Lets be real here for a second.
Blacks and Africans are our own worst enemy. I heard about this news and read it on another forum whereby a few black people jumped to saying that if perhaps the BLM protestors(In another state) had protested nicely and not done anything to insult white people or hurt their feelings, then perhaps white people would be more willing to listen; or that events like this could have been avoided. They actually said this. And I cant help but wonder, when have BLM protestors ever killed a white person or assaulted one. Since when is hurt feelings or strong language a silent agreement that a black persons life is forfeit when they say it to a white person. For a society that prides itself on it's "freedom of expression and speech", it really amazed me that black people and whites especially were defending this logic. People can march and shout and yell obscenities at one another, at other groups, insult, etc with no repercussions; but somehow when it's between black and white; we must be very careful not to tread on white peoples feelings or sense of safety and security. And just what are BLM protestors yelling about, except for the fact that many black people don't have those feelings of safety, security or that...their lives matter.
I read about the Dartmouth incident a couple weeks back, and people were furious about that. Many were calling for the protestors to be found and arrested or put in jail for marching into a library, yelling "fukk your white tears", and cornering one girl to yell in her face against a wall, before she escaped. That was wrong. But what was wrong about it. And why is that situation wrong, but when protestors of BLM are assaulted at a Donald Trump rally or in general situations, these people never voice the same concerns and ask for such heavy response. Since when did white lives matter more than black lives...Because that's what this is about at the end of the day. That's why BLM exists. It wouldn't exist if white people owned up to the problems in *their* society, with the laws and institutions *they* set up, for them, by them. And you know why this is, because it would be a tremendous blow to white ideals of superiority if they took some serious reflection and owned up to the things they've done and continue to do. But it will never happen, because it's always "Not all white people", My best friend is black", etc. And I've always wondered, if you're a firefighter and your team fails to put out a building on fire during a test, does your team failing as a whole mean that *you* are to blame. or is it a failure within the team to work properly that is the problem. But white people get so defensive about race, many don't even want to talk about, let alone admit that there is a massive race issue. You get all the usual deflections...but even more worrying; "somewhere" along the way, hurting a white people's feelings meant that you could be physically assaulted as a black person. And not only will you have white people mum on it, the very same people who say "I'm not racist" instead of "I know I'm not racist. But we have a race problem", but you will also have some blacks and Africans saying "Well maybe if these people had done this or that...then this wouldn't have happened. We need to be calm, we need to talk to them nicely, try not to alienate them...". But let me ask you this, when white people seek to alienate us, do they just...not do so. Why are we so obsessed with them accepting *us*, that we will sell our dignity and our self respect; to always lower ourselves to take whatever they dish out.
We live in a society whereby white people are at the very top, and have projected that image around the entire world. Along with their interpretations of us after centuries of abuse and neglect. That, is the world we have inherited, not one of equality or blind freedom and love. And its fine to talk to people, t try and have a dialogue and meet halfway on issues. But if one group a) thinks there isn't really a problem or b) uses your anger as a reason to excuse their heavy handedness. Then what does that tell you about that group as a whole when they don't ask "Why are you so angry", but rather "Why are you insulting white people and blaming them". That's not addressing the issue, is it. Someone who knows they fukked up, knows that they have to work their way back into forgiveness by the person they hurt, and that they may not even get it. But white people think they don't even have to apologize for anything, we're all "equal". And they cannot fathom lowering themselves to meet us halfway. So when black people have outbursts of anger, we're told to "Calm down" or "There they go at it again". But in all my life, whenever I have screwed up with my parents, teachers, friends; you name it; I always knew that talking to them would be hard; and that I would probably get a lot of emotional weight from them before things cooled down and we could rebuild. And that's why this racism problem will never go away, because it's slightly different in that regard; A) White people refuse to talk about what they did...because B) That means taking responsibility for their actions and....C) "It wasn't me. So I shouldn't be accountable". All the while ignoring all the things that they are immune from, because people *like them* broke the backs of many unlike them.
I get why white people always get defensive or swerve when things such as this happen. But I don't know why blacks and Africans continually toss their self respect out of the window to sing kumbaya or so terribly blame themselves. This is stockholm syndrome on a societal level.
