Family IS a component. Privilege isn't only what a random person on a street will feel about you, it's also about the ease with which opportunities are opened to you. Someone whose family is well-connected, or financially capable of moving through life without turning to high interest loans, will have an easier time with things from moving into neighborhoods with low crime rates, have an easier time getting into various kinds of careers, and avoid a certain level of distracting stress about one's future.
You live with 55 out of 100 points of privilege. You’re quite privileged. You’ve had a few struggles, but overall your life has been far easier than most. This is not a bad thing, nor is it something to be ashamed of. But you should be aware of your advantages and work to help others who don’t have them. Thank you for checking your privilege.
These quizzes focus too much on sexism, homophobia, and racism.
I got very non privileged scores on them and that's frankly untrue. It doesn't qualify for differences between our incomes vs those of family we could ask help from in hard times, or the many many many difficulties faced by those with physical and mental disabilities, or where in the world we live and what resources are thus available.
For what it's worth, -265 (Extremely Oppressed) and 41 (Not privileged). Because I'm ambivalently female, probably gay and occasionally harassed for it, and am unemployed with massive student loan debt. It doesn't account for my dozens of relatives who would take me in if my situation were dire. It doesn't account that I'm in good health (minimally obese but no diseases, depressed/anxious but exploring ssri medication) with good mobility and all my senses.
These quizzes are good for telling white/cis/straight/wealthy/men that they're well off. That's about it.
You live with 26 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.
most of this is bc of growing up in a tiny, conservative, religious farmers village. this quiz is definitely very dependent on what kind of community you grew up in and how you portrayed yourself bc i mean, i never really did without anything until this past year?? and i didnt come out until like the 7th grade, but i was harassed and bullied my whole life regardless
wtf
