crockett |
05-11-2015 09:11 AM |
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Originally Posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl
(Post 20471322)
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It's over played and annoying, but just think if you had to deal with it everyday in your day to day life. I don't excuse these idiots whom are looting and rioting, but you would have to live a very sheltered life to not see racism is very present.
Something I saw early on as a teenager kinda stuck with me as an adult. Something as simple as paying for gas.. Back in the day I used to see this happen on a regular basis.
It used to be before gas was $4/gal you could pump your gas then go into the gas station and pay for it. It used to be a normal thing that I'd go fill up my car then go into the store and pay for it with cash. (1990s before debit cards and so on) Meanwhile almost every black person I ever saw trying to pump gas was always required to pay first before they could pump gas.
$3 & $4/gal gas made everyone equal in that regard as now everyone, white or black has to pay first for their gas.
As I say I noticed this early on in my life, so it was something I was always aware of. That's just one little simple thing where racism plays a role in people's lives that no one would likely think twice about it.. Now think if you had that happen to yourself then add in lots of other interactions in your daily life.. It would make you pretty jaded and likely even angry after some time..
Anyway.. I don't excuse when black people or white people act like animals or when they act as if something is owed to them.. However I think it's very niavie when people act as if there aren't any real problems..
Also I don't think the current issues with cops are just a racial issue. I think it's a cop issue but it just happens to affect minorities more often than white people. Now of course many people bring their problems on themselves but there also seems to be a very serious disconnect between many cops actions vs people's rights.
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