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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Today in White Privilege..."
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Watch this and wait for the punchline. He said, in shock and desperation Youre treating me like a fucking Black person.
Think on that for a moment. With all of this going on, thats what came to his mind. Police brutality, to him, is something reserved for Black folk.
12:04 PM - Aug 17, 2018
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"Today in White Privilege..." (Original Post)
catbyte
Aug 2018
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MineralMan
(146,318 posts)1. Ugh!
dalton99a
(81,529 posts)2. Says it all
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)3. Good Christ! He really said that!
But as a Georgia cop told a white driver last year, "don't worry, we only kill black people" to calm her down and ensure compliance, I guess I simply shouldn't be surprised when I hear this stuff.
Except I am still surprised. Every time.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)4. He said it...
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)5. Idiot
tblue37
(65,423 posts)6. Now, he was *really* resisting, but still didn't get beaten down, so, no, he wasn't being
treated like a black person.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)7. He reminds me of that "Ken Wins" guy from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Aristus
(66,409 posts)8. He's alive, so no.
lame54
(35,295 posts)9. I wrote that line in a song...
Implying the mistreatment of blacks by the police
His use is a far different context