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As a full time student, I have many studying resources and studying tools I can use to improve my academic works. I have student insurance so I can go to see the doctor when I need. I have some convenient studying conditions.

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As an international transfer student from Malaysia, one of my unlearned privileges of mine is that I am a Malaysian. As a Malaysian, I get the chance to learn multi languages. I also have the chance to learn about culture of other races for example I can celebrate different festive holidays with different races. I can also enjoy different food from different races.

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I was born and raised from Morocco. To some, it might just be a random country in North-Africa with some sand and mountains, yet it is a quite diverse place. The privileges I was given being a Moroccan is the Middle-Eastern and Berber culture I got from my country while also attending a European French school and learning Spanish due to our colonized past. My family is also quite progressive, and taught me the values of freedom of religion, speech while also helping me travel and see the world outside. In the end, my languages (French, Arabic, Moroccan, Spanish, English), my culture and even my skin color are important to me, as they will help me evolve in this world in many communities. -Ramzi

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I never actually thought of my privileges. I just mostly think about the cons of my situation. For example being a minority, a woman, not having the same rights as everybody else. The only thing that comes to mind would be that in comparison to my parents, that migrated here, I do have many more chances at what I want to study, and what I want to do with my life. I was very lucky to have my parents taught me a different language and our culture. Yet, I don't think about it as much. I try not use my background or culture to get ahead of other because that's clearly not fair. - Britt

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@Xuwei, languages are a privilege for sure. What are you focusing on in the research then? How these languages are going to help you approach fieldwork with more empathy

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For me, my personal privileges are my race and nationality, and those privileges will help me a lot while doing the field work in Chinatown. Since the two languages that are used the most in Chinatown are Chinese and English, I can see the connection between the two languages and how it is being used.         - Neil

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@Neil, I agree that languages are helpful if you have exposure to them. I recommend continue thinking of how race and nationality fit those "Chinatown" fieldwork.

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Dylan, you do have a handful of privileges that make you powerful. I suggest reframing them as the example shows - how those privileges may help you expect something from the research site. What those experiences that you had frame your cultural perspective?

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Sheng, Interesting to see further, how you articulate your diverse language background helps you understand Chinatowns difference. How do all the languages help you situate yourself across Chinatowns more comfortably?

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Justin, privilege here may be your exposure to plants previously and how your background helps you see organic and sustainability in the contexts of Chicago

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Tommy, I like how you connect openly to your ethnicity as well as the context of your research. Being a part of insiders speaks to more insights and rapport with your potential findings (objective not subjective too much - bias).

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Yash, great thoughts. Try to tweak now how those privileges help you understand your research community without prejudice or bias. You can take an example statement from Box 11 (p.2) "Approaching my community with my level of education and skin color, I have to think of how I would react to their use of English or Hindi.." etc.

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So technically, I, my self is a Chinese so this would be a very effective personal privilege for me to do the field work in Chinatown. But I’m still too young to understand or totally break some meaning down. Since Chinatown can be reached simply by red line train in Chicago, the socioeconomic status and my financial support won’t be a problem.

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In regards to my prologue, where I discuss humans relationship with plants in Chicago, I do know I am privileged to even voice my opinion. Plants and nature does not have the ability to voice how they feel ,so instead, humans must take them into consideration in order to make their voice prevalent. Even just having trees and shrubbery planted and manicured to line my streets is a privilege in itself because I have someone to look after and protect their identity. Someone was willing to put their life's work to ensure we have nature surrounding us and not just concrete, something I'm sure we don't really consider when we walk down our finger-spaced tree-lined streets.

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In response to Chris Lubera, I really like how you acknowledge a privilege that we don't really talk about much. Our freedom of speech is something that a lot of people don't talk about, especially when contrasted with a country like China.

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Justin, it is interesting that you say that you talk about how plants would voice how they feel if they had the chance. However, I disagree with this because there is no reason to believe that plants feel any kind of emotion. We do not have any obligation to care about how they "feel" because they don't feel anything.

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Privileges, what's privileges to you? For me, it's about the things you can have, access to, advantages, priority than other people do.

