Check your privilege

[marshalt]

Did you genuinely not know what cisgender was?

I didn't know what the fuck it was...

 

[bg23]

How are you shocked that fitting withing the western beauty standard is a privilege? You get better grades, better jobs, make a shitton more money, etc. Just like any other social privilege.

Why would you think "I found it interesting" = I WAS SHOCKED BY IT


I. Found. It. Interesting.

I was interested. In. It. It was interesting to me. OK? TRY NOT TO READ THAT INTO SHOCK.

I'm aware thin privilege, tall privilege, beauty privilege exists.

 

[bg23]

Your privilege level is Advantaged with a score of 0

woe is me, etc.

That's the same privilege level as my dog!

 

[marshalt]

I really don't get this. I'm ugly as fuck, broke as shit, uneducated like you wouldn't believe. I probably make less than most people here on lit, save for students working a part time job or not working at all...

...yet somehow I'm privileged.

 

[Kitty]

I really don't get this. I'm ugly as fuck, broke as shit, uneducated like you wouldn't believe. I probably make less than most people here on lit, save for students working a part time job or not working at all...

...yet somehow I'm privileged.

lol at your title.

Anyway, yes, it's some computerized, formatted shit. They don't calculate fine detail and actualities.

 

[Kitty]

I was doing good. But I think clicking that I'm not white docked my little score. I'm going to put EVERYthing the same.
And then click that I'm anything but black.

brb!

 

[toubab]

I really don't get this. I'm ugly as fuck, broke as shit, uneducated like you wouldn't believe. I probably make less than most people here on lit, save for students working a part time job or not working at all...

...yet somehow I'm privileged.

You're white, aren't you?

 

[Wrong Element]

Oh, I'm a total shitlord.

But they didn't ask about lefthandedness. That's my one minority group, and they unaccountably left it out.

 

[marshalt]

You're white, aren't you?

Your point?

 

[bg23]

I really don't get this. I'm ugly as fuck, broke as shit, uneducated like you wouldn't believe. I probably make less than most people here on lit, save for students working a part time job or not working at all...

...yet somehow I'm privileged.

You're white, male and you live in a society run mostly by white males. That alone puts you ahead of say... a black woman in the exact same situation as you (eg same level of beauty, same education level and wealth etc).

Being privileged in some ways doesn't mean you're NOT disadvantaged in others. For example, I am privileged in that I am relatively well educated, live in an English speaking country, and am middle class. But I also experience disadvantage in that I am female and a person of color.

My husband is white, affluent, and tall. He experience privilege related to wealth, his race, and his appearance. This doesn't mean he doesn't experience disadvantages due to, for example, his diabetes.

Checking your privilege just means being aware of the fact that in many ways you may experience the world a lot differently to somebody else who may not have the same privileges that you do.




But I really wouldn't read that much into this test and the actual score you got. It's a pretty inaccurate test when it comes to nuances and it doesn't take into account a lot of factors, plus the options are hazy as fuck.

 

[Kitty]

LMAO I went from -70


to

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I am now at a 75 with privileged. I picked BOTH times that I am:

Christian
attractive face
able bodied
poor (I'm...a full time student lol.)
"cis"gendered
Straight
Human "kinship"
From U.S.A.
A female
Normal height (important?)


And the first time, black and other (Native Indian)

the second time, everything the same and white.

I went over 100 points to the privileged side.
Interesting.

 

[bg23]

Oh, I'm a total shitlord.

But they didn't ask about lefthandedness. That's my one minority group, and they unaccountably left it out.

Haha!


All these white male shitlords around here.

I took my test and showed it to husband and he was like "Oh my god I'm so sorry I oppress you so much. God damn it's like fucking nazi germany in this house."

 

[bg23]

LMAO I went from -70


to

View attachment 1600283

I am now at a 75 with privileged. I picked BOTH times that I am:

Christian
attractive face
able bodied
poor (I'm...a full time student lol.)
"cis"gendered
Straight
Human "kinship"
From U.S.A.
A female
Normal height (important?)


And the first time, black and other (Native Indian)

the second time, everything the same and white.

I went over 100 points to the privileged side.
Interesting.

