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re: Former LSU safety Eric Reid joins Kaepernick protest
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:41 am to geauxtigers33
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:41 am to geauxtigers33
BLM has evolved into more than just the police shootings. I agree with bamagoat in that these shootings somehow never seem to be of an upstanding citizen who was just minding their own business.
What you have to realize is that BLM has become more of a wide ranging concept for black folks who feel they've been oppressed. And they have been. The 60s wasn't too long ago. He issue I have with BLM is that many of their supporters are for violence, they treat each shooting as they are all the same as opposed to taking it case by case, and their delivery is ineffective and encourages segregation.
If more folks protested peacefully and didn't encourage violence I think we'd get a lot farther in race relations.
What you have to realize is that BLM has become more of a wide ranging concept for black folks who feel they've been oppressed. And they have been. The 60s wasn't too long ago. He issue I have with BLM is that many of their supporters are for violence, they treat each shooting as they are all the same as opposed to taking it case by case, and their delivery is ineffective and encourages segregation.
If more folks protested peacefully and didn't encourage violence I think we'd get a lot farther in race relations.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:44 am to cas4t
They have not been oppressed. Let's cut that stupid shite out. They have every opportunity that anyone else in this country has. The only possible oppression comes from others in their communities and the democrats that have handed them handouts and encouraged single parent house holds.
I could buy this protest if it was coming from some kid that grew up on the street and saw democrat policies wrecking his people. Kap and Reid basically lived the country club life.
I could buy this protest if it was coming from some kid that grew up on the street and saw democrat policies wrecking his people. Kap and Reid basically lived the country club life.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:46 am to cas4t
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If more folks protested peacefully and didn't encourage violence I think we'd get a lot farther in race relations
Perhaps they should have went about it like the dildo protest in Austin.
I mean.. the logics behind both are about the same. Both born of ignorance.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:49 am to cas4t
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feel they've been oppressed. And they have been. The 60s wasn't too long ago.
60's weren't that long ago in some ways, but in other ways they were 50+ years ago. We've come a long way. We've had an African American President for 8 years. He won two elections in, essentially, landslide fashion. African Americans only make up about 22% of the US population, so that means O won with a lot of votes from Caucasians too. We've had African American Attorneys General for 8 years.
At some point, BLM and all those who are oppressed - those battling poverty, women, other minorities, those on the lower end of educational spectrum - need to look deeper into the cause of that continued oppression. Perhaps it can be attributed to those we continue to elect who have lied to us about the change they'll bring. Are we really better off in terms of race relations now than 8 years ago? Look at the cities struggling the most with violence, crime, poverty, education. They are lead, almost entirely, by Democrats - and have been for decades.
Oppression isn't delivered at the hands of one specific race. It's delivered by those who gain power from that oppression and, in Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and so many other cities that is white AND black democrats who are running those cities.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:53 am to cas4t
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What you have to realize is that BLM has become more of a wide ranging concept for black folks who feel they've been oppressed. And they have been. The 60s wasn't too long ago.
The 60's in term of times was not that long ago but the evolution of society since then is way beyond. I ask as a 30ish white male what opportunity did I have that other races did not have if they worked for it? I get that there is racism in this country but just because you didn't get exactly what you think you deserve isn;t racism that is life. You get out of this world what work you put into it and sometimes you still don't get what you deserve. You aren't owed anything you have earn it.
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