I feel the biggest privileges I have is having a proper education. Because of my parents can afford me to study from primary school to university, I have a better privilege than a lot of people in the world. As well as languages, I am capable of speaking 5 languages because I was born in a multicultural countries therefore we need to learn 3 languages from young which is English, Chinese and Malay. That obviously make me having a better advantage than a lot of people because they do not have the chance to learn so many languages.

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The privileges to me is the language I spoke. Before I move to U.S.A, I came from a city in Southern China. I know a lot of Chinese culture, and geography, base on my Chinese backgrounds. Since, China is second largest economic country, the might be more job opportunity to Chinese and English bilinguals.  Xuwei Lin

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Replying to Tom , your unforeseen privilege of being able to do things last minute and be successful at it could be considered because of your age. The ability to do things quickly and efficiently is a sign that your able bodied.  - Breeanna

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As a kid when my family and I took trips to Louisiana there where a few differences I noted. The first was that they all talked kind of funny. Their southern slang to me made it feel they were speaking in another language. Sometimes they did speak another language: Louisiana Creole. Another difference was that every meal that was prepared while I was there was too spicy for me to handle. It got to the point that before my mother and aunts would go to some relative’s house to eat gumbo, etouffee, and crawfish boil, it was mandatory that we made a stop to the local Burger King, so I could have something to eat. The last thing I notice was the most important to me at the time. None of my relatives at the time had cable television. That at the time was devastating and to make sense of this my ignorance blamed it on a poor decision making on my family’s behave. None of my extended cousins from the south had an any kind of video game console or hand-held system. At the time I was confused but looking back at it. Living ten minutes from Chicago at the time, I never considered myself living an urban lifestyle but then again I never compared myself to country relatives either. I was an only child and that was a rare case compared to them. Both of my parents worked full time, and both have their master’s degree. Between my parents both were exhausted by the time they got home, me not having anyone to play with at home, and there being a surplus of disposable income I was given everything I ever asked for to keep me occupied.

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One of my unlearned privileges is the fact that I grew up in a Mexican house. I was raised with my parents speaking only Spanish to me but I was still able to learn English by going to school. Because of this, I had the privilege of being able to speak two different languages and see certain things from two different perspectives.

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People have different privileges that I think we tend to forget about. I have many privileges that I do not appreciate sometimes and forget that I have. I think privileges come from your family and the culture you come from. Being from hispanic descent, I have the privilege to speak another language, experience different kinds of traditions, and knowing how different Mexican food tastes like. Also, knowing my grandparents were born in Mexico, I think I am lucky to have the privilege to have been raised in a community where I have gone to great schools. I also have the privilege of having parents who were able to provide me with all the resources around me.

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Everyone has different privileges, I can speak Chinese, and the ability of one language is also my privileges. I think I am lucky because my parents have provided me with a better environment to learn English. In my opinion, my first part-time job after going abroad may be my future "privileges" because this part-time job has taught me a lot of things, such as interpersonal relationship and respect between employees and bosses. This part-time job also made me feel better about myself and motivated me to get a higher salary Also, This job has made me know a lot of people in different fields, which is very likely to help me in my future career..--Yibo Shen

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In my life, I have experienced the benefits of the privileges that have been given to me. They have provided me with opportunities that many struggle to get. One of the strongest privileges that I have is my parents. I have two parents who both have college degrees and good jobs. As I grew up they made it clear that they would help me to become anything that I wanted to be. I have had access to many resources because of them and I grew up very comfortable. With their emotional and financial support I have experienced a very privileged life so far. It is easy to take these things for granted but I also have to be aware that other people may not have the same privileges I do.

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Growing up in an inner city environment I grew up with a number of friends that did not have father figures in their lives. I learned from a young age that growing up with a father that had a strong presence in my life was a rare privilege in the inner city. My father always made sure to make time for me whether it was playing catch with me or helping me with my homework. Having an older male to look up to and aspire to be like helped me stay on track in high school and move on to college, whereas some of my friends that did not have father figures to look up to did not continue with their educational career.

