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Monday, May 10, 2010

How White Are you? ~ WARNING Long Post

Let me first say that the intention behind this post is NOT meant to be rude to the Caucasian culture. *** disclaimer made*** proceed:

Check off everything that you like. When you are finished, count everything up and determine your whiteness percentage.
  1. coffee
  2. religions their parents don't belong to
  3. assists
  4. farmer's markets
  5. organic food
  6. diversity
  7. barack obama
  8. making you feel bad for not going outside
  9. wes anderson movies
  10. asian girls
  11. nonprofit organizations
  12. tea
  13. having black friends
  14. yoga
  15. gifted children
  16. hating their parents
  17. film festivals
  18. awareness
  19. international travel
  20. being an expert on your culture
  21. writer's workshops
  22. having two last names
  23. microbreweries
  24. wine
  25. david sedaris
  26. manhattan (and Now Brooklyn, Too!)
  27. marathons
  28. not having a TV
  29. 80's night
  30. wrigley field
  31. snowboarding
  32. vegan/vegetarianism
  33. marijuana
  34. architecture
  35. the daily show w/ jon stewart/the colbert report
  36. renovations ~ true story, the Senator just said to me on Saturday, "We haven't been to brunch in a while"
  37. renovations
  38. arrested development
  39. netflix
  40. apple products
  41. indie music
  42. suschi
  43. playa
  44. public radio
  45. asian fusion food
  46. the Sunday New York Times
  47. Liberal arts degrees
  48. whole foods and grocery co-ops
  49. vintage
  50. irony
  51. living by the water
  52. sarah silverman
  53. dogs
  54. kitchen gadgets
  55. apologies
  56. lawyers
  57. documentaries
  58. japan
  59. natural medicine
  60. toyota prius
  61. bicycles
  62. knowing what's best for poor people
  63. expensive sandwiches
  64. recycling
  65. coed sports
  66. divorce
  67. standing still at corners ~ HILARIOUS!!! SO TRUE!!!
  68. mos def
  69. difficult breakups
  70. being the only white person around
  71. study abroad
  72. gentrification
  73. oscar parties
  74. threatening to move to canada
  75. bottles of water
  76. musical comedy
  77. multilingual children
  78. modern furniture
  79. the idea of soccer
  80. graduate school
  81. hating corporations
  82. bad memories of high school
  83. t-shirts
  84. the wire
  85. shorts
  86. outdoor performance clothes
  87. having gay friends
  88. st. patrick's day
  89. dinner parties
  90. san francisco
  91. music piracy
  92. rudgy
  93. new balance sneakers
  94. beards
  95. having children in their late thirties
  96. red hair
  97. noam chomsky
  98. non-motorized boating ~ actually very romantic... if you're in shape
  99. michel gondry
  100. the boston red sox
  101. scarves
  102. cleanses
  103. self-deprecating humor
  104. integrity
  105. pretending to be canadian while traveling abroad
  106. the criterion collection
  107. natural childbirth
  108. high school english teachers
  109. native wisdom
  110. trying too hard
  111. portland, oregon
  112. free health care ~ i mean, who doesn't!?
  113. che guevera
  114. the new yorker
  115. non-american news sources
  116. subtitles
  117. premium juice
  118. the ACLU
  119. plaid
  120. platonic friends
  121. reusable shopping bags
  122. acoustic covers
  123. dave chappelle
  124. Tibet
  125. nintendo Wii
  126. conspiracies
  127. the Simpsons
  128. avoiding confrontation
  129. DJs
  130. carbon offsets
  131. following their dreams
  132. not having cash
  133. adopting foreign children
  134. LEED certification
  135. expensive strollers
  136. singer-songwriters
  137. eating outside
  138. books
  139. music festivals
  140. glasses
  141. McSweeney's
  142. hardwood floors
  143. bakeries
  144. modern art museums
  145. cheese
  146. therapy
  147. public transportation that is not a bus
  148. dive bars
  149. self-importance
  150. rock climbing
_________ divided by 150 = _____________ %
Total

Guide
15 = 10% white
30 = 20% white
45 = 30% white
60 = 40% white
75 = 50% white
90 = 60% white
105 = 70% white
120 = 80% white
135 = 90% white
150 = 100% white

post credit and more

story behind the post:
I was watching the Italian Job on Saturday with the Senator. my new favorite movie. Anyway, Steve (dude who steals the gold) called to confirm his reservations. I thought to myself, "I wonder if all white people do that?" Then I said to myself, "I wonder if I think like a white person". So i googled "stuff white people do" and I came up with THIS link.
I went to Borders on Monday, today for my work day and to plan my life restructuring (will tell later) and found the book... above is the test from the back of the book. The site has more... There's a little white in all of us...

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