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Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 11:29 PM Jul 2015

I've been thinking about our "criminal justice" system [View all]

and our media, and how they allow black lives that matter to become essentially vulgarized after their deaths, unarmed, and by cops that get by with a vacation with pay.

I had a horrible thought as a white woman - bear with me - what if police officers start doing that to white people to justify it not being racism?

That right there cites my privilege.

For one moment I was scared that white people might get treated like black people for political (which look up the definition, terrorism reasons.

Intimidation, unlawful abduction, everything else.

I admit I'm kind of sad that my first thought was "Well we have to put a stop to this shit right now, otherwise it will happen to us, too."

And then I facepalmed.

Looking at trees, missed forest.

US is ALL of US.

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