Privilege meme

[zianuray]

as it's been going around...

(ganked from rougewench)

Bold the ones that are true for you.

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.

Father went to college (Daddy?  Did you?)
Father finished college
Mother went to college (Does nursing school count?)
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (My sister Brandie is a lawyer)
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 (Well, Gramma -- she had custody of me, so I'm counting that.)
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 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 (Gramma made a good percentage of it, some was hand-me-downs from Church families, very little was store-bought.)
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
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 (Again, custodial Grandparents)
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

If you post this in your blog, please leave a comment on this post. To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the above list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. If you don't have a blog, feel free to post your responses in the comments.

Comments

[another-masque.livejournal.com]

eee. Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet, but I don't even understand some of these. What does it mean by "had lessons before 18"? What lessons?

And do you know what it means by "in the same or higher class than your high school teachers?" - social class? I is confused.

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

I think the "lessons" mean voice, piano, acting, dance, stuff like that --

And I think you're right on the other -- "Were you in a higher social class than your teachers?"

If it comes from a college, as has been suggested, you'd THINK they'd phrase it better!

Hmm.

[another-masque.livejournal.com]

I'm too lazy to html-bold these, so I'll just include the ones that would be bolded.

I wonder how much of this is generational? I think that kids of all social classes raised in, say, the late 80's and 90's were more likely to have phones/tv's than when I was a kid. Same with plane travel, it's much more common now, I think.

Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
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
Had more than two kinds of lessons 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
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
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

Re: Hmm.

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

I'm too lazy to learn html, so I use the fancy-pants version of "write your post here" -- whassitcall, Rich Text, that's it.

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Yep, I posted it. And I posted a link to the original research that the lovely and bright fionnabhar found on the study.

Interesting stuff, and helps clarify some of the questions. I agree with her, not all of the questions are really well worded.