We recently did the white privilege quiz, and I found it to be very interesting exercise in meta cognitive thinking. I never really thought about most of the things the quiz brought up. There was a few things running through my mind while I was taking it though, one of them stands out the most: Is this quiz an accurate representation of white privilege?
For the record, I got a 181/250, a score that seems to be in the upper-middle class of privilege. The thing is though, I don't view myself as white. I don't look white, my hair doesn't look white, I don't really identify with the label white, yet I seemingly got a high score. Was this because of the area I live in? Is this because my mom is half white and looks white, yet I seemingly didn't inherit the white skin from her? Was this because I never really found myself a victim of overt racism here in the bay area?
What do you guys think? Personally, I think this quiz does seem to measure white privilege to an extent, but it really has a lot to do with the area you live in and what you've experienced in life. We live in a very multicultural and relatively accepting area, and, in my opinion, that's why I got a seemingly high score. What do you guys think? What was your score? I'm very interested in hearing your guy's opinions on this.
I identify as white and I got a high score. However, I did not get the highest score possible and I think that is due to the area that we live in. For example, the question, if you asked to speak to a manager or the person in charge you would be met with someone of the same race. Probably in some areas this would be more true than others. So, I agree, I think the area you live in could affect how you score to some extent but some things are true regardless of where and with who you live.
ReplyDeleteI same identify as white,I got a high score myself. I agree with Jamie, that it has to do with the location in which we live. But I think we also have to take into consideration when these questions where made that we took the quiz on. It was during a slightly different time so things could vary greatly. But I believe that they do all relate to the location in which you live and have grown up in.
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