Originally Posted by Byte1

Sounds like someone is doing exactly what they accuse others of doing "...wasting your time with people in the villages." Blatantly grouping one demographic as being a certain way or living a certain behavioral pattern.

What makes certain WHITE folks believe they are the experts on "BLACK Americans?"

I spoke from my experience.

Straw man fallacy, I never said I was an expert.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Inclusion into our American society means that one must be assimilated. Inclusion by itself without assimilation means that one resists being part of the whole. We have an American culture, not Polish, not German and not African. To be treated the same, or to be included as part of the American family, one must want to be assimilated into the American culture. We are Americans, not Polish-Americans, not German Americans and not African-Americans. Just plain Americans. And simple example of assimilation is black artists that sing country songs. They are not black country singers, just country singers. Country music is NOT a white thing; it's just an American thing.
Time to stop saying "a black man was killed by the police today" and just say "a man was killed by the police today..." The media and those wishing to separate and demean blacks, making them lower where they can control them tend to excuse their behavior when they violate rules, when they would not tolerate the same behavior from white folks. This is demeaning to blacks and makes them feel inferior. Expect the same behavior and ethics as you do with whites and they will shrug off the excuses, gain respect and become just as productive as the rest of America. To respect them is not to treat them special but to treat them with color blindness. And require the same from them. And some day all folks will treat blonds equal to other intelligent people.

As I read the 2nd paragraph I see that ALL of America's racism problems are caused by Black "excuses". Then they are magnified by "the Media". Or maybe the Media starts the problem before the excuses? Either way, I assume that "blondness" will not likely cause future racism. Or maybe that was humor or sarcasm?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Apparently, you are racist if you side with the police. The Blake incident is another case where the subject was a felon and was wanted in connection of three crimes. There was a warrant out for his arrest and the police had been radioed that information. He had a knife in his car and it appeared he was reaching for it. So, after being tased and ordered to stop, he ignored the police and went for it anyway. Maybe he had no intention of getting it and was just going to drive away. Maybe he should not have been shot seven times. That's for the court to decide, NOT an unlawful group of rioters. Protesters become felons when they burn down businesses or shoot people, including the police that were doing their jobs. There is NO excuse for civil disturbance such as we are seeing. NO ONE can excuse those people. If ordered to stand down, and they ignore the order, then they should be arrested and incarcerated. The racial argument has absolutely NO bearing on this rioting, destruction of property and murder. If there is a question as to the lawful shooting of a subject, the court has jurisdiction, not an unlawful group intent on committing more crime.

Floyd is the same situation. Only Floyd was not shot. He died of an overdose. Even if the Cop was instrumental in his death, the court has jurisdiction, not an unlawful crowd bent on committing felonies. That is why we have laws. The court is always the avenue for justice, not more crime.

There is NO systemic racism in America. That is only a political tool being used to change our country.

"There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public." --BTW

Reference to post # 75. I have seen systemic racism in EVERY part of the country from 1950 to today. I suppose some people do NOT want to see it?

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Bikeracer2009

She specifically said

"It's politically incorrect for me to tell you what race he is but we ALL know what race I'm talking about".

How is that not racist?

She said he was a conman not someone violating a no solicitation rule. Maybe he was doing something wrong but why bring up his race? I guess his race helps to prove he was a conman or a scammer.

I didn't say it wasn't racist I just said it was a scam. I honestly don't care what color people are I have friends of all races but a conman is a conman. So you are also making unjust presumptions about me.

[perrjojo]

I worked with a black woman in a very prestigious position. She had teenage boys. Her number one rule for her boys was if there are guns at a party you must leave. Do all parents have this worry today?

[Bonnevie]

I still say Blake could have been brought down while walking around the car with a well placed billy club hit behind the knees. that's how they did it in my father's time and it's how British police still do it. but once the guns are out, the chance of something happening like it did go up exponentially.

[RedBoneJones]

Originally Posted by Swoop

If you go by what is reported by the national news networks, you would assume that unarmed blacks were being killed daily by police, in numbers much higher than whites. Actually there were 13 unarmed blacks shot by police last year and twice as many whites. The media decides what they want you to hear. If Floyd was white, the national news media wouldn’t even have picked up his story!!

Percentages of whites in the US 72%. Percentages of Blacks in the US 13.4%. Now run those numbers.

[particle]

All this conversation was happening at a African American SOCIAL club? Interesting!

[Swoop]

Originally Posted by RedBoneJones

Percentages of whites in the US 72%. Percentages of Blacks in the US 13.4%. Now run those numbers.

Black males make up 6% of the population, yet commit over 50% of the murders in this country. You can’t just look at the raw population numbers. If you look at the crime statistics, white criminals are actually killed by police at a disproportionately higher rate than black criminals...

[Yjacket74]

Do you know of any white person who has had 3 police officers hold him/her on the ground with one of them putting their weight on their neck, choking them, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds? Have you heard of any white person who has been shot in the back 7 times by a police officer? If you have, let me know. Otherwise, you have no justification in wondering why killing of blacks by police officers in this manner are widely reported! What I can’t understand is...Why haven’t the police learned not to use these extreme measures?