Dear White People- A Bit Of A Rant

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Friday December 05, 2014 · 2:28 AM PST

2014/12/05 · 02:28

We have been reading about the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and others and, so far, no majority of White people as in a grand jury or in polling seem to want to hold the police officers involved accountable in any way.

There is so much evidence that our justice system does not treat all of us the same. Shockingly enough, even some Republicans/conservatives are critical of the Staten Island grand jury for failing to indict Officer Pantaleon (who applied the forbidden choke hold to Garner) for any charge at all. And the DOJ just released a study of the Cleveland Police Dept, which has been almost two years in the making, which was very critical of their training and practices. Tamir Rice, who was only twelve years old, was shot by one of their officers.

Except for those whose reaction is that they don't want to hear about this anymore because they reflexively support police, or despise Black people, the rest of us are troubled and we want change. Now.

So, why is the slogan: Black Lives Matter being pushed over for: All Lives Matter?
Why are discussions about this very obvious and ongoing problem being sidetracked by personal anecdotes by White people who seem to feel a need to be leading the discussion... once again?

blindyone

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Saturday November 29, 2014 · 2:55 PM PST

2014/11/29 · 14:55

That is a sweet picture of the little Black boy in Portland, Oregon hugging the White policeman during a Ferguson protest last Tuesday.

It has gone viral so obviously hundreds of thousands of people are responding to it and passing it on.

Seems like it was another thing that White Americans had to be thankful for over the holiday weekend because they could, once again, fantasize that American racism will be fixed as soon as enough of us smile and hug each other, and cry over and share pictures like this.

(I've never written a diary in this format, so pass the squiggle thing and continue on if you are so inclined.)

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Dear White People- A Bit Of A Rant

Too Bad That Touching Pictures Can't Fix American Racism