Minnesota governor went harder than I would have thought someone in his position would have at this point. He called the shooting racially motivated.
I'm numb to shootings at this point, but what upsets me is the lack of empathy and human decency of the police and their unions all over the country. This frat brotherhood club shit is the absolute worst. They have to stop blindly backing these pieces of trash and start hanging them out to dry.
I'm numb to shootings at this point, but what upsets me is the lack of empathy and human decency of the police and their unions all over the country. This frat brotherhood club shit is the absolute worst. They have to stop blindly backing these pieces of trash and start hanging them out to dry.
Toronto would be dope to move to. Canada is probably as far as I'm willing to go tbh.
But I'm gonna start including that on my list of places. Who knows if it would ever happen, but I'm giving it way more thought than any other time in my life.
But I'm gonna start including that on my list of places. Who knows if it would ever happen, but I'm giving it way more thought than any other time in my life.
Racism is everywhere. However, it's different here because our economics system supports the oppression of the minority and exploits them for profit. American capitalism was literally grown on the backs of Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.
Because of this racism is built into our country.
America needs a cultural and economic change from the top down.
Because of this racism is built into our country.
America needs a cultural and economic change from the top down.
By Smokey Go To PostToronto would be dope to move to. Canada is probably as far as I'm willing to go tbh.Shit was a struggle and I had gubment money and benefits...
But I'm gonna start including that on my list of places. Who knows if it would ever happen, but I'm giving it way more thought than any other time in my life.
I don't regret shit. If I do go back mainland it'll be just long enough to make my next trip better than this and permanent.
Car broke down last weekend and while I was waiting for my tow truck, this cop pulls up beside me. It was midnight.
I been out here long enough to not even trip, cop asks me if I need a ride home, offers to wait with me, tells me who to call for through the dispatch if I need help... shit was chill as fuck just like it always is.
Back in NC? Man, I had a cop walk up on me when I was playing basketball and the whole time he spoke down to me he never took his hand off his pistol. That kinda stuff doesn't just leave you easy. I was 13 practicing free throws on my own basketball court that I built.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostShockingly enough, Israel is actually pretty good in that regard, but that's also because they have a lot of Ethiopian immigrants, and the state itself is very receptive of minorities and the LGBT (including parades and recognizing marriages).You're wrong. You're talking about (some parts of) Tel Aviv. The rest of the country is a very different story. The far-right has a lot of power. Also, you're minimizing the kind of casual racism that's acceptable there, even in Tel Aviv. The N word is acceptable, and fairly common. Many talk about Ethiopians as free-loaders, etc. A great number are deported.
Also, I don't know how you can talk about racism in Israel and not mention their apartheid.
Oh Christ. I'm not touching this fucking non sense with a ten-foot pole. This isn't about Israel. It was a reference. Don't derail the thread.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostOh Christ. I'm not touching this fucking non sense with a ten-foot pole. This isn't about Israel. It was a reference. Don't derail the thread.well tbf you did attempt to deflect the racism in America
My facebook feed has plenty of Israelis who think it's funny to replace the n-word with "obama". But sure, let's say that racism is not a problem there, and say it's "nonsense" because they're so welcoming to Ethiopians.
http://www.irinnews.org/report/94819/tribulations-being-ethiopian-jew
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/ethiopian-jews-hold-protest-tel-aviv-racism-150518193345455.html
and let's call "nonsense" the denunciation of their treatment of palestinians.
http://www.irinnews.org/report/94819/tribulations-being-ethiopian-jew
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/ethiopian-jews-hold-protest-tel-aviv-racism-150518193345455.html
and let's call "nonsense" the denunciation of their treatment of palestinians.
You guys missed my entire point. I'm explaining why American racism is criminally messed up by stating how terrible other countries are, but why it hurts the most here.
Let me make it more clear: We are a land of freedom, opportunity, and have allegedly thrown away oppression. We preach it to the world, because most of the world is years behind on such liberty. So when it happens here, and it's so blatant, that's the hurt.
