How Did the Privilege Exercise Make You Feel?

This exercise highlighted how privileged we are, especially at the school we attend. I noticed at the end, how close in distance our class was, especially since we were all quite far from the starting line. It just makes you realize how lucky we are to be going to this amazing school. One thing I found very interesting was that almost our entire class is white. At an international school like ours, you would think that this wouldn't be the case. And in a lot of cases it isn't. But there is still that white majority that runs through our small community. Even though our community is predominantly white, though, I feel that everyone is extremely respectful of each others' race and we don't think of ourselves as being superior just because we are white. I would have loved to have done the exercise with a much more diverse group of people, to really get the sense that I am lucky, and not many in this world can say that. Some of the questions actually made me feel almost self conscious in the way that gender was pointed out as being a point to be discriminated against. And I definitely see it in my life, all the time; I just never thought of myself as losing some privilege because I am a girl. But I think it is absolutely true. I took a class on women's literature last year and I  was exposed to so many ways that society has brainwashed us into stereotyping women as the stay at home wife who can only take care of the children. But we are much more than that. And society has taken steps in the right direction to right this wrong.