On this episode I’ll go over a so-called White Privilege Checklist invented by a professor in California (of course) with too much time on her hands, in addition to the impact that having such a victim mentality–by believing that others are privileged and you are not–has on your life outlook and actions.
This was such a fun episode to record!
I based it off Steven Crowder’s video about this White Privilege Checklist in which he answers some of the questions while making fun of them. I tried to be more objective (I was being tested, after all) but couldn’t help myself from ridiculing it at times.
One way I did just that, in case you didn’t notice, was in the robotic voice I used to read each question and statement from the assignment. I used a childish-sounding robotic voice for two reasons: 1) Self-victimizing Liberals act like children; and 2) Self-victimizing Liberals all systematically spew the same BS, like a robot would. (If you don’t believe me, interact with a Google Assistant, Bixby, Cortana, or Amazon Alexa system for just a day to see what I mean.)
White Privilege Checklist
Anyways as promised, here are the questions in this quiz so you and your buddies can play along!
- ____ I can arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.
- ____ I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
- ____ I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.
- ____ I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.
- ____ I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race.
- ____ I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into a supermarket and find the food I grew up with, into a hairdresser’s shop and find someone who can deal with my hair.
- ____ Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance of financial responsibility.
- ____ I am not made acutely aware that my shape, bearing, or body odor will be taken as a reflection of my race.
- ____ I can worry about racism without being seen as self-interested or self-seeking.
- ____ I can take a job or enroll in a college with an affirmative action policy without having my coworkers or peers assume I got it because of my race.
- ____ I can be late to a meeting without having lateness reflect on my race.
- ____ I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated.
- ____ I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.
- ____ I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk with the “person in charge” I will be facing a person of my race.
- ____ If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race.
- ____ I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children’s magazines featuring people of my race.
- ____ I can choose blemish cover or bandages in “flesh” color and have them more or less match my skin.
- ____ I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race.
- ____ I can walk into a classroom and know I will not be the only member of my race.
- ____ I can enroll in a class at college and be sure that the majority of my professors will be of my race.
YOUR SCORE: ____
As I talk about on the episode, I answered YES to 17/20 for a total of 85% White Privilege. (Though you’ll have to tune in to hear which ones I answered NO to.) How about you? Are you of another race like me?
Discussion: It’s all on how YOU react to your circumstances–not how THEY tailor themselves to you.
The fact that a Hispanic like me got such high a score is pretty telling, don’t you think? As I also discuss on the episode, that’s one reason this so-called test is pointless. I actually wasn’t surprised by my score, though I thought it’d be higher.
Also, the way I see it, only someone with a victim mentality focuses on OTHERS’ privilege, which helps explain why some people are OK with staying miserable; they attribute their failures to others (and their privilege) but never to their own faults.
Just like I’ve been saying for a while now, STOP the victim mentality and do your best. Once you’re a victor and take charge, you’ll find you can do way more with your life than you thought you could.
Again: Once you’re a vicTOR and take charge, you’ll do way more with your life than you thought you could when you were a vicTIM.
What’s YOUR take?
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