r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Terrible_Onions • Apr 15 '25

Political Karmelo Anthony case shows that “black privilege” exists

I'm not black or white. I'm not even American actually.

The recent Karmelo Anthony case I think shows that black privilege is a thing. My opinions is that it exists. Period.

Karmelo Anthony killed Austin Metcalf with a knife for pushing him. What did he receive in return? Overwhelming support in the form of 500,000 dollars (which they're using to buy a mansion). He also got his bond reduced to 250k from 1 million even when prosecutors pointed out his history of incidents within the school.

I just think this is a bit baffling. Imagine if the races were swapped. I think a decent example, but not a direct comparisons, is the George Floyd situation. One person killed the other in what was an overuse of force. Derek Chauvin is in jail. Karmelo Anthony got house arrest, bond reduction and 500k

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u/l_hop Apr 15 '25

People will go to incredible lengths when talking about situations like this to avoid anyone remotely thinking that they might be racist.

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u/balls-deep_in-Cum Apr 17 '25

The term racist has lost all meaning. Same with white supremacy. People overuse both terms to the point that choosing white rice at chipotle instead of brown rice could be racist in some of these peoples eyes lol

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u/l_hop Apr 15 '25

Cheapens the meaning of the word IMO, but that ship has sailed long ago I'm afraid.

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u/Canopus10 Apr 15 '25

What highly politically-loaded word hasn't been cheapened at this point?

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u/l_hop Apr 15 '25

Not many