Social privilege meme
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taratemimaCommon markers of privilege, based on work by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. Stolen from a couple of people.
* Father went to college
* Father finished college
* Mother went to college
* Mother finished college
* Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (Most of them are in solidly middle-class position, however)
* 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 (karate, and I hated it)
* Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (Violin, dance, karate, guitar, singing . . . )
* The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (Usually, fat nerdy white women aren't portrayed, or portrayed poorly. But white women dressing and speaking like me without everything else? Sure)
* 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 (For special needs kids, and it was a day camp)
* Had a private tutor before you turned 18
* Family vacations involved staying at hotels (We didn't even have vacations until my mom married my stepdad)
* Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 (On the fence--I was the oldest, but my mom bought my clothes at thrift stores)
* 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 take it not from the children themselves)
* 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
* Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course (I used a library book)
* 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 (School field trips.)
* You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family (I once had to subtract bills from welfare check to figure out why Mom couldn't take us out to eat.)
* Father went to college
* Father finished college
* Mother went to college
* Mother finished college
* Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (Most of them are in solidly middle-class position, however)
* 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 (karate, and I hated it)
* Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (Violin, dance, karate, guitar, singing . . . )
* The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (Usually, fat nerdy white women aren't portrayed, or portrayed poorly. But white women dressing and speaking like me without everything else? Sure)
* 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 (For special needs kids, and it was a day camp)
* Had a private tutor before you turned 18
* Family vacations involved staying at hotels (We didn't even have vacations until my mom married my stepdad)
* Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 (On the fence--I was the oldest, but my mom bought my clothes at thrift stores)
* 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 take it not from the children themselves)
* 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
* Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course (I used a library book)
* 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 (School field trips.)
* You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family (I once had to subtract bills from welfare check to figure out why Mom couldn't take us out to eat.)
