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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

When you comment on matters that are racial, the fact that you're black means that there's an inherent bias. Nothing wrong with that. But at least admit it.

Equally if you're white then you have the inherent racial bias of the majority. Not many people are willing to admit that. Are they.

[LostInAK 43]

I agree. But it doesn't help when those protests center around a specific case that doesn't support that claim.

Bingo. That is the problem. I suspect this issue wouldn't be nearly as divisive as it is if there were a real case that everyone is protesting. So far there hasn't been. Not in the last year anyway.

[decocker 7,198]

Read your own post for the answer.

so, not racism but shot for having a toy gun. mmk

[LostInAK 43]

Equally if you're white then you have the inherent racial bias of the majority. Not many people are willing to admit that. Are they.

Sure I'll admit it. I'm guilty of it. May come as a surprise to you, but being "right" isn't #1 on my list like it probably is on yours.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

When you comment on matters that are racial, the fact that you're black means that there's an inherent bias. Nothing wrong with that. But at least admit it.

No, it means I see it from a different perspective. When you comment on something that racial, does that mean you're bias because you're white?

I don't know about any of them. I only know about the Michael Dunn stuff because its on the TV constantly and I happened to watch the grand jury decision announcement. Are you trying to prove racist things happen in this world or that the michael brown shooting was racist because other racist things happen?

I don't know much about that case either.

Do a google search on both names. Rice was shot and killed in a park. Playing with a toy gun. The cop jumped out of the car and put a bullet in his chest. No freeze or drop the weapon. It's on video. He was 12. Crawford was in Walmart on the phone when cops shot him because he had a bb gun. Same thing. Shot first before anything was even said. And it's on video What's worse, they interrogated his fiance for over an hour because they were trying to find something to blame his own death on.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/14/john-crawford-girlfriend-questioned-walmart-police-shot-dead

[LostInAK 43]

so, not racism but shot for having a toy gun. mmk

Yeah why is that hard to believe? Because you dont want it to be the truth?

[decocker 7,198]

Equally if you're white then you have the inherent racial bias of the majority. Not many people are willing to admit that. Are they.

i really can't think of too many who post here who are willing to admit their white privilege.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I agree. But it doesn't help when those protests center around a specific case that doesn't support that claim.

Bet you anything if they rallied around Tamir or even Crawford it wouldn't matter. All it took was one black person to kill those two cops and the entire movement has been derailed.

Now every single case of brutality will be followed with a "they had it coming".

[LostInAK 43]

No, it means I see it from a different perspective. When you comment on something that racial, does that mean you're bias because you're white?

Do a google search on both names. Rice was shot and killed in a park. Playing with a toy gun. The cop jumped out of the car and put a bullet in his chest. No freeze or drop the weapon. It's on video. He was 12. Crawford was in Walmart on the phone when cops shot him because he had a bb gun. Same thing. Shot first before anything was even said. And it's on video What's worse, they interrogated his fiance for over an hour because they were trying to find something to blame his own death on.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/14/john-crawford-girlfriend-questioned-walmart-police-shot-dead

Here's something else they both have in common. The were both carrying objects that looked like guns. Think that had anything to do with it?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Yeah why is that hard to believe? Because you dont want it to be the truth?

Probably because white men with real guns aren't.

[lostinblue 1,989]

i really can't think of too many who post here who are willing to admit their white privilege.

I love my white privilege

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Here's something else they both have in common. The were both carrying objects that looked like guns. Think that had anything to do with it?

So is it common to fire first then ask questions later? Because James Holmes mowed down an entire room of people with a real gun, yet he's in custody. How does that work

[LostInAK 43]

Bet you anything if they rallied around Tamir or even Crawford it wouldn't matter. All it took was one black person to kill those two cops and the entire movement has been derailed.

Now every single case of brutality will be followed with a "they had it coming".

I actually forgot about that until you just brought it up. I don't think that is relevant at all. Just another nut with a gun that happened to be black.

i really can't think of too many who post here who are willing to admit their white privilege.

I don't think I gain much by being white. Being a man OTOH. That rocks.

[decocker 7,198]

Yeah why is that hard to believe? Because you dont want it to be the truth?

facts aren't something to be "believed". there are plenty of studies that show le bias in their treatment of black men. black men all start out as black boys. so no - it isn't hard for me to believe that in this day and age a black boy can be shot and killed in at a playground in broad daylight for playing with a toy gun. and the cops get to just say "oopsie"

(if you don't remember, this is when everyone starts talking about 'well if black people didn't commit so much crime, they wouldn't have to worry about cops shooting them 'by accident'..)

[LostInAK 43]

So is it common to fire first then ask questions later? Because James Holmes mowed down an entire room of people with a real gun, yet he's in custody. How does that work

You look at everything in such simplistic terms. Black man dead = cops fault. White man not dead = racism. Each case is different.