#WhitePrivilege

I guess being white does get you more attention and sympathy. Take #JeSuisCharlie for example.. the victims, all white, caused a mass spread of sympathy and support towards them. Which is fine, by all means, any person who was massacred deserves some kind of acknowledgment and kind words.. even given a hashtag to commemorate them..

Unless you're not white.


 What I'm talking about is how on February 2nd, a Jordanian Pilot was captured and burned alive by ISIS. What is different about this and #JeSuisCharlie? Well, upon capturing him, ISIS used Twitter to ask people how they should torture and kill him. The shocking part?
The responses. 

The responses were exactly what they wanted to hear and unfortunately, this seemed to have gotten little to no attention. 

Had this man been white and this Twitter account made to take in torture and execution suggestions.. the world would be in an uproar. However, I didn't know about it until almost weeks later. Goes to show who gets priority.

#WhitePrivilege 

RIP Kasasbeh

sources:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/isis-burns-jordanian-pilot-alive.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2939196/Was-Jordanian-pilot-burned-alive-sick-Twitter-campaign-ISIS-supporters-method-death.html