Reality is based on facts. The fact is that we have police departments in certain parts of this country that are treating blacks differently than whites.
That fact does NOT necessarily apply to ALL police departments. That, too, is a fact.
Until you show proof that the Mission Bay police department is just like the Ferguson PD, then all you've done is slandered the policemen and women of Mission Bay.
Why the double standard Don? Blacks must confront reality. Blacks this and Blacks that by you and the majority on this board and in the church and on tv. Why must I present proof when generalizing about white police officers , yet no one has to present proof when generalizing about Blacks?
As I said in the other thread, there's a method to my madness. And you just revealed the double standard as did Rolf.
Blacks knows that no matter what white folks do and no matter how they behave, those behaviors will never be discussed as evidence of some race-based group identity.
And so when white men brawl in the streets at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York, as was recently captured on video, not only will none of the violent men in question be arrested, but it will fail to register even a blip in the media culture that was so quick to discuss the recent fight amongst black girls at a Brooklyn McDonalds. And needless to say, when covered, it won’t lead to pronouncements about the cultural dysfunction of white men and their tendency to over-consume alcohol, even as the fight involving African American youth was met with just such a culturally-inscribed narrative.
So too, when a white family in Idaho initiates a deadly brawl at the local Walmart, as happened recently, no one in FOX News-land will opine as to the white cultural or genetic rot at the heart of such behavior.
Black America knows that white males can pummel each other senseless in a hockey rink and not worry that such violence might be viewed as a reflection of white people’s lack of impulse control or thuggish natures, unlike the way brawls involving black athletes are often viewed, especially on a basketball court.
Black America knows that a white frat boy can fire a weapon at a rival fraternity and not have it seen as evidence of something inherent to preppy white kids and their penchant for gunplay.
Black America knows that when white folks riot, overturning cars, starting fires and throwing rocks and beer cans at police—either because it’s “Pumpkin Fest” time in Keene, New Hampshire, or because of the results of a sporting event, or a sporting event, or a sporting event, or a sporting event, or perhaps yet another sporting event, or maybe yet another sporting event, or because what else is there to do in Iowa? or because of a surfer festival—there will be no long exegetical ruminations about the brokenness of white families, the pathology of our communities, or the need for whites as a group to “take personal responsibility” for our savage young people.
---Tim Wise
Yes, you can. Every time you imply "all," you overgeneralize the truth. And every time you say "police" without a qualifier like "some," "most," or "all," then you're implying "all." And that's called an overgeneralization.
So what's it called when white folks do it? What's it called when white folks do it all the time about Blacks and the Black community? What's it called when rolf doesn't want to generalize about trigger-happy , racists white cops, but folks on this board again and again generalize about Blacks?
And there you go assuming I'm not black again.
I KNOW you're not Black. I'm around black people all the time. You're not black.
Done. The answer is, "I don't know."
That was awfully quick. Can you count them on one hand? Go over to BET online and ask them. Or go to one of the other predominantly Black message boards and ask them the hypothetical.
DRT is what they are gonna say because, unlike you, they deal with the reality of white police officers killing Blacks all the time.
Well, that doesn't make a lick of sense. You spoke to me; you said "y'all," indicating me and other folks; but now you're trying to say that only I can tell if you actually meant me or not.
makes plenty of sense. If you're not guilty of the action, then you aren't included in the YALL.
No, son, it doesn't work that way. You either meant to include me, or you would have said "they," indicating other folks.
As I've said repeatedly to the very rude RD2, my dad is dead and has been in the ground for 20+ years.
I'm not your son. I'm not your boy. The name is ZAAC just as it says on the screen.
In that case, not everyone in the KKK is racist, correct?
They aren't. There are folks in the KKK because their family forces them to be in the KKK.
All I did was say that you're calling people racist. I didn't say how many, I didn't say which ones. YOU did, when you said a whole lot of racially prejudiced personalities are on this board.
And all I did was say when I call someone a racist, that's what you'll read, so save your lies. So as long as you insist on telling lies about me, it's right back to IGNORE for ya.
Tell me what I've specifically lied about.
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL. Don't feign ignorance with me. That might work with some others, but it ain't gonna fly with me.
Evangelism in the context of those people you believe need to be educated and saved from their racist viewpoints.
I evangelize to the glory of Jesus. If they can't see the UnGodliness in their actions, then I'll just make sure that any poor lost person who happens upon this board knows that without a doubt they don't represent Jesus.
Again, point out specifically what I've lied about. I haven't lied about you at all.
Again, feign ignorance for someone a little bit slower.
You've indicated people on this board have racist viewpoints, thereby indicating that they're racist. If that's not what you meant, then you should clarify.
Man stop. Thereby means YOU jumped to your own conclusion. If you needed clarification, then you should have said CLARIFY. But don't say that I've said ANYTHING that I know I can read the page and clearly see that I have not said.
So again, save your lies.
