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You may or may not have come across the hashtag #MyWhitePrivilege on twitter, but nevertheless, here’s what it’s about;
White people are making use of the hashtag on twitter to draw attention to some of the most outrageous things they’ve gotten away with because of that privilege.
The hashtag became a trending topic on Saturday, at first becoming a space for white people to admit the ways in which the color of their skin has benefitted them…before the conversation devolved into something else!
The hashtag started after Twitter user @FreeYourMindKid asked white people to share the most “outrageous thing that you’ve gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with…”
White people - What is the most outrageous thing that you've gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with?#MyWhitePrivilege
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He then asked them to caption their responses #MyWhitePrivilege. Here were some of them:
Although many were open to sharing their stories, the hashtag quickly devolved as right-wing conservatives used the opportunity to clown the very idea of White Privilege.
White people - What is the most outrageous thing that you've gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with?#MyWhitePrivilege
I got caught stealing multiple times as a teenager and they never called the cops. They just let me go with a warning. Every. Single. Time. #MyWhitePrivilege
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As a white woman when I get back from the beach my newly darker, tanned skin will be praised as making me prettier, it will be used as an opening to ask me about my vacation. No one will criticize me (except maybe a dermatologist). #MyWhitePrivilege https://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2018/09/sun-tans-and-dark-skin-unpacking-white-privilege/ …
When I door-knocked for political campaigns people usually opened their doors with curiosity, rarely with anger, never with fear. Police were never called. #MyWhitePrivilege
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White people - What is the most outrageous thing that you've gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with?#MyWhitePrivilege
Got financing to buy a house as a 30 year old pizza cook. I've never been denied a line of credit actually. #MyWhitePrivilege
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White people - What is the most outrageous thing that you've gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with?#MyWhitePrivilege
A LOT of shoplifting when I was younger: even when I was caught all I got was a slap on the wrist. But nobody was watching the white girl in the polo shirt, they were too busy scrutinizing the Hispanic and Latinx kids. #MyWhitePrivilege
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White people - What is the most outrageous thing that you've gotten away with as a white person that you know damn well a black or brown person would have never gotten away with?#MyWhitePrivilege
Sitting in swanky hotel lobbies using their WiFi all night as a non-paying guest #MyWhitePrivilege
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I got pulled over for going 85 in a 25 while texting and drinking whiskey out of a gallon jug and the cop apologized when he saw that I was white and offered me a coupon to Arby’s as a token of regret. I slapped him and said “be gone.” He cried and walked away. #MyWhitePrivilege
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#MyWhitePrivilege let me get away with faking my own hate crime and have 16 felony charges dropped. Oh wait...
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I’ve had to work for everything I have. Period. #MyWhitePrivilege
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instead of tweeting #MyWhitePrivilege I approached a group of African Americans and told them how awesome it is being white in hopes they would give me a standing ovation for how self-aware I am of my privilege
Anyway, I should be out of intensive care by next week
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