The document summarizes the writer's experience in a privilege walk exercise during their FYS class. The writer learned that students in the class came from diverse backgrounds and felt the exercise was more about socioeconomic status than race. While the writer stood near the sidewalk, they did not have a privileged upbringing with both parents and sometimes feels discriminated against due to their appearance; however, they were thankful for what their single father provided. The writer concluded people should get to know each other instead of making assumptions based on appearance or possessions alone.

1. Hannah Clay
Harold Blanco
FYS-100
9/18/15
Privilege Walk
During this exercise I learned that people in our FYS class come from many
different backgrounds. I don't believe this exercise had much to do with race though.
When I turned around there were people in this class of a different ethnic background
than me who were further up than people whom I share the same race. I believe this
exercise had way more to do with how we grew up and what our parents did to provide
for us. I was on the side-walk during this exercise today, but I didn't grow up with the
most privilege life. Do I get discriminated against because of the way that I look,
sometimes, but I grew up struggling the way that I did because I grew up with a single
parent. My father provided everything for me and more than I could have ever asked for.
Would I consider myself blessed? Of course, 100%, but just because I was on the side-
walk today doesn't mean that I haven't been neglected of the same things as people
standing behind me. I learned in this exercise that we all struggle in different ways, and
not necessarily just by the way that we look. We should get to know people and not judge
a book by its cover. Just because someone looks like they are living a great and perfect
life, doesn’t necessarily mean that they are. In the future, I will look at people and get to
know people before I make a claim about their person because it is never good to judge
people by the way that they look, or the things that they have. Just because they have nice
things doesn’t mean that they have it all.