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White Privilege Follies (Continued): Things That a Black or Brown Person Had Best Not Ever Try. Watch as a White Man Makes a 'Citizen's…
What are some other activities that we can add to the “yes, for white folks” and “hell no for black and brown folks!” list?
I have some longer essays for later in the week. They are the more heavy and substantive “meat” relative to the yummy appetizers and tapas that we have been digesting on white privilege and pumpkin-related matters over the last few days.
Ferguson will likely burn, because the fix is clearly in, as the corrupt police department and prosecutor have had months to concoct their lies about the killing of Michael Brown by the cowardly thug cop Darren Wilson. Before we are forced to grapple with Ferguson Erupts 2.0, I wanted to share the following laughable–in a dark and comedic way–example of white privilege as lived practice and social habit in the United States of America.
Former Washington state congressional candidate, Gavin Seim, a white Republican and “liberty speaker” (I think this means that he publicly masturbates with the U.S. Constitution before groups of aged neo-fascists and Glenn Beck fans…to the degree they can be separated from one another) recorded himself confronting, and subsequently making a “citizen's arrest” of a police officer who was sitting in an unmarked car.
White privilege is many things. First and foremost, in the era of Stand Your Ground laws and the militarization of police, white privilege is the reasonable expectation that you can confront the cops and not be shot dead on the spot for doing so.
Black and brown folks most certainly do not have that luxury.
Gavin Seim acted with the assumed knowledge and expectation that he is a full citizen and member of the American polity with rights that are to be respected.
In theory, all Americans, across the color line, have the right to confront and monitor the police. In practice, white supremacy deems that black and brown folks do not have rights that white people en masse are obligated and bound to respect. Micro aggressions, civic disrespect, and second class tiered citizenship are all too common and day-to-day experiences for people of color in the United States.
The white privilege follies continue onward. We can add making a citizen's arrest of a police officer to the list of things that white folks can do that black and brown folks best not ever try if they want to escape with their freedom and health intact.
What are some other activities that we can add to the “yes, for white folks” and “hell no for black and brown folks!” list?
Source: http://www.chaunceydevega.com/2014/10/white-privilege-follies-continued.html
