I am a white 27 year old guy. One time I was pulled over going 40mph over the speed limit and when the officer came to my window I had AK-47 ammunition in my back seat. After seeing the ammo he asked me "were you over at the shooting range?" then we chatted for a few minutes about the gun range and and how I had a good time there. He decided to not even give me a speeding ticket. I remember driving away laughing at how insane it was that he just let me go. The only thing I have to say to any of my fellow white people who somehow don't understand the outrage or concept of injustice in this country. Look in the mirror and seriously ask yourself what you would have to do for a police officer to pull out his gun and shoot you to death?
What would I have to do for that to happen? I would normally say that I would have to kill a police officer or some random people, but a white dude my age has done that this year and the cops took him to burger king after arresting him. Yesterday I watched a man get shot and killed by a police officer on facebook live video for having broken tail light. If anyone has family members or friends who don't understand that there is a massive problem with racism in this country, ask them to look in the mirror and ask themselves the same question I am asking myself. How would that situation play out if the guy in the passenger seat was a random white guy? Would the officer feel scared? or would he want to chit chat about guns and maybe even check out the one that was being carried legally in an open carry state like he did with me?
Thats sadly not what happened, an innocent man is dead today. The entire world watched him bleed to death on facebook. If you know anyone who doesn't understand the outrage, it's your job to get them to understand in whatever way that you can.
——UPDATE——-I posted this originally as a personal story to share with friends. Its amazing that so many people shared it and to see that it meant something to so many people. I am actively trying to delete all of the racist garbage in the comments. Honestly, the saddest and most confusing thing to me is how many people are so upset by this story and message. How is “dont be racist” such a threatening statement/request to so many people? Such a simple virtue that you would think is easy to agree upon, yet so many people in the comments section are so angry that I would possibly question their ‘right’ to be racist. If you disagree with me, don’t comment because there is nothing to disagree with. It’s a simple true story that happened to me, the is no counterpoint to be made. There is also no point in arguing with these ignorant people in the comments guys, they are a dying breed- if what I said doesn’t get through their heads, nothing will. Bottom line, if you are white, don’t be racist and accept the fact that your black brothers and sister grew up with a completely different reality and set of experiences which you could not possibly comprehend. Its just a simple acknowledgment of facts, we are all still humans, just some humans deals with a difference set of experiences brought on specifically because of their race that white people do not have to experience.
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