How white am I, anyway?

Anyone who’s met me will agree: i’m one of the whitest people in the world. But just how white is that?

Let’s use the infamous blog Stuff White People Like as a white-o-meter.

Putting an X next to everything I agree with… (oo, it automatically made a bulleted list)

• #121 Funny or Ironic Tattoos
  
• #120 Taking a Year Off
• X119 Sea Salt
  
• X118 Ugly Sweater Parties
• #117 Political Prisoners
• X116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore
• X115 Promising to Learn a New Language (hey wait, i’m actually learning one..)
  
• #114 America
• X113 Halloween
• X112 Hummus
• X111 Pea Coats (funny story about that..)
  
• #110 Frisbee Sports
• X109 The Onion
• X108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music (what about actually enjoying it?)
• #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
• X106 Facebook
• #105 Unpaid Internships
• X104 Girls with Bangs
• X103 Sweaters
• #102 Children’s Games as Adults
• X101 Being Offended
• X100 Bumper Stickers
• X99 Grammar
• X98 The Ivy League
• X97 Scarves
• #96 New Balance Shoes
• X95 Rugby
• X94 Free Healthcare
• X93 Music Piracy
• X92 Book Deals
• X91 San Francisco
• #90 Dinner Parties
• X89 St. Patrick’s Day
• X88 Having Gay Friends (wait. does that include being the gay friend?)
  
• #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
• #86 Shorts
• #85 The Wire
• X84 T-Shirts
• #83 Bad Memories of High School
• X82 Hating Corporations
• #81 Graduate School
  
• X80 The Idea of Soccer (oi. it’s football. bloody lunatics..)
  
• X79 Modern Furniture (IKEA!)
  
• #78 Multilingual Children
• 77 Musical Comedy
• X76 Bottles of Water
• X75 Threatening to Move to Canada (come on. everyone’s done it once)
  
• #74 Oscar Parties
• #73 Gentrification
• X72 Study Abroad
• #71 Being the only white person around
• #70 Difficult Breakups
• X69 Mos Def
• #68 Michel Gondry
• #67 Standing Still at Concerts
• #66 Divorce
• #65 Co-Ed Sports
• X64 Recycling
• X63 Expensive Sandwiches
• #62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
• X61 Bicycles
• #60 Toyota Prius (you know, i actually can’t stand the Prius anymore.)
  
• X59 Natural Medicine
• X58 Japan
• X57 Juno
• #56 Lawyers
• #55 Apologies
• X54 Kitchen Gadgets
• X53 Dogs
• X52 Sarah Silverman
• X51 Living by the Water
• X50 Irony
• X49 Vintage
• X48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
• X47 Arts Degrees
• X46 The Sunday New York Times
• X45 Asian Fusion Food
• X44 Public Radio
• X43 Plays
• X42 Sushi
• X41 Indie Music
• X40 Apple Products
• X39 Netflix
• X38 Arrested Development
• X37 Renovations (power tools!)
  
• X36 Breakfast Places
• X35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
• X34 Architecture
• #33 Marijuana
• #32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
• #31 Snowboarding
• X30 Wrigley Field
• #29 80s Night
• #28 Not having a TV
• X27 Marathons
• X26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
• X25 David Sedaris
• #24 Wine
• #23 Microbreweries
• #22 Having Two Last Names
• X21 Writers Workshops
• X20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
• X19 Traveling
• #18 Awareness
• #17 Hating their Parents
• #16 Gifted Children
• #15 Yoga
• #14 Having Black Friends
• X13 Tea
• #12 Non-Profit Organizations
• #11 Asian Girls
• X10 Wes Anderson Movies
• #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
• X8 Barack Obama
• X7 Diversity
• X6 Organic Food
• X5 Farmer’s Markets
• #4 Assists
• X3 Film Festivals
• #2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
• X1 Coffee

So, that’s 77 out of 121…which, by the Universal MySpace Bulletin Law of Cultural Composition, means I’m 63% white. Awesome. I’m going to go watch football.

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