Enough black defensiveness (family, American, America, stereotype)
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better to be assaulted and robbed than risk offending a minority..
I think it goes deeper than that. There is quite a bit of anger and mistrust that goes beyond 40 years ago. Some people don't forget what happened back in the days of Jim Crow and before. Some Black people might view "crossing the streets whenever someone sees a Black man" as a hidden throwback to the 1950s and before. It is often a matter of "the more things change, the more they stay the same". For some criminal who is already far gone and messed up in the head, he or she isn't going to care what other non-Black people think, so another non-Black person crossing to the other side of the street when they see a Black person has no meaning to them. It is like "well, I don't like them either, who cares?" For a law-abiding Black person who has done what he should, it hurts and it is on a personal level. Frustration comes from this because said person is doing everything right, and is still perceived by some people(not all though) as a criminal simply because he's Black. It goes beyond offending someone.
More like they are reacting as they have been biologically programmed to do, minimize threats.
There is a white liberal in a coma here on DC because he didn't want to stereotype.
But what YOU aren't understanding is that Blacks have basically been stereotyped in this nation since day one. It has been ongoing throughout US history. This is why Black people like me get upset when they are stereotyped. Why is that hard to understand?
And you say that you are Black. Have you thought of the fact that you aren't free from getting stereotyped? I have to think about that daily. Have you ever thought about that?
I wish there was an icon that would roll around laughing. You are missing the entire point and making quite a few generalizations of your own.
A couple things I do feel the need to address: blacks are not the victims of crimes committed by whites, by and large, it is from black on black crime, so crying "victim!" in this discussion only makes your side look worse. Second, nobody is harassing black people in nice cars or running from black men in business suits. What planet do you live on? It doesn't sound very fun there. Continue feeling sorry for yourself, it will get you nowhere. You have only yourself to blame for your problems, no matter what race you are.
Nothing you wrote addresses what I said, apart from the claim that "nobody" harasses black people, and all empirical data shows that you are wrong.
What does THAT tell you? Remember Jesse Jackson's story of hearing stepping behind him and seeing the dudes were "white" and he relaxed? Jackson's also Black. Sheesh!
I know what he said and I know he's black.My point is just because you don't see sometghing doesn't mean that it's not true..
Did you even read the post I responded to or did you just rush to answer so that you can put black men down again? Andrea said that black men that drive in fancy cars and wear suits don't get harassed, and I was telling her that they do and that just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Do you understand now?
Stereotyping first has to have a base marker to ascribe to. How did that occur or is that a figment also?
I wish King had lived long enough to confront the reluctance within his race to face down the "defensivness".
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