very informative and Rex, thanks for the long, but enlightening read.
seemingly the trouble with getting this reform off the ground is the sheer magnitude of the healthcare industrial complex. while some people fault politiciansfor corruption and criminality i tend to give them the benefit of...
nasty college kids are hardly a new phenom.
im a germophobe and have no clue how i made it through college. i think when you're surrounded by other dirty/nasty/wild people it normalizes it. for mostpeople its not until you get your own place/space that you start to look back on how you used to...
yes, racism is a power thing. you have to put someone up or down based on their racial affiliation.
-noun1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior...
almost.
gates was unjustified in his actions yes
racist no.
accusing someone of racism doesn't necessarily mean that the accuser is racist. where did Gates ever call the officer any derogatory term used for whitepeople?
PS who here justified Gates calling Cowley a racist?
i think most people here, including myself have said that Gates comments were dumb and inaccurate.
PS who here justified Gates calling Cowley a racist?
i think most people here, including myself have said that Gates comments were dumb and inaccurate.
i've told you, you just don't seem to like the answer. i've given you an entire synopsis of police/african- american relations in thegreater boston metro area so that you can understand where his actions come from, yet you ignore it and ask for an answer.
Yes he did. Perhaps you can shed some light as to why he called him racist then? He was racist for being a cop? He was racist for responding to a 911 call? He was racist for asking for Gates ID? What was it man...I'd love to know. This is now the 3rd time I've asked this question in this...
See this is the problem, people claim that police are "racially profiling", but it isnt race they are profiling. Police profile the patterns, if you have X amount of robberies in your neighbothood and most of the people are arrested happen to be Black are you going to look at Blacks more...
What treatment are you talking about? Gates was yelling at the cop. Whether the cop was wrong or not is another argument. If I yelled at a cop I'm sure I would be arrested too.
I'm not debating if he should have been arrested or not. i happen to think he should. i'm debating you calling him...