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Nothing quite says Christmas like the gift of identity politics.<\/p>\n
A supposedly hot item among social justice warriors this last Christmas was \u201cCheck Your Privilege\u201d cards which are even less exciting than they sound, and a worse gift than a fruitcake.<\/p>\n
In a nutshell: Fabiola Lara printed a very bland, uncreative business card that on one side states, \u201cUh-Oh! Your privilege is showing\u201d and on the other side includes check boxes of the various privileges one might be exhibiting. They were printed on white cards probably because only white people can display \u201cprivilege\u201d \u2014 and also heterosexual Christian males. The point is to hand them out to unsuspecting individuals who aren\u2019t aware they just \u201cmade a comment that others cannot agree or relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n
They were sold in a \u201chandy pack\u201d of ten cards for five bucks, according to New York<\/em><\/a> magazine. Lara was the brains behind NY<\/em> mag\u2019s favorite gift last year, the \u201cpregnant\/not pregnant calendar dedicated to a woman\u2019s right to choose.\u201d That settles it; these are the worst gifts ever.<\/p>\n Lara said she donated the proceeds from the card packs (all $5, because surely, she only sold one, right?) to an immigrant youth shelter in Brooklyn. The liberal magazine praised the endeavor, saying, \u201cWhile a cashmere scarf might keep your family member warm for a while, the gift of self-awareness is forever.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take the scarf because I\u2019m well aware that it\u2019s cold outside and it would be a privilege to stay warm.<\/p>\n