Racism in America.... Is it worse now after the 2016 election?

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Tucker Pushes Racist ‘Great Replacement’ Theory Yet Again, ADL Renews Call for Fox to Fire Him

 

The Anti-Defamation League is reiterating its calls for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson after the network’s primetime star went all-in on espousing the racist “Great Replacement” theory this week.

 

The last time Carlson embraced the conspiracy theory, his boss Lachlan Murdoch dismissed the outrage, claiming the Fox star was merely talking about voting rights. But now, the ADL said, Carlson is “openly embracing white nationalist talking points.”

 

The Fox News host has repeatedly fear-mongered about Democrats allegedly bringing in dark-skinned immigrants with the express purpose of “replacing” the American (read: white) electorate. On Wednesday night, he declared that the Biden administration is intentionally trying “to change the racial mix of the country” through immigration.

 

“In political terms, this policy is called ‘the great replacement,’ the replacement of legacy Americans with more obedient people from far-away countries,” Carlson exclaimed. “They brag about it all the time, but if you dare to say it's happening they will scream at you with maximum hysteria.”

 

The so-called “Great Replacement” theory is a white-supremacist belief in a conspiracy among liberals and wealthy elites to demographically and culturally replace the white population of majority-white countries with immigrants of non-European descent. In recent years, the theory has served as the inspiration for racist mass killings in El Paso, Pittsburgh and Christchurch, New Zealand.

 

Yet, despite its overtly racist and antisemitic roots, the conspiracy theory—thanks in large part to Carlson’s embrace of it—has become more acceptable and normalized within the Republican Party, with numerous GOP lawmakers and officials openly citing it.

 

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Matt Gaetz Is Now Promoting Replacement Theory to Defend Tucker Carlson

 

A sitting Republican member of Congress is openly touting the idea of “replacement theory.”

 

Replacement theory is a conspiracy pushed by white nationalists that white people are being “replaced” by migrants brought into the country.

 

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who has talked up this idea over the past few months, rather explicitly said last week President Joe Biden wants to “change the racial mix of the country” and that “this policy is called the great replacement.”

 

The Anti-Defamation League reiterated its previous calls for Carlson to be fired. The last time the ADL called for his firing, Lachlan Murdoch personally defended the Fox host and said, “A full review of the guest interview indicates that Mr. Carlson decried and rejected replacement theory. As Mr. Carlson himself stated during the guest interview: ‘White replacement theory? No, no, this is a voting rights question.'”

 

With Carlson straight-up saying the president wants a “great replacement” policy, the ADL tweeted, “A reminder: ‘The Great Replacement’ theory and its racist and xenophobic roots have served as the inspiration for multiple mass shootings and deadly attacks.”

 

 

Carlson dismissively responded to the ADL by saying “**** them,” but he also got some support from Congressman Matt Gaetz (R- FL).

 

Gaetz tweeted Saturday that Carlson “is CORRECT about Replacement Theory as he explains what is happening to America.” He also accused the ADL of being “a racist organization.”

 

 

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A family says their neighbor plays recordings of racial slurs and monkey noises. Police say that's 'not criminally actionable'

 

When the Martinez family moved into their new home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, five years ago, they had dreams of raising their children and making a life in their new neighborhood cul-de-sac.

 

"The minute we found this home, I loved it," Jannique Martinez told CNN. "It was everything I envisioned for my family and for raising my kids in a nice, quiet neighborhood."

Now Martinez, who is Black, says a neighbor's music, racial slurs, blinking lights and monkey sounds have made her family's lives miserable.

"I'm not going to lie, if I had any imagination it would be like this, we would have not bought this house. I would never sign up for this," she said.

According to Martinez, the harassment began with blinking lights.

"We noticed a little erratic behavior like these blinking lights that are on a sensor. When my family or any other family leaves or returns to their homes, they all start to blink," Martinez said. "When the sensors are activated, loud music begins to play. He switches the music based on the family that is activating the music."

Martinez added that there are multiple cameras on his house.

"We are all on surveillance 24/7 with cameras in every direction of his home," she said.

Most recently, Martinez said, the music switched to monkey sounds.

"My husband parked his truck on the street in front of his house, which is city property, and instead of music, he started playing monkey noises," Martinez said.

Martinez says the neighbor plays the monkey noises whenever they arrive or depart their home.

