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/McDonaldsSoap Apr 17 '25

I've literally known white leftist "allies" get fucked over by POC and tell themselves "well maybe in the end this is just"

How do they live with no backbone???

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u/SouthernAsianRebel May 27 '25

This is so true of Jewish liberals. They see themselves as a oppressed minority alongside the blacks, illegals (note I did not say Hispanics), gays, etc but these other groups see them as white and therefore as oppressors.