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

#BlackLivesMatter
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

#SayTheirNames
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 MURDERED #GeorgeFloyd
White privilege is real.
Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter

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