#ohgodnotyouagain

[in-the-right]

Racial profiling IS racism, I don't know where you are getting the idea that its not. I don't know of any examples of it working in anyone's favor. Also, the fact that you avoided my question scares me. if you think he was violent, fine. But that doesn't justify you constantly disrespecting a boy who is dead. You wouldn't do that to a family member or friend, so you shouldn't do that to others. I'm out here doing things I know he would be proud of, & you've only been disrespectful.

Fortunately, I don’t go about my day worrying about whether whatever I’m doing would make a random dead person I don’t know happy or not. Just because he is deceased doesn’t absolve him of blame or make him immune to criticism.

He is not a family member or a friend. What law of nature forces me to have to treat him that way? Even so, if a friend acted in violence, I wouldn’t deny it happened just because they are my friend. I do not respect people who beat others into the concrete and tell them “You’re going to die tonight, motherf***er." Period. I wouldn’t respect a friend who did that. I wouldn’t respect a family member who did that. I wouldn’t respect a dead over-hyped young man with a criminal history who did that. I would call them out.

Furthermore, racial profiling isn’t racism just because you say it is. Try again. This time with some sort of defense to your argument.

[in-the-right]

You don't think black people in America are oppressed in any way? When people say to you, "as a white female we dont expect you to understand PoC issues" they are saying to you "you don't understand it unless you can see it from my perspective, & you can't". So why do you continue to make hateful posts about a dead 17 year old boy? :(

I did not realize telling the truth about a violent youth was considered hateful these days.

[thelovingleft]

I didn't say anything about handouts or laws! Empathizing doesn't equal giving things. It means you see something through someone else's eyes. I have received support because I'm able to say "I want to understand, help you, & not belittle you" & that's not something they often hear. That is how to solve the problems. That is what the article fails to recognize. But, I really want to hear what you think the solution to black people in poverty should be. You seem to know, so enlighten me.

The point of the article is not ABOUT talking to their community. It’s about identifying the problem and its root causes. This article is also not about ending world hunger, reducing our national debt, or LGBT issues. How can you criticize a work for not including something that is not its point? Did anyone ever say this is the be-all, end-all source regarding poverty in black communities? Did this article ever say empathy and expressing a will to help is NOT the right way to go about solving this issue?

No, because, among other reasons, the article is not ABOUT providing an ultimate answer that solves the issue. It states that outright. But it’s still important. Because…you can’t solve an issue without first understanding what caused it and what is perpetuating it. Right? That’s what this is. A page about the reasons WHY black communities are poor. Is that not useful information? So… Who’s to say we can’t understand the issues and ALSO use empathy?

Your argument is like criticizing a Psychology 101 class for not covering the entirety of the psych program’s information.

[thelovingleft]

If you want attitudes to change, you should start with your own. I don't mean that in a cold-hearted way, either. Empathizing can be your greatest tool. I work very closely with minorities so I can help understand what steps need to be taken towards equality and opportunity in society, & I have received OVERWHELMING support. You won't know how difference, until you can put yourself in their position. It may be hard, but it's the only way. THAT is how the change that you want happens.

You seem to think empathizing with minorities equates to free handouts and laws that perpetuate the problems in some communities by legally granting them the advantage over others because of their genetics. (And of COURSE you'd get "support"; who's going to say no to free stuff and the opportunity to shirk responsibility?) Why do we keep going back to laws? We don’t NEED to make more laws to bring black communities from destitution. BLACKS ARE LEGALLY EQUAL IN ALL WAYS. Can we get off the equality bent and actually address the issue and the article?

[thelovingleft]

The article is all about "don't blame the white man". To me, that says, "your stuck, it sucks, but don't blame me". It doesn't instruct in any way how to help, other than pointing out the obvious. I myself got offended reading the article, I can't imagine what a black man or woman would think. I mean they aren't in charge of changing policies the majority of the time, white men (and some women) are. What do you think they should do to get out of this? I'd love to hear your suggestion.

I don’t think you’ve gotten a single thing out of this article. It’s not ABOUT changing policies! Not everything has to involve a law or some form of social engineering! We need to change people’s ATTITUDES. This doesn’t mean forcing them to change via laws.

Also, just because you’re offended, doesn’t make you right.

[thelovingleft]

The article you posted suggests that the black population is approaching what the writer seems to believe to be a breaking point with (he calls it butchering) white citizens. The article gives you the impression that the black community has no will to work, contribute, or educate themselves. But the idea that the writer claims as, "hatred" for white people (him especially, I'm guessing) seems unjustified. I can understand the concern for riots after the trial, but do you really believe all that?

I don’t disbelieve it. Compared to him, how much time do you actually spend in mostly-black communities? Obviously, it’s a generalization for the culture (which is what “black community" more accurately means in this sense—culture rather than skin color/race); not every black family or local community is this way. But is denying and/or sweeping under the rug the problems of many black communities for the sake of PC doing anybody any good?

[thelovingleft]

You can't honestly tell me you believe any of what was said in that article about riots.. can you? I mean do you really believe all of that story? That is one of the most biased articles I have ever read, and I know it was an opinion article, but it's almost as if he turns the other cheek to what's really happening. You're buying into that? Why?

I’m waiting for you to explain your opposing opinion, primarily regarding what you think is wrong with this article, instead of just going, “LE GASP, HOW CAN YOU HAVE THAT OPINION!"