White Boy Privilege

[klook]

This poem by a 14-year-old young man from Atlanta has gone viral, so chances are you've already seen it elsewhere -- but if not, check it out. I think it's a powerful and honest statement from a very thoughtful eighth-grader.

http://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/white-boy-privilege-slam-poetry-video-lbkr/

[davisjasmine]

1. Support BLM

Hello!
I was looking at whitehouse.gov and there was a petition to classify Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization. I was surprised and hurt as a person of color to see this. So I made another petition to disregard the petition to classify Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization. The link is: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/disregard-petition-formally-recognize-black-lives-matter-terrorist-organization
Please pass on we have 30 days to ban the petition so the White House will not have to respond!
JH

[Masked Dissident]

5. That's Absurd

I don't agree with some of the people in BLM but there are not Muslim Jihadists. This is the right going too far.

[Doodley]

2. Very moving. Very powerful. That kid gets it.

[FuzzyRabbit]

3. That kid gets it!

I doubt that at that age, even if I had gotten it then, that I would have the courage to say what he did.

[klook]

4. Also posted here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/royce-mann-white-boy-privilege-poem_us_5784f5d0e4b0ed2111d78588
and here:
https://twitter.com/VanJones68/status/752149271156252672
and here:
https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/752345242020433920
and here:
http://fusion.net/story/323751/royce-mann-white-privilege-poem-video/
... and here's the poet's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/rmannfan

[klook]

6. See also:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017391696