Recognising my privilege
White privilege is a very real thing, and after yet another uncalled shooting of a black male in America, today I have been thinking very hard about my privilege. There are no excuses as to why the police murdered Alton Sterling. Yes, he may have said he was armed but he STILL let the police pin him to the floor, he made no real fuss about it- and yet the police still shot him. In America, a white teenager raped an unconscious girl and received a 2 month prison sentence. In the same country, a black man was selling his music and he was shot dead. Let's also not forget black women, like Sandra Bland, who was pulled over for no reason, taken to prison for no reason and killed for no reason. Let's not forget that black lives matter . Of course, white lives matter too. All lives matter. But when do you hear about white people being shot by police for no reason? When do you hear about white people being racially abused on the streets by people who t...