@ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?message-square82fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?@ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-square@MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-210 months 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-square@Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months 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.