I have quite a few black friends, and they always make it a
point to underline the fact I'm white in the context of a situation. It gets to
the point where its borderline offensive, and almost a polar opposite of what
occurred prior to the civil rights movement. Being called, a white boy is about
as offensive as a black man being called a nigger. You're denoting my worth in
the world. You're undermining my value in the universe by slapping a
connotation like white to everything I say or do. I'm a cool white guy. You're
essentially saying I was born inherently inferior in some aspect, let’s just
say my capacity to rationalize or perceive morality and ethics, but the fact
that I've pulled my weight in accordance to your flawed agenda has somehow
pardoned the never ending transgressions of the white existence.
The media will pander to whoever will listen to them. World
War 3. Ebola. Race. I’ve seen it plastered all over the news. It is an
unfortunate fact that a large majority of Americans are still feeding into race
baiting. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton only pop their heads up when a black person is killed in America. Not unjustly, but simply killed. And it's only when they are black. Yes. Black lives matter, but just as much as any other life matters. It's callously ignorant to even utter the words "Black lives matter". What happened in Ferguson is the product of probability and unfortunate circumstance.
Given all the evidence in the trial, Michael Brown the person (not the black man) would have shot regardless. Take away his skin tone and leave every other circumstance. 90lb weight difference, beating the officer, charging him, and reaching for his gun. He
Today once of my Black friends jokingly told me him and 2 other mutual friends, also Black would have rented a U HAUL and went to Ferguson to loot. In all seriousness I probably had the grimmest look on my face at the time. Here I am, hearing a grown man, the father of 3 children, someone who, outside of harboring a closeted bigot deep down inside, is telling me about how he contemplated joining in on the riots.
What many Blacks in America have to understand is, the truth hurts. We've all had to deal with hard truths. What makes 21st century African Americans exempt hearing the truth?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/us/ex-police-chief-in-south-carolina-faces-murder-charge.html
Given all the evidence in the trial, Michael Brown the person (not the black man) would have shot regardless. Take away his skin tone and leave every other circumstance. 90lb weight difference, beating the officer, charging him, and reaching for his gun. He
Today once of my Black friends jokingly told me him and 2 other mutual friends, also Black would have rented a U HAUL and went to Ferguson to loot. In all seriousness I probably had the grimmest look on my face at the time. Here I am, hearing a grown man, the father of 3 children, someone who, outside of harboring a closeted bigot deep down inside, is telling me about how he contemplated joining in on the riots.
What many Blacks in America have to understand is, the truth hurts. We've all had to deal with hard truths. What makes 21st century African Americans exempt hearing the truth?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/us/ex-police-chief-in-south-carolina-faces-murder-charge.html
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