Wednesday, December 9, 2015

White privilege is real

You want to know know what white privilege is? The fact that we've had so many white mass murderers in this country and no backlash against white people or guns owned by white people. The police treat a white mass murderer better than a black person who ran a stop sign. Children have been gunned down by white people at Columbine, at Newtown. But one mass murderer is Arab Muslim and now a large portion of the country is listening to a rich white man who wants to ban Muslims from entering the country. What about white-collar crimes? The rich are more likely to be guilty than most anyone else. Why listen to someone just because they have a lot of money? Do we want the country run like a business, a soulless corporation? We are a nation of people, people of many colors and beliefs. But it seems that white people's beliefs and white people's desires are more important than anyone else's. I am more afraid of a spoiled white teenager gunning down kids at the school in my neighborhood than I am of any Muslim I've ever met. I am white, and I feel it's an embarrassing time to be. We should be ashamed of our ignorance and prejudice. White privilege is real. How can we not see it?

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