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If you guys really wanted to put your money where your mouth is, you would try to empathize, understand and discuss the issue - not mock it and not mock him for relating to it.
I know a lot of you think this race thing is being manufactured, but you're wrong. I dated a black guy for a couple years and let me tell you, I got treated differently because I was with him. People watched us when we were in a store. It was SO OBVIOUS! People whispered about us in public. They stared and shook their heads. I have just a TINY bit of experience being profiled and not trusted, simply because of the color of my boyfriend's skin, and that's when I really GOT what white privilege is.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
Speaking of profiling ....
I have a teenage daughter. When ever we go to the mall the workers in the stores keep a close eye on her. She's profiled as a demographic that needs to be watched more closely in the stores because so many teen age girls shoplift. IT'S A SMART AND REASONABLE THING FOR THE STORES TO DO. I have spoken to her and have told her that when she's near jewelry that she should stand with her hands behind her back and not touch anything so that the store people can relax. I'm not angry at the stores ... I fully understand it. So does my daughter. They watch her ... so what?? There is a reason for profiling ... it's not something that is invented out of thin air.
Originally posted by adamkgonz
It may not be a case of racial hate but it is a case of racial discrimination. I really hate how people just forget that they say ohh the court treyvons mom they all said he wasnt racist..... maybe he wasnt but he was definitly profiling a young black man walking around.
I do agree though that Obamas statement is just adding fuel to the fire, it was a very poor choice of words, im guessing he doesnt agree with the verdict either loledit on 19-7-2013 by adamkgonz because: (no reason given)
He also suggested that the outcome of the case could have been different if Martin were white. "If a white male teen would have been involved in this scenario," he said, "both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different."
The nation's first black president, Obama said that it is impossible for the African-American community to not view the Martin case without filtering it through a long history of racial discrimination. "The African-American community is looking at this through a set of experiences and history that doesn't go away," he said.
Obama said that, before he was elected to the Senate, he was also profiled in department stores and viewed suspiciously on the street.
"If Trayvon Martin was of age & armed, could he have 'stood his ground' on that sidewalk? Would he be justified?"
Woah, 60+ kids? When someone moves to Chicago do they hand them a kevlar vest? AKA "Chicago Uniform". That amount of violence boggles my mind.
I don't understand what's WRONG with what he said. It's the truth. Maybe you should LISTEN to what he said...
I know a lot of you think this race thing is being manufactured, but you're wrong. I
Originally posted by Cuervo
reply to post by neo96
I'm thinking that people are increasingly getting vigilant in making sure our president doesn't can't express himself. Is he not allowed to speak as a black man? He said he respected the verdict. He also said he could relate to Trayvon.
I see nothing wrong with that. The only people this incites are people like the ones who are upset on this thread. If this were a white kid and Bush said "that could have been me", people wouldn't have thought that was related to race.
Would you feel better if Biden said "A few years ago, that Zimmerman guy could have been me"?
Originally posted by seabag
It’s amazing to me that otherwise smart people are so easily sucked into Obama’s BS!
We need him to take this issue more head on than he has... the issue of lingering racial disparities and tension.
It is good of him to reach out to black America and be unified with them, as his legacy will probably be as much about being the first black president as anything else.
Originally posted by Gazrok
Probably more due to the racial differences than just him being black.
In other words, if he was with a black girl, would he have gotten the stares? No, of course not.
There's a big difference between bigotry attitudes and ACTUAL discrimination.
I'll bet a LOT of those looks and whispers were from BLACK folks, just as much as from white ones too...
I really can't get the whole thing.
I'm thinking that people are increasingly getting vigilant in making sure our president doesn't can't express himself. Is he not allowed to speak as a black man? He said he respected the verdict. He also said he could relate to Trayvon.