{"id":24125,"date":"2020-05-29T10:21:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24125"},"modified":"2020-06-01T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T21:54:55","slug":"privileged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/privileged\/","title":{"rendered":"Privileged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have privilege as a White person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).<\/li>\n<li>I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).<\/li>\n<li>I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).<\/li>\n<li>I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).<\/li>\n<li>I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).<\/li>\n<li>I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).<\/li>\n<li>I can sell CD&#8217;s (#AltonSterling).<\/li>\n<li>I can sleep (#AiyanaJones).<\/li>\n<li>I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).<\/li>\n<li>I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).<\/li>\n<li>I can go to church (#Charleston9).<\/li>\n<li>I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).<\/li>\n<li>I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).<\/li>\n<li>I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).<\/li>\n<li>I can get a traffic ticket (#SandraBland).<\/li>\n<li>I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).<\/li>\n<li>I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).<\/li>\n<li>I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford).<\/li>\n<li>I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).<\/li>\n<li>I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).<\/li>\n<li>I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).<\/li>\n<li>I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).<\/li>\n<li>I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).<\/li>\n<li>I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).<\/li>\n<li>I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).<\/li>\n<li>I can run (#WalterScott).<\/li>\n<li>I can breathe (#EricGarner).<\/li>\n<li>I can live (#FreddieGray).<\/li>\n<li>I can ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in (#ChristianCooper).<\/li>\n<li>I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>White privilege is real. Recognize yours. Take time to consider a Black person\u2019s experience today and every day. Find out what you can do to help. This is a start.<\/p>\n<p>#BlackLivesMatter<\/p>\n<p>Copied from a Facebook post making the rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White privilege is real. Recognize yours. Take time to consider a Black person\u2019s experience today and every day. Find out what you can do to help. 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