White privilege
Pretty sure white people don’t get the cops called on them for falling asleep in the common room. A black Yale graduate student took a nap in her dorm's common room. So a white student called police - CNN https://apple.news/AFEKB2eCRS_2M2QyQQPM9sw
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Yeah this is what all white people do everyday. /s A dumb ass ignorant asshole does not equate to white privilege. And your post is racist.
And you are missing the point. Black people do get the cops called on them in situations that white people don’t. And they never said “all white people do every day” or anything like that at all. They said “this happened to a black person”. Way to make yourself the victim. You don’t understand the definition of racist.
That doesn’t equate to white privilege. It equates to poorly trained cops. Maybe white people asleep in the commons should have the cops called on them until the cops get their shit together. And the fact that you are attributing qualities to an entire race is, yes, racist. The definition of it, in fact. And where did I make myself the victim?
It makes me so mad every single time.
Thats not a credible news site.
Two schools of thought. Having gone to a college situated in a major metropolitan area, I've seen reports of suspicious people (homeless as well as hookers) gaining access to dorm buildings by just tailing a student into the building. Either A) the person who called the cops (who happen to be a women and Caucasian) was genuinely concerned that someone gained access to their dorm that shouldn't have. Or B) the women has a history of racist behavior and her calling the cops was racially motivated. It may be B or it could've genuinely been an honest mistake.
C) she is not bigoted about black people, but has grown up in a racist society. Specifically the racism of the war on drugs era of propaganda where the media and even the Democrats like Clinton talked about the boogeyman of black super-predators. Where colleges send out general warnings about potential stranger-rape by homeless people that wander onto campus but cover up or minimize date-rape occurrences. A society that presents cops as always in the right even though cops routinely mistreat black, Latino, “white trash” and homeless people. So she might have reported this to college officials who then called the cops or she called them herself. Not because of overt bigotry but because she was conditioned by all the “trusted” sources: media, politicians, police. Would anyone first call the cops if someone that looked middle class, maybe a passed-out frat boy was in the same place? Or would they approach the frat boy, try to wake him and then call the cops only if they got violent and threatening? Maybe not even then if they thought it might be a student. C... the answer is probably C.
“Privilege” is such a trigger word. I understand the reason for using it, but much of what originally was considered “privilege” is just basic human rights that in many cases are more commonly afforded to white people, which is disgusting that it can’t be said they are afforded to everyone. In other words, not getting shot at by cops, not getting harassed by cops (without cause), not being afraid for my life when I get pulled over... not a privilege. They’re basic human rights. Growing up in a wealthy family, being able to buy your way out of trouble, ability to identify with the majority of people in a room... now those are privilege. This case is likely unconscious bias, and the student who called the cops should be forced to do some training.
Psychology geek here. Yes, this is almost certainly unconscious bias, which does have lots of very strong evidence that it exists and that it causes harm. However- there is not good evidence that training about it is effective in changing behavior or measured bias. Seems like we don’t know yet how to address it effectively.
It’s a systemic problem being treated as an individual problem. Training probably works best with people who already sincerely want to not fall into behaviors that are conditioned by biases in society-probably doesn’t work on people willfully in denial that these problems exist in our society. But the systemic part: as long as police are legally protected and de facto encouraged by policing policies to focus pretext stops in poor or black neighborhoods, then being black or Latino or “white trash” will always be associated with “criminality” - it’s self-reenforcing. Like during Jim Crow people generally thought of black people as submissive or passive and happy to shine shoes or be nannies... people saw this everyday and so they believed the stereotypes. But they saw it because there was social, legal and vigilante coercion against the black population that would make any group of people be submissive and want to keep their heads down.
Probably also have to add the context that New Haven where Yale is located has one of the highest crime rates in the nation. It also has more African Americans in the general population than any other race, while less than 10% of the student population is African American.
Which means any black person going to Yale probably has to deal with a lot of shit.
Also means on average they scored 400 points lower on the SAT than Asian Americans to gain acceptance and 65% of African American freshman won’t graduate from Yale, if national averages hold true there.
Well articulated and data supported. Thanks.
This is infuriating :(