fri to get the lifestyle I want?

Complaining about racism then forcing people to feel responsible for something they have no part in purely because of thier skin colour is a tad hypocritical. I live in the UK where weve never had slavery and weve never forced black people to use separate facilities. Also this mainly happened years ago, im pretty sure young germans dont feel guilty for the holocaust (yes these things should be remembered and we should be grateful for what we have but we should never feel guilty)

Racism is a dreadful thing but I dont feel in anyway guilty. I feel sorry for victims of racism but im not taking responsibility for it

I'm not (and that quote is not) suggesting you should feel guilty about other people's racism, or atrocities committed by previous generations. The suggestion is that you should be aware of the bigotry of others and not let it slide because it doesn't affect you or your group. That's what "checking your privilege" is about. Recognizing and calling out bigotry that does not affect you or even benefits you/your group. Like a lot of straight people who never stop to think about how much being denied equal marriage rights effects the lives of LGBTs, because their marriage rights aren't in question. I don't think most of these people are trying to be mean, they just don't think. They never consider or "check" their privileged position in society.

Just as a side note I heard from an Israeli man some time ago that when he was in school they went on a field trip to German concentration camp sites with German students. And at that point the German kids felt guilty and the Israli kids felt like victims. Which I found incredibly fucked up and unnecessary, since it was obviously the intention of such a mash up, but there you go. Some people are trying to propagate these hatreds and guilts for things done by our long dead ancestors, but that's not what this is about.

 

[Tono Makt]

Straight, White, Heterosexual Atheist (but of British/German ancestry) and I got... (drum roll)

36.

Wait, what?

 

[Ratty]

Privilege doesn't mean anything for how good your life is. Poor people can be miserable, rich people can be miserable, there's no correlation.

Uh, there's a pretty big correlation. A person is a lot more likely to be unhappy if they're dying of cancer and can't pay for treatment, or if they and their children are starving. Misery through chemical imbalance can affect anyone yes. And millionaires feeling bad about "relative poverty" compared to their neighbors happens. But to say that there's no difference in the likelihood of happiness between people who can't afford basic necessities like food and shelter and those who enjoy all the luxuries and material security in life is absurd.

 

[Tono Makt]

As an aside, I totally expected this to be a rant about the "Check You Privilege!" taunt that gets tossed around in some of the more "progressive" discussions today. The second I see/hear that, I know that the side tossing that out is pretty much done arguing and are just trying to use a cheat code to win the argument.

 

[ninjaRiv]

Forgetting how stupid the whole "check your privilege" thing actually is, this is just a bad quiz... very little thought put into it at all.

 

[Ryan Minns]

Showed a friend this and she went absolutely nuts at the options. She still is actually :O