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

C'mon...'mistaken'? Psh...while I use Hanlon's razor on most things, I'd say that the evidence by now shows that police know exactly what they're doing and they're as evil and thuggish as they appear.

 

This part confuses me, because it would seem to mean that the cops mistook a 10 year old not for a teenager, but for a 12 year old.

 

Maybe of interest: At Havana’s Diaspora Sol Conference, Bridges Built Between Black Americans and Afro-Cubans

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-police-investigate-officers-cuffing-of-10-year-old-boy/

My guess is that the cops thought they were making a safe assumption that Michael was one of those "five little black boys with all blue on", ages ranging 10 to 12. The whole teenager thing could have just been a tipper saying the leader of the group was the oldest.

If the tips were credible, then yikes. Find that gun and get rid of it.

I hope Michael can work through this and proceed normally in life. <3 thoughts

 

Maybe of interest: Why More White Americans Are Opposing Government Welfare Programs

 

Maybe of interest: A Thousand Ways To Kneel And Kiss The Ground
"Last week, the NFL announced a new policy to penalize players who kneel during the national anthem. The announcement drew fresh attention to the century-old tightrope that outspoken black athletes — from Floyd Patterson to Rose Robinson to Colin Kaepernick – have had to walk in order to compete and live by their principles"

 

False rape accusation lands woman in jail...

45 days in jail and two years probation. Too harsh, reasonable, or not harsh enough?

And seriously with the placement of "blacked out" in that first paragraph. Come on.

 

She even admitted it was a false report, so yeah she should be punished, regardless. I'm leaning toward it not being harsh enough.

 

I feel like instead of painting black people as insensitive to the plight of undocumented youth, the woman should have instead said:

"I just spoke with an African-American male who told me that as awful as those detention centers are, he's seen conditions as bad or worse in the "projects" - as he called them - throughout the country. I may question that claim, but the fact that a person of color in this country can say and mean it says to me that no matter whether their claim is true or false, we're clearly doing something wrong here in America. The US claims to be a place where we take your yearning masses and make them anew. Let's do that, for both those already here and those who have not yet arrived."

 

Maybe of interest: Priscilla Renea Refuses To Be Quiet About Racism In Country Music

 

Since moving back to Missouri, I've already met several black coworkers who like country music and we bonded over that.

I definitely think there are black country fans, but they probably rightly feel out of place or scared to go to some country concerts.

I haven't heard of this artist (really I don't follow much modern country) but I will give her a listen.

 

It's a very weird and long-standing division, but not one without precedent. In an era where white Christian rappers are classified as "Christian contemporary" I strain to understand how these genres are shaped beyond the first word in that descriptor.

 

I've never thought about it because I've spent zero seconds in my life thinking about country music...but it seems pretty obvious. Why the hell would a black person want to go to a concert that will be full of white Americans that "respect the flag" while also sporting a Confederate flag in the back of their pickup truck in the parking lot?

Thanks for this, this cracked me up.

You think this just...black folks been trying...issues...we sat...we INVENTED THE BLUES. I like how he basically has a stroke trying to explain how obvious it was.

I LOVE when a comedian anticipates my response. What about Living in America? LOL, he thought of it! As soon as he finished singing it Apollo Creed died in the ring. It's a sad song. Michael B. Jordan lost his daddy that day. LOL.

I've actually brought up this point about black music to my white friends of my age. All this stuff about police brutality? It was in all the rap music we grew up on. It was in the movies. It was universal. It was right there. It wasn't made up, it was a universal black experience being expressed through art.

 

First there was BBQ Becky, and now we've got Permit Patty.... who called (or, as she claims, pretended to call) the police on an 8 year old girl for selling water.



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...utm_source=main_fb&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

 

need a subscription for that , could you tell us a bit more .

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The opening chapter of one of her books says that there were no people living in the west... "only Indians."