I have privileges as a white person because I can do all 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 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).
- 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 ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in (#ChristianCooper).
- I Can Be Arrested Without the Fear Of Being Murdered (#GeorgeFloyd).
*Adapted: “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, by Peggy McIntosh, 1989.
VOTE for SOCIAL JUSTICE NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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