What Would You Do? television show, showcases the contrast in responses to young white male criminals vs black criminals. Not only did people call the cops 10 times more to report the black vandals, but even sleeping black teenage boys were perceived to be more inherently threatening than the white teenagers who were actively vandalizing a car nearby. [Part One] [Part Two.]
Even in the act, whiteness is given a free pass to commit crime.
White is a get out of jail free card while Blackness is always criminal, even when innocent
Here’s the thing to take away from this:
MOST OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE DON’T CONSIDER THEMSELVES RACIST! THEY MAY TRULY NEVER SAY THE N-WORD AND HAVE “BLACK FRIENDS” BUT THEIR EVERYDAY ACTIONS STILL PLAYS TO THE SUPPORT OF WHITE SUPREMACY, PERPETUATION OF THE WHITE INNOCENCE MYTH AND THE OPPRESSION/CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK PEOPLE!
This is why the “not all white people” crowd need to shut up because until we put their lives under a microscope like this, they should be considers as racist as any member of the KKK just more subtle.
(via lupinatic)
