Jason Schmidt, the father of an Aloha, Oregon high school student is upset about a white

An Aloha, Oregon father is upset about a survey on white privilege that his son was assigned as homework.

The survey, which was handed out in a literature composition class at Aloha High School, asks students to consider a series of statements about race, and rank the comments on a scale from 0 (seldom or never true) to 5 (often true) in accordance with their personal experiences.

Example questions include 'I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed' and 'I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the newspaper and see people of my race widely and positively represented'.

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An Aloha, Oregon father is upset about this white privilege survey his son was issued as homework

The school district has defended the survey, saying it was given out in a class that discusses the issues of race, sexuality, religion and class. Aloha High School pictured above

School district spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler told KGW that the class in question covers issues affecting the U.S. today, including race, class, sexuality and religion.

The goal of the class is for student to 'gain empathy, understanding and to build bridges'.

But Jason Schmidt, whose senior son is in the class, doesn't see the survey that way.

'The way this survey is read, it almost wants to like, shame you for being white,' Schmidt told KATU.

Schmidt says he'd like to see his son 'learning actual education and not be a part of some social experiment or teacher's political agenda'.

But other parents didn't take Schmidt's side.

Parent Sarah Rios-Lopez says she likes that her teachers are starting discussions about race in the classroom.

'I want [my daughter] to have opinions. Whether it's for or against, you have to create those, but you can't without good information so I applaud teachers getting out that infomation'

The survey is based on a 1989 essay by Peggy McIntosh titled 'White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack'. It is commonly taught in college.