RE: Is white privilege real? To what extent?
July 15, 2016 at 12:23 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2016 at 12:24 pm by Whateverist.)
Yeah it's a privilege not to be shot in the back because I have a pistol in my pocket while a white guy can stand out in public with an AK 47 giving shit to the cop who comes to investigate. It's also a privilege not to fit the description and therefore be pulled over at a much higher rate than black drivers. I also feel privileged not to be incarcerated at a much higher rate. Receiving more lenient sentences from judges who feel more empathy for a young guy that reminds them of themselves or someone they knew, some might say that was a privilege. In the U.S., it is a much easier row to hoe being white and much easier to think that conditions are the same for everyone else. I don't assume the situation is the same everywhere else in the world.