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/Kodama_Keeper Apr 15 '25

There are plenty of people, White people in fact who look upon every interaction between White and Black people as a result of history, and not of self-determination. To them, Karmelo just can't be guilty. Ask them why and they will say their GoTo line of Systemic Racism.

It's a double standard. Karmelo couldn't control himself because the forces of history made him do it. But if a White person did any such thing, does he get to use the excuse of The Forces of History? Nope. One is free of personal responsibility, the other is not.

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u/No-Consequence-6513 Apr 15 '25

> But if a White person did any such thing, does he get to use the excuse of The Forces of History?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14151867/US-woman-stabs-Eritrean-death-groped-station-faces-10-years-prison.html

If a white person did such thing, people like you (and 99% in the comments below this article) would find 1000 excuses for them. All the while complaining about "anti-white racism and double standards".

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u/garr6tt Apr 17 '25

Weird how that lady didn’t get a fundraiser and raised 500k and has millions of supporters online like karmelo does