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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've made several valid points and brought up several relevant perspectives in the hopes of furthering discussion but to no avail so I'm out too.

But before I go let me say this...

Yes rioting and looting and destroying property does immeasurable damage to communities, but so does falsifying accounts and arrests and planting evidence and trumping charges and profiling citizens.

Communities are just as damaged when innocent people are arrested and jailed and in extreme cases killed.  Communities are just as damaged when police perpetuate toxic environments and relationships with the communities they serve by undervaluing the concerns of law-abiding citizens who are in the majority and over-emphasizing their focus on the criminality of a much smaller segment.

Not a perfect analogy but consider...
If you have a classroom of 30 kids and 28 of them have their hands raised in response to a question the teacher presented but two students are giggling in the back is it important to stop them from disrupting the rest of the class, yes!  But it shouldn't shift the teacher's entire focus away from those other 28 students who aren't acting up.  The teacher still has a duty as defined by their profession to dedicate themselves towards the majority who need that teacher's instruction.

Again, not a perfect analogy but you get the point.  You have an overwhelming segment of citizens who aren't in jail or under suspicion of any crime expressing their concerns about police as it relates to racial profiling, misuse of force, and police misconduct but those concerns are by and large ignored in favor of focusing on ramping up police sweeps on citizens and pulling over motorists who "look" suspicious and escalating conflicts with citizens if they fail to conform immediately - the very opposite actions of what the majority is calling for an end to.

As the once despised but now revered Dr. King once said, "A riot is the language of the unheard."[/quote]

If you don't think your message is being heard by those in power (mainly whites), then why bother?  Instead of rioting, take back the schools first.  Do more outreach to communities.  Partner up with libraries.  Seek out grants for funding creative projects.  Bring in local doctors to talk about healthy living.  Redesign the schedule to include time for town hall meetings.  It's all possible.

Look, whoever you are, if you're going to get push back from what we used to call "the man," then ignore the man, do a Farrakhan, and rebuild communities through grass roots efforts.  There is no trust with the police; there is no trust with your average white person.  That's all we hear on these boards.  If you don't trust others, then put your trust in the black community leaders and do something.

Protect the kids by educating them first.  You know the majority of prisoners are illiterate - something astounding like 3/4 of the prison population.  What's the hope in finding a job when you're illiterate?  in reading a rental lease or obtaining a mortgage when you're illiterate?  of attending college?

Work with the schools.  It's not easy, but it's the only hope.  Keep the keeps off the streets where they get involved in gangs and buy and sell drugs - and worse.

Whites are the enemy.  So go around the whites. Work around black cops who won't side with you.

I don't know what else to say - not that you care b/c you're still going to call me a goddamn racist.

But it is what it is.  You can change the system by first rebuilding.  The more you educated the young, the stronger the communities become.

truth[/quote]

Your post should have its own thread. Its an important discussion that needs to be had.[/quote]

Totally agree but here's why it won't catch on.

All of the above stuff is hard to do. If you just take the approach that there's no way to overcome racist whiteys than you don't have to do all that hard stuff AND you get to feel morally superior. People are inherently lazy and enjoy feeling like they're better than other people. [/quote]

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