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Originally Posted by crakjak
All Americans should be outraged about the 700+ young black men (children) that have been murdered in Chicago alone. Violence against black males in general is outrageous, and out of control!!! President Obama and Eric Holder should take a look into their own backyard before demonizing Sanford, Fl.
Most of it this violence is black on black, so why does the rare case of white on black seems so egregious??? Or Hispanic on black???
I just don't get it.
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As a white person of the Heinz 57 variety, I'm offended that black people might think that my actions toward them might be motivated by race. I cannot fathom why someone might think that I'm their friend because they are black, or I'm holding the door for them because they are black, or that I won't speak to them because they are black, or that I'm laughing because they are black, or if I take the life of an intruder, I did so because they are black.
On the other hand, and I realize there are some exceptions, whites don't do that based on the race of the offender alone. For instance, if my car is highjacked by a black man, I'm not going to say he only did that because I'm white, or if he holds a door open, he must be doing it because I'm white.
Now, if I commit an offense and use a slur against them, perhaps it's a racial event. George didn't do this, but Trayvon did. George saw a young kid with a hoodie on. Trayvon saw a creepy a&& cracker following him. If anyone turned it racial, it was TM.
I wish the black leaders would step up as you said and clean up their own backyard. Continuing to 'fight against the white man' is only keeping them suppressed. They need to rise above the past...especially a past they never lived in.
In the words of the famous Rodney King, 'Can't we all just get along??'
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