Aaron Hood - #776

July 20, 2012

#776

White privilege is not having to be a perfect person to deserve justice as a victim. Example: Trayvon Martin

White privilege is not having to have your whole family behave gracefully at all times (after a loss due to crime, able to be fully human and express the plethora of emotions that accompany the five stages of grief), to prove that you and other victims/families who look like you have “earned” the right to justice, something that’s supposedly automatically constitutionally guaranteed for all citizens. Example? Trayvon Martin’s parents

White privilege is the luxury of being considered a “lone gunman” and not having your entire culture blamed and pathologized as the reason for one person’s crime. “Lone gunman” vs. “those/you people are inherently violent.” Example: The Dark Knight Rises shooting and Columbine style shootings versus ANY crime committed by someone Black.

White privilege is being able to commit acts of terrorism, both domestic (ahem…the recent shooting) and foreign, and never be labeled as a terrorist.

White privilege is not having intraracial crime labeled as “White on White” crime, despite the fact that ALL racial groups have a higher incidence of crime where the race (and often socioeconomic status, and general community/location) of both criminal and victim are the same.

White privilege is knowing that you won’t receive an “extra” long sentence or greater potential of death row for killing someone Black.

White privilege is not breaking into a cold sweat, increased heart rate, lack of focus or full-fledged anxiety attack whenever you see a cop, are being followed by a cop or are pulled over by a cop.

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