Following recent phone calls to the local police by the Martinez family complaining about the noise and the lights, Martinez says the neighbor's actions escalated.

"Since that day he's been playing N----- skits that he found online," she said. Martinez said he plays skits that say, "Black people have nothing better to do but go to a comedy club on a Friday night," and, "Hey everyone, look it's N----- guy. Everyone say, 'hi N----- guy.'"

"The situation is truly heartbreaking," she said.

Police told CNN said they are "acutely aware of the ongoing situation."

"The observed conduct has been reviewed with the City Attorney for potential criminal sanctions; however, it was determined that the activity, though appalling, is not criminally actionable," the Virginia Beach Police Department said in a statement.

 

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Racist ‘Landlord From Hell’ Tortured Tenants During Pandemic, Lawsuit Says

 

His Black tenants say he allegedly referrers to them as “n----s” who should “go back to Africa.” At least one white tenant says the man called her a “n----r lover” and warned her to “pay your bills like other white people.”

 

David Merryman, the 56-year-old owner of dozens of rental properties in Southeastern Virginia worth over $5 million, has had over a dozen arrests in the past two decades for threats and assaults, been cited hundreds of times by local city governments for code violations, and was suspended repeatedly from a local housing authority for dilapidated Section 8 rentals, according to city records obtained by The Daily Beast and court filings.

 

“He most definitely was a landlord from hell,” one tenant told The Daily Beast.

 

Recently, complaints from mostly Black, female tenants about Merryman’s behavior and subpar housing in Newport News, Virginia, made it to the desk of Attorney General Mark Herring.

 

On Thursday, Herring filed an $8 million housing discrimination lawsuit against Merryman for his alleged “horrific” treatment of tenants and a pattern of abusive, racist, and sexist behavior. The lawsuit is the first of its kind in Virginia, Herring told The Daily Beast. Housing advocates in the told The Daily Beast the state is thin on protections for renters and they hope the lawsuit will set a new tone for slumlords.

 

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On 5/13/2021 at 9:03 PM, China said:

Defense attorneys ask judge to allow Ahmaud Arbery's past run-ins with the law into the trial

 

Attorneys representing the three White men accused of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery want to be allowed to tell a jury about Arbery's past run-ins with the law during the upcoming trial.

 

Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was fatally shot while on a jog in February 2020. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and William Bryan have been charged with murder in a state trial as well as federal hate crimes charges.

 

In a pre-trial hearing Wednesday, attorneys argued to introduce evidence Arbery's criminal convictions as well as confrontations he had with law enforcement over a seven-year span leading up to his killing in a coastal Georgia subdivision.

State prosecutors argued Arbery's criminal record was in no way relevant to the actions the three men took that day, chasing him through the subdivision armed with guns and using pickup trucks.

 

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One of the men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery is fighting to ban from trial photos of his vanity license plate that features a Confederate flag

 

One of the men charged with the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is trying to ban a photo of his vanity plate during his upcoming trial.

 

Court documents say that the vanity plate is similar to an old Georgia state flag which has a Confederate emblem.

 

Arbery's death sparked a wave of anti-racism protests across the US.

 

One of the men accused of chasing and murdering Ahmaud Arbery is fighting to ban photo evidence of his old Georgia flag-themed vanity license plate from his upcoming trial.

 

In response, the state asked the court to deny Travis McMichael's defense team's motion, stating that the plates were on the truck at the time of the incident where Arbery was shot and killed, court documents say.

 

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[LD0506]

 

Guilford GOP school board campaign manager says helping children of color feel like they belong hurts white children

 

https://www.wfsb.com/news/guilford-gop-school-board-campaign-manager-says-helping-children-of-color-feel-like-they-belong/article_61cef1b0-26eb-11ec-aa85-bf2ec0443b85.html

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A slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up

 

Nearly two weeks after a racist petition to bring back slavery circulated at her daughter's school, Julie Stutterheim is still angry.

 

She says it was yet another example of a racist incident at Park Hill South High School in the suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri.

"She was very upset about it. My daughter's Ethiopian," Stutterheim told CNN this week.

Her daughter has encountered racism firsthand, Stutterheim says and "the more she talked about this, the more upset she got."

Stutterheim did what any concerned parent would do and reached out to the school to find out what happened.

