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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn’t driving cross country with my kids and, on a long flat stretch in Kansas, I got pulled over doing 90 in a 65 zone. When the cop came to the window, I rummaged around in the pile of coats and garbage on the passenger seat for my wallet and never though once that he could have pulled a gun on me or hauled me out of the car. I got a ticket for going 75 in a 65 and a kind admonishment to pay attention.[/quote] Meant to say “was” driving cross country , obviously. Forgot to mention that I was 6 weeks out from a boob job too, so I had some of that big boob privilege going in addition to the white privilege I was born with.[/quote] This is a serious reach. Now you’re just looking for ways to flagellate yourself. Big boob privilege? Please.[/quote] I disagree. As a black man, I can say that the chances of me being able to aimlessly rummage around a pile of stuff in my car for my wallet [b]without[/b] a cop pulling out his weapon would be low.[/quote] Ok but how many white women carry guns and shoot cops, and how many black men do? Prejudice comes from generalizations derived from real statistical differences. I don’t think the prejudice will change until the underlying statistical differences begin to change, sadly. [/quote] Agree. This is an uncomfortable fact. [/quote] +10000. Until blacks start to change as a community nothing will change, doesn't matter how much people scream in the streets. Unfortunately that means the good black people get stuck being stereotyped with the bad black people but that's who humans work. You know why Indians or Chinese or whoever don't have these issues? Bc when cops or even regular people walking around at night see them -- in their mind they're thinking hmm x% chance this guy is a dr or IT coming home from work, not x% chance this guy has a gun or a warrant out for his arrest or his high so I better be careful. Unfortunate but that's how society works in America if you're not white (which I'm not) -- the behaviors of your community set a perception for your entire community, whether you are engaging in said behavior or not. Not saying it SHOULD be this way, but that's how it IS and no amount of protesting will change that. Maybe consider some focus on education and uplifting your communities and less focus on guns and drugs.[/quote] Correction: Until society starts to respect Blacks as individuals whose individual lives matter and not as a collective of violent criminals nothing will change. What’s the argument that’s always made when it comes to cops? That they’re not all bad just a few bad apples so show em some respect and appreciation for the good that they do. Well the same argument applies to Blacks. They’re not all bad just a few bad apples so show em some respect and appreciation for the good that they do. I don’t care what assumptions about Blacks the stats support, it’s not cool at all to pass judgment on an entire group of 40+ million people....the vast majority of which are hard-working, law-abiding, decent human beings whose lives do matter...just because its 2 million of em get mixed up in crime and violence. How in the hell do you sound trying to justify treating that 95% of good people like shit because of what 5% of em get caught up in? How the hell do you sound saying that until Blacks do something about that 5% that it’s okay to keep treating them all like shit? That’s awful. Every race and religion and ethnicity and culture and class in this mixing pot country of ours has their fair share of bad people and their share of negative beliefs/stereotypes associated with their group as a result. But no other race or religion or ethnicity or culture or class has to deal with their very lives being devalued as a result of those bad members of their group and the negative beliefs/stereotypes that are associated with them. No other race or religion or ethnicity or culture or class has to contend with the finality of death as a result of the few bad members of their group and the negative beliefs/stereotypes that are associated with them. I have yet to see a Catholic priest or an awkward loner pulled aside and put in a chokehold or have a gun drawn on them for no reason despite their heinous and dangerous reputations as pedophiles and serial killers. And if you think child molestation and mass murder aren’t serious or violent crimes or worthy of the public and the police considering them a danger to the public you are a sick f%ck. Maybe the homeless are similarly devalued as individuals and in constant immediate danger...maybe. But still even a white homeless guy has a certain privilege that provides protection in a confrontation with the police. [/quote] Most people don't go around treating black people like shit. You have a very negative view of people. It's as if you are looking for the worst in people. Of course people pre-judge other people. Everyone does it, and you do it to. It's a condition that humans suffer from. As far as cops murdering people. It is rare, as almost all officer involved shootings are justified. 95% of those shot are in possession of a firearm. There will always be shootings that are sketchy, but those are the exception. [/quote] You obviously don't understand the law. Laws are written that allow officers to justifiably kill people for no other reason than the officer was scared. Officers have wide latitude for using deadly force and it is applied unfairly. That's why people are protesting![/quote] All these people can become police officers and deal with criminals. I would like to see them in action ))[/quote]
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