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> It's kind of a mark of white privilege to believe that the police will arrive in time to protect you, and that when they arrive they won't harm you. This is
by defnotashton2 6y ago
> It's kind of a mark of white privilege to believe that the police will arrive in time to protect you, and that when they arrive they won't harm you.
This is a gross overstated political narrative.
A) Most police response times are well after most conflicts.
B) Poor and targeted neighborhoods often have better response times because of the larger constant police presence.
C) Socioeconomic signals predict treatment better than the color of your skin.
- dleslie 6y agoD) Race is strongly correlated with socioeconomic status. E) The police responses in poor and targeted neighbourhoods often involve harming residents and criminalizing the impoverished and racialized. F) 911 is a Joke