Normal height is important cos tall privilege is a thing - it's been documented that people who are taller have more attractive spouses, get more promotions and earn more money, lol.

So if you're short (esp if you're a man!) it can be a disadvantage for you.


I think the huge jump with the change in race probably shows how heavily race is weighted in the calculation.


I did something like "able bodied middle eastern muslim lesbian" and got -985. That gives you some context for -180 not being THAT bad lol.

 

[Kitty]

Oh, I'm a total shitlord.

But they didn't ask about lefthandedness. That's my one minority group, and they unaccountably left it out.

I'm left handed as well and felt disregarded in more ways than one with this ...test.

 

[toubab]

Your point?

Having white skin is like a magic cloak that means more than anything else in the world, including all the other things you mentioned, and then some. You just don't understand how blessed you are.

 

[Aquagal]

I got an 80, I skipped the gender part because I didn't know what those options meant. Plus, I thought I already covered my gender when I chose female.

 

[bg23]

Having white skin is like a magic cloak that means more than anything else in the world, including all the other things you mentioned, and then some. You just don't understand how blessed you are.

In the US it can mean the difference between getting shot and just getting tazed, or better still, let off with a warning.

Plz to put away the butthurt and denial and just accept that white privilege is a thing. All this passive aggressive jackassery is so tedious.

 

[Kitty]

Normal height is important cos tall privilege is a thing - it's been documented that people who are taller have more attractive spouses, get more promotions and earn more money, lol.

So if you're short (esp if you're a man!) it can be a disadvantage for you.


I think the huge jump with the change in race probably shows how heavily race is weighted in the calculation.


I did something like "able bodied middle eastern muslim lesbian" and got -985. That gives you some context for -180 not being THAT bad lol.

I did an ethnography paper last semester on the differences of beauty across the world, and China apparently has: Gao Fu Shuai, which means tall, rich and handsome. And Bai Fu Mei, which is for women meaning white, rich and beautiful. I know for men height means a lot, something about health, status and confidence for women, I don't see its impact on my score. I think it boiled down to my race and my money, and then religion. They didn't even ask about education!?

 

[Kitty]

I got an 80, I skipped the gender part because I didn't know what those options meant. Plus, I thought I already covered my gender when I chose female.

Exactly, but how did you skip. It could interfere with the scoring.

 

[CandiCame]

I got an 80, I skipped the gender part because I didn't know what those options meant. Plus, I thought I already covered my gender when I chose female.

Female is a sex. Woman is a gender.

 

[Wrong Element]

But I really wouldn't read that much into this test and the actual score you got. It's a pretty inaccurate test when it comes to nuances and it doesn't take into account a lot of factors, plus the options are hazy as fuck.

I agree, though I'm going to enjoy seeing the people I expect to be offended by this being offended by this.

 

[toubab]

In the US it can mean the difference between getting shot and just getting tazed, or better still, let off with a warning.

Plz to put away the butthurt and denial and just accept that white privilege is a thing. All this passive aggressive jackassery is so tedious.

I think you have the butthurt reversed.

 

[bg23]

I got an 80, I skipped the gender part because I didn't know what those options meant. Plus, I thought I already covered my gender when I chose female.

I'm not super well versed in it but sex and gender are different. Sex I THINK is physiological - ie, what you're born with and what parts you have. Gender refers to what you identify as. So a Cis person is somebody who identifies as the same gender to which they were born - ie, I am a Cis Female.

A trans person identifies as something other than what they're born.

Genderfluid people identify as either? Both? I'm really not an expert, this is just sort of what I gleaned and if I'm being horribly ignorant/triggering please feel free to correct me.

 

[CandiCame]

they can't score that high, because so am i.

I don't know then. I'm pretty high on the privilege scale. But this is obviously just a little joke test so not gonna think too hard about it.

 

[dolf]

I fiddled some. I don't think race is countered enough by wealth. a black billionaire isn't going to be subjected to the same racial disadvantage as a black garbage man.
you can see with cosby how wealth & fame can make it so a white woman's rape claim against a black guy doesn't get the same reaction as you'd imagine if he was poor & living in the south.