Jul 22, 2016

Haha I stay indoors when I'm high, sadly my skin-tone and red eyes would get me thrown in a car.

But on a serious note it's something a couple of us have been traumatized about. I remember when I lived in the Bronx it was pretty common to see cops slam people on cement and very rarely did it happen but we sometimes heard helicopters at night when they were conducting a raid. I remember one time I was walking with my mom and a cop questioned us where we were going and what was in the grocery bag we had, obviously we had nothing suspicious but the impending fear made us nervous and my mom's English at the time was still a bit green so it was a tense situation. It's small things like that and others could probably share worse stories that have given us a negative perception about police.

 

Jul 22, 2016

are you winning your chess match

 

Jul 22, 2016

Here's a funny question for you guys, when was the last time you ever felt secure or even comfortable the moment you see a police car or even an officer?

I've always felt there is a giant discord and division between the general public and those in law-enforcement, whether you believe the recent turn of events involving police brutality has been over-sensationalized it's a further reflection of the long-going abuse of power and the lack of preparation to protect themselves and the citizens in any circumstance or situation. Whether it's the difficulties of dealing with communities that are deeply disenfranchised or the deep-rooted racial relations that continues to surface it's ugly head, for the sake of avoiding further Dallas and Ferguson's it should be paramount that law-enforcement does receive the proper training and recruiting to handle the responsibility.

 

Jul 22, 2016

I think that's the point he was making...

 

Jul 22, 2016

didnt he post something like " i find myself hating black people more every day"

 

Jul 22, 2016

Yes, think for a bit. People have said egregiously racist things about Obama throughout his term. I'd characterize some of the opposition against him -- certainly their tonal choices -- as deeply racist. ("How dare this black b------ challenge my worldview/me/my "principals")

He's also, ya know, experienced actual, upfront racism throughout his life. He's written books, and given speeches, about the subtle challenges of being black in America.

Honkey is somewhat racist, but it's suchhhh a goofy toothless word. But I'm polished and UMC. If a black person said honkey to a hillbilly in the deep south, they might have a different reaction. So, words have a range of values depending on the time period/location. Given this country's history with racism, obviously derogatory terms for black people are farrrr worse. It's definitely not an eye-for-an-eye t-t-for-tat.

Always know your audience.

 

Jul 22, 2016

There are good individual policemen for sure, but the system of unaccountability and treating people of minority in an inhumane manner a disgusting recurrent cycle that needs to be addressed. Simple.

What people are asking for is very straightforward. Instead what you have is ignorant people saying blue lives matter to spite the fact that the systems has shown us our black lives do not matter as much.

 

Jul 21, 2016

I appreciate the police when they arrest JMG his 3 brothers and his dad.

 

Jul 21, 2016

pretty much, tried used the free-form crop tool in MS Paint

 

Jul 21, 2016

one of my favorite bands

 

Jul 22, 2016

You can't pass yourself off as an intellectual and claim sociology isn't a "real subject." It doesn't work like that.

 

Jul 21, 2016

Good thread JMG, not sure if you've heard of officer Tommy Norman but he's been basically doing a bunch of stuff to try to help give cops a better reputation again, here's a video about him.

 

Jul 21, 2016

he's white, he can call the cops and be fine. that's not the point tho

 

Jul 21, 2016

83 percent of white people are killed by whites. White-on-white crime is disgusting and shows that those honkeys don't value their lives. So why should we? Blue lives matter!

 

Jul 21, 2016

W-Wow this really made me think...I guess I'm #TerminallyHill now

 

Jul 21, 2016

Trivia question : which minority group in the U.S. has commited more homicides than whites the last 30 years?