Discussion:
White Privilege
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i***@gmail.com
2020-05-30 09:23:50 UTC
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I DID NOT CREATE THIS:
I have privilege as a white person because
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 in my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after 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 (#MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with candy (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush when leaving my 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 road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at a warehouse store (#JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)
I can read a book in my car (#KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with Grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGray)
I can sleep in my bed (#BreonnaTaylor)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)

White privilege is real.
Consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter
m***@gmail.com
2020-05-31 19:37:01 UTC
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From an Instagram post, not sure of author's name:


"If you have Black friends or family, half black children, are dating Black people.

This is your battle as well.

This is not a Black battle, but a battle of humanity."

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