Privilege Meme
The privilege meme, stolen from chele74. Bold the ones that are true for you. (I'm underlining because it shows up better.)
-Father went to college
-Father finished college
-Mother went to college
-Mother finished college. I went to her alma mater - Miami University (the one in Ohio)
-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. My mom signed us up for the kid's book of the month club. It was awesome.
-Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
-Were read children's books by a parent. Mom read us a book every night before bed.
-Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
-Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18. Let's see...there was piano, tap, ballet, acrobatics, and baton twirling. Wow, that seems like a lot!
-The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively. This is caveated by saying that now the media portrays me positively. I used to have a Southern accent and of course, according to the media, I was stupid.
-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. Camp Cardinal and Camp Judy Layne. Girl Scout camps both. Good times.
-Had a private tutor before you turned 18
-Family vacations involved staying at hotels. Yes, but we all slept in one room. None of this, separate rooms for the kids stuff for us.
-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. Yes, but it was a falling apart 1972 avocado green Ford LTD with the entire trunk floor rusted out. My mom paid $200 for it because she was sick of driving my sister and me around. That car was a tank - seven of my friends and I could sit in it comfortably.
-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.
-Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course. It was pretty useless though. The entire Junior class at my high school took it.
-Had your own TV in your room in High School
-Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16. Flying was the exception, not the rule. My family drove when we went on vacations.
-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.
-Father went to college
-Father finished college
-Mother went to college
-Mother finished college. I went to her alma mater - Miami University (the one in Ohio)
-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. My mom signed us up for the kid's book of the month club. It was awesome.
-Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
-Were read children's books by a parent. Mom read us a book every night before bed.
-Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
-Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18. Let's see...there was piano, tap, ballet, acrobatics, and baton twirling. Wow, that seems like a lot!
-The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively. This is caveated by saying that now the media portrays me positively. I used to have a Southern accent and of course, according to the media, I was stupid.
-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. Camp Cardinal and Camp Judy Layne. Girl Scout camps both. Good times.
-Had a private tutor before you turned 18
-Family vacations involved staying at hotels. Yes, but we all slept in one room. None of this, separate rooms for the kids stuff for us.
-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. Yes, but it was a falling apart 1972 avocado green Ford LTD with the entire trunk floor rusted out. My mom paid $200 for it because she was sick of driving my sister and me around. That car was a tank - seven of my friends and I could sit in it comfortably.
-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.
-Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course. It was pretty useless though. The entire Junior class at my high school took it.
-Had your own TV in your room in High School
-Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16. Flying was the exception, not the rule. My family drove when we went on vacations.
-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.