How Privileged Are You?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you#.ljEmR7VQPQ

I got 54/100 - or "quite privileged." The more you know, huh?

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  • Lol. . . Buzzfeed.

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    Viva-La-Lee posted: »

    Lol. . . Buzzfeed.

  • 45/100

    "Not privileged"

  • Well, that's a relief... not. What a load of complete nonsense.

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    The only thing it tested was my patience.

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator

    You live with 19 out of 100 points of privilege.

    You’re underprivileged. The world is not a fair or ideal place and you know that because you grew up with several identities that the world is not kind to. You had a lot of challenges to overcome simply to get on a level playing field with most people in the world. It is not your job to educate the world about its injustices, but if you choose to, go ahead and send them this quiz. Hopefully it will help.

    Now I'm sad. :X

  • Oh, how revolting... you disgust me, you patriarchal pig!

  • 50/100 lolz

  • Leluch123Leluch123 Banned
    edited April 2016

    Tell me more!

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    you patriarchal pig!

    Now the only thing I need is a feminist so I can opress her and my life will be compleate...

    JonDee013 posted: »

    Oh, how revolting... you disgust me, you patriarchal pig!

  • You are quite possibly the most entitled creature to have ever walked upon this earth.

    Leluch123 posted: »

    Tell me more! you patriarchal pig! Now the only thing I need is a feminist so I can opress her and my life will be compleate...

  • 61/100 (though some questions I didn't understand, like "some of your identities", what's that, I have only one, me)

  • Awww stop you're making me blush!

    JonDee013 posted: »

    You are quite possibly the most entitled creature to have ever walked upon this earth.

  • I bet you enjoy keeping people down, and oppressing them from your ivory tower, don't you, you bastard!?

    Leluch123 posted: »

    Awww stop you're making me blush!

  • edited April 2016

    though some questions I didn't understand

    Trust me, you're better off not understanding the questions - they are very, very stupid.

    Edit: That was my 1000th like, so whoever just did that, you're cool! <3

    Mawula posted: »

    61/100 (though some questions I didn't understand, like "some of your identities", what's that, I have only one, me)

  • Leluch123Leluch123 Banned
    edited April 2016

    Hey everyone needs a hobby....

    JonDee013 posted: »

    I bet you enjoy keeping people down, and oppressing them from your ivory tower, don't you, you bastard!?

  • Leluch123Leluch123 Banned
    edited April 2016

    I second that, some are way too specific. Because how you answer a question about identities when you have only one?

    JonDee013 posted: »

    though some questions I didn't understand Trust me, you're better off not understanding the questions - they are very, very stupid. Edit: That was my 1000th like, so whoever just did that, you're cool!

  • Or the religion question if you don't belong to any organized religion?

    Well, I guess I just like doing tests :)

    Leluch123 posted: »

    I second that, some are way too specific. Because how you answer a question about identities when you have only one?

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited April 2016

    I just skipped the ones that didn't fit me - which is probably why my score was so low.

    These kinds of tests are always just for entertainment value anyway. They're never meant to be taken seriously.

    Mawula posted: »

    Or the religion question if you don't belong to any organized religion? Well, I guess I just like doing tests

  • edited April 2016

    I got 40/100.

    "You’re not privileged at all. You grew up with an intersectional, complicated identity, and life never let you forget it. You’ve had your fair share of struggles, and you’ve worked hard to overcome them. We do not live in an ideal world and you had to learn that the hard way. It is not your responsibility to educate those with more advantages than you, but if you decide you want to, go ahead and send them this quiz. Hopefully it will help."

  • You live with 36 out of 100 points of privilege.

    You’re not privileged at all. You grew up with an intersectional, complicated identity, and life never let you forget it. You’ve had your fair share of struggles, and you’ve worked hard to overcome them. We do not live in an ideal world and you had to learn that the hard way. It is not your responsibility to educate those with more advantages than you, but if you decide you want to, go ahead and send them this quiz. Hopefully it will help.

  • 49/100.

    I was spared from privilege because some old guy once called me a terrorist at a protest.

  • Ofc, that is just for fun :)

    I was interested what they meant by privilege, so I did it.

