White – Privilege Checklist

1. I can (if I wish) arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.
2. If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an
area which I can afford and in which I would want to live.
3. I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to
me.
4. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be
followed or harassed.
5. I can turn on the television and see people of my race widely represented.
6. When I am told about our national heritage or about "civilization," I am shown that
people of my color made it what it is.
7. I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into
a supermarket and find the staple foods which fit with my cultural traditions, into a
hairdresser's shop and find someone who can cut my hair.
8. I do not have to educate my children to be aware of systemic racism for their own
daily physical protection.
9. I can be pretty sure that my children's teachers and employers will tolerate them if they
fit school and workplace norms; my chief worries about them do not concern others'
attitudes toward their race.
10. I can talk with my mouth full and not have people put this down to my color.
11. I can swear, or dress in second hand clothes, or not answer letters, without having
people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty or the illiteracy of my
race.
12. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.
13. I can criticize our government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behavior
without being seen as a cultural outsider.
14. I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the "person in charge", I will be facing a
person of my race.
15. If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven't
been singled out because of my race.
16. I can easily buy posters, post-cards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and
children's magazines featuring people of my race.
17. I can choose to ignore developments in minority writing and minority activist
programs, or disparage them, or learn from them, but in any case, I can find ways to be
more or less protected from negative consequences of any of these choices.
18. My culture gives me little fear about ignoring the perspectives and powers of people of
other races.
19. I can be late without having the lateness reflect on my race.
20. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me.
21. I can easily find academic courses and institutions which give attention only to people
of my race.
22. I can chose bandages in "flesh" color and have them more or less match my skin.
23. I will feel welcomed and "normal" in the usual walks of public life, institutional and
social.
Christian – Privilege Checklist

1. I can expect to have time off work to celebrate religious holidays.

2. Music and television programs pertaining to my religion’s holidays are readily
accessible.
3. It is easy to find stores that carry items that enable me to practice my faith and
celebrate religious holidays.
4. I’m not pressured to celebrate holidays from another faith that may conflict with your
religious values.
5. Holidays celebrating my faith are so widely supported, I often forget they are limited
to my faith (e.g. wish someone a “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Easter” without
considering their faith).
6. I worship freely, without fear of violence or threats.
7. A bumper sticker supporting my religion won’t likely lead to my car being vandalized.
8. I practice my religious customs without being questioned, mocked, or inhibited.
9. When swearing an oath, I will place my hand on a religious scripture pertaining to my
faith.
10. Politicians can make decisions citing my faith without being labeled as heretics or
extremists.
11. It is easy for you to find my faith accurately depicted in television, movies, books, and
other media.
12. My faith is accepted/supported at my workplace.
13. My faith is an aspect of my identity without being a defining aspect (e.g., people won’t
think of me as their “Christian” friend)
14. Disclosing my faith to an adoption agency will not likely prevent me from being able
to adopt children.
15. In the event of a divorce, the judge won’t immediately grant custody of my children to
my ex because of your faith.
16. My faith is taught or offered as a course in most public institutions.
17. I can dismiss the idea that identifying with my faith bears certain privileges.
Heterosexual Privilege Checklist

