Here is a list of special circumstances and conditions experienced, but not earned, by white home economics students, adapted from a similar list by McIntosh (1992).  The white student has these privileges by virtue of birth, citizenship or being "normal".  They are related somewhat more to skin-colour privilege than to class, religion, ethnic status and geographical location, although these factors cannot be separated out.

In the home economics classroom:

1. I can use utensils and equipment which are part of my daily life


2. I  am never asked to speak for all people of my racial group


3. I can open any textbook and see people of my race widely and positively represented


4. I can buy bandaids labelled "flesh-coloured" that are the colour of my skin


5. I don't hear my daily cuisine labelled as "foreign" or "ethnic"


6. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race


7. I can talk with my mouth full and not have it blamed on my race


8. I can go into a supermarket in Kamloops and find the staple foods that fit with my cultural traditions


9. I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children's magazines featuring people of my race


10. If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones