White Privilege Argumentative Essay

In the past years, there have been shootings or mass murders. It's mainly been caused by white Americans, but once they are put at blame for it; they are defenses with being diagnosed some type of mental issue. If one commits a crime, and harms people, they should go to jail for the time they need. The race or the color of your skin, shouldn't mean you don't go to jail for the bad things you do. White privilege is something that has been shown in the media lately, and it affects a lot of people who come from different cultures. In a Colorado movie theater in 2012, a white male killed 12 people and injured 70 while shooting and setting off tear gas grenades. At first, he had been diagnosed with a mental disease, and not until three years later he was pleaded guilty. “Attorneys for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes began presenting their case Thursday by calling a psychiatrist who said Holmes was so psychotic that he could not tell right from wrong when he killed 12 people during a packed movie premiere.” (Huffington Post) Later on, they said if the jurors did agree, he would be able to stay in a mental hospital. When something like this happened …show more content…
(www.theguardian.com ) Police are also most likely to pull over a skin colored person than a white person. The ones that do have white privilege, obviously do not see it, as said on a Huffington Post article. "WHITE PRIVILEGE: IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YOU'VE GOT IT", was said by people from the Good Samaritan Church. It is true that not every white American can get this privilege because there has been cases that some get as much as any other skin colored person. It is many with the people who are wealthier than others, but if someone commits a crime, not matter who they are, they should serve the time they deserve. It is not fair that just because you’re white you don’t have to do time like everyone