Extra Credit

I wanted to touch on the discussion we had Monday night about white privilege. I've never heard of the term until I came to college and it makes perfect sense. Since we are on the segment of critical race theory, I have found an article about an incident where the ide of white privilege might have been a case. In Gretna, Florida, a mother, Juanita Donald, calls the police because he needs help giving her 24 year old son, Kaldrick Donald, his medication. She says that she has called plenty of times and they never hesitate to help her. She also says that they usually take him to the Apalachee Center. But this night was a different. Sergeant Charles Brown shows up to the Donald's' house. She says once he entered, he took Kaldrick into the bathroom and shot him multiple times, killing him. Now the only reason I believe that "whiteness" takes place in this situation is because one, this has not blown up on the news like it should nor has the sergeant been charged. I think this is an example of white privilege. The article says that the sergeant is one "administrative leave" or paid vacation. And since the story isn't big, he probably won't get any charges against him. This idea just adds on to the white privilege. Most police officers are white. Police officer are authority figures and work within the government. This is a small symbol of whites having power even if its not has big as the power of a CEO of a company, the president, or a US Senator. But they do have the power of a weapon. I'm pretty sure that Sergeant Brown was only given the opportunity to protect the community because of his skin tone. Which also can fall under the "whiteness" idea of location. This part of Florida is probably mostly whites and just like the Key and Peale video we watched in class, Kaldrick Donald was probably seen as a threat to Brown.

I hope that this article blows up and that justice is served. The police brutality is a touchy subject since they are suppose to protect us and the community. How could we trust them if they are acting out of their duty? Its especially hard to respect officers now because of this and since all of the incidents has been white on black cases. Some say its an act to "get rid of all the blacks" or to get rid of all the lower class but using the blacks as an example. What ever the case is, it is a plain example of white privilege. Its said to admit but, I  do not think we will ever over come white privilege in this country since it was build by whites for whites. The minorities of the country will always be the "minority". They set it up for the minorities to be in a lower class to make them feel they will always be beneath the rich.