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"I am alive and Tay is not. And that's white privilege." (Original Post) catbyte Oct 2019 OP
bravo lady. Hotler Oct 2019 #1
Very powerful....very well said. Pendrench Oct 2019 #2
Brava Texas Lady! MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #3
Truth to Power. Lochloosa Oct 2019 #4
This is really what it's gonna take.. mountain grammy Oct 2019 #5
Indeed! Indeed. nt Duppers Oct 2019 #9
+ 1 nt iluvtennis Oct 2019 #17
Wow! malaise Oct 2019 #6
Well the enforcer doesn't look to happy, now does he? MagickMuffin Oct 2019 #7
You go girl!!! Fla Dem Oct 2019 #8
THAT, my Caucasian brothers and sisters, is what an ally is supposed to do New Breed Leader Oct 2019 #10
You're exactly right. That's how allies can help. brush Oct 2019 #20
Could you summarize for us deafies? Thanks. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #11
She told a story... kag Oct 2019 #13
Thank you. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #18
Bravo there are llashram Oct 2019 #12
Woke white liberals can make a difference IronLionZion Oct 2019 #14
One particularly interesting point. . . Collimator Oct 2019 #15
K&R pandr32 Oct 2019 #16
What courageous truth she told. brush Oct 2019 #19
Rec Garrett78 Oct 2019 #21

New Breed Leader

(624 posts)
10. THAT, my Caucasian brothers and sisters, is what an ally is supposed to do
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:07 AM
Oct 2019

THAT RIGHT THERE.

SPEAK UP AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE IN ALL FORMS.

Even if it costs you. THAT is what it's going to take.

God bless you, maam.

kag

(4,079 posts)
13. She told a story...
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:32 AM
Oct 2019

about one night when she was home alone, and she let her dog out into the backyard. Lights were on, she was watching a movie, and "anyone could have seen that someone was home." A little later when her dog began to bark furiously, she went into the kitchen where her back door was open, storm door closed. She saw a couple of flashlights, and called out "Who's there?" The reply was, "It's the police."

She went on to talk about how inappropriate it was that the cops hadn't knocked on her front door, and hadn't announced themselves until she called out to them. Then she said that because she is a white woman in a middle class neighborhood, her biggest fear that night was "What if they shot my dog?" But if she had been Tay Jefferson, her biggest fear would have been, "What if they shot ME?"

She said "I'm alive, and Tay is not, and that is white privilege."

I may have gotten some of the order wrong, but that's basically the story.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
12. Bravo there are
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:23 AM
Oct 2019

good people in this world. That is our way out of the morass, racially, politically, morally, that the citizens of this country find ourselves in. Bravo!!!

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
15. One particularly interesting point. . .
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:43 AM
Oct 2019

. . .Is that she framed part of her argument in a way that conservative "personal property rights/anti-big government" folks could grasp.

The police were stalking around on her property without announcing themselves or requesting entrance.

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