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Article #596579Re: E.R. Burroughs
From: Peter Flass
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:04
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:04
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<hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2:23:37 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote: > >> "White privilege" applies to some but not everyone. If I was black, I'd >> have a much easier time understanding all those times I did get stopped >> while walking along a busy street in the daytime. Black people (well >> mostly it's men) who have written about their experiences are the ones who >> match my experience. I remember one time when we were blockading a Litton >> factory (and we couldn't get arrested where we were), someone talking >> about some arrests acted like the women had been violated because they >> were strip searched. And maybe they were, and maybe it was just a routine >> search. For many people, that is their first encounter with the law, and >> they want it to be about something more than a routine experience. > > One of the challenges on this issue is that some incidents black > people feel are racist discrimination are in fact happening to > everybody of all races, so they are not racially discriminatory. > > For instance, blacks in one town complained about being cited for > violating "quality of life ordinances", and the ACLU said such > laws should be repealed. Well, in the suburbs, such laws are very > important to most people, which is why they exist and are enforced, > less so in urban areas. > > Years ago, some blacks complained of poor service at a restaurant > chain. Well, I ate there numerous times and always had poor service > (I stopped going). I wondered if they were really being discriminated > against, or just got the same lousy service as other people did. > Probably some of each. -- Pete
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