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 Originally Posted by JKDS
Is it white privilege that I have never once been accused of being a nazi or serial killer, while almost all muslims in America have been labeled as terrorists at some point in their life? Is it privilege that I've only ever been pulled over for speeding, expired registration, and a broken light.. while people of color have been pulled over for "wide left turns?" White ppl seem to use plenty of drugs, how come they arnt caught as often? Do they actually not use it as much...do they hide it better.. or is something else going on? I've also never been followed around by store owners while browsing merchandise in a hoodie, never had women go to the other side of the street to avoid me, nor has anyone ever assumed I had drugs and could share.
This is something I would like to focus on because I view the sentiment as the backbone of the privilege and social justice narrative. I have yet to be able to explain what I want to on it, but it does not sit right with me.
An example, a small proportion of people have been scrutinized by traffic enforcement to the degree that my brother once was. He fit the description: teenaged white male, crazy hair, and an aesthetically souped up car. He probably got pulled over a hundred times in two years because of his profile. It does not sit right with me to call his situation anti-privilege, which means it shouldn't sit right with me to call situations like my own (I drove a normal car and had a normal hair cut and I rarely entered cops' radars) privilege.
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