I'm Black and 'Well-Behaved,' but I'm Still Mike Brown
I'm getting pretty sick and tired of only reading what white people think of this issue.
I found that Huffington Post has a section called "Black Voices" and I've decided to start posting some things from there. And I posting the entire article on this one. It's short and I think it's something all white people need to read. So if I get bitch slapped for doing it, I don't care. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tiffan...r=Black+Voices Quote:
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After the Civil War the Rebels and the Union were united in their belief that the white race was superior to the recently freed slaves. This belief lives on, but to a lessor degree.
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Well a simple, "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand.", woulda saved several paragraphs.
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It would be too uncomfortable for you. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMzd40i8TfA |
"Why aren't we allowed to live? Why is it that once our lives are taken, our mistakes are used as a reason to justify our killing?"
1. Your mistakes. 2. Because you chose them. The problem is that the author, knee deep in rationalization, is trying to draw parallels between herself and a social class (not defined by race but racists always make it so) who deserves what they get for their choices. To wit, "If only he (Brown) had complied.... He (Brown) smoked, he drank, he stole.... He (Brown) was 'bad.'" Well, he certainly wasn't good and in trying to draw a linear comparison to themselves all anyone does is report personal belief that such is okay. It's not. You're only Mike Brown if you embrace him. If you embrace him, appropriate social repercussion is by your choice. 3. Social adults live with that. 4. Social children write whiny op eds. 5. Social apologists reprint them on web boards. |
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You've got it all figured out. |
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I've seen it, born witness to it, lived it and been immersed in it. Apologism is the problem and you promote it. |
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