As previous posters have said, a better center point figure would help the cause. The response I've heard is "what he did before he was shot doesn't matter. He was still unarmed!" What a bunch of malarky. What he did before and during the incident makes all the difference.
I also think the snarky approach does nothing to help race relations. If you want to approach someone in a spirit of reconciliation and friendship you don't ridicule them for every little thing. Perhaps more statistics or related experiences/examples of what it's like "to be black in America" would have been a better approach. Who am I to say anything? A white person who wants to help end racism. I'm not getting behind any effort like this, though, because it does just the opposite, IMHO.
Problem is that some in the "movement" don't want to find common ground in the same way Rev. King attempted to find allies and common ground. They aren't satisfied when a white person sees a wrong done by police against a white person and it opens their eyes. Had one tell me they didn't want allies for which it took white people dying to make them see a problem. I don't know what the hell she wants, but she made clear what she didn't want. Common ground. Not enough. Same goal? Not enough. Don't know what is enough for people like her who don't want allies or common ground. What's left? Very frustrating. Have considered giving up on her a few times, but for some stupid reason remain hopeful that an educated black woman from a small town in Alabama can get over her own prejudices and bigotries (which she justifies and shrouds in/by other people's actions) in the process so some real healing can actually take place. Sorry, today is apparently my day to vent because I've done it a lot.
I also think the snarky approach does nothing to help race relations. If you want to approach someone in a spirit of reconciliation and friendship you don't ridicule them for every little thing. Perhaps more statistics or related experiences/examples of what it's like "to be black in America" would have been a better approach. Who am I to say anything? A white person who wants to help end racism. I'm not getting behind any effort like this, though, because it does just the opposite, IMHO.
Problem is that some in the "movement" don't want to find common ground in the same way Rev. King attempted to find allies and common ground. They aren't satisfied when a white person sees a wrong done by police against a white person and it opens their eyes. Had one tell me they didn't want allies for which it took white people dying to make them see a problem. I don't know what the hell she wants, but she made clear what she didn't want. Common ground. Not enough. Same goal? Not enough. Don't know what is enough for people like her who don't want allies or common ground. What's left? Very frustrating. Have considered giving up on her a few times, but for some stupid reason remain hopeful that an educated black woman from a small town in Alabama can get over her own prejudices and bigotries (which she justifies and shrouds in/by other people's actions) in the process so some real healing can actually take place. Sorry, today is apparently my day to vent because I've done it a lot.
