I'd love a huge protest all over Chicago aimed at stopping the violence there. Kind of like in the movie Chi-raq.Lot of fair points. And I agree with a lot of them generally. Government killing black people is different than black people killing each other.
I can understand why you or anyone would be tight at police murdering black people and then other black people then using that as a platform to talk about the madness of us killing ourselves.
But something's got to give. Way more attention and outrage is aimed at police slaying black folk than black people killing each other. It's strange and weird to think there are people who are part of the uproar targeted at at blue-on-black violence (which they should be) but then damn near indifferent at black-on-black violence (which claims way more black people's lives). I think this reality is unsettling for some and they feel the need to point out the hypocrisy or the irony.
So, again, I get why you are upset because you see these at two different issues that should be addressed differently. But maybe they are intertwined and part and parcel of the same problem--people don't value black lives like they do others and/or there's always a legit reason to take a black person's life. If this is so, it's hard to talk about one without also talking about the other. Tell me how I'm wrong and I'll show you how maybe you're not seeing the larger picture.
I can't really tell you that you are wrong because I don't know, this is a very complex issue. It is probably one of several factors, I think it's pretty naive to claim that an important factor to why there're racists is black peoples own fault. If that was the case Obama wouldn't be the racists biggest target before he even before he was elected while he was running.Lot of fair points. And I agree with a lot of them generally. Government killing black people is different than black people killing each other.
I can understand why you or anyone would be tight at police murdering black people and then other black people then using that as a platform to talk about the madness of us killing ourselves.
But something's got to give. Way more attention and outrage is aimed at police slaying black folk than black people killing each other. It's strange and weird to think there are people who are part of the uproar targeted at at blue-on-black violence (which they should be) but then damn near indifferent at black-on-black violence (which claims way more black people's lives). I think this reality is unsettling for some and they feel the need to point out the hypocrisy or the irony.
So, again, I get why you are upset because you see these at two different issues that should be addressed differently. But maybe they are intertwined and part and parcel of the same problem--people don't value black lives like they do others and/or there's always a legit reason to take a black person's life. If this is so, it's hard to talk about one without also talking about the other. Tell me how I'm wrong and I'll show you how maybe you're not seeing the larger picture.
I been working for the boys and girls clubs all thru out Chicago for the past seven years....I have worked with Michael Jordan family and workers at his James Jordan boys and club. Etc...there are groups who work everyday fighting black on black crime by giving children hope..helping some get jobs, school clothes,give them some type of positive guidance..but since groups like that are not on CNN or on Facebook everyday to some they don't exist..SOME of our people are not aware of what goes on unless its pushed thru media... Sad shyt...not speaking directly to you...just read somethin in your post that made me think of this.Why do imbeciles like Gates have to discuss these two problems simultaneously.
Yes, I'd like to see the same work being done for black on black crime like the cats in the late 80s/early 90s did but that's not what we are talking about here. And it's not even about white people, it's about the government who are supposed to represent us, who we finance that are killing black people and systematically discriminating and protecting the perpetrators. This means that they are all involved, the whole justice system.
The black on black crime thing is just as wack if not worse as far as everyday life consequences goes, but structurally and conceptually the government sponsored racism is worse. And might be one of the reasons to why several subsets of the black community are in the shytty position they are in.
Dude got me heated, but my point is that both problems need the same attention but not in conjunction.
TBH, I know some but I'm very removed from the work and problems in the projects at this point in my life. I'm well aware of the macro questions, but really nothing about the day to day progress other than what I read in the news. However when I'm back in NY I'll try to get involved in something more the company's social responsibility events.I been working for the boys and girls clubs all thru out Chicago for the past seven years....I have worked with Michael Jordan family and workers at his James Jordan boys and club. Etc...there are groups who work everyday fighting black on black crime by giving children hope..helping some get jobs, school clothes,give them some type of positive guidance..but since groups like that are not on CNN or on Facebook everyday to some they don't exist..SOME of our people are not aware of what goes on unless its pushed thru media... Sad shyt...not speaking directly to you...just read somethin in your post that made me think of this.
What if all he's saying is ..
Get this
We get equally mad and post just as many pictures when we kill one another
As we do when the police does it to us.
They both wrong ..
We just go about them differently ..
And a death is a death .. however they got there..
We should acknowledge that life
Like we would if they died in any other manner ..
Maybe .. just maybe that's not considered c00nin..
And just an observation that hits close to home ..
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when did thugs take a oath to protect and serve and also let me know when they on video tape and not go to jail