Privileges

A very interesting meme from Joyful Chaos by way of Trail Mix.

From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.

Bold the true statements.

1. Father went to college

2. Father finished college

3. Mother went to college

4. Mother finished college

(The education of both my parents was cut short due to the German occupation of Holland in WWII. It may be that under different circumstances one or both would have gone on to college. Many of my mother’s younger siblings were well educated, some becoming renowned in their fields.)

5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.

6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.

7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.

8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.

9. Were read children’s books by a parent

10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
(Organ lessons. I still look back on those lessons with dislike. )

11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18

12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively

13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
(Since this was a result of succumbing to the credit card tables at University registration, I’m not sure it counts. The card had my name on it, but so did the bills.)

14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs

15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs

16. Went to a private high school
This was a big expense for my parents, but they sent me because the high school in my area was bad, bad, bad.)

17. Went to summer camp

18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18

19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels

20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18

21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them

22. There was original art in your house when you were a child

23. You and your family lived in a single-family house

24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home

25. You had your own room as a child

26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
(Does it still count if I paid for it myself?)

27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course

28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
(I got a black and white TV from my brother when I was sick for nearly an entire year when I was about 8. It wasn’t a great set, but it was very welcome to alleviate the boredom.)

29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college

30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16

31. Went on a cruise with your family

32. Went on more than one cruise with your family

33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up

34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

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