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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I once found myself...alone at night....in a deserted area....in a city well-known for crime. (How I got there is a long story....basically, I was stupid.) I was waiting for a bus to get me the hell out of there, when from around the corner down the street appeared five black males. Late teens, I'd say. They walked half-way up the block, saw me, stopped in their tracks, looked at each other, then kept approaching. They were within 20 feet of me when the bus pulled up and I jumped in. I will admit I was scared to death. So I ask....who here thinks I'm racist, and who here thinks that is a normal reaction from a female, alone at 11 pm, in a deserted abandoned area. Im just curious.....[/quote]

Lovely story but you forgot to indicate how that relates to your white privilege.  Since it slipped your mind I'll provide an example...

Let's say while you were waiting for that bus you decided to call the police upon seeing those five black males in their late teens.
Even if they never approached you and simply stayed where they were the fact is that when the cops arrived all of them would have been in handcuffs for any number of charges based solely on the fact that you are white and whatever you say happened - happened.   
If you told the police those boys attacked you tried to rape you...even if they never came within 20 feet of you they still would be charged with assault and attempted battery felonies.

Now if a black woman happened to find herself alone at night in any city in this country and called the police on five white males in their late teens who ACTUALLY DID assault her and try to rape her do you think the police would take her word so quickly?

So I ask...do you think you aren't privileged?
I'm just curious.
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My story is true, and you're coming up with scenarios  to prove racism. So here's how I think it would play out:

First, if I called the cops (the timeline doesn't work, but supposing), they would ask what they did. Assuming they did nothing, and I simply said, they were looked at me funny or whatever, the cop would let them go. If a black woman said she was assaulted by five white guys, the police would take her seriously.

So I don't see how that makes me privileged. [/quote]

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