check your privilege

slang Be mindful of any societal benefits that you receive or any discrimination that you avoid due to your skin color, gender, socioeconomic status, or other elements of your identity. As a rich white dude, you might want to check your privilege before criticizing the poor people who live in this part of the city. Do you seriously think the world treats everyone equally? Wow, you need to check your privilege as a white woman. Dude, check your privilege—not everyone goes to college on Mommy and Daddy's dime. Some of us have to pay our own way and actually take our studies seriously.