am I right in thinking that in america, you're safer being female than male if you're black?

They are bragging. Their tax dollars go to a police force that functions as a militarized organization that will enforce FOR them. There's nothing like being at a party at a house & having the cops show up bc a neighbor complained, then watching the police park at the end of the driveway, take their hats off, walk up…

Yup.

They all seem to end with an implied "#prettysweetamirite."

In response to #CrimingWhileWhite, Ebony.com editor Jamilah Lemieux started the hashtag #AliveWhileBlack for black people to share stories of their interactions with the cops—not while committing crimes, but just while living—where they were treated with violence, carelessness and general inhumanity.

I guess I don't really understand how it's "piggybacking" when it is the same issue- but I can appreciate that some people might see it that way, and will not be using the hashtag.

It should make them angry. It should make all of us angry.

The more #CrimingWhileWhite stories you read, the more they start to sound like humblebrags than they do like addressing inequality.

Is that fuck bag really saying that some trigger happy cop who was clearly in the wrong is more important than the child he murdered? Fuck that guy. Fuck everything.

Right?

this is the truth. It's horrible and fucking true.

I'm enjoying dismissing the "BUT THE KID WAS ACTING MENACING HURR DURR HURRRR" apologist trolls right now. I heartily encourage others to do the same.

Was coming here to say this very thing. You don't even need 140 characters!

"Oh, he was wearing socks with marijuana leaves on them? Then proceed directly to execution! Do not pass go, do not try to deescalate, do not have a trial."

Sadly too many idiot white folks believe there is no such thing as an African American child just a thug or potential thug.

Reminder: Ohio is an open carry state—-just only for white people apparently.

That and to be white and understand the second Amendment is only for white people.

#1 - don't be black (see also: brown)

It makes sense that an institution with a history of telling women how to not get themselves raped would now start telling black kids how to not get themselves shot.

Helpful! But they left out the most important tip - have white children.