My Daughter-in-law got this from a friend. I couldn't not share it.
1./As a white male in his late 50’s there is nowhere in this country that I cannot go unchallenged. People defer to me and presume I must know what I am doing and have a reason for being anywhere I want to be without question, because I am a middle-aged, white guy.
2./It is my responsibility to remember and acknowledge my privilege and to look for places and individuals who do not share that privilege, specifically because I have the power. Not because I asked for it, but because it was societally bestowed on me as a middle-aged, white guy.
3./Being an ally can be hard, as it sometimes calls upon you to challenge your friends, but is NOT as hard as living the life of the oppressed.
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice.
4./These are the names we know. How many stories have not been told?
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
5./( #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)
6./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 hairbrush while leaving my own bachelor party ( #SeanBell)
I can party on New Years ( #OscarGrant)
7./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)
8./I can read a book in my own car ( #KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with my 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)
9./I can take out my wallet ( #AmadouDiallo)
I can run ( #WalterScott)
I can breathe ( #EricGarner)
I can live ( #FreddieGrey)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED ( #GeorgeFloyd)
10./White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter
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