snagged from tfrework

[vawitch]

(Stolen from multiple people at this point....)

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 Indiana State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.

Bold the true statements.

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 (I think, not sure what this means.)
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (Not that I counted... But prob)
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
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 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 As a college graduation gift
There was original art in your house when you were a child
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
You had your own room as a child (some of the time)
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 (Tho' not sure People's Express should count)
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

Damn - guess I ain't privileged - but then again, didn't need THIS test to tell me that...

On the other hand, they should've added:

Lived with both birth parents until 18
Lived with at least 1 2-parent family until 18
Had a relationship with grandparents prior to 18
Family had 2 or more cars prior to 18  (well this one I'd fail, unless Dad's MC counted :p )

Comments

[cazcatharsis.livejournal.com]

i have about ten. what do they consider 'priveledged?'? a place can have 50 books and have a dirt floor and no insulation. a single family house can be a one room shithole... they've got to be clearer before they pass judgement.

[wyntir-rose.livejournal.com]

I find their criteria rather interesting. I mean I got 15 but my father is a university professor so some of the answers are givens. Yes, we had over 500 books in the house, but they were all his textbooks. And since my family are all immigrants (I am first generation Canadian) the travel question is also a bit of a given (it's hard to get back to Belgium by anything other than plane these days).

It's quite obvious that the questions are intended to prove a very specific thing and are intended to be given to a very specific group of people. It all seems to be a case of "consider the source".

[tfrework.livejournal.com]

RE: Some of your added criteria - I thought about the exact same thing - In particular growing up in an intact family with both parents.