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By the way, this was not a rhetorical question. I know the answer from personal experience.

That's what white privilege looks like:

When I was in Ferguson, here's how they treated black people who wore masks
When I went back to Ferguson for the grand jury verdict in November, here's what the NY Post said about black people wearing masks.
Here I am 5 minutes before an officer told me not to cover my face

10 minutes later they rolled up on a black woman and arrested her for being "menacing."

Her weapon?

she was talking.

a few minutes later they released tear gas
When I was in Baltimore for the Freddie Gray protests, we were told "no masks in the protest zone."
And look at the big gun I was
It's interesting to note that you never see them protesting for "liberty" when police shoot a black person. Well... the Oath Keepers did come to Ferguson to agitate protesters and protect right-wing provocateur Alex Jones.

But look at the Open America zealots not worrying a bit
When you're black, you're threatening. When you're white, you're "enjoying your liberty."

No one is accusing you of being anti-black, but the essence of white privilege is whining about oppression when you have no idea how free you really are.

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