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and a return of Neapolitan to power
History repeats itself... first as tragedy and then as dessert.
and a return of Neapolitan to power
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/32...tter-before-viciously-attacking-white-victims
Another way to show how much Black Lives Matter.
I find the logic somewhat funny, in a grim sorta way. A few bad cops, essentially the extremists you speak of, are enough to indicate that not only do all police take part in systematic, targeted attacks against people of a darker skin color then manila, but that all of society and every white person in it harbors some subconscious command to hate black people and keep them down, with no empirical evidence to back it up.
Meanwhile, the number of these extremists cases continues to be steady within the movement, and people suddenly are able to differentiate between what is a rogue element and what is a norm for a disorganized group with no leader and no command structure, and no litmus test for who is or isn't a member. Sorry, to me that sounds way too much like gamergate mumble jumble for me to take seriously.
Yes, extremist seem to be all over this movement.
From when they chant "Pigs in a blanket, Fry 'em like bacon!" in Minnesota.
To when they chant "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want them? Now!" in New York City.
To when they shut down entire highways by standing in them. Stoping traffic and others from going to where they need to go. Also preventing trains from leaving their stations.
To the riots in Baltimore, Ferguson and everywhere else.
To the constant looting and vandalism of businesses and statues (Like the ones Benvenu linked in the opening post.)
To the constant use of intimidation and scare tactics used by the organization.
BlackLivesMatter is a joke. It's wrong and quite honestly its disgusting.
When something constantly shows signs of extremism, over time that's what it becomes. Much like what we see with BLM, as it is slowly becoming more and more aggressive.
What are they even protesting? Black people being shot by police? More whites have been shot by police officers than blacks. You do not see whites rioting in the streets because of this.
"White Privilege?" Which is a complete joke.
Systematic racism? Which simply doesn't exist.
Black Lives Matter is simply trying to make a problem out of nothing.
Systemic Racism doesn't exist?
Yeah, I have no idea where you're getting your statistics from, but systemic racism is definitely a real thing. Hell, the desegregation of schools is something that many, many people still remember, and removing the sort of attitude that causes that is something that takes a long time.
I say systematic racism doesn't exist, and you bring up something that was outlawed in 1954.
Also, you know what I meant. I meant It does not exist in America, today. So don't try and use past events to justify your opinions for current ones.
Here's the thing, the evidence for "systematic racism" existing in the modern united states appears to fall into 3 circumstances. Circumstantial, Tangential, and Minimal. The evidence usually cites the laws that were already abolished by the Supreme Court (Tangential), a person being shot who was a criminal who may or may not have been actively posing a threat to police officers/others (Circumstantial), and citing single case studies or single surveys, most of which haven't been peer reviewed (Minimal).
This is not racism. Just because cops are white does not mean that society is racist towards blacks. Nothing is stopping black men and women from becoming a police officer so they can police their own communities. The only thing a majority white police department shows is that more white's like to be police officers than blacks. There is nothing wrong with that nor is that racist.I'm saying systemic racism is something that takes time to eliminate. More than a single, or even several, generations. Those are deeply ingrained ideas.
We can see the effects of it now. Just look back to the ferguson riots. A police force that was almost entirely white in a community where the majority was African American.
After the whole thing kicked off, it came out that the police chief had specifically targeted african americans (With some horrifying quotes like "Let's make the jail more colorful." And "Let's have a black day") as well as police brutality against unarmed prisoners on minor charges.
And that's not an isolated incident; some of the shootings and incidents we've seen after that have shown that. And that's not just with the police; anti-fraud voting laws are designed to keep minorities from voting, as they require a document that many African Americans don't have, with only something like three actual cases of fraud over a long period of time as justification.
And looking further still we the unconscious prejudices it's even harder to see. Like a 2012 study showing that two thirds of medical professionals have unconscious biases against African American patients.
Yes, Systemic Racism is still very much alive.
You mean, for example, government census showing that over 40% of inmates are African American?
Black men are 3 times more likely to go to jail than white men.