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Check off all the statements that apply to you.
Check I am white.Check I have never been discriminated against because of my skin color.Check I have never been the only person of my race in a room.Check I have never been mocked for my accent.Check I have never been told I am attractive "for my race."Check I have never been a victim of violence because of my race.Check I have never been called a racial slur.Check I have never been told I "sound white."Check A stranger has never asked to touch my hair, or asked if it is real.Check I am heterosexual.Check I have never lied about my sexualityCheck I never had to “come out.”Check I never doubted my parents’ acceptance of my sexuality.Check I have never been called “fag.”Check I have never been called “dyke.”Check I have never been called a “fairy," or any other derogatory slur for homosexuals.Check I have never tried to hide my sexuality.Check I am always comfortable with P.D.A. with my partner in public.Check I have never pretended to be “just friends” with my significant other.Check I have never been ostracized by my religion for my sexual orientation.Check I have never been told I would “burn in hell” for my sexual orientation.Check I have never been told that my sexuality is “just a phase.”Check I have never been violently threatened because of my sexuality.Check I am a man.Check I feel comfortable in the gender I was born as.Check I still identify as the gender I was born in.Check I have never tried to change my gender.Check I have never been denied an opportunity because of my gender.Check I make more money than my professional counterparts of a different gender.Check I have never felt unsafe because of my gender.Check I have never been catcalled.Check I have never been sexually harassed or assaulted.Check I have never been raped.Check I work in a salaried job.Check My family and I have never lived below the poverty line.Check I don’t have any student loans.Check I have never gone to bed hungry.Check I have never been homeless.Check My parents pay some of my bills.Check My parents pay all of my bills.Check I don’t rely on public transportation.Check I buy new clothes at least once a month.Check I have never done my taxes myself.Check I have never felt poor.Check I have never had to worry about making rent.Check I have never worked as a waiter, barista, bartender, or salesperson.Check I have had an unpaid internship.Check I have had multiple unpaid internships.Check I went to summer camp.Check I went to private school.Check I graduated high school.Check I went to an elite college.Check I graduated college.Check My parents paid (at least some of) my tuition.Check I had a car in high school.Check I’ve never had a roommate.Check I've always had cable.Check I have traveled internationally.Check I travel internationally at least once a year.Check I studied abroad.Check I’ve never skipped a meal to save money.Check I don’t know what “Sallie Mae” is.Check I spent Spring Breaks abroad.Check I have frequent flier miles.Check My parents are heterosexual.Check My parents are both alive.Check My parents are still married.Check I do not have any physical disabilities.Check I do not have any social disabilities.Check I do not have any learning disabilities.Check I have never had an eating disorder.Check I have never been depressed.Check I have never considered suicide.Check I have never attempted suicide.Check I have never taken medication for my mental health.Check I can afford medication if/when I need it.Check I have never been told I’m overweight or "too skinny."Check I have never felt overweight or underweight or "too skinny."Check I have never been shamed for my body type.Check I consider myself to be physically attractive.Check I can afford a therapist.Check I’ve used prescription drugs recreationally.Check I have never had an addiction.Check I have never been shamed for my religious beliefs.Check I have never been violently threatened for my religious beliefs.Check I have never been violently attacked for my religious beliefs.Check There is a place of worship for my religion in my town.Check I have never lied about my ethnicity as self-defense.Check I have never lied about my religion as self-defense.Check All my jobs have been accommodating of my religious practices.Check I am not nervous in airport security lines.Check I have never heard this statement: "You have been randomly selected for secondary passport control."Check I have never been called a terrorist.Check Nobody has ever tried to "save" me for my religious beliefs.Check I have never been cyber-bullied for any of my identities.Check I was not bullied as a child for any of my identities.Check I have never tried to distance myself from any of my identities.Check I have never been self-conscious about any of my identities.Check I have never questioned any of my identities.Check I feel privileged because of the identities I was born with.