What is the controversy surrounding #takeaknee

[Amarok]

So wait Beta's is all but pushing race realism while saying he's not a racist .And cherry picking studies to support said conclusion . Seriously your not fooling anyone Beta.

And what makes it worst is he's not even right about it
http://www.timwise.org/2005/10/flipping-...h-pigeons/

[Athene]

Blacks at 13% of the population, also account for 47% of wrongful convictions, according to a recent report by the National Registry of Exonerations.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/b...index.html

What conclusions do you draw from that?

That the cops were just, 'erring on the side of caution,' lol.

Oh, I'm positive he'll ignore/find fault with any additional or accompanying statistics that offer any further insight into his "The Blacks are so gosh darn violent!" premise.

I'm guessing he's 100% committed to his....particular line of thinking.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

You can't really draw conclusions, I mean you can but you can't really get to "black are more violent people" from two piece of statistics... Sometimes you see what you want to see..

[downbeatplumb]

Brian,

A person is brandishing a gun in public. 

Should the police refrain from acting if that person is living below the poverty level?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtOD4Nvt5tw

a large group of armed white people opposing police. They weren't shot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRIHNn78dc

"We only shoot black people" says US cop.

[Edwardo Piet]

Us Brits are weird. I've never heard ONE British person say 'blacks' but I've heard them say 'black people' repeatedly. I say 'black people'. We don't tend to say 'gays' either but we say 'gay people'. If I were to say 'gays' or 'blacks' I'd probably get called a homophobe or racist unless the person I was talking to was themselves homophobic or racist.

So to anyone who thinks that political correctness has gone mad in America: it's pretty mad over here too.

There are folks here who regard "black/blacks/black people" as antiquated and borderline-racist, to be sure. I don't give a damn, though, mainly because they're non-black PC warriors looking for an edge, any edge, from which they might look down upon others.

My bold.

Well there's a lot of people like that over here. Especially in the north east where I live. I really struggle to make friends here as when someone isn't a massive chav they tend to be a massive snob.

[Amarok]

Brian,

A person is brandishing a gun in public. 

Should the police refrain from acting if that person is living below the poverty level?

Tell that to NRA gun nuts

[Thumpalumpacus]

The good general lays it down here; it seemed appropriate here:





"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out."

Hear, hear. I have never been so proud of my Air Force.

[John V]

One can be racist with perfectly genteel language is the takeaway from this thread.

Ah yes, I'm the racist who acknowledges white privilege and supports affirmative action.    Lots of those running about.

The real takeaway is that you guys see racist wherever you want.

[Thumpalumpacus]

One can be racist with perfectly genteel language is the takeaway from this thread.

Ah yes, I'm the racist who acknowledges white privilege and supports affirmative action.    Lots of those running about.

The real takeaway is that you guys see racist wherever you want.

Mmhmm. If the shoe fits ...

No matter the positions you claim to espouse, your analysis -- and I use that term very loosely here -- of statistics shows a bias in your thinking. It's possible, I suppose, that you're entirely unaware of it ... I suppose.

[The Grand Nudger]

There's an epidemic of unwitting racists of late, or so I hear.