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You can’t put a number on someone’s adversity.

That’s why people are so frustrated.

My mother was mentally ill and abusive my entire childhood. It was adversity, but I could never include it on an application.

I am not white.
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When there's massive historical inequality coupled with a swift and massive sequestration of resources by the ultra-rich in the US, yes, you certainly [b]can[/b] assign a number to it, though you can certainly quibble over what that number should be.

This is the difference between a personal story such as your own and a wider story such as the experience of most black people in this country.[/quote]

I think there should be a name other than adversity scale because by using that word (rather than privilege, for example) it’s not surpring that it makes people reflect on the sometimes severe adversity they’ve faced (which they may be not feel comfortable writing about in a personal system) that is not included in the scale.

I think the scale is a good idea, but the name seems sure to cause more backlash than a more descriptive one (socioeconomic and racial adversity scale, even.) [/quote]

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