Number of carjackings in DC:
Number of car crashes in DC:
Not wearing a seat belt makes you 30 times more likely to be ejected during a crash:
This man does not understand mathematics!!!!
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A black guy got his window punched out and was dragged out of his car and beat up by the cops for "not wearing a seatbelt". Anyone who doesn't carry proof of citizenship can be hauled away by ICE on the pretext of "not wearing a searbelt". But sure, tell everyone how your white privilege lets you get away with not wearing one, fuckface.
That's class privilege in my opinion. But I suppose I could consider - why not both?
No shit it's both, have you never heard of intersectionality before?
Would a white guy of the same income level be subject to the same treatment?