Ok, a few thoughts on this.
It's absurd to see the Faux News crowd talk about this. They actually blamed the shooting on a hatred of Christians, in spite of the fact that his manifesto pretty clearly placed his hatred at other races, not the nations' dominant religion. They seem to be willing to point their fingers in all kinds of crazy directions, but they're unwilling to admit racism is a thing.
I'll be the first to admit, I've seen people who claim to be advocates for black people that have kinda jumped the shark. But I've also seen real racial issues in the country, too. I do have to admit, the more hyperbolic racial advocates aren't helping their cause; instead, they're just crying wolf and convincing people that nothing they have to say is worth listening to (which, in turn, means they're also going to be ignored when real racial issues come up).
You could say the two groups are mirror images of each other: One refuses to acknowledge that race isn't an issue at all anymore while the other forcibly injects race into every issue. In the end, I think we need to find a way to meet somewhere in a more reasonable, middle ground.
And with this coming up on the heels of the black teenager being tackled by the white cop and the Baltimore riots and a host of other cases involving police killing black people for, at best, questionable reasons, I can see some serious anger from black communities. And I think it's justified to have that anger. The only question is, what is going to be done about it? Are the police going to keep killing black men for no good reason, while black communities continue to burn themselves down in protest? Or are we going to take a realistic look at race issues in America and attempt to deal with them in a realistic manner?
It's absurd to see the Faux News crowd talk about this. They actually blamed the shooting on a hatred of Christians, in spite of the fact that his manifesto pretty clearly placed his hatred at other races, not the nations' dominant religion. They seem to be willing to point their fingers in all kinds of crazy directions, but they're unwilling to admit racism is a thing.
I'll be the first to admit, I've seen people who claim to be advocates for black people that have kinda jumped the shark. But I've also seen real racial issues in the country, too. I do have to admit, the more hyperbolic racial advocates aren't helping their cause; instead, they're just crying wolf and convincing people that nothing they have to say is worth listening to (which, in turn, means they're also going to be ignored when real racial issues come up).
You could say the two groups are mirror images of each other: One refuses to acknowledge that race isn't an issue at all anymore while the other forcibly injects race into every issue. In the end, I think we need to find a way to meet somewhere in a more reasonable, middle ground.
And with this coming up on the heels of the black teenager being tackled by the white cop and the Baltimore riots and a host of other cases involving police killing black people for, at best, questionable reasons, I can see some serious anger from black communities. And I think it's justified to have that anger. The only question is, what is going to be done about it? Are the police going to keep killing black men for no good reason, while black communities continue to burn themselves down in protest? Or are we going to take a realistic look at race issues in America and attempt to deal with them in a realistic manner?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
