Yellow Wildflowers : What are your Privileges?

Privilege Checklist

I give full credit to: Wellness Dialogues on Instagram by Suzy Fauria who has been posting awakening sources and questions in relation to what is happening in the world.

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This list of questions has to do with work, social life and how we dress or talk about our backgrounds. People who are white can also face poverty and unfair advantages due to economic status or abuse. But when it comes to race, there are times where people who are specifically white will not face the hardships and think twice about walking down the street, wearing their hair a certain way, and they're not scared when they're pulled over by a police officer.

So just to clarify this is a checklist of privileges that may or may not apply to you because you might go about your day and not think twice about your actions.

Visible minorities and people of colour have continued to face issues, be unrepresented in the media and do not have the same privileges as others, especially if we are looking at white privilege; it is having more access to power, advances, and resources.
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⬜ 𝟏. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞

⬜ 𝟐. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟑. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

⬜ 𝟒. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞

⬜ 𝟓. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟔. 𝐈 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚

⬜ 𝟕. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞

⬜ 𝟖. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

⬜ 𝟗. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞

⬜ 𝟏𝟎. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫

⬜ 𝟏𝟏. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 & 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟏𝟐. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧

⬜ 𝟏𝟑. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝

⬜ 𝟏𝟒. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟏𝟓. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

⬜ 𝟏𝟔. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 & 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

⬜ 𝟏𝟕. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭

⬜ 𝟏𝟖. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧

⬜ 𝟏𝟗. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦

⬜ 𝟐𝟎. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

⬜ 𝟐𝟏. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟐𝟐. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

⬜ 𝟐𝟑. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞

⬜ 𝟐𝟒. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩

⬜ 𝟐𝟓. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟐𝟔. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩

⬜ 𝟐𝟕. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟐𝟖. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 '𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠'

⬜ 𝟐𝟗. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟑𝟎. 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

⬜ 𝟑𝟏. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟑𝟐. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟑𝟑. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞

⬜ 𝟑𝟒. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭

⬜ 𝟑𝟓. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 & 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝

⬜ 𝟑𝟔. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

⬜ 𝟑𝟕. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝

⬜ 𝟑𝟖. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

⬜ 𝟑𝟗. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

⬜ 𝟒𝟎. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