That priviledge meme

[transemacabre]

There's been a meme about priviledge making the rounds on lj, where you bold the priviledges you grew up with and/or possess now. Here's my take.



Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
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
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
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively -- I'm from the Deep South, do you THINK people who 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 -- a combination of merit scholarships, work/study, and Americorps has paid for my college.
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp -- As an adult, I worked as a counselor at one.
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels -- my mother managed hotels, so most of the time we LIVED in them.
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 -- I bought my car.
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
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 -- I might have been 16 the first time I flew, I'm not sure anymore. 16 or 17.
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

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[navisx.livejournal.com]

People really discuss heating bills with their kids? (I'm from the sub tropics, next to the ocean so its a giant temperature buffer, we don't have heating so its kind of an alien concept to me)