Sir San Diego
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I don't know if it's social media spotlighting all of these cases of racism lately or after 36 years on this planet I somehow expected black people's lives to get better than, not the same as they have been for a long time, but I'm really starting to wonder why we, as a people, are still here. It seems to me that we are not welcomed in the United States.
I just came across this article and wanted to share it with NT.
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913/all
Here's some of what you can expect by clicking the link and reading:
Thoughts?
I just came across this article and wanted to share it with NT.
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913/all
Here's some of what you can expect by clicking the link and reading:
To ascribe this entirely to contempt for black men is to miss an essential variable, though—a very real, American fear of them. They—we—are inexplicably seen as a millions-strong army of potential killers, capable and cold enough that any single one could be a threat to a trained police officer in a bulletproof vest. There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys. Guns aren't for black people, either.
Thoughts?