A friend of mine, in America, said that the sociology teacher at her daughter's college had the students do a survey on themselves. He called it "Check your privilege". He had everyone stand against the back wall. Then he asked everyone to take a number of steps forward or backward, according to criteria he called out.

Take 1 step forward, if you were breastfed, as an infant.

Take 2 steps back, if you were born prematurely.

Take 3 steps forward, if your parents attend religious services at least once per month.

Take 5 steps back, if you are black.

And so on. Having married parents was 7 steps forward.

She said he finished and her daughter turned around, and most of the students hadn't even made it half as far, as she had. And she was the only black person in the class.

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