Due to the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement this year, you have probably heard the term “white privilege” being tossed around a lot. You might have even been called out and told your “white privilege is showing.” For a lot of people in America the idea of being told they have any type of privilege, defined as “a special advantage or right possessed by an individual or group,” is seen as an insult because we have been taught and encouraged to “pull ourselves up by our bootstraps,” meaning that successful Americans have achieved the American dream because of their hard work alone. Thus, saying someone had any type of advantage to get where they are today can be hurtful to some people and disrupts their notion that individualistic hard work leads to success. However, privilege exists and we all have it in one form or another. In addition to racial privilege, there are other types of privilege that impact someone’s life. These types of privilege include but are not limited to: gender, sexuality, citizenship, ability, socio-economic/class, and religious privilege. All of these are important because these identities overlap.