Civil Rights & Liberties or "White Privileges"? Re: Green Party official busted at gunpoint

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>No one has denigrated civil liberties as white privelege.  Some 
>>people have denigrated Ms. Oden's surprise as white privilege.
>
>specifically, i was pointing out that it was her surprise coupled 
>with her own recognition that she was engaging in civil 
>disobedience. to be surprised that you get the boot on your neck, 
>while bragging about how you were also resisting their authority is 
>an unthinking response born of white, middle class privilege.

Since when has the Oden case become a matter of "civil disobedience" 
(= consciously breaking law to make a political point, sometimes with 
a view to getting publicly arrested)?  Not even airline & security 
officials made such a claim!

Why is it wrong to be or act "surprised" when you lose pieces of your 
civil rights & liberties?  Should we all expect to lose them anyhow & 
comply fast with authorities' demands without getting outraged if we 
happen to be singled out for extra surveillance?
-- 
Yoshie

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