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Nye Bevan

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47. It's like the test was devised by a privileged white guy whose concept of "privilege"
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 12:12 PM
Jun 2016

is based only on his own personal experience. He feels bad for his buddies whose parents insist that they get a job as a barista or waiter to contribute to their college tuition, so that made the test, but he's never met, or is ever likely to meet, someone who works in a chicken processing plant.

Oh and BTW, it's also amusing that the tester thinks that not having student loans and not knowing what "Sallie Mae" is are always signs of being privileged.

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How privileged are you? [View all] Agschmid Jun 2016 OP
Incredibly so gratuitous Jun 2016 #1
79 out of 100. "Most Privileged". Just reading posts Jun 2016 #2
Very. some guy Jun 2016 #3
58 out of 100 yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #4
Quite. 71 out of 100. elleng Jun 2016 #5
It is a BOS questionnaire. HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #26
I'd say its a BS questionnaire GummyBearz Jun 2016 #27
Same stuff, different acronym HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #31
The Average American jamese777 Jun 2016 #54
28 out of 100 Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #7
I got 30 Warpy Jun 2016 #9
54 out 100. I think that is a bit too low. No, it is way way too low. nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #8
To the point it's not my responsibility to educate others on the issue. herding cats Jun 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Petrushka Jun 2016 #11
I got 27 out of 100. Eko Jun 2016 #12
53 out of 100 MrScorpio Jun 2016 #13
Apparently not: tblue37 Jun 2016 #14
79/100 - most of the points subtracted were from questions re wealth. Lucky Luciano Jun 2016 #15
I don't have to look it up annabanana Jun 2016 #16
37/100 a la izquierda Jun 2016 #17
Clickbait Buzzfeed garbage oberliner Jun 2016 #18
I'm a gay, white, college-educated female, and I feel pretty privileged. cwydro Jun 2016 #19
57 trof Jun 2016 #20
What ryan_cats Jun 2016 #21
? Agschmid Jun 2016 #23
Read ryan_cats Jun 2016 #24
so you have an issue with the concept of privilege ? steve2470 Jun 2016 #41
Um ryan_cats Jun 2016 #43
okies nt steve2470 Jun 2016 #44
Yup. Agschmid Jun 2016 #55
67 out of 100 greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #22
21/100 = Hiraeth Jun 2016 #25
53 out of 100. stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #28
I got 49 gwheezie Jun 2016 #29
22 of 100 Tsiyu Jun 2016 #30
17 Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2016 #32
I got 40, but am disabled female and Pagan. I didn't count my 1.5 on the Kinsey scale for the quiz. moriah Jun 2016 #33
61/100 (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #34
WTF is with "I have never worked as a waiter, barista, bartender, or salesperson"? Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #35
Its a poorly constructed quiz ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #38
yea that was one of the several poor items steve2470 Jun 2016 #45
It's like the test was devised by a privileged white guy whose concept of "privilege" Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #47
yep nt steve2470 Jun 2016 #48
There might be an assumption as to who (or whom?) will take the "quiz" or something else. JanMichael Jun 2016 #59
I thought that question sucked too. I used to make minimum wage in retail, for instance. DemocraticWing Jun 2016 #65
37 Seems low, but I feel that I have been lucky most of my life. LiberalArkie Jun 2016 #36
39 nt bunnies Jun 2016 #37
61 wryter2000 Jun 2016 #39
no need to take this, I'm a white male, middle aged, college educated etc but..... steve2470 Jun 2016 #40
62 quite privileged ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #42
This is how fucked up this OP is... MrMickeysMom Jun 2016 #46
It looks like quite a few folks jamese777 Jun 2016 #53
Uhhh... It's a Buzzfeed article. Agschmid Jun 2016 #56
79 GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #49
Such tripe. romanic Jun 2016 #50
49 out if 100 jamese777 Jun 2016 #51
This test is deeply flawed Separation Jun 2016 #52
33 - seems pretty low. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2016 #57
It really is a bullshit quiz Marrah_G Jun 2016 #58
Oh my f'ing god how weird can people be? Of course it is not perfect! JanMichael Jun 2016 #60
67/100 wysi Jun 2016 #61
55/100...n/t VOX Jun 2016 #62
The primary privilege I lack is the belief that I have standing to write these tests lumberjack_jeff Jun 2016 #63
Lol. Agschmid Jun 2016 #64
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