    Jennifer posted: »

    I just skipped the ones that didn't fit me - which is probably why my score was so low. These kinds of tests are always just for entertainment value anyway. They're never meant to be taken seriously.

  • 46/100
    Not priviliged. I dont care lol. :D

  • InGen_Nate_KennyInGen_Nate_Kenny Moderator
    edited April 2016

    Umm, am I going to be violently attacked for this score?

    You live with 79 out of 100 points of privilege.

    You’re among the most privileged people in the world. We don’t live in an ideal world, but you happened to be born into an ideal lot. This is not a bad thing, nor is it something to be ashamed of. It just means a lot of other people in the world don’t live life with the advantages you have, and that’s something you should always be aware of. Hey, the fact that you took the time and effort to check your privilege means that you’re already trying.

    It probably be higher, but some of the stuff I didn't check off was because I hadn't had the opportunity to do it. It would probably be an 85...

  • And what was the protest for?

    BigBlindMax posted: »

    49/100. I was spared from privilege because some old guy once called me a terrorist at a protest.

  • Buzzfeed....

    Looks at the first statement...

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  • Actually, this gets down to why I think the term priviledge is such bullshit. "I have never been raped." is one of the criteria. That is not a priviledge. That is a right. You have a right to control over your body and a right to not have acts of violence, sexual or otherwise, perpetrated on you. 'Priviledge' makes it sound like a bonus - it isn't other people who are having thing done to them that should never be done to them, it's you who get additional benefits. No, you don't need to check your priviledge, because it's not a privilege; it's how you should be respected as a human being. Where other people have that dignity violated, it is that violation which needs to be addressed. It's even more insidious in that treating things as a 'privilege' as opposed to a right, makes it all the more easy to take away, or to dismiss those violations when they happen. If there is violence against your person because of gender, race, religion, etc., it is not a lack of priviledge, it is your basic rights being violated.

    Also, I got 49.

  • Thats why I wouldn't even take the test because I knew that stupid gross questions like that would be asked. I browse tumblrinaction on reddit and wtf is all I can say

    Sarangholic posted: »

    Actually, this gets down to why I think the term priviledge is such bullshit. "I have never been raped." is one of the criteria. That is not

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    edited April 2016

    Occupy Philadelphia, protesting corporate greed and the like. We got hecklers sometimes.

    My little 19 year old self was a bit taken aback.

    No_username posted: »

    And what was the protest for?

  • Ew, Buzzfeed. I took this once before and I think I got 43 out of 100. Go figure.

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    edited April 2016

    EAT YOUR PHEASANT! DRINK YOUR WINE! YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, BOURGEOIS SWINE!

    /s.

    Umm, am I going to be violently attacked for this score? You live with 79 out of 100 points of privilege. You’re among the most

  • "The money is always right!"

    --- Eugene Krabs

    BigBlindMax posted: »

    EAT YOUR PHEASANT! DRINK YOUR WINE! YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, BOURGEOIS SWINE! /s.

  • "Krusty Krab is unfair! Mister Krabs is in there! Standing at the concession! Plotting his oppression!"

    ---SpongeBob SquarePants.

    "The money is always right!" --- Eugene Krabs

  • Sadly, you can't watch this video on other sites, but uh, here:

    BigBlindMax posted: »

    "Krusty Krab is unfair! Mister Krabs is in there! Standing at the concession! Plotting his oppression!" ---SpongeBob SquarePants.

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    edited April 2016

    I need to add this to my post in the environment thread about how business won't voluntarily stop destroying the environment.

    Sadly, you can't watch this video on other sites, but uh, here:

  • As a straight white male, I knew it would be high by default.

    74/100

    Damn, I'm a snob

  • I got like 46/100, Buzzfeed, I know where to go if I want to be insulted for my race, sexuality, and gender.

  • edited April 2016

    That test is pretty fucked tbh

    68/100 btw although I didn't know how to answer some

  • edited April 2016

    This test is kinda wacky. And it's fuckin' Buzzfeed. Whatever, I took it anyways.

    Also, what the fuck is with the sexual assault questions!? Jesus man.

    65/100, Quite Privileged.

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