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When privileges come to people's mind, they often think of their own culture and ethnicity. Being of Hispanic descent, I feel very privileged to be a Latino. However, my parents raised me and my siblings to not be conceit about how our culture is privileged even though we were modest in possession we got as we grew older. I have learned that my unlearned privilege as a Hispanic attending a very well-rounded University is that I am very modest in representing Hispanic achievements in the Hispanic culture.

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As someone who is a straight, white man who isn't poor, I am aware of the privileges that come with these aspects of myself. I get a lot of stuff going in my favor, so I could talk about how I've never been arrested, stopped, or even warned, even though I've done multiple semi-legal things in front of police, or how (although I've never been on an airplane) I most definitely won't be stopped at an airport, I'm going to talk about something that I haven't acknowledged until recently-- how I'm really privileged with being able to do stuff last minute. In high school, I was an awful student. I still am not great. I have a lot of stuff going on in my life currently and, when coupled with how forgetful I am, someone who is as much of a mess as me should not be where he is. I've never proofread an essay because I've never had time, but I'm still an English major. Am I overdue for something? Being able to coast is something that I have really taken advantage of that ultimately prevents me from growing as a person. To be able to become the human being that I want to become, I should stop relying on last minute luck and start taking everything more seriously. This, of course, is all being said while I do the homework in class, so let's just say that this progress isn't going too well. -Tom Stolpe

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Unlearned Privileges

Dylan Harnsberger

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Never having really given any thought to my “privileges” I didn’t realize how many I actually had. Growing up I was lucky enough, for most of my life, to live in a upper middle class household in a town that had very few problems in terms of crime, bad economy, etc. etc. At the age of 14 I started working which, I guess, could be considered a privilege because it gave me a head start in terms of learning the ins and outs of being employed. Straight out of high school I joined the Marine Corps which gave me life experience that not many people have and now I get to enjoy four years of being a full time student without any college debt at the end of it. After all of that I would have to say my biggest privilege however, is being a U.S. citizen. My time in the Marines took me to a handful of different countries and none of them gave their citizens the advantages the U.S. does. Having my eyes opened to that fact has changed the way I look at my life in all aspects.

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When it comes to considering what privileges one can have, I have never considered the privileges that I can hold within my own self. Growing up in chicago, in a hispanic family, and taking writing as a class, I have been able to open my eyes to see what privileges I harbor. Since I was born in a hispanic family, and growing up in a spanish household, I grew up speaking spanish and that is what I would consider my first privilege. I know the word “privilege” might garner up some unique perspectives, but in my case, I think about how certain qualities on mine give me an advantage compared to others. Being able to speak spanish allows me to speak to people that can speak spanish as well as any that only speak spanish. Another privilege that I have learned over time is the fact that I know the area of Chicago a tad more than what one might commonly think; what I mean is that due to being born and grown up in Chicago, I got to learn about the city and the neighborhoods, and I might have more knowledge compared to someone who might not be from the city. Another privilege that I learned that I have comes down to the pigment of my skin: my skin is brown and I am a hispanic person, and that might ease up some people when they come from a similar background to speak to me due to the fact that I might look similar to them through one way or another. These are some of the privileges that I have been able to learn about recently.

-Edwin Campos

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Everyone is born into a certain set of privileges that dramatically impact how one goes through their life. While effort and drive are still primary aspects of oneself that impact their success in life,  it is also undeniably true that innate privilege can provide opportunity that effort alone cannot achieve. A few of my current privileges include my age and the current time I live in. In reference to, lets say, my ancestors, I'm living in a time of dramatically less hardship. People are living longer, health care is better (in some aspects), I have more opportunity, and technology has made my life significantly easier. Another innate privilege is my American citizenship. While America is no way close to being an ideal country, it still provides me with ample opportunity. Being a woman is a factor of myself that I do not consider a privilege. While I am very proud of my womanhood, women are often viewed and treated as second class citizens worldwide, and are not allotted the same respect as men. While some might consider it a privilege that expectations are lower for women, I do not view being discriminated against and viewed as less because of biological factors a privlegde. My race also does not feel like a privilege in contemporary society, with racism being a huge factor in the lives of myself and members of my family and community. My education level, however, is a huge privilege; both innate and learned. My family had me enrolled into gifted schools since I was young, which has given me a huge head start on a lot of educational topics as well as having had gone to good schools helping me get into other good schools due to the network between educational centers and their influence on each other. Freedom of religion and travel is also an innate privilege i have. To travel anywhere in the world, all I need is a passport. I am not socioeconomically privileged at all, with money being a huge struggle I've faced all my life, which makes life very hard and stressful, and deeply impacting the decisions I make and life track I have chosen.

