A recent TikTok challenge aims to help people understand their privilege and how they benefit from it, revealing the impact of people’s race, skin colour, and appearance on how they’re perceived in their daily lives. 

Specifically, the “Check Your Privilege Challenge” poses a series of statements, inviting users to put one of their fingers down if the statement applies to them: “Put a finger down if you have been called a racial slur. Put a finger down if you have been followed in a store unnecessarily.”

“Any fingers left?” the challenge concludes. “That’s privilege.”

“I wanted to start a discussion,” the creator of the challenge, Kenya (or @boss_bigmamma on TikTok) tells Bustle. “I wanted people to see where they were in this society and if they found themselves in a better position than others, maybe they could use that position to help.”

In many cases, the challenge places couples or family members beside each other, showing how their experiences in life have differed through a comparison of how many fingers they’re left holding up.

The “Check Your Privilege Challenge” has particularly gained attention in the wake of nationwide anti-racism protests in the US, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody May 25, as well as the deaths of other Black Americans in recent months, including Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery.

The protests have since spread to cities worldwide, with white allies and non-Black people of colour showing solidarity at demonstrations, and via funds and resources online. Challenges like this one are just another way to educate yourself and acknowledge your privilege.

Watch responses to the challenge below, and read more about how to be an ally in light of Floyd’s death here.