Despite mass murders committed by suburban white men, it seems to be only inner-city black and brown youth that are the victims of Stop and Frisk.
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When’s the last time you heard of a young black man taking a semi-automatic weapon into a school or movie theater and attempting to shoot everything that moves? Can’t recall, can you? But I bet if I asked when’s the last time a young black man made headlines for being demonized, humiliated, and in many cases abused by racist cops conducting a stop and frisk—which by the way in New York City in 2011 an estimated 680,000 stop and frisks were conducted; 90% of those stopped were people of color; 90% were innocent and 99% didn’t have a gun—you could send me a zip file full of articles.
Have you ever noticed that when a white man commits an awful act against humanity, like James Holmes and the Aurora movie theater shooting, the news media immediately calls into question his mental state? They interview former classmates to see what he was like as a child and have renowned medical professionals come on air and provide thought-leadership on issues related to mental health, like schizophrenia, for example.
But when your local news station interrupts your favorite television program with breaking news that narrates the story of a dangerous black male killing another dangerous black male over “ni**er problems,” like drugs, infidelity and robbery, the black male killer never gets his history read, nor does the journalist covering the story make an effort to research former classmates to see what “lil’ blackface” was like on the basketball courts during recess.
Television cameras aren’t chasing down the suspect when they leave court for an interview, and dammit, the sleazy public defender better not even thinking about using insanity as a plea.
The only thing post-racial thing about this society is the ability to—with malice intent—post racial shit online, and start a controversial conversation on the comments thread.
The majority of the US shows no genuine effort in easing racial tension. The President for Christ’s sake oversees a nation where police officers have stop-and-frisk quotas and for-profit prison have quarterly projections.
It’s clear that we won’t see race reforms discussed during this Presidency, or probably any other. But since “gun violence” affects white people so much and their sense of security, the solution I recommend is equally distributing, that the men in blue stop and frisk on the outskirts of town, where the “ni**er problems,” like drugs, infidelity and robbery; manifest themselves in another color and on a whole different level.
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My uninformed guess is that the black men whom are likely to commit such murders are probably already in gangs and thus any killing urges probably get taken care of in everyday drive bys and whatever goes on. Black people are not immune to mass killing, see Rwanda and the horrors in many wartorn countries. Another issue is that assault rifles cost quite a lot of money, and racial issues may even make it harder for black people to get the guns due to racist attitudes against them and the lower overall economic status to afford them. According to wiki… Read more »
Archie- 90% of the time I think you are in the 10 ring…
To equate Black Americans with Africans is specious…
It would be akin to speaking about Euro-Americans and Russians in the same breath…
In re NYC stop and frisk… I’m a fat white man in a suit unconcerned about the switch blade I carry on the subway, while my laborers are worried about the box cutters they have in their tool bags.
Washington Square Park on any given day is like a White 420 celebration every day, as are the side streets after work around the Exchange.
10 ring?
Sounds pretty messed up there. Do white people in labourer outfits get targetted more than in business suits as well?
Bullseye…
No white guys don’t get frisked on the subway like browns…
People headed to Penn or Grand Central- suburban RR hubs don’t get hassled much…
I don’t disagree that imbalances like you named exist.However,I think this is an unfortunate juxtapostion of the two narratives,sacrificing one unfortunate soul in deference to elevating another.At the end of the story most men get abused by this criminal criminal injustice system.Throwing another body under this bus won’t stop it from careening out of control.Educating white people,as difficult as I suspect you know that is,may be the only answer.