I don't disrespect your POV - I think it's kind of an interesting perspective. It's thought-out, which is saying something right now.
I'd even agree about the media - but to me, that's a distraction to what is happening. I don't really get distracted by the media anymore. They have their bias - I rely on them for a lot of coverage, but understand that bias & filter that coverage accordingly.
There is serious pent-up frustration out there. It's being stoked for other agendas, but the basic frustration is there, and it's not a fabricated thing. We need to keep working at it. Racism & prejudice will be outdated concepts someday. I'm always anxious to get to that point when we're past our immaturity as a species.
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As far as I know, the LAPD still has a reputation for harassing black people. They're also known for just being corrupt in general.
The same seems to be true for the NYPD. There's a general trend of a lot of the biggest, bluest cities having serious police problems. Granted, they also seem to have some of the worst crime problems too.
I'll say this much. You have more faith in humanity than I do. Prejudice is something that happens naturally for humans, and some of it is actually beneficial for survival. In societies where everyone is so racially mixed that they share a common heritage, there is instead something called "colorism." People still discriminate based on skin tone.
Another interesting thing is that colorism happens among minorities themselves. The black community has a long history of treating lighter skinned blacks differently from darker ones. Usually, the lighter skinned black people are treated better among their own people.
So, as far as I can tell, prejudice is here to stay. Racism might go away if we racially mix enough, but we'll just replace it with colorism.
"Triggered" is so 2016.
It doesn't work anymore, now that the most triggered person in America, over & over again, is POTUS.
Stone (05-31-2020)
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