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| White ignorance is at the core of racial tension |
| 2014-12-09 |
| [BLOGS.DETROITNEWS] The recent grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing unarmed teen Michael Brown resulted in protests across the country for those disappointed with the outcome. But for those who believe Wilson’s actions were justified the response was slightly different. There are those, like Ted Nugent, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck who chose to react with all the class of an Anthony Weiner Twitter photo. Some, like Sean Hannity, took the opportunity to blame President Barack Obama for inciting violence and heightening racial tensions. Others have decided to use their victory lap as a way to “educate” the African American community. It is this last category of people that are the most frustrating. They avoided the outlandish talking points offered up by conservative race-baiters, but still managed to prove they were completely out of touch with reality. Longtime Fox News contributor Cal Thomas opinioned that the “real problem” for the African American community is that they have “an attitude of victimhood”. This has been a popular narrative for conservatives — who tend toward victimhood themselves — for a long time. Rather than admit that there are systemic inequalities that make being black in this country inherently unlawful, they bury their heads in the sands of the echo chamber and trivialize this struggle with patronizing rhetoric. While protesters try and get people to recognize the racial bias of the U.S. legal system that has resulted in the deaths of numerous black men at the hands of law enforcement, conservative media portrays these men as violent thugs and claim it is the officers who are in fact the victim. There is perhaps no bigger disconnect in the mind of these conservative pundits than suggesting the biggest problem in these cases is a “victim mentality” while simultaneously asserting the murderers are the victims. If you want to see a true victim mentality on the topic of race, look no further than conservatives. These are the people who whine that they can’t say anything about race without being called racist. They also think it is a huge injustice that black people can use the ‘N’ word but they can’t. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Breaking news! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-09 13:17 |
| #13 It's a static pie, honor shame culture. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-09 13:14 |
| #12 It's not race as the hustlers claim to the rubes. It's a cannibalistic culture. There's a rift in the black community between "authentic" blacks and immigrants. The Africans, Haitians, Jamaicans, etc. tend to do about as well as other immigrants. Second generation tends to disappear into the general population of knuckleheads. I used to know a lady named Mabel, who had immigrated from Ghana. She was an RN in Ghana, had worked as a nurse's aide until she was certified here. She was very sweet, a little ditzy, and she'd have made a draft horse look lazy. She had a little townhouse in a neighborhood that was drifting downward and she sold it and moved to a much niftier neighborhood, populated by similar professionals. Sonny, born in Ghana but raised to his teenage years in the drifty neighborhood, was a thug, just like his friends. I'm pretty sure he slapped Mom around a time or two while we knew her. It's not "ignorance" when you know too much. |
| Posted by: Fred 2014-12-09 12:17 |
| #11 I just knew it was my fault! |
| Posted by: Pearl Spuling5775 2014-12-09 10:27 |
| #10 Black ignorance is at the core of black poverty and of elevated black arrests and incarcerations. Blacks who 'act white' and get educations (useful educations, not 'Grievance Studies degrees) and work hard virtually all prosper. Black poverty and misbehavior, and political exploitation of those conditions, are at the core of racial tension. And by pointing that out I have proven myself a racist. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-12-09 08:47 |
| #9 Just Chicago - Totals Since Ferguson (Aug 9 – Nov 24) Shot & Killed: 130 Shot & Wounded: 725 Total Shot: 855 Total Homicides: 155 Year To Date Totals Shot & Killed: 355 Shot & Wounded: 2068 Total Shot: 2423 Total Homicides: 420 - Stats If you don't give a rat's a$$ about it, why should we? /rhet question The public isn't upset because they're just numb to the community's own disinterest in solving their own self inflicted plague. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-09 08:30 |
| #8 There's a lot of ignorance floating around, and the author certainly seems to have his share. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-09 08:28 |
| #7 This is from detroit news. I wohld have been shocked if it read any differently. |
| Posted by: chris 2014-12-09 08:25 |
| #6 Weird. The clown totally ignores the 13 out of 14 blacks murdered by other blacks to continue obsessing over the few killed in legal self defense. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-12-09 06:23 |
| #5 Try using the word democrat. At over 95% inclusive, it's quite accurate and in keeping with the times. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-09 05:56 |
| #4 What if everyone just started calling blacks Crackers? Just a thought. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-12-09 04:39 |
#3  They also think it is a huge injustice that black people can use the ‘N’ word but they can’t.Here, let me use this handy graphic from one of yesterday's posts. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-09 02:14 |
| #2 Wow Dale: you punched me right in the straw man. Seriously, though: blah blah blah. Racists! Random musings about clean energy. Blah Blah Blah. Make up things and pretend Limbaugh said them. Blah Blah Blah All conservatives fault! Blah Blah Blah. There. A handy translation of the full article. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2014-12-09 02:06 |
| #1 You can't commit violent acts, period. No matter what race you are. |
| Posted by: Whaish Hatfield9815 2014-12-09 00:56 |