 

What she found was that an increasingly familiar scenario was unfolding at her child's school. Across the US, there are two diametrically opposed conversations about race going on at the same time. In one, some White parents are telling school leaders that lessons about race make White students feel bad. And in the other, there's the racism that is actually happening in schools.

District leaders condemned the petition and Jeanette Cowherd, Park Hill's superintendent, released a video message days after Stutterheim started asking questions.

"Going forward, we have two options. We can react, or we can respond. We are choosing to respond, to create a long-term solution that best meets the needs of our students, our staff our families and our community."

 

Part of that response is the district's search for an expert adviser on race and inclusion. Yet many White parents across the US have pushed back against these efforts and conflated it with the debate over what critical race theory is and isn't.

Park Hill is no different.

At a recent school board meeting, Sally Roller echoed an opinion that many White parents share.

"I would like to address critical race theory, sometimes called culturally responsive teaching. History is what it is, whether we like it or not, and should not be rewritten," she said. "I fear this would cause more division and racism by causing others to be seen by skin color rather than the other individual personal qualities of the person."

Critical race theory is not taught in the K-12 curriculum.

 

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N.H. Woman Allegedly Called 9-Year-Old Black Child the N-Word, Then Threatened to ‘Kneel on His Neck’

 

A woman in New Hampshire is facing a civil rights complaint after authorities say she was motivated by race when she threatened a nine-year-old Black child by calling him a “n****r” and telling him she would “kneel on his neck.”

 

New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announced that his office had filed an enforcement action against Kristina Graper, 51, of Dover for violating the state’s Civil Rights Act.

 

The complaint, filed Thursday in Strafford County Superior Court, claims that Graper threatened the nine-year-old boy, referred to as D.H. in court documents, after he accidentally broke a toy belonging to Graper’s son.

 

According to the filing, D.H. and Graper’s son were playing in a neighborhood park on May 10 when Graper’s child “pushed” D.H. and caused him to break “a foam missile or foam bullet” that belonged to Graper’s child. Graper’s child then ran home and told his mother what happened.

 

“Afraid, D.H. ran away, but the defendant was able to catch up to him,” the complaint states. “The defendant threatened D.H. that she would kneel on his neck.”

 

A bystander, identified as A.P., heard Graper threaten D.H. and attempted to intervene, telling Graper that her behavior was “unnecessary.” Graper allegedly responded by yelling at A.P. As D.H. continued to return home, he allegedly “heard [Graper] scream the word ‘n****r’ at him.”

 

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New Orleans man charged with threatening to "lynch" Mayor Cantrell

 

A 49-year-old New Orleans man faces charges after police say he sent emails to Mayor LaToya Cantrell accusing her of committing treason and threatening to lynch her, the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate reports.

 

John Dorian was booked yesterday into the Orleans Parish jail on charges of threatening a public officials and making obscene phone calls. Jail records show he also had a municipal attachment.

 

The police report says Dorian sent an email to the mayor's public account on August 18, that read: "It’s time for you to answer for your crimes," and went on to say "When it comes for your lynching I’ll be the first one in line to pull that lever."

 

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After white students displayed Confederate flag at school, Black students suspended for planning protest

 

Black students were suspended from their high school for planning a protest after another group of students came to school waving a Confederate flag. 

 

Last week, a group of students at Coosa High School in Rome, Ga., were filmed waving the Confederate flag and hurling racial slurs.

 

Newsweek reported that the four students filmed were carrying the Confederate flag in favor of "farm day" on school spirit day, which led up to homecoming.

 

They did not face any repercussions.

 

In response, many students said the school did not do much to reprimand the students carrying the flag, and a protest was planned to bring awareness to the problem, CBS 46 Atlanta reported.

 

However, the school administration suspended several students who were planning the protest. Student protesters told CBS 46 that only Black students were suspended. 

 

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NJ Home's Confederate Halloween Display Draws Outrage

 

A Halloween display on a New Jersey home's lawn is getting a lot of attention lately, but it's not for the scares it's giving.

 

Anyone driving along busy Toms River Road in the rural township of Jackson, in Ocean County, may do a double take when passing by one property in particular. Adorned with multiple no trespassing signs, the home boasts multiple Confederate flags in addition to costumed ghosts — one of which seems to resemble a haunting image of a Ku Klux Klan member in robes.

