I have privilege as a white male – and I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
- I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
- I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
- I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothamSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
- I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
- I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
- I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
- I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
- I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
- I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
- I can walk from the corner store (#MichaelBrown)
- I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
- I can go to church (#Charleston9)
- I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
- I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
- I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
- I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
- I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
- I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
- I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
- I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerenceCrutcher)
- I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)
- I can be a 10yr old walking with my grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
- I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
- I can ask a cop a question (#RandolphEvans)
- I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
- I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
- I can run (#WalterScott)
- I can breathe (#EricGarner)
- I can live (#FreddieGray)
- I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real.
If you are white, you benefit from it even if you don’t realize it.
Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today – and what you can do to dismantle that unfair, unearned privilege.
I sourced this from others and confirmed each story. Do your homework and you will see this just scratches the surface of the injustice going on in our backyard.
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