Today, in my philosophy class my professor was going on one of his usual meaningless rants about things completely unrelated to the class.. I was zoning in and out of sleep until I heard him mention Ferguson. Mind you, my professor is a 65 year old cac military veteran so I already assumed what his opinion was going to be but I never thought he was going to be so blatant with it.
He was generally speaking about how first reports are usually inaccurate and then began mentioning how Ferguson is a perfect example of that. I'm paraphrasing here but he said "african americans" were up in arms without even knowing the full story, he said reports came out later that Michael Brown had gun powder on his fingers which proves he was in close proximity with the cop, that he had weed in his system which altered his mind state and could have justified the six gun shots (absolutely ridiculous argument), and then said that even african american witnesses said that Michael Brown did not have his hands up. He then said that the grand jury should order a no bill but because they are afraid of riots they will not. He then, I'm being deadass serious here, said:
"Remember that Tyrone case in Florida? Everyone was ready to crucify Zimmerman but we later found out the facts and that Tyrone bashed his head on the concrete, I'm telling you folks first reports are generally always wrong."
Me and the other four black dudes in the class just looked at each other with a combination of
Why do teachers/professors feel as if they have a right to say whatever they please?
shots fired
for not letting ur emotions get the best of you, experience will tell never to challenge/eembarrass people who hold power in public, if u got an issue discuss it with them on a one-on-one basis or just send an email with all the facts. if they are civil they will re-visit that topic infront of the class/group, if they dont..well u got ur answer ( wateva point you have as a black undergraduate is useless to a cac expert in a subject they have researched for decades)