 

"I'd like to think it's just a ghost," said local resident Doreen Koptyra upon seeing a picture of the decoration. But when she heard the homeowner was flying Confederate flags as well, she said that changed things entirely.

 

"If it was just a ghost, it'd be fine. But now that you have the flag up, that's not acceptable," Koptyra said.

 

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Court rules Alabama judge accused of racist, sexist remarks must be removed from office

 

An Alabama probate judge accused of making racist and sexist remarks and fostering a hostile work environment must be removed from office, a state judicial ethics court said Friday in a rare and unanimous ruling.

 

In sanctioning Probate Judge Randy Jinks of Talladega County, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary wrote that he had violated several of the state's Canons of Judicial Ethics, guidelines directing judges to uphold the honor of the judiciary, maintain decorum and avoid impropriety.

 

The decision to discipline Jinks, 65, comes after a multiday hearing this month that included witness testimony, as well as character witnesses called by Jinks' defense lawyer, including former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley. Among the evidence presented to the court was a recording of Jinks repeating a meme in his office about the nationwide racial unrest in 2020 in which he said, "You sons of b------ are going to need something to burn down after Trump gets re-elected for a second term, sons of b------."

 

"Although the complaint alleges 'racially insensitive demeanor,' this Court is of the opinion that Judge Jinks' conduct rose above racial insensitivity," the court said in its final judgment, which also ordered Jinks to pay for the costs of the proceeding.

 

Jinks had been suspended since the spring in the wake of more than 100 allegations first outlined in a 78-page document issued in March by the Judicial Inquiry Commission, the state body that first reviews complaints against judges. The commission then decides whether to bring the case before the Court of the Judiciary, a panel of judges, lawyers and nonlawyers appointed by the governor's office.

 

The commission's complaint detailed accusations of racist and sexist conversations that employees claim Jinks initiated, including talking about pornography and a video of a woman doing a striptease. Some of the employees alleged that Jinks, who is white, also made disparaging remarks about George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, Black people who came into the office and the office's sole Black employee, a clerk.

 

That employee, Darrius Pearson, had testified that in May 2019, when Jinks saw his new car, he said that he, as a judge, couldn't afford one but asked, "What you doing, selling drugs?"

 

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Attorney for man accused in Ahmaud Arbery killing says white males 'significantly underrepresented' in jury pool

 

 The attorney for one of the men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery plans to file a motion saying that his defendant is not facing a jury of his peers.

 

Kevin Gough represents William 'Roddie' Bryan, the man accused of filming the pursuit and killing.

 

“It would appear that white males born in the South over 40 years old without a college degree... which he might also be known as Bubba or Joe Sixpack... seem to be significantly underrepresented," said Gough during jury selection Friday.

 

He says he wants to look at whether they constitute a recognized constitutionally “protected” class of people, who can’t be discriminated against.

 

Gough went on to say he believed thinks there’s a real question whether this demographic is underrepresented. He stated that he intends to submit his motion in writing.

 

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[gbear]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/neglect-4-texas-brothers-proves-163059356.ht

 

My wife and I were talking about this case again last night after reading the article above.  It is easy to discount this as just another sad story without looking at the role race played.  However, there is a structural racism at play in the story. We don't often cover that side of the story because we racism as something that only happens between person A and person B.  Sometimes, we may note it as society versus group A like when we note numbers of Black men on death row versus White men.  However, we very rarely think of it from a society versus a single person because we want concrete specific examples.  As a society, we are less likely to report a Black family for fear of appearing racist.  This is a time where that hurt a specific family.  It's not a statistic to think these kids should not have had to live with the corpse of their sibling for a year.

 

How do we deal with issues like Black people feeling distrust for institutions that have typically failed to help them?  Do you blame them for not turning to CPS for help in a situation likely to break up another Black family?  In this case they should have, but I understand not wanting to get on the phone to call them into your life even if only as a witness to what is going on next door.

 

Somebody should have said something about a smelly teen sleeping on the playground slide...

 

We failed.

[The Evil Genius]

Yes, yes it is. 

[China]

 

[LD0506]

[tshile]

At this point I think the best way to address racism is the following:

 

I believe the thing holding us back the most is that we treat racism as if it’s a light switch. You’re either racist, or you’re not. 
 

you either are willing to burn effigies, or you’re not. 
 

you’re either willing to commit acts of violence against people because of their skin color, or you’re not. 
 

but that’s not really what racism is, is it? Racism is a spectrum of actions. And yes violence and effigies exist on one end, but on the other end you really enter into the category of prejudice and things that more natural human instinct (to be scared of people who don’t look like or act like you) as opposed to nefarious actions because of a superiority complex. 
 

sometimes I find myself in conversations where I say something is racist in how it works, and I find the other person aghast and defending themselves as if I just accused them (personally) of being a terrorist that blew up a bunch of people. 
 

I used to be one of those people. And I know exactly how they feel. 
 

it’s like “racism” has such a negative connotation to it that we need a new word. A word that doesn’t instantly put people on the defense with all their guards raised. 
 

and it feels weird to say that because racism is negative… like… really negative. But racism exists on a wide spectrum. And for a large portion of the people that need to be “gotten through to” it’s an instant turn off. End of conversation. Everyone’s now on the defense and no one is talking constructively or genuinely anymore 

 

and it sucks to say that. Because I know the people fighting to reduce racism have reached a point where they’re tired of being dismissed. They’re tired of being told to stay in their lane. They’re tired of being told they’re the ones that are going about the conversation wrong. 
 

If someone where to read what I just wrote and think or respond “**** you im not the problem” then I’d totally get it. I mean I obviously don’t know what it’s like to grow up… anywhere in this country… as a black person. Or to raise children that are black and have to answer certain questions and have certain conversations. But from the pure aspect of being told the problem is with how you argue it, when the real problem is with the other side… I get that. 
 

but the conversation has to change. If the goal is progress, then the current objective is how to reach those people who instantly put up all their guards when racism enters the conversation. 

[steve09ru]

18 minutes ago, tshile said:

At this point I think the best way to address racism is the following:

Won’t quote all so it reduces space but I agree with certain parts but think we really need to better identify prejudice vs racism.

 

 I think it starts with the prejudice and understanding what can get us in a mindset of feelings in that way.  
 

I think racism gets blended in too often as racism so there ended up being too much confusion and lack of movement because people are caught off guard with being labeled racist.

 

im not saying racism isn’t something we don’t tackle and believe it’s still a problem but I think we’ll make up more ground by targeting how we think about situations and groups first.  
 

it’s like with most things, you don’t jump right into the resolution, you have to find your way there through picking out certain parts and fixing the outer edges.  I think as you start to do that then you see some of these racist connotations dwindle.

[Captain Wiggles]

2 hours ago, China said:

 

 

Ah yes who could forget the War of 1861. 🤣

 

JFC this is exactly what southern conservatives desperately want to get back to teaching. Glorifying slavery and the confederacy. Absolutely some cracker ass bull****. Fine people on both sides indeed. 

[dfitzo53]

1 hour ago, tshile said:

At this point I think the best way to address racism is the following:

 

I believe the thing holding us back the most is that we treat racism as if it’s a light switch. You’re either racist, or you’re not. 
 

you either are willing to burn effigies, or you’re not. 
 

you’re either willing to commit acts of violence against people because of their skin color, or you’re not. 
 

but that’s not really what racism is, is it? Racism is a spectrum of actions. And yes violence and effigies exist on one end, but on the other end you really enter into the category of prejudice and things that more natural human instinct (to be scared of people who don’t look like or act like you) as opposed to nefarious actions because of a superiority complex. 
 

sometimes I find myself in conversations where I say something is racist in how it works, and I find the other person aghast and defending themselves as if I just accused them (personally) of being a terrorist that blew up a bunch of people. 
 

I used to be one of those people. And I know exactly how they feel. 
 

it’s like “racism” has such a negative connotation to it that we need a new word. A word that doesn’t instantly put people on the defense with all their guards raised. 
 

and it feels weird to say that because racism is negative… like… really negative. But racism exists on a wide spectrum. And for a large portion of the people that need to be “gotten through to” it’s an instant turn off. End of conversation. Everyone’s now on the defense and no one is talking constructively or genuinely anymore 

 

and it sucks to say that. Because I know the people fighting to reduce racism have reached a point where they’re tired of being dismissed. They’re tired of being told to stay in their lane. They’re tired of being told they’re the ones that are going about the conversation wrong. 
 

If someone where to read what I just wrote and think or respond “**** you im not the problem” then I’d totally get it. I mean I obviously don’t know what it’s like to grow up… anywhere in this country… as a black person. Or to raise children that are black and have to answer certain questions and have certain conversations. But from the pure aspect of being told the problem is with how you argue it, when the real problem is with the other side… I get that. 
 

but the conversation has to change. If the goal is progress, then the current objective is how to reach those people who instantly put up all their guards when racism enters the conversation. 

There's a great Ted talk to this effect, I'll try to dig it up.

[Larry]

12 hours ago, tshile said:

At this point I think the best way to address racism is the following:

 

I believe the thing holding us back the most is that we treat racism as if it’s a light switch. You’re either racist, or you’re not. 
 

you either are willing to burn effigies, or you’re not. 
 

you’re either willing to commit acts of violence against people because of their skin color, or you’re not. 
 

but that’s not really what racism is, is it? Racism is a spectrum of actions. And yes violence and effigies exist on one end, but on the other end you really enter into the category of prejudice and things that more natural human instinct (to be scared of people who don’t look like or act like you) as opposed to nefarious actions because of a superiority complex. 
 

sometimes I find myself in conversations where I say something is racist in how it works, and I find the other person aghast and defending themselves as if I just accused them (personally) of being a terrorist that blew up a bunch of people. 
 

I used to be one of those people. And I know exactly how they feel. 
 

it’s like “racism” has such a negative connotation to it that we need a new word. A word that doesn’t instantly put people on the defense with all their guards raised. 
 

and it feels weird to say that because racism is negative… like… really negative. But racism exists on a wide spectrum. And for a large portion of the people that need to be “gotten through to” it’s an instant turn off. End of conversation. Everyone’s now on the defense and no one is talking constructively or genuinely anymore 

 

and it sucks to say that. Because I know the people fighting to reduce racism have reached a point where they’re tired of being dismissed. They’re tired of being told to stay in their lane. They’re tired of being told they’re the ones that are going about the conversation wrong. 
 

If someone where to read what I just wrote and think or respond “**** you im not the problem” then I’d totally get it. I mean I obviously don’t know what it’s like to grow up… anywhere in this country… as a black person. Or to raise children that are black and have to answer certain questions and have certain conversations. But from the pure aspect of being told the problem is with how you argue it, when the real problem is with the other side… I get that. 
 

but the conversation has to change. If the goal is progress, then the current objective is how to reach those people who instantly put up all their guards when racism enters the conversation. 

 

Oh, I agree with you about things being by degree.  

 

No, I've never been to a cross burning.  

 

But I'll absolutely confess.  If I'm at the ATM, and somebody comes up behind me and waits for the machine?  I react differently if that person is black.  

 

I try not to let my racism show.  But I'm aware that I have the feelings.  

[gbear]

I think there was a movement awhile back to identify prejudice instead of racism where many agree we all have prejudices.  The problem was it became a safety blanket.  People (those who don't instantly shut down at anything they considered "PC") said of course I am prejudiced and thought it was OK.  The thing is people need to recognize their prejudices and take steps to mitigate them.  That is the hard part nobody wants.  Nobody wants to recognize a need for change in the way they think.

 

Harder still is recognizing our society as a whole has prejudices built into it as we are the land of the free and supposedly the same laws apply to us all.  Then comes the really hard part because we will claim any and all fixes are unfair/uneven.  Harder still is coming up with an end result towards which we can move /claim victory if ever we reach it. 

[Spaceman Spiff]

https://thegrio.com/2021/11/11/minnesota-student-bullied-in-racist-video/

 

So this is pretty ****ing terrible.  

[China]

‘Like I'd been hit with a sledgehammer': Black officer files discrimination charge after police chief left KKK note on video

 

A Black police officer whose boss left a Ku Klux Klan note on his coat is breaking his silence about alleged workplace harassment and is taking legal action against the police department where he's still employed. 
 

Attorneys for Keith Pool, an officer with the Sheffield Lake Police Department in Ohio, on Thursday announced they had filed a discrimination charge with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and a petition with the state Supreme Court to compel the city to release public records documenting the alleged harassment Pool faced.

 

Surveillance video showed then-police Chief Anthony Campo, who is white, on June 25 leaving a note reading "Ku Klux Klan" on a jacket that was sitting on Pool's desk. Campo resigned in July after the incident sparked an uproar in the northern Ohio city.

 

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