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Well, you probably don't get the other part of the talk though: "The talk is about how you will be treated as less than other people, you cannot let that ever m
by lifeformed 6y ago
Well, you probably don't get the other part of the talk though: "The talk is about how you will be treated as less than other people, you cannot let that ever make you angry, never let it cause your voice to raise, to always be conciliatory. Because you might get killed."
- exolymph 6y agoThe cops shoot white people too, you know. A heartbreaking example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver#Shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver#Shoo...
- gowld 6y agoThat was a horrific crime committed by a psychopath. That's nothing compared to the systemic comprehensive demonization of black men and boys by police, prosecutors, judges, and civilians.
- lifeformed 6y agoNo one is claiming otherwise. It's disingenuous to take a real-life issue ("cops kill black people disproportionately") and strawman it by applying a cutoff filter to it ("cops only kill black people"). It's like responding to "smoking kills" with "but my grandma smokes and is still alive".