White Privilege In Black Lives Matter

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White privilege is the benefit people identified as white in beyond what is commonly experienced by non white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. Many African Americans and also hispanics are not privilege with the same social and economic circumstances and white people. Macklemore recently wrote a song about white privilege to describe what is happening in the streets for the protest of Black Lives Matter. He also express his thoughts about him being there and how he feels uncomfortable because he feels that he does not belong there. Macklemore is being judged by others for protesting in the Black Lives Matter and others believed that he does not realized his privileges for being white and that he is just protesting for frame and popularity.
Macklemore provides imagery in the first verse when he said “In front of line of police that look the same as me only separated by badge, a baton, a can of Mace, a mask, a shield, a gun with gloves and hands that gives an ability in case somebody dies behind a bullet that flies out of the 9 takes another child’s life on sight.” He been place in an uncomfortable portion because he see people from his race killing young kids and no white people protesting next to the African Americans and yelling Black Lives Matter, but instead taking away …show more content…

I have an advantage? Why? Cause I’m White?(laughs) What? (laughs) No. Peeple nowadays are just pussoes. Like this is the generation to be offended by offended by everything. Black Lives Matter think is the reason to take arms up cover perceived slights. I’m not prejudiced, I just 99% of the time, across the country, the police are doing their job properly.” He uses metaphor because he is talking about how these two white ladies are comparing African American to pussies and that African Americans are being too

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