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Privilege meme
As seen on several people's blogs ... I thought this might be interesting to do, even though the more I looked at the list, the more laughable I found it. (But more on that at the end.)
The bolded items are those that are true of me.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (I guess this one's a "maybe", depending on whether being home-schooled counts as having had lessons. I did not attend regular school.)
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
There was original art in your house when you were a child (I'm actually not quite sure whether to bold this one, because I drew all the time, but I don't really think that's the sort of original art that they mean. Still, this one's a "maybe", because I *did* have lots of access to art supplies.)
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (cabin with no running water -- but we owned it!)
You had your own room as a child
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright. *done!*
To participate, copy and paste the list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you.
It's kind of interesting to me what constitutes "privilege" on this particular list. Some of these make sense to me; others seem like ridiculous extravagances, like having a TV or a car as a teenager. "Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them" ... that one made me laugh, because by implication, getting a hand-me-down car isn't privileged? WTF? What if your parents didn't own a car at all, as mine didn't? What about access to things like food and medical care? I remember times when we had to borrow food from neighbors or get boxes from the food bank or, god, the summer we had to live off the land ...! It makes me raise my eyebrows if the compilers of the list don't ask any questions about access to basic human needs, but they consider "privilege" to hinge on whether one can afford a dedicated phone line for their child? And they have not just one but TWO questions about going on cruises? Who wrote this thing?
The bolded items are those that are true of me.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (I guess this one's a "maybe", depending on whether being home-schooled counts as having had lessons. I did not attend regular school.)
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
There was original art in your house when you were a child (I'm actually not quite sure whether to bold this one, because I drew all the time, but I don't really think that's the sort of original art that they mean. Still, this one's a "maybe", because I *did* have lots of access to art supplies.)
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (cabin with no running water -- but we owned it!)
You had your own room as a child
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright. *done!*
To participate, copy and paste the list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you.
It's kind of interesting to me what constitutes "privilege" on this particular list. Some of these make sense to me; others seem like ridiculous extravagances, like having a TV or a car as a teenager. "Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them" ... that one made me laugh, because by implication, getting a hand-me-down car isn't privileged? WTF? What if your parents didn't own a car at all, as mine didn't? What about access to things like food and medical care? I remember times when we had to borrow food from neighbors or get boxes from the food bank or, god, the summer we had to live off the land ...! It makes me raise my eyebrows if the compilers of the list don't ask any questions about access to basic human needs, but they consider "privilege" to hinge on whether one can afford a dedicated phone line for their child? And they have not just one but TWO questions about going on cruises? Who wrote this thing?