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> there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race,
by gremlinsinc 6y ago
> there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race, situation etc
This seems disingenous and actually a bit insensitive. I'm a white man, but I know white privilege exists. Everytime a black person leaves the home and sees a police officer they get PTSD not because they're guilty but because they think no matter what the cop thinks they already are guilty for something or will try and pin something on them, and it's not some irrational fear, it's seated in decades of them doing JUST that.
Common examples of white privilege include the following phrases:
- White lives matter too
- All lives matter
- "But what about black on black crime"
- Not all white people....
- I'm not privileged, I'm poor
- White people are discriminated against too...
Black lives matter isn't saying only Black lives matter, but that Black lives matter too, as in they're not animals like they're treated by police officers, and if you don't think it happens then you're simply blind or you don't care because you're prejudiced or showing blatant racism.