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Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
14. The privilege is not the right.
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 02:11 PM
Jul 2021

The privilege is the respect that is given. The "benefit of the doubt". Black and Brown people have the exact same legal rights that White people have. White people have the "privilege" of not having their rights questioned in most cases.

A group of White teenagers can gather in a park and police will roll right on by. A group of Black or Latino teenagers, is a gang, and they need to be checked. They all have the right to congregate in a public park. The White kids have the PRIVILEGE of not being harassed just for existing.

No one wants White people to lose rights or suffer oppression. We just want to go through life getting that same benefit of the doubt and not being bothered when we are out in public doing the same exact thing White people get to do freely.

Understand the distinction?

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K & R Nevilledog Jul 2021 #1
Here's the study Nevilledog Jul 2021 #2
Very good research Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #3
I have seen this personally, real eye opener! Dustlawyer Jul 2021 #5
"Don't come back" was the message. It's sickening and sad. nt oasis Jul 2021 #9
One of my white relatives started dating a black man 2 years ago Apollo Zeus Jul 2021 #11
The privilege is not the right. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #14
Framing. Apollo Zeus Jul 2021 #16
Something POC have always known. Enoki33 Jul 2021 #4
Black people have been saying this for decades upon decades. Solly Mack Jul 2021 #6
yep uponit7771 Jul 2021 #8
THIS. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #12
K&R ck4829 Jul 2021 #7
People have been "researching" and "analyzing" this stuff for decades BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #10
I remember one where the white guy and the black guy were just running malaise Jul 2021 #13
Exactly. BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #15
I was always aware I had privilege moonscape Jul 2021 #17
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