Police state reached

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by OldDog

So, why the rush to judgement by (some) black "leaders," and the main stream media? Why are they claiming something which, if you're right, can neither be proven nor disproven, namely that young blacks are being killed by police more than young whites, hispanics or asians? (rhetorical, I know)

And why did Obama so quickly dispatch Eric Holder to Ferguson? Was it so that he could publicly recall his own "angry" experience with police? Maybe he's considering his own run for the 2016 nomination.

altho there are no stats faithfully compiled regarding use of force, there are many studies about race, bias, stop and frisk stats, etc.
and there's also tons of anecdotal evidence. it's not a rush to judgement. they live it every day.
why did obama dispatch holder? because it's a big mess over there. the county is investigating their own, which is ripe for problems right off. there's evidence coming out of past run ins there, discussion of other times where there's bias. and i have to say, this trickle of info coming out now and then is mind boggling. they took days to interview suspects, and only did so when the thing blew wide open.
as for his own 'angry' experience with police....
this is why it's so difficult to have race discussions. if someone says 'this happened to me' there are those who will dismiss it. if someone writes that it seems there is a disproportionate number of cops vs blacks as compared to other groups, they're a self hating liberal.
there was an article discussing ferguson police and stops on blacks vs whites, and the disparity in criminal finding. more often than not, the whites were actually the ones found with contraband-but everyone knows that it's more likely a black man will be stopped than a white man.
i'll never forget hearing the story of a black guy at the store (i think it was neil degrasse tyson) who went to leave, and at the exact moment he was leaving the store, a white guy went thru the security gates with him.
the alarm went off. they stopped him. not both him and the other guy...just him.

[Danzig]

i wonder if any one has ever dressed and made themselves up to look black, to see if they're treated differently....anyone know?

[Pants II]

Oh here we go with the "muh sympathy" card.

Useless statistics that can be endlessly countered between people that will not change their mind no matter what.

You would be more productive trying to blow yourself.

Meanwhile the Attorney General of the United States just revealed his bias yesterday by throwing race into the equation. If I white attorney general had gave a pandering speech like he did to an angry group of whites the liberal idiots on here would be comparing it to the KKK.

Just go **** yourselves, idiots.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i wonder if any one has ever dressed and made themselves up to look black, to see if they're treated differently....anyone know?

Yes, but in a long ago era..Back in mid 70's my father-in-law, a Baptist Minister from Ky gave me this book,Black Like Me..think i still have it somewhere in the attic..quite a read..also made a movie..here's the story..

Black Like Me is a nonfiction book by journalist John Howard Griffin first published in 1961. Griffin was a white native of Dallas, Texas and the book describes his six-week experience travelling on Greyhound buses (occasionally hitchhiking) throughout the racially segregated states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia passing as a black man. Sepia Magazine financed the project in exchange for the right to print the account first as a series of articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me


and the movie..

Black Like Me 1964NR
A white man medically alters his pigment and reinvents himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through the South. Along the way, he experiences firsthand crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American community.

Cast:James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Gerringer, Clifton James, John Marriott, Thelma Oliver

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Yes, but in a long ago era..Back in mid 70's my father-in-law, a Baptist Minister from Ky gave me this book,Black Like Me..think i still have it somewhere in the attic..quite a read..also made a movie..here's the story..



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me


and the movie..

Black Like Me 1964NR
A white man medically alters his pigment and reinvents himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through the South. Along the way, he experiences firsthand crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American community.

Cast:James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Gerringer, Clifton James, John Marriott, Thelma Oliver

thanks.

...'how sassy they were becoming' geez!

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

thanks.

...'how sassy they were becoming' geez!

forgive me for this one, a joke from the times..

My father-in-law preacher was also a funny guy, always had a funny story or joke to tell...one i remember...guy was walking down the street and runs into an old friend and says to him..' I hear you got married recently..guy says..'yep, sure did'..first guy asks him..'is she a nagger?'..guy says 'no she's a white woman'