1. Immediate access to my loved one in case of accident or emergency.

2. Public recognition and support for an intimate relationship (e.g., congratulations for an
engagement).
3. Expressing affection in most social situations and not expecting hostile or violent
reactions from others.
4. Living with my partner and doing so openly.
5. Receiving social acceptance by neighbors, colleagues, and good friends.
6. Learning about romance and relationships from fiction movies and television.
7. Having role models of my sexual orientation.
8. Having positive and accurate media images of people with whom I can identify.
9. Expecting to be around others of my sexuality most of the time. Not worrying about
being the only one of my sexuality in a class, on a job, or in a social situation.
10. Talking openly about my relationship, vacations, and family planning me and my
lover/partner are doing.
11. Raise, adopt, and teach children without people believing that I will molest them or
force them into my sexuality.
12. Not being asked “how does sex work for you?” or other too-personal questions by
strangers.
13. Acting, dressing, or talking as you choose without it being a reflection on people of
my sexuality.
14. The ability to teach about lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals without being seen as
having a bias because of your sexuality or forcing a “homosexual agenda” on students.
15. Going wherever I wish and knowing that I will not be harassed, beaten, or killed
because of my sexuality.
16. Not worrying about being mistreated by the police or victimized by the criminal justice
system because of my sexuality.
17. Knowing that I will not be fired from a job or denied a promotion based on my
sexuality.
18. Not being asked by my child’s school to only send one parent to “back to school”
night as to not upset the other parents by having two same-sex partners in the class
together.
19. The ability to play sport and not worry that my athletic ability will be overshadowed
by my sexuality and the fact that I share a locker room with the same gender.
20. Not having to “come out” (explain to people that I’m straight, as I can just assume
they will assume it)
21. Knowing that people aren’t going to mutter about my sexuality if I come out to them.
22. Not having people think my sexuality is a mental health issue
Able-Bodied Privilege Checklist

1. I can easily arrange to be in the company of people of my physical ability.

2. If I need to move, I can easily be assured of purchasing housing I can get access to
easily - accessibility is one thing I do not need to make a special point of looking for.
3. I can be assured that my entire neighborhood will be accessible to me.
4. I can assume that I can go shopping alone, and they will always have appropriate
accommodations to make this experience hassle-free.
5. I can turn on the television or open a newspaper and see people of my physical ability
represented.
6. When I learned about history, people of my physical ability were well represented.
7. I was given curricular material which showed people like me as a role model.
8. I can be assured that assumptions about my mental capabilities will not be made based
on my physical status.
9. I can swear, dress sloppily, or even be in a bad mood without people attributing it to
my physical disability.
10. I can do well in challenging situations very often without being told what an
inspiration I must be to other able-bodied people.
11. I have been asked to speak for all physically challenged people.
12. Almost always, when asking to speak to the person in charge, will find someone of the
same physical status.
13. I can buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, children’s
magazines featuring people of the same physical status.
14. I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having someone suspect I
got my job because of my disability.
15. If I am fired, not given a raise, or not hired, I do not have to question whether it had
anything to do with my appearing physically incompetent
Cisgender Privilege Checklist

1. I use public restrooms without fear of verbal abuse, physical intimidation, or arrest
2. Strangers don’t assume they can ask me what my genitals look like and how I have
sex.
3. My validity as a man/woman/human is not based on how much surgery I’ve had or
how well I “pass” as non-transgender.
4. I have the ability to walk through the world and generally blend-in, not being
constantly stared or gawked at, whispered about, pointed at, or laughed at because of
my gender expression.
5. Strangers call me by the name I provide, and don’t ask what my “real name” [birth
name] is and then assume that they have a right to call me by that name.
6. I can reasonably assume that my ability to acquire a job, rent an apartment, or secure a
loan will not be denied on the basis of my gender identity/expression.
7. I have the ability to flirt, engage in courtship, or form a relationship and not fear that
my biological status may be cause for rejection or attack, nor will it cause my partner
to question their sexual orientation.
8. If I end up in the emergency room, I do not have to worry that my gender will keep me
from receiving appropriate treatment, or that all of my medical issues will be seen as a
result of my gender.
9. I have the ability to not worry about being placed in a sex-segregated detention center,
holding facility, jail or prison that is incongruent with my identity.
10. I am not required to undergo an extensive psychological evaluation in order to receive
basic medical care.
11. If I am murdered (or have any crime committed against me), my gender expression
will not be used as a justification for my murder (“gay panic”) nor as a reason to
coddle the perpetrators.
12. I can easily find role models and mentors to emulate who share my identity.
13. Hollywood accurately depicts people of my gender in films and television, and does
not solely make my identity the focus of a dramatic storyline, or the punch line for a
joke.
14. I am able to purchase clothes that match my gender identity without being refused
service/mocked by staff or questioned on my genitals.
15. I am able to purchase shoes that fit my gender expression without having to order them
in special sizes or asking someone to custom-make them.
16. I don’t have to remind my family and friends over and over to use proper gender
pronouns (e.g., after transitioning).