Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I’ve lived in an 80% black zip code for 8 years now. I’m treated way different and better than my black neighbors by the police. I’m treated way worse by some employees of businesses in said zip code. Just my anecdotal experience.
I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist, it absolutely does. I'm also not saying that cops don't treat black people differently, especially in predominantly black neighborhoods.
All I'm saying is that there's more to the formula than just skin color.
And I also shouldn't have been so curt in saying that resisting arrest was the problem, as if it is the only problem. Police brutality, against everyone, is a problem in this country. We've all heard stories of white women being cavity searched repeatedly for no reason. No, it's not murder but it is rape, and it's still wrong.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
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What about African-American Jason Whitlock and his take on all of this? He’s an AA and I happen to thinks he’s 100% right. Do his words matter?
I'll tell you about Jason Whitlock: He's an opportunist that's playing all of you guys like drum.
Whitlock was hired in KC back in 1994 and was quickly controversial due to his "Hot Takes". He parlayed his success at the Star into a local radio show, then was hired by ESPN, the largest sports broadcasting network in history and since, his career has been on a downhill slide to the point where he's doing "Podcasts".
He's working you guys. He's telling you exactly what you want to hear. He's not "keeping it real", he's pandering to his "audience" because he knows all too well what you guys want to hear.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Well according to a lot of people like Lebron James, Blacks are being “hunted” and “targeted”. That’s how out of control that narrative has gotten.
You tell me if you think the facts support this?
Hint: They don’t whatsoever.
You specifically mentioned "frequency." Your rebuttal doesn't address frequency at all.
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
I'll tell you about Jason Whitlock: He's an opportunist that's playing all of you guys like drum.
Whitlock was hired in KC back in 1994 and was quickly controversial due to his "Hot Takes". He parlayed his success at the Star into a local radio show, then was hired by ESPN, the largest sports broadcasting network in history and since, his career has been on a downhill slide to the point where he's doing "Podcasts".
He's working you guys. He's telling you exactly what you want to hear. He's not "keeping it real", he's pandering to his "audience" because he knows all too well what you guys want to hear.
Real networks want nothing to do with him.
Holy shit we’re just going to have to agree to disagree because I think this is an absurd argument to make when Whitlock’s argument is clearly based on logic and reason.