Let me make it more clear: We are a land of freedom, opportunity, and have allegedly thrown away oppression. We preach it to the world, because most of the world is years behind on such liberty. So when it happens here, and it's so blatant, that's the hurt.
By Tea Go To PostI think "racism is everywhere" is just not good grounds for discussion regardless.it's that rationalizing that keeps people trapped and doesn't allow them to move... do your research all countries are going to have flaws but you'll never really know if you could deal with them unless you live it
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostYou guys missed my entire point. I'm explaining why American racism is criminally messed up by stating how terrible other countries are, but why it hurts the most here.
By blackace Go To Postit's that rationalizing that keeps people trapped and doesn't allow them to move… do your research all countries are going to have flaws but you'll never really know if you could deal with them unless you live itIt's varying degrees. In parts of Asia and Europe you'll get side-eye, even overt talking but not catch bullets or be trumped on some bullshit charge.
By blackace Go To Post
Drop that Neo-GAF sarcasm bullshit, please. I already edited my post making it crystal clear so there are no memes to sarcastically post.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostDrop that Neo-GAF sarcasm bullshit, please. I already edited my post making it crystal clear so there are no memes to sarcastically post.if you want to go there.... your post sounds very much like racism is everywhere so deal with it at home.
And that is the real bullshit son
By DY_nasty Go To PostShit was a struggle and I had gubment money and benefits…
I don't regret shit. If I do go back mainland it'll be just long enough to make my next trip better than this and permanent.
Car broke down last weekend and while I was waiting for my tow truck, this cop pulls up beside me. It was midnight.
I been out here long enough to not even trip, cop asks me if I need a ride home, offers to wait with me, tells me who to call for through the dispatch if I need help… shit was chill as fuck just like it always is.
Back in NC? Man, I had a cop walk up on me when I was playing basketball and the whole time he spoke down to me he never took his hand off his pistol. That kinda stuff doesn't just leave you easy. I was 13 practicing free throws on my own basketball court that I built.
real talk, hawaii was the only place where shit felt...different (in a good way). they have their own issues out there with locals or whatever, but shit just felt different/more calm out there. probably why i want to get back there. i distinctly remember my wife saying she would love for our son to grow up out there particularly because of the diversity .
Well, America is a first world country so this is practically paradise for me.
As crazy it sounds jamaican police can be wilder.
As crazy it sounds jamaican police can be wilder.
By blackace Go To Postif you want to go there…. your post sounds very much like racism is everywhere so deal with it at home.
And that is the real bullshit son
No. My post is that the entire fucking world is racist but America's racism stings like a motherfucker because they promise all of us equality and are quick to run away from the constitutional freedoms promised and pretend like nothing happened. Cops aren't prosecuted and shit gets swept under a rug. Do you understand now? Or do I have to make it even more clear?
Let me dull it down for you: a family member stabbing you in the back hurts a lot more than a stranger doing it. Family promises to stand by. A stranger makes no such promise. So when family fucks you over, that causes hurt and anger. In this instance, America is "family".
The only reason I even started talking about the rest of the world is because somebody mentioned looking at and maybe even leaving to another country, and I simply mentioned that other countries are even worse and that liberties for minorities there aren't even promised.
america being family does not work, if anything america is the lack of windows in the classrooms
this 'anger' is more confusion and helplessness
this 'anger' is more confusion and helplessness
I think a lot of people never felt like part of America's family to begin with and didn't buy any promises made. A lot that feel good constitutional shit has never really applied in the real world to various groups of people.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostLet me make it more clear: We are a land of freedom, opportunity, and have allegedly thrown away oppression. We preach it to the world, because most of the world is years behind on such liberty. So when it happens here, and it's so blatant, that's the hurt.Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You preach it to the world cause it helps sell what ever you want to sell.
Plenty of other countries got plenty of it.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostNo. My post is that the entire fucking world is racist but America's racism stings like a motherfucker because they promise all of us equality and are quick to run away from the constitutional freedoms promised and pretend like nothing happened. Cops aren't prosecuted and shit gets swept under a rug. Do you understand now? Or do I have to make it even more clear?This worldview only makes sense if you grew up believing in the America that the privileged perceive to be. I'm gonna bet you that the oppressed don't look at America as family, but rather as a dangerous stranger ready to pounce at them.
Let me dull it down for you: a family member stabbing you in the back hurts a lot more than a stranger doing it. Family promises to stand by. A stranger makes no such promise. So when family fucks you over, that causes hurt and anger. In this instance, America is "family".
The only reason I even started talking about the rest of the world is because somebody mentioned looking at and maybe even leaving to another country, and I simply mentioned that other countries are even worse and that liberties for minorities there aren't even promised.
By DY_nasty Go To Postamerica being family does not work, if anything america is the lack of windows in the classroomsThis
this 'anger' is more confusion and helplessness
By Tea Go To PostI think a lot of people never felt like part of America's family to begin with and didn't buy any promises made. A lot that feel good constitutional shit has never really applied in the real world to various groups of people.This
At various points in time the agenda has been to wipe out minority persons and their culture despite whatever some piece of paper says. And it's never really stopped, it just manifests itself differently throughout the ages. What is promised or regurgitated in grade school classrooms has never been a reality. At this point in time I earnestly recommend some Howard Zinn.
By Tea Go To PostI think a lot of people never felt like part of America's family to begin with and didn't buy any promises made. A lot that feel good constitutional shit has never really applied in the real world to various groups of people.
I'm a Russian immigrant myself, and even I don't think it applies to me a lot of times. My run-ins with the law have been largely unpleasant when I was in NYC. At one point even had a police officer fired at my local precinct and another one punished at a Connecticut precinct. My experiences became so tainted after being thrown down and detained and lied to and let go, that my best friend and I (my friend being pretty dark skinned) started recording every single encounter.
Finally, before leaving NYC, every pull-over I'd stick my hands out of the car. And even an encounter with a cop while walking or waiting somewhere, I had my audio widget ready to record with two taps of a finger. I've told cops to "hold on, while I get my phone ready....okay, how are you, officer? You just walked up to me 5 seconds ago correct? How can I help you?"
Shortly put, I don't trust cops.
It goes way beyond cops though, entire discriminatory practices have been in affect for ages that impact black people today.
One of the biggest economic and social "fuck yous" that hit blacks the hardest was redlining. And what happened most recently? Predatory loans. The shit just doesn't change, it merely manifests itself through new and different institutional practices.
Link about redlining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
One of the biggest economic and social "fuck yous" that hit blacks the hardest was redlining. And what happened most recently? Predatory loans. The shit just doesn't change, it merely manifests itself through new and different institutional practices.
Link about redlining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
Arguing with those who defend killer cops is like arguing with ISIS about the pros and cons of terrorism.
If you're defending killing, you're already morally dead inside. Fuck you.
If you're defending killing, you're already morally dead inside. Fuck you.
shit getting wild out in dallas, shots fired at a protest
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Protests-in-Dallas-Over-Alton-Sterling-Death-385784431.html
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Protests-in-Dallas-Over-Alton-Sterling-Death-385784431.html
So they found a black man hanging from a tree this morning at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. 99% chance it was a suicide, though, but no one on social media is buying that after recent events elsewhere. Apparently a big protest formed about 2 hours ago and shut down 10th street. Glad I stayed away from there today.
This is basically my neighborhood. My neighborhood ends where the park begins, and the entrance where he was found is the park's main entrance, at 10th and Charles Allen. Across the street is an assload of homes and condos right up on it, lots of lights everywhere and traffic at all times. And usually a police cruiser either parked on the street or not far away (lots of DUIs caught here leaving midtown bars) I very seriously doubt this was a murder. Why would you lynch someone right in front of hundereds of people's homes?
This is basically my neighborhood. My neighborhood ends where the park begins, and the entrance where he was found is the park's main entrance, at 10th and Charles Allen. Across the street is an assload of homes and condos right up on it, lots of lights everywhere and traffic at all times. And usually a police cruiser either parked on the street or not far away (lots of DUIs caught here leaving midtown bars) I very seriously doubt this was a murder. Why would you lynch someone right in front of hundereds of people's homes?
Some people on twitter were claiming the KKK were handing out flyers in that park the night before the dude was found hanging, but I haven't seen anything more definitive from a real news source. Seems really unlikely in Atlanta.
news saying two cops shot at the dallas rally
https://www.facebook.com/michaelbautista86/videos/vb.100003576517454/899698650159344/?type=2&theater
yo.... this wasn't a few popped shots, a couple of dudes really let the fuck off
https://www.facebook.com/michaelbautista86/videos/vb.100003576517454/899698650159344/?type=2&theater
yo.... this wasn't a few popped shots, a couple of dudes really let the fuck off
yo SHOTS FIRED AT PROTEST IN DALLAS
https://www.facebook.com/michaelbautista86/videos/vb.100003576517454/899698650159344/?type=2&theater
fucking gun battle, dudes are exchanging fire. fuck man.
last thing we needed. sounds like 2 cops down
https://www.facebook.com/michaelbautista86/videos/vb.100003576517454/899698650159344/?type=2&theater
fucking gun battle, dudes are exchanging fire. fuck man.
last thing we needed. sounds like 2 cops down
By Jay Whatever Go To PostSome people on twitter were claiming the KKK were handing out flyers in that park the night before the dude was found hanging, but I haven't seen anything more definitive from a real news source. Seems really unlikely in Atlanta.
Sure, that might have happened (the flyers, anyways) but Atlanta is heavily african american and that area is probably the most liberal area in the entire southeast. Not to mention lots of people, nightlife, hotels, cops, etc. etc. all right there. If a bunch of racist murderers were going to kill someone, i very seriously doubt they would have picked that location.
Canada and the UK have their own issues with race relations/employment discrimination and all the usual hallmarks of White supremacy, but its just a fact the cops there arent anywhere near as murderous as they are in America. So while you have to navigate the typical racial minefields, youll at least SURVIVE to be able to do it.
Its these American cops + disgustingly biased justice system that gives White supremacy in America that extra lethal edge.
I dont think cop culture in America will ever change unless theres literally a separate police institution created from the ground up thats been scrubbed of that classic slave patrol culture.
Its these American cops + disgustingly biased justice system that gives White supremacy in America that extra lethal edge.
I dont think cop culture in America will ever change unless theres literally a separate police institution created from the ground up thats been scrubbed of that classic slave patrol culture.
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/ stream from KTVT in dallas
By DY_nasty Go To Postdudes shooting out of a parking deck in the middle of dallasFuckin' emboldened nutjobs are going to start coming out of the woodwork trying to stir shit up and cause more mayhem between cops and protesters.
The cops in Dallas were there in support of the protesters too. Fuck this country.
Should have stayed in Europe in 2005 and took that job with my ex's father.
Should have stayed in Europe in 2005 and took that job with my ex's father.
Just got word that 3 DART officers were shot, and 1 has died
source: my in law who is a DART officer. she's heading in now. hoping she got some bad info
source: my in law who is a DART officer. she's heading in now. hoping she got some bad info
By Enron Go To PostSure, that might have happened (the flyers, anyways) but Atlanta is heavily african american and that area is probably the most liberal area in the entire southeast. Not to mention lots of people, nightlife, hotels, cops, etc. etc. all right there. If a bunch of racist murderers were going to kill someone, i very seriously doubt they would have picked that location.the KKK is heavy in Georgia tho
i cant even imagine being black. shit is rough being hispanic but at worst i just have to deal with harassment and invasion of privacy.
10 cops shot. 3 dead. Not sure if the DART officer who was confirmed dead earlier was included in the 3.
By HasphatsAnts Go To Post10 cops shot. 3 dead. Not sure if the DART officer who was confirmed dead earlier was included in the 3.Multiple snipers according to reports. Fuck.