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One of my unlearned privileges is language. Something I never thought about for majority of my life is that I was born and grew up in a country that caters to my language even though america is not solely made up of english speakers. Almost anywhere you go within Illinois and almost everywhere around america you will be in a native english speaking area. Along with this comes things we do not even think about like street signs, parking signs, menus, highway signs and directions, parking tickets, license plate, I mean, there are too many things to even name but half of which probably most of us never think about. Even in areas where different cultural communities have been established, like Devon street which I am writing my prologue on, have signs, menus, parking signs, etc. that still cater to me and make sure I am aware.   - Renee

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Living my life, I realize that my most significant unlearned privilege is that I have a chance to freely choose my own way. Since I was a little kid, my parents allowed me to decide whatever was good and fit for myself. They are raising their kid by letting me grow up naturally instead of forcing me doing anything I do not like. Now, being an adult, a college student, it is essential to make the right decision and direction for future life. Fortunately, I am chasing my dream by gaining higher education in a college I like and choosing my suitable major with strong support from my parents.

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One of the privileges that I've taken for granted is freedom of speech. You never think about it in the states, but when I was in China for spring break, I was asked about politics in China, and I couldn't share my true thoughts on the political situation over there. I also couldn't talk about Taiwan, Tibet, Tienanmen (the 3 T's), or any other touchy subject for that matter. One of the things that is most valuable to me as a human is the ability to think whatever I want, to say whatever I want, and there's millions of people around the world that are denied that very right.

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A privilege I have is that I am from a multicultural background. My ethnicity is Chinese, but my nationality is American. Growing up, I got to experience two cultures. I was Chinese with family. With friends, I was American because we grew up experiencing American culture outside of our homes.  People who emigrate from another country may not get to experience any culture other than their own because of the language barrier. Being from a multicultural background sometimes allows me the luxury of looking at things from two different perspectives. Growing up, I feel as if I look at things mostly from an American perspective, rater than the way that my parents would look at something. This potentially leads to me being biased when I view certain things since I generally view everything from an American perspective.

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Unlearned privileges comes from an idea of opportunity and the way you are able to live life. For me, having the opportunity to go to school and attend a higher education is a privilege. Also, by the color of my skin and being in the majority group, I most likely have been given opportunities or looked at a certain way because of it. I am not able to pick my ethnicity or race, therefore it is an unlearned privilege. Also by being young, I am an able bodied individual and am capable of doing manual labor and working jobs that others cant. Also, by living the United States, I am able to have free speech and the right to travel almost anywhere because of the place I reside. Overall, all of these unlearned privileges are never looked at until they become a topic of conversation because they are considered normal to that person.   - Breeanna Schmidt

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-Yash Thakkar

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While living my life, I got to enjoy many privileges that I deserved with my own effort and with no effort. Some of the privileges that I earned with my own effort is being able to go to a good college that satisfies my future plan for work. This required my own effort because I had to be capable enough to meet the certain requirements that colleges were offering. Just getting accepted into a school was a privilege for myself. Being able to pay for college was also a privilege for myself that was used with my family effort. Honestly, majority of the privileges I have in my life was used with no effort. My  nationality which is Indian and my skin color with gender was all from my family. The reason why I have freedom of religon and speech was from my parents with their help which required no effort from me. These priveleges was deserved even when they both required different amounts of effort.

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Please post here one paragraph on your unlearned privileges (based on Sunstein)