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a saying/online expression that is mainly used by social justice warriors to remind that the body they are born in comes with specific privileges that do not apply to specific arguments or situations. the phase also suggests that when considering another person’s plight, one must acknowledge one’s own inherent privileges and put them aside in order to gain a better understanding of his or her situation.
white cis boy: after the divorce, mich-lle gets to keep the kids even though she didn’t take care of them.
sjw: so?!?!? you’re white!!!1 you’re cis!! you’re a male!!! check your privilege.

if you are in a heated home, typing on your laptop, you are privileged.
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a term screamed by far left sheltered liberals when they hear a white person say something that might offend someone that isn’t a straight white male. you will have this term screamed at you if say anything offensive to the lgbt, blacks, or any other kind of person thats not white, straight or male.

the term is stupid because while these hippie liberals think these minor social problems are big in america and that those affected by them have their lives ruined by any kind of “hatred” here, they think therefor the same social issues are a big deal for the rest of the world, but they forget that places like somalia exist, where you will be murdered just for being alive, let alone being white or gay.
did you see that dyk- yelling “check your privilege” to that white guy over there?

why was she yelling at him?

some black lady with an enormous -ss walked by and he checked her out. apparently this is degrading and holds bootylicious black women back from succeeding in life like he has.

how does she know hes had a successful life?

she knows because hes white.
a phrase for when one makes an ignorant remark about another’s life issues, or a sheltered opinion more commonly referred to.

unfortunately, this has been used against straight white males due to the fact that society has depicted them to be racists, h-m-phobes, s-xists and just a huge problem to society in general. to use “check your priviledge” simply because one is a white, straight male is as ignorant as the sheltered opinion they may have not said or believed in the first place. anyone can make a sheltered opinion no matter what their s-xual orientation, race or gender may be.
original definition:
person 1: “you know, i don’t understand why poor people are poor. they should just get jobs”
person 2: “check your privilege”

derogatory term used against white, straight males:
person 1: -looks at a woman’s b-tt-
person 2: “oh my god check your privilege you are offensive to women!!!11”
person 1: “…what?”
a phrase used when someone is operating in a sheltered mindset of racial, s-xual, national or other exceptionalism. this phrase is typically employed when someone is speaking in an arrogant or ignorant manner, or being smug or condescending as a result of privileged status that they were born into, or achieved by virtue of their race, cl-ss, or caste.
things one would respond to with “check your privilege”:

1. if the ghetto is so bad, why don’t they just move out?
2. is racism really even an issue anymore?
3. if they’re so poor, they should just get a better job.
4. well of course they’re losing their house, it was a poor investment. serves them right.
5. my parents worked hard so i don’t need a handout.
a phrase to check someone complaining and whining about their first world problems, when in reality they have it pretty good compared to majority of the human population living in real miserable third world problems. it shuts them up and makes them regain another perspective on how they’re behaving and perhaps even spark change in them from being malignant narcissistic to perhaps less self absorbed and maybe even humanitarian.

a phrase to check your friends when they’re b-tching, grumbling and fussing over something super petty, i.e. a boy, girl, ego, service, materialism, from ruining a good time in the moment with you.

a phrase to check anyone who is immodest, pretentious and wildly smug of their wealth, material, looks and status and has no comprehension that their quality of life was largely due to luck where they born and how they were raised. and some of these types of people also do nothing to help others or community and have a crazy sense of ent-tlement and selfishness.
“f-ck d-mn sh-t! i lost my f-cking phone!! oh my god i’m gonna die!”
“it’ll turn up.. you’ll find it”
“i need it now! i can’t live without my f-cking phone dude!” (starts crying or really panicky)
“check your privilege! we’re gonna be late!”

“oh my god, the bartender is such a b-tch. i do not liker her. and these drinks are not that strong, and my food is freaking cold! so not tipping!
“check your privilege, you better tip or i’m gonna have to tip for you!

(danish girl) “sh-t, i can’t see the doctor til friday and i have cl-ss that day.. and i wanted to fly out right after for holiday.
(american guy) “pfft! i can’t even afford to see a doctor for my major illness, nor afford college in my extortionate inhumane country, check your privilege!
(haiti girl) “b-tches please! i live with no electricity, scr-ps for food, no shelter, no clean water and grim chance for a prosperous future, and the only healthcare i came close to was seeing sean penn in the distance once when i was bleeding in a puddle of slop, check your privilege!