1. Your ancestors were legal immigrants to this country during a period when immigrants from Asia, South and Central America or Africa were restricted.
2. Your ancestors came to this country of their own free will and have never had to relocate unwillingly once here.
3. You live on land that formerly belonged to Native Americans.
4. Your family received homesteading or land staking claims from the federal government or you or your family or relatives receive or received federal farm subsidies, farm price supports, agricultural extension assistance or other federal benefits.
5. You lived or live in a neighborhood that people of color were discriminated from living in.
6. You lived or live in a city where red-lining discriminates against people of color getting housing or other loans.
7. You or your parents went to racially segregated schools.
8. You live in a school district or metropolitan area where more money is spent on the schools that white children go to than on those that children of color attend.
9. You live in or went to a school district where children of color are more likely to be disciplined than white children, or more likely to be tracked into nonacademic programs.
10. You live in or went to a school district where the textbooks and other classroom materials reflected your race as normal, heroes and builders of the United States, and there was little mention of the contributions of people of color to our society.
11. You were encouraged to go on to college by teachers, parents or other advisors.
12. You attended a publicly funded university, or a heavily endowed private university or college, and/or received student loans.
13. You served in the military when it was still racially segregated, or achieved a rank where there were few people of color, or served in a combat situation where there were large numbers of people of color in dangerous combat positions, or avoided serving in the military when young men of color had fewer options for avoiding service.
14. Your ancestors were immigrants who took jobs in railroads, streetcars, construction, shipbuilding, wagon and coach driving, house painting, tailoring, longshore work, brick laying, table waiting, working in the mills, furriers, dressmaking or any other trade or occupation where people of color were driven out or excluded.
15. You received job training in a program where there were few or no people of color
16. You have received a job, job interview, job training or internship through personal connections of family or friends.
17. You worked or work in a job where people of color made less for doing comparable work or did more menial jobs.
18. You have worked in a job where people of color were hired last or fired first.
19. You work in a job, career or profession or in an agency or organization in which there are few people of color.
20. You received small business loans or credits, government contracts or government assistance in your business.
21. Your parents were able to vote in any election they wanted without worrying about poll taxes, literacy requirements or other forms of discrimination.
22. You can always vote for candidates who reflect your race.
23. You live in a neighborhood that has better police protection, municipal services and is safer than that where people of color live.
24. The hospital and medical services close to you or which you use are better than that of most people of color in the region in which you live.
25. You have never had to worry that clearly labeled public facilities, such as swimming pools, restrooms, restaurants and nightspots were in fact not open to you because of your skin color.
26. You see white people in a wide variety of roles on television and in movies.
27. Your race needn’t be a factor in where you choose to live.
28. Your race needn’t be a factor in where you send your children to school.
29. A substantial percentage of the clothes you wear are made by women and children of color in this country and abroad.
30. Most of the food you eat is grown, processed and/or cooked by people of color in this country and abroad.
31. The house, office building, school, or other buildings and grounds you use are cleaned or maintained by people of color.
32. You, other family members, friends or colleagues were ever cared for by people of color either at home or at a medical or convalescent facility.
33. You don’t need to think about race and racism every day. You can choose when and where you want to respond to racism.
