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Police brutality is a very real threat against people of color, but one white comedian is determined to expose how real it is — by deliberately committing crimes that have historically resulted in harsh punishment for people of color.
The experiment: Jessie Kahnweiler, a white comedian, sets to find out what would happen if she provoked police and even tried to break the law right in front of them.
In her video “Jessie Gets Arrested,” she says, “We can all agree that what’s going on with the police and black people right now is totally insane.” But she’s determined to put what her “one black friend” told her — that because she’s white, “I have all of these privileges and I get treated totally different by the cops than black people get treated” — to the test.
The results: First, Kahnweiler takes her inquiry to the streets.
“What do you feel about white privilege?” She asks one man. “As a white woman, do you think I can get away with more stuff?”
“Yes, you can,” he responds. “And you know it.”
