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Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:47 AM May 2020

In America-because I was born with white skin, I can do all these things without thinking twice.

I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGray)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter

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In America-because I was born with white skin, I can do all these things without thinking twice. (Original Post) Heartstrings May 2020 OP
k/r fishwax May 2020 #1
K&R crickets May 2020 #2
powerful Demovictory9 May 2020 #3
What a very sad reflection of society pink May 2020 #4
I haven't heard he knowingly was passing a counterfeit bill. Heartstrings May 2020 #5
This is a very profound listing. dmr May 2020 #6

pink

(497 posts)
4. What a very sad reflection of society
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:12 AM
May 2020

Was it ever proved that George Floyd was passing of a forged $20 note knowingly. He may have received it elsewhere as change.

dmr

(28,347 posts)
6. This is a very profound listing.
Sat May 30, 2020, 04:13 AM
May 2020

There are a few people I'm going to share this with.

I can just hear their poor excuses, though.

I always hear their excuses, and while some may have value, these people unfortunately fail to look at it without thinking of themselves first.

How I dream things could be different.

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