ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down15
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoI can tell cops to fuck themselves with zero fear of reprisal because I look and sound wealthy enough to sue. edit: Statistically speaking as a white guy im ~50% less likely to be shot by police.
minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoIf a Black man dies, he is more likely to have been shot by a cop compared to a white man, if a white guy has an interaction with a cop he is ≈30% more likely to be shot, the real white privilege is going years without interacting with a cop.
I can tell cops to fuck themselves with zero fear of reprisal because I look and sound wealthy enough to sue.
edit: Statistically speaking as a white guy im ~50% less likely to be shot by police.
If a Black man dies, he is more likely to have been shot by a cop compared to a white man, if a white guy has an interaction with a cop he is ≈30% more likely to be shot, the real white privilege is going years without interacting with a cop.