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)

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)

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)

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)
I can run ( #WalterScott)
I can breathe ( #EricGarner)
I can live ( #FreddieGray)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING BRUTALLY MURDERED ( #GeorgeFloyd)

White privilege is real - and is a symptom of racial oppression. Ignoring it won’t stop the senseless murder that plagues this country. Just because we don’t experience these atrocities, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t violently oppose them.
#BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice