heres one on chicago

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/u...inds.html?_r=0

cleveland recently had an investigation by the feds that only concluded that black ppl felt they were unfairly targeted. ofc, this city has had multiple awful incidents the last few years. the report did find that cleveland police are pretty much terrible ppl who routinely use way too much force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice

cop pulls up and shoots a 12 yr old approx 3 seconds after arriving. ofc he got in no trouble.

then theres the incident where a bunch of police chased 2 black ppl in a car after it backfired and they thought it was gun shot. they put like 130 shots into the car including a policeman standing on top of the car and firing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooti...lissa_Williams

Yes, I think this is the least racist time in our history. There is still a lot of room for improvement of course.

The NYT article seems to have teeth, but I would have liked to see them mention testing the higher minority arrests/shootings against income to see if the officers are targeting people in neighborhoods that have higher crime. Either way, placing 100% blame on the police for higher arrests rates among one race is just wrong.

You're right. It's the racist legislative and judicial systems that are to blame for this mess as well.

^ yeah, this, though I wouldn't be surprised if bahbah thinks some % of that 100 is black people wearing their pants too loose.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, in Between the World and Me:

(dreamers = something he talks about a lot in the book but basically white people, Prince Jones = someone he knew in college who was later killed by a cop)

Racial disenfranchisement -> poorer and less educated black Americans -> the idea that "blacks are just inferior" -> justification for more racial disenfranchisement because "they're just ignorant and apathetic anyway." -> poorer and less educated black Americans -> the idea that "blacks are just inferior" -> justification for more racial disenfranchisement because "they're just ignorant and apathetic anyway." -> ad infinitum.

Oh yeah and in 2017 you get to throw in the lovely "that was all in the past, so people today have no excuses" BS into the whole cycle. Makes it all that much more effective.

I wouldn't make that claim at all.

I'm not a big fan of The Intercept. But they did break the story.

I hate that the response to things like this is usually "Stop making them the victims. You're making them feel trapped! They can just pull themselves up by the bootstraps, etc"

Just increase the minimum wage and things will improve a lot right?

Black people are 8 times more likely to resist arrest as well.

Somebody talks about black men going go jail or committing crimes they are called a racist.

Somebody talks about men going to jail or committing crimes they are not called sexist.

Hmmm!

Bah bah a long time ago you claimed you couldn't be racist because no one chimed in to back letsgsmbool. I was too lazy to log in and post. Everyone thinks what he thought. Later.

Some continuing racism is scheduled for 2 o'clock today in North Dakota. Thanks, trump.

No, although that would definitely help. Increase min. wage, integrate the public schools, fund public universities again, end the War on Drugs and mass incarceration, get independent redistricting in every state, equal representation for black Americans in the judiciary, etc. etc., THEN things would improve a lot.

This wouldn't just improve lives of black Americans though--make no mistake about it. It would also give white kids from rural California to rural Appalachia a fighting chance in the modern tech-based economy.

The hypocrocy of the left makes it hard to take them serious. You're all over Trump for being anti semitic yet you've said nothing about Obama who is arguably the most anti semitic President ever.

Trumps son in law and daughter are Jewish. The leader of Israel loves Trump. The people of Israel love Trump....and you call him anti semitic?

http://lidblog.com/the-obama-adminis...showing-again/

Well, Trump has hired Steve Bannon as his White House Chief Strategist. He retweets white nationalist memes all the time, as do his top people Conway, Miller, and others. This piece may be eye-opening for you on the duality of the whole thing, but if you think about it it's really not that complicated. Trump and Bannon support a kind of apartheid state in the United States--a return to Jim Crow disenfranchisement through voter suppression and draconian immigration enforcement--and Netanyahu of Israel supports a similar apartheid state against Palestinians. They have common interests in mind at all times.

How Steve Bannon and Breitbart News Can Be Pro-Israel — and Anti-Semitic at the Same Time
http://forward.com/news/israel/35440...-semitic-at-t/
Obama was anti-semitic? Give me a break, I don't even think people on the right believe claims that stupid.

And beyond all that, it is really really a problem that white people have that they think because they have, for example, a close black friend that they are all of a sudden immune from saying or doing racist things. This is absolutely not the case. Being racist is a natural extension of being born and raised in the United States, a white supremacist society, so what someone should do is reflect on that fact rather than be defensive when people tell them racism is a big problem in the United States.

So is hypocrisy better or worse than racism? Are we seeing some of that 'moral supremacy' posturing rumored to exist in certain groups?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

what about the black person who is the close friend and also feels that racism isn't a big problem in the US? is he also racist?

Obama is clearly anti Semitic in my opinion. Read the article. He's friends with people who have ties to Hamas. He could be considered the biggest supporter of terrorism given the Iran nuclear deal. 150 billion dollars worth of support to a country that chants death to the US and Israel. His non veto of the racist UN resolution. Etc etc.

Possibly, the point is having a friend doesn't clear you of being racist against your friends race. Not doing or saying racist things about your friend's race does.

I am not surprised when anyone doesn't notice racism.

It's more to it than that, Why wouldn't I stand by my friends if they did declare racism happening? If another friends say well no it's not. Fine they don't have to do anything even if they are wrong and would want to do anything when racism is happening. I can surely investigate racism for myself thoroughly for a friend.

What are we arguing about? It's about friendship and connection, So it's not political unless friendship is some how voted upon by others. And when people find the racism and investigate it, it does appear where it disappears is where genuine friendships have form instead of stereotypical or narrative-asserted connections.

I vote stand with friends and investigate racism with them too.

is that what einbert was saying? i thought he was saying you are racist if you even suggest the problem is not as big as he thinks it is. that made me curious how he feels about black people with a similar opinion.