White Privilege doesn't mean we don't struggle with anything. I have privilege as a White person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it:
I can go jogging ( #AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home ( #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)..
I can ask for help after being in a car crash #JonathanFerrell #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 CD's #AltonSterling
I can sleep #AiyanaJones #BreonnaTaylor ...
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 Skittles #TrayvonMartin
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party #SeanBell
I can party on New Years #OscarGrant
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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 #TerrenceCrutcher
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 #TerrenceCrutcher ...
I can read a book in my own car #KeithScott
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather #CliffordGlover
I can decorate for a party #ClaudeReese
I can ask a cop a question #RandyEvans
I can cash a check in peace #YvonneSmallwood
I can take out my wallet #AmadouDiallo
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I can run #WalterScott
I can breathe #EricGarner
I can live #FreddieGray
I can ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in #ChristianCooper
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. #GeorgeFloyd
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White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience.
#BlackLivesMatter
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