March 4th, 2011

sexgenderbody:

This is white privilege.  Period.

I’m going to fucking throw up.

In the clip, a white kid uses a variety of tools, including a metal saw and even an electric saw with goggles to try to cut through the chain on a bike. Most people walk by without caring, only one woman tries to follow up with the police. In the second part of the clip, an african-american kid about the same age does the same thing in the same park with the same bike, and is accosted by angry crowds, people taking out their cell phones to call 911, even a guy who starts taking his tools away while yelling.

The contrast is striking. And sickening.

I hate when people tell me there is no racism and that there is no white privilege. No one wants to believe what is utterly true.

(via stfukyriarchy-deactivated201112)

  1. raithunder reblogged this from imnotaracistbut
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  4. iounathetasigma reblogged this from mcgoats and added:
    For the first half of the video it reminded me of squatting, how I’d often be blatantly breaking into buildings in broad...
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  6. dropthepants reblogged this from hiddenjumprope and added:
    This kind of thing is really messed up. Society is going to take a really long time to reach a point where races are...
  7. hiddenjumprope reblogged this from nethdugan and added:
    No, she was white. Sadly they didn’t do a black girl version. It is, that was the only time I saw it on TV (it also had...
  8. nethdugan reblogged this from hiddenjumprope and added:
    That is just…. hey. Was the girl white or a woman of colour? Wonder how the racial differences would play out with the...
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    Admittedly I would have left both boys alone. Because I’m too trusting and I would have assumed without asking it was...
  11. hiddenjumprope reblogged this from nethdugan and added:
    Oh I saw this when it aired, isn’t it awful!? You should of seen what happened when they got a pretty girl to do this,...
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  14. nethdugan reblogged this from alas-mypetticoats and added:
    I can get that some people may feel ‘young person, they have tools, stay away and don’t comment danger’ for either of...
  15. miraclesaremadeofluckandtime reblogged this from alas-mypetticoats and added:
    Fucking bullshit I tell you >< This is disgusting
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    Such an eye opener, horrible
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    Now that’s just sad. To think that this happens is sickening.
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