George Floyd's brother says Trump didn't give him 'the opportunity to even speak' in conversation

Keep It Real wrote:

Alan C wrote:There's no probably about it, it should be plainly apparent that there has been and still is widespread systemic discrimination against black and brown people in the US. This manifests in a number ways including economics and districting. It wasn't a case of you 'having to illustrate' this for users here, which I suspect most know, it was not coming off like you're giving the impression of believing the "black people are more criminal therefore they get what they deserve" trope.

The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS - ie I am a racist - when there was NO reason to jump to that conclusion. In EXACTLY the same way everybody's jumped to the conclusion Chauvin is a racist. Weeping deities I despair at the human race sometimes.

Keep It Real wrote:
The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS...

theropod_V_2.0 wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:

Alan C wrote:There's no probably about it, it should be plainly apparent that there has been and still is widespread systemic discrimination against black and brown people in the US. This manifests in a number ways including economics and districting. It wasn't a case of you 'having to illustrate' this for users here, which I suspect most know, it was not coming off like you're giving the impression of believing the "black people are more criminal therefore they get what they deserve" trope.

The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS - ie I am a racist - when there was NO reason to jump to that conclusion. In EXACTLY the same way everybody's jumped to the conclusion Chauvin is a racist. Weeping deities I despair at the human race sometimes.

Then you should have no issues supplying a link to a reputable source that supports the shit you posted about black people.

We can expect that citation very soon, right?




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It’s true that around 13 per cent of Americans are black, according to the latest estimates from the US Census Bureau.

And yes, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, black offenders committed 52 per cent of homicides recorded in the data between 1980 and 2008. Only 45 per cent of the offenders were white. Homicide is a broader category than “murder” but let’s not split hairs.

Blacks were disproportionately likely to commit homicide and to be the victims. In 2008 the offending rate for blacks was seven times higher than for whites and the victimisation rate was six times higher.

while black inmates make up nearly 40% of the prison population, they only make up 13.40% of the total US population.

Hermit wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:
The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS...

Oh my... You're just trying to distract us from the fact now that you falsely asserted the killing was not murder and there was no shred of evidence it has a single scintilla of racism about it.

Animavore wrote:

George Floyd's brother says Trump didn't give him 'the opportunity to even speak' in conversation

https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/wa ... xoWKZG7ilE

Keep It Real wrote:

Alan C wrote:There's no probably about it, it should be plainly apparent that there has been and still is widespread systemic discrimination against black and brown people in the US. This manifests in a number ways including economics and districting. It wasn't a case of you 'having to illustrate' this for users here, which I suspect most know, it was not coming off like you're giving the impression of believing the "black people are more criminal therefore they get what they deserve" trope.

The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS

Keep It Real wrote:ie I am a racist - when there was NO reason to jump to that conclusion.

Keep It Real wrote:
You've conveniently neglected to factor in to your post that African Americans are faaaar more likely to commit serious crime, and therefore find themselves in "shoot out" situations with police, than Caucasian Americans.

The ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd were caught up in violence again on Saturday, as police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, and in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane. Here are some of the ways law enforcement officers escalated the national unrest.

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Keep It Real wrote:

Hermit wrote:

Keep It Real wrote:
The salient point here is that everybody JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION I was saying black people commit more crime because of GENETICS...

Oh my... You're just trying to distract us from the fact now that you falsely asserted the killing was not murder and there was no shred of evidence it has a single scintilla of racism about it.

OK, so I admit I did not know the definition of third degree murder (ie - that it does not reguire intent). Got any more straws to grasp at in your efforts to shoot me down on this one Hermit?

Keep It Real wrote:<snip> - if you have some definitive evidence of racism, provide it - I've seen squat so far. Less than a straw.

Keep It Real wrote:The first statement is a mere quibble over a highly obscure point in the semantics of esoteric legal terminology in the states. A straw. I stand by the latter statement - if you have some definitive evidence of racism, provide it - I've seen squat so far. Less than a straw.

Keep It Real wrote:The first statement is a mere quibble over a highly obscure point in the semantics of esoteric legal terminology in the states. A straw. I stand by the latter statement - if you have some definitive evidence of racism, provide it - I've seen squat so far. Less than a straw.