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Many forget the racially motivated riots in Charlotte sparked by Law Enforcement and Asian retailers vs Black patrons high profiled issues with violence.
You're right. And of course, Charlotte is a part of the segregated South/Jim Crow era. I think, though, that Charlotte has pushed past that stereotype by focusing on business and progress. The times I have visited Charlotte, I never felt racially targeted. I cannot say the same for some cities, unfortunately.
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You're right. And of course, Charlotte is a part of the segregated South/Jim Crow era. I think, though, that Charlotte has pushed past that stereotype by focusing on business and progress. The times I have visited Charlotte, I never felt racially targeted. I cannot say the same for some cities, unfortunately.
Charlotte doesn't appear racially motivated like Chicago, St Louis or Milwaukee. Unfortunately I did have some nasty encounters in the two years of living there but nothing that couldn't be experienced anywhere else in the world.
Many forget the racially motivated riots in Charlotte sparked by Law Enforcement and Asian retailers vs Black patrons high profiled issues with violence.
Charlotte's riots were just a drop in the bucket in America in 2016 unfortunately. No one really remembers the name of the guy who was killed by law enforcement in Charlotte which led to the riots, but a lot more people remember Philando Castile who was also killed that year by police in the Twin Cities region.
I don't recall any instances involving violence between Asian retailers and Black patrons in Charlotte though.
Charlotte's riots were just a drop in the bucket in America in 2016 unfortunately. No one really remembers the name of the guy who was killed by law enforcement in Charlotte which led to the riots, but a lot more people remember Philando Castile who was also killed that year by police in the Twin Cities region.
I don't recall any instances involving violence between Asian retailers and Black patrons in Charlotte though.
It took a lot of effort to find this. But these type of incidents where happening in Charlotte. It's amazing how we are being programed to not look at certain things.
It took a lot of effort to find this. But these type of incidents where happening in Charlotte. It's amazing how we are being programed to not look at certain things.
It took a lot of effort to find this. But these type of incidents where happening in Charlotte. It's amazing how we are being programed to not look at certain things.
There's no "programming" going on here. It was one incident in a city of 900K and in all likelihood was far down the list of newsworthy events on the day it happened. The fact that it took some effort to find that YouTube clip--and not an article from a major newspaper or video from a national news outlet--says just what a non-event, in the grand scheme of things, it really was.
There's no "programming" going on here. It was one incident in a city of 900K and in all likelihood was far down the list of newsworthy events on the day it happened. The fact that it took some effort to find that YouTube clip--and not an article from a major newspaper or video from a national news outlet--says just what a non-event, in the grand scheme of things, it really was.
Mutiny,
You have been programed and you don't know it.
Mutiny,
You have been programed and you don't know it.
No, you made a claim that you have failed to provide evidence of. A singular isolated incident that you had to spend time digging through the archives of YouTube to find a video of does not constitute "Asian retailers vs Black patrons high profiled issues with violence."
Show evidence that this was a trend that actually received mainstream media coverage (which is the basic standard of "high profile"). Otherwise, you're just trying to make fetch happen.
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