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I took a privilege test and it says I am one privileged SOB. I am a white heterosexual male born and raised in the USA who speaks English as a first language. I am also not disabled. However, it gets even worse. I grew up middle class in a rural farming community and now have a decent job as a software developer and my parents raised me as a Christian.
It says my Intersectionality score is 5 and I am more privileged than 96%. The point is, the things I mentioned about my life all pretty much guarantee success in life.
I played around with the parameters and if I had been born without arms and legs and was raised by homeless vagrants, my privilege would only go up 10 points.
If instead, I had dark skin and was a female, my privilege would go up 43 points.
Here is what the site suggests for increasing my privilege.
"How can I improve my score?
Unfortunately, you are born with most of your intersectional factors. However, you can make some improvement to your score by getting more involved with Islam or Judaism, donate all excess wealth to charity, or explore the wild side of your sexuality. The easiest way to improve your score, however, is to champion the intersectionality of your more-marginalized friends. You may award yourself up to 5 points depending on the level of your activism."
So, I could convert to Islam, give all my money away to people who rate higher on the intersectionality scale, and start having sex with other men to improve my intersectionality score. They forgot to mention a possible sex change operation.
Intersectionality Score Calculator
Here is their stated goal:
"What's the goal here?
We hope that this calculator will help fight ableism, ageism, anti-Semitism, biphobia, cissexism, classism, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, sexism, transphobia, ethnocentrism, xenophobia and discrimination (even prejudice) of all forms regardless of your race, country of origin, sexual orientation (e.g., bisexual, nonbinary, intersex, lesbian, queer, trangender, or asexual). We are for social justice and equity!"
It says my Intersectionality score is 5 and I am more privileged than 96%. The point is, the things I mentioned about my life all pretty much guarantee success in life.
I played around with the parameters and if I had been born without arms and legs and was raised by homeless vagrants, my privilege would only go up 10 points.
If instead, I had dark skin and was a female, my privilege would go up 43 points.
Here is what the site suggests for increasing my privilege.
"How can I improve my score?
Unfortunately, you are born with most of your intersectional factors. However, you can make some improvement to your score by getting more involved with Islam or Judaism, donate all excess wealth to charity, or explore the wild side of your sexuality. The easiest way to improve your score, however, is to champion the intersectionality of your more-marginalized friends. You may award yourself up to 5 points depending on the level of your activism."
So, I could convert to Islam, give all my money away to people who rate higher on the intersectionality scale, and start having sex with other men to improve my intersectionality score. They forgot to mention a possible sex change operation.
Intersectionality Score Calculator
Here is their stated goal:
"What's the goal here?
We hope that this calculator will help fight ableism, ageism, anti-Semitism, biphobia, cissexism, classism, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, sexism, transphobia, ethnocentrism, xenophobia and discrimination (even prejudice) of all forms regardless of your race, country of origin, sexual orientation (e.g., bisexual, nonbinary, intersex, lesbian, queer, trangender, or asexual). We are for social justice and equity!"