I'm sure you will be surprised to find out this school is in a suburb of Portland, though it probably could be located anywhere in Liberaland OR. It's pretty much lily white and middle class to upper middle class. "Money" magazine once listed it among its 100 best smaller cities in which to live.
ZitatLast week, Jason Schmidt's son came home from Aloha High School in Oregon with a head-turning English homework assignment.
The assignment, titled "White Privilege Survey," asked Schmidt's son to score himself based on the kind of "white privilege" he has.
The actual survey:
The report concludes with the comment:
ZitatIn the meantime, Schmidt asked for his son to be transferred to a different literature composition class. He said of the switch, "The other class is learning how to apply for colleges, while my son is stuck being subjected to social experiments
Some of the questions: The survey asks the students to rate themselves from a 0 to a 5 on the worksheet. 0 means that it's never true for them and 5 means that it is often true.
Some of the questions include:
I can be in the company of people of my race most of the time.
I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the newspaper and see people of my race widely and positively represented.
I can go into most supermarkets and find the staple foods which fit with my racial/ethnic traditions; I can go into any hairdresser's shop and find someone who can cut my hair.
I can arrange to protect my children (or children from my family) most of the time from people who might mistreat them because of their race.
Illegitimi non Carborundum
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell