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Aside from how obnoxious it is to have gotten law enforcement involved just because she got called out, anyone else bothered by the continuous reminders in the
by cko 4y ago
Aside from how obnoxious it is to have gotten law enforcement involved just because she got called out, anyone else bothered by the continuous reminders in the article of who is black and who is white?
I moved abroad two years ago but is this how the US is nowadays?
- inglor_cz 4y agoThe assumption that any interpersonal conflict between two people of different race must be racist in its core is horrible. There is zero chance to improve racial relations with such paranoia reigning supreme. Instead, the population will split into nervous, hunkering subgroups. That said, the 5000 USD hourly fee reminds me of the old maxim that "the best disinfectant is sunlight". She obviously does not like the fact that this price tag for her services is now widely known. This is how you fight corruption and similar vices. Transparency.
- goldenkey 4y agoSure it's not great but you have to understand that police in the US like to shoot people. Though they generally are happy to shoot anyone, there is a higher incidence of incidents with black colored folks, so they are necessarily more afraid of cops. I am white but was almost killed by the LAPD in 2011 so anecdotally I can tell you, the evil cops don't really focus on color - it's more about power.
- inglor_cz 4y agoBeing afraid of SWATting is absolutely realistic, yes.
- fleshdaddy 4y agoIn principle I kind of see what you’re saying but I mean if the cops chose to talk to him I’m sure they’d have the context of “this is a Stanford professor calling the cops on a Berkeley professor about a tweet.” And like you said it is more about power and at least from my perspective elite university professor falls under that. I could definitely be overestimating that though. My point is given the situation the chances of something like that happening is probably quite a bit lower than with any interaction with the police regardless of race.
- esyir 4y agoWhatever your thoughts on sj itself, I've basically never seen a "social justice consultant" who wasn't a grifter.
- stingraycharles 4y agoIt seems like it’s very much being framed as a racial issue, yes, likely because the Berkeley professor asserted that calling the cops on a black man is a dangerous thing to do. It seems that without the racial aspect, there wouldn’t be much of a story left, apart from a “Karen” story comparable with what one would find on Reddit.
- bena 4y agoIt's the NYPost. They're going to stir the pot anyway they can.
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- Irongirl1 4y ago@cko yes. this is the US nowadays. but tbh, its always been this way imho.