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A TikToker filmed himself jokingly telling a police officer he has a dead body in the back of his car, sparking a conversation on white privilege when it comes to encounters with law enforcement.
In the video, an officer who pulled over TikToker Riley Lemon asks, “Do you have any idea why I pulled you over?”
“Is it ’cause you think I’m cute or the dead body in the back of my car,” Lemon quips, laughing to himself and remaining unharmed.
Many viewers are pointing out the double standard the video unintentionally highlights. “What in the white privilege,” one stunned viewer said, with another adding, “You’re lucky you’re white.”
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Earnest content is back, baby!
We’re now officially in the era of the Biden presidency, and with it comes a number of immediate policy changes as well as an apparent reversion to cute internet content. Like this video of a parrot singing along to a Led Zeppelin song.
The video was originally uploaded in 2020, but that didn’t stop it from going viral this week right before Biden took office. And we’re likely to see a lot more earnest, fluffy content on our feeds this year. Now that Trump is banned from Twitter and other social sites, and we don’t have to worry about waking up to tweets from the POTUS that are inciting violence, things are a little more peaceful online. Emphasis on