Church shooting in Tennessee

[Esaias]

Secret information?

Oh, right, if you don't look at it that makes it "secret".

lol

[aegsm76]

JD - I believe the overall point of white on black crime being more news worthy than black on white is correct.
Because it fits the current media narrative that everything wrong in the US is due to white people and especially white males.
If the Antioch shooting had been a black church with a white shooter, it would have been national news for days.
With every liberal politician in sight getting involved.
Probably would have even been brought up on the floor of Congress.
This is the double standard that everyone is referring to.
And it does exist.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

... No there really isn't-- and if there was, it is NOT on display concerning this case.

Originally Posted by aegsm76

JD - I believe the overall point of white on black crime being more news worthy than black on white is correct.
Because it fits the current media narrative that everything wrong in the US is due to white people and especially white males.
If the Antioch shooting had been a black church with a white shooter, it would have been national news for days.
With every liberal politician in sight getting involved.
Probably would have even been brought up on the floor of Congress.
This is the double standard that everyone is referring to.
And it does exist.

Ok.
There is a double standard. In fact, I have said it myself and I don't know why I denied it earlier.

Still, fabricating the facts of THIS murder is not necessary to prove the double standard to which you are referring.

[Esaias]

[Originalist]

Afro-American pastor and political commentator Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says that the Dylan Roof shooting was an "overrreaction" on Roof's part concerning the lopsided interracial crime stats, and the fact that even though blacks commit far more violent crimes against whites that whites do against blacks, the media ignores black on white crime. He was not excusing Roof, but simply pointing out that sooner or later someone from the white community was going to snap and lash out.

Thoughts?

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Afro-American pastor and political commentator says that the Dylan Roof shooting was an "overrreaction" on Roof's part concerning the lopsided interracial crime stats, and the fact that even though blacks commit far more violent crimes against whites that whites do against blacks, the media ignores black on white crime. He was not excusing Roof, but simply pointing out that sooner or later someone from the white community was going to snap and lash out.

Thoughts?

I follow the train of thought, just disagree.
Now, I am deeply concerned about the state of race relations in this country.
As I have before stated, I grew up in a multi-cultural environment, however even in that environment, there were overlaps of agreement.
We are rapidly losing that overlap.
I do sense hope, but usually only in a church setting.
Such as the recent NAYC in Indy.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Afro-American pastor and political commentator Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says that the Dylan Roof shooting was an "overrreaction" on Roof's part concerning the lopsided interracial crime stats, and the fact that even though blacks commit far more violent crimes against whites that whites do against blacks, the media ignores black on white crime. He was not excusing Roof, but simply pointing out that sooner or later someone from the white community was going to snap and lash out.

Thoughts?

Honestly, I don't see the media ignoring black-on-white crime.

The whole idea of white-on-black crime has a history ingrained into the American psyche and so when something happens that reminds America of the ugliness of the past, a LOT of people in the general public react strongly.


The general public does not react the same to white-on-white crime, black-on-black crime and black-on-white crime because these types of crimes do not hold the same grip on the collective psyche of America. Without taking into account motive, what makes any of these crimes less worthy of front page newspaper coverage?

These crimes do not remind us of the same things, they do not bring certain issues back to the forefront of our collective minds.

It's not an example of some vast conspiracy. It's human nature.




Here in Cleveland, there have been protests, vigils, and even billboards for a white man who was unjustly killed by the police up here. It is the family and friends of this man that are constantly keeping his untimely death in our minds.

If more white people would do this when they are the victims of police brutality, then maybe more would realize that the entire country has a vested interested in solving the police brutality problem that plagues all communities. The reasons behind police brutality may differ from community to community, but there are relatively few communities not affected by police brutality.

And while the stories of blacks murdering whites in the process of robberies, rapes, and all sorts of heinous crimes, the motives usually reveal that the victims are victim of convenience and circumstance and not because of their race. It happens more often that when the perp is white and the victim is black, there are racial issues that are uncovered.

Another thing about perpetrators of black-on-white crimes... the blacks are usually caught, the jail sentences are usually longer, and the capital offenses are much more likely to end in the execution of black offenders than white offenders.

America is the land of opportunity.
America is also the land of double standards.
Blacks have lived with this reality ever since blacks have been in America.
Still, the answer is NOT to foist unjust double standards within the justice system on whites or anyone else.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

The general public does not react the same to white-on-white crime, black-on-black crime and black-on-white crime because these types of crimes do not hold the same grip on the collective psyche of America.

You're an apologist. No major news coverage of an event and you say its because no general public reaction? lol You've got it backwards. There is no general news coverage in order to stifle a general public reaction.

Of course YOU don't see any conspiracy. That's because the media supports YOUR agenda.

You can't even hear what's coming out of your mouth. You are saying the only IMPORTANT NEWS WORTHY CRIME is when whites attack blacks, the rest is irrelevant. But you can't perceive that's what you are saying.

But plenty of others can.

[n david]

"""Black man who opened fire at a Tennessee church left a note in his car that referenced retaliation for a white supremacist's massacre at a black church in South Carolina - AP"""

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by n david

"""Black man who opened fire at a Tennessee church left a note in his car that referenced retaliation for a white supremacist's massacre at a black church in South Carolina - AP"""

That pretty much seals it then.