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 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 CD's ( #AltonSterling).
I can sleep ( #AiyanaJones)
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).
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 ( #Christancooper).
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 shop at Walmart ( #JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled persons vehicle ( #TerrenceCrutcher)
( #KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather ( #CliffordGlover).
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 public road with car problems ( #CoreyJones).
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