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Take the riot that broke out last month in Keene, New Hampshire, during a pumpkin festival. Fires were started, cars were flipped and expletives were hurled at cops. Police arrived on the scene with tear gas and pepper spray to contain the riots. But the American public largely shrugged its shoulders at the incident. After all, white, unruly college kids will be rowdy, right? They're just booze-filled revelers. As CNN commentator Sally Kohn aptly put it, "how is it that the bad behavior of some black people is used to condemn an entire community, while the bad behavior of some white kids is excused and explained away?"
During a rash of rioting by surfers in Huntington Beach, Calif., writer Cord Jefferson satirically asked, "How long must we wait for the white community to get its act together?" After riots in Huntington, Keene, and elsewhere, we rarely see political or media commentary that asks people in the white community to speak out, tells white parents to get their acts together or complains about the "thuggish" values of today's youth. The vastly different reaction to the Ferguson riots Monday shows, yet again, a troubling discrepancy in how Americans talk about white and black violence. The Ferguson protests are not the same as protests over sporting events or a pumpkin festival (yes, a pumpkin festival) that's spun out of control. The reactions in Ferguson are of a greater intensity because they're driven by entirely different emotions: anxiety, frustration and fear over a case that seemed to sum up decades of racial tension in the St. Louis area.
originally posted by: Onslaught2996
Reason I brought up was because of the latest comments by members concerning a car driving through the mob or when a child was shot instantly.
These disgusting people should be weeded out of ATS. You can never have any type reasonable debate..because of their racist subtle posts.
originally posted by: Onslaught2996
Reason I brought up was because of the latest comments by members concerning a car driving through the mob or when a child was shot instantly.
These disgusting people should be weeded out of ATS. You can never have any type reasonable debate..because of their racist subtle posts.
It Is Infinitely Easier to Kill a Million People than it is to Control Them
originally posted by: alishainwonderland
*black man is shot* it was his own fault