I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding ( #ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging ( #AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home ( #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)

1/n
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 CDs (AltonSterling)
I can sleep (AiyanaJones)
2/n
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)
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)
4/n
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)
5/n
I can take out my wallet ( #AmadouDiallo)
I can run ( #WalterScott)
I can breathe ( #EricGarner)
I can live ( #FreddieGray)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED ( #GeorgeFloyd)
6/n
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter
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