Senate "Race" Relations (was "U.S. Society and Black Men")

Jeez, UK police tasered a man they thought was a robber, turns out he is their race relations advisor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ace-relations-adviser/?utm_term=.e1369e4ef401

 

Emmett Till's accuser on whether he catcalled/harassed her: "That part's not true."
Yep. She made up the testimony.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wo...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Author of a new book on Emmett Till claims that “That case went a long way toward ruining her life"

Spoiler: Yeah. Ruining HER life. (NSFW)

http://atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/emmett-till-body.jpg

 

I always had a feeling that this woman was a liar. Now my suspicions are confirmed.

I loved how she claimed that she felt "sad" and "sorry" for what happened to Till and the grief the boy's mother went through. Honestly, I don't care how sorry or how sad this ***** felt about any of this. Seriously, **** her feelings. A child was brutally murdered and his killers got away with it because of her lies.

 

I have no sympathy for that lying *****.

 

I have a lot of respect for Till's mother. It's bad enough to have to outlive and bury a child as a parent but to insist on an open casket and see his body in that condition during the funeral (for the greater good, really) must have taken an iron will.

 

I do think there's something to be said for this. It's a strain of discussion that goes all the way back to the earliest abolitionist tracts. Violence and hatred are neither "natural" nor consequence free. I imagine the guilt of knowingly participating in a conspiracy to brutally murder an innocent child who had done nothing wrong is probably immense. It is useful, from time to time, to reflect no only on the costs of racism to its intended targets, but even on the supposed beneficiaries, whether that toll is personal/psychological (as in this case) or systemic (eg poor whites stymied their own chances at economic improvement by investing race theory rather than allying with poor blacks).

 

I know I couldn't do it. Maybe WindSong could.

Well, Trump is having another meltdown on Twitter. I fear what he will do when he turns his attention to BLM.

 

Jabba-wocky I understand what you're saying but here's the thing: I have zero tolerance for people who falsely accuse others of wrongdoing. Even if one removes the racist angle from the equation Emmett Till was still violently killed because of one person's false accusations.

Furthermore, as anyone would know people have been violently lynched because of things like false allegations. People have been violently murdered by vigilantes only to find out A) the accuser(s) lied B) the person who was lynched was innocent all along and-or C) a crime did happen but the vigilantes targeted and lynched the wrong person.

Lastly, as anyone would also know lynchings were unconstitutional because the accused were usually executed by vigilantes before the accused could even stand trial for any alleged wrongdoing. The few who were lucky enough to stand trial were usually granted a kangaroo court trial with a crappy defense and a biased jury.

So in the end I have no respect for Carolyn Bryant. I'm normally a tolerant and forgiving person but I draw the line at people like her.

 

I'm not saying we should "have respect" for her. I'm not arguing for pity or even mercy. I'm simply arguing we should acknowledge that, yes, Jim Crow was a deeply deranged system, and its toxic effects were felt by all sides.

If you prefer a purely physical analogy, consider the following. Someone builds bombs to target a civilian population. At some point, a bomb they're designing explodes at an inopportune time, maiming the maker. I can point out how crippled the bomb builder has become without stepping back from any acknowledgement of his culpability or criminality.

 

Jabba-wocky don't worry I'm not accusing you of thinking that we should feel sorry for her. I was just explaining why I was well angry in my first post about the news on Emmett Till. You see my anger towards what happened to Till goes beyond the issue of racism and my second post on this explains why. I recognize that racism was the motivation/driving force behind Till's death but it was mainly the fact that she caused a young boy's death through false accusation/lies that caused me to have zero sympathy for her.

Finally I agree that racism is toxic and affects everyone.

 

I read it this morning and thought better than posting it. Thought it would sink the thread down into abject stupidity. He just doesn't have that much to say. Not much seems to come to mind. I thought W Bush was intellectually bereft.

 

Help me out. What was wrong with it?

 

He spent the entire speech talking about how great he was, how he won the black vote, how CNN was fake news, etc. He made it about himself. A president shouldn't be making it about himself.

 

But that's what J-Rod wants to hear about!

 

In the future of FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY GAY SPACE COMMUNISM, the AI Directorate will make every speech individually tailored, so we only hear speeches about things we want to hear.