Why do you want to be the subject of his ire? He has represented himself as being black and said he was uncomfortable with some of the things said. You want those things to be identified as the things you said. Why do you want to be the one that has made him uncomfortable?
My guess is that there is some pain throughout the black community at the unfairness of the situation, but also a certain pride in knowing they have overcome so much and knowing they have the strength to continue pressing on. They are probably busy living their lives by spending time with good friends, family, and taking pride in their work. Hating doesn’t get you anything. They are too busy living lives to waste energy hating people that may or may not be part of the problem.
For people that get in the way of their rights to family, friends, and work? Probably still not hate for most because it doesn’t solve anything. They find ways to overcome and then the person isn’t worth hating because they have no effect on the community.
My Grandfather was a member of one of those ritzy whites only country clubs (they considered themselves pretty liberal as they allowed Jews, dontchasee?:rolleyes:), and I witnessed that myself, here in CA. I remember being pissed off as the Black kids got bigger tips! (but they were better at it, they went after lost balls like crazy) I never heard “little darkie, sambo, or colored boy” but for sure, the black kids were “Boy” and I was “Kid” Or “Lad”. Mind you, that was in the very early 1960s. It was a sort of benign California racism… no meanness, but condescending.
As to the next, since Dad & Granddad both insist I learn stuff during summer, one summer I worked with a handyman friend. We always went in thru the back door. In those days, in a nice house, tradesmen went in thru the back door. Period. No matter what color they were.
Sorry! Thanks for the correction, I’m terribly ignorant when it comes to usernames and I of course default to he/him because I’m a guy and “it” just seems wrong. Have we officially solved the genderless pronoun yet? Erf
Given the well-established racial disparities in police stops, arrests, charges filed, convictions, and sentencing it is clear that there are many prisoners who are there by virtue of their skin color, because if they had been white they might not have ended up there.
I have no problem with claims that the prison population is disproportionately black. That’s just a fact. That, of course, is coupled with the fact that those who commit crimes are disproportionately black. That’s also a fact. But a claim has been made that many people are imprisoned “by virtue of being black”. I am trying to find an example of one such person. I mean, there are many, right? Should be easy to find one.
Well, certainly, the culture in America has kept many Blacks living in poor areas, where education is poor, good job opportunities are scarce, and thus a disproportionate number turn to crime. AKA- poor dudes commit more crimes than well-off dudes.
The link I put forth gives us some explanations. If, for example, five percent of the Black population and five percent of the white population have drugs on them, Blacks are going to be jailed more so because police target the their group disproportionately.
The example from the California bill also gives some reasoning. Hard drugs that Black people use are classified as felonies whereas meth can either be a felony or a misdemeanor. We saw this a few decades ago with mandatory sentencing laws. Cocaine was an automatic sentence and cocaine had some leeway, despite being mostly the same stuff.
Blacks are more likely to go to jail for committing the same crime as whites. That makes sentencing even harsher because they have priors. Never mind the ripple effect: parents are in jail and not taking care of their children, a family stays poor, etc. As Foucault said, “The prison can not fail to produce delinquents.”
Or it could be because Blacks are innately, biologically inferior and prone to criminality. Has nothing to do with the *hundreds *of years of a justice system stacked against them or the intricate nature of education, economics, and race. Nope. Naturally criminals.
I think, that today in America- it is far more your socio-economic status, and where you grew up that tilts the game in your favor. A poor white guy from Compton will not have it easier than a rich black kid from Beverly Hills. That said, of course American culture does tend to keep certain minorities in those poor areas.