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This... is White Privilege: #776

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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…

This is definitely one of my favorite ones that I have ever read. Because it is clear concise and goes directly to the point and tells it exactly like it is. The problem arises when people read things like this and instead of agreeing, get offended by the bloody truth. The one I most relate to is definitely the one about cops. Yes they protect us, but depending upon who you are, you are being labeled a million times over in their heads even before they walk to your car or say a word to you.

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