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The Double Terror of Being Black

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-double-terror-of-being-black-in-america/ar-AAXvhEh

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • MikM Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
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      Hook, line and sinker.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        Tragically, white people are still dying of racist whiteness and blaming their deaths on Black and Latino people, who are dying at even higher rates from the same racist whiteness—its structural violence, its unending terror, its vicious neglect.

        I know some white people, but I don't think I know any who are dying of racist whiteness.

        To be honest, I think there might be some disinformation in that story.

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          Didn't read the whole article.

          I don't think it's possible to determine such a position objectively. The country is too big, there are too many people. and god knows there are too many "truths". Maybe what the author says is true, maybe it isn't.

          We can reasonably say that Americans are too quick to murder. That's about it.

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          • CopperC Copper

            Tragically, white people are still dying of racist whiteness and blaming their deaths on Black and Latino people, who are dying at even higher rates from the same racist whiteness—its structural violence, its unending terror, its vicious neglect.

            I know some white people, but I don't think I know any who are dying of racist whiteness.

            To be honest, I think there might be some disinformation in that story.

            LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            @Copper said in The Double Terror of Being Black:

            Tragically, white people are still dying of racist whiteness and blaming their deaths on Black and Latino people, who are dying at even higher rates from the same racist whiteness—its structural violence, its unending terror, its vicious neglect.

            I know some white people, but I don't think I know any who are dying of racist whiteness.

            To be honest, I think there might be some disinformation in that story.

            I have white friends. I will ask them.

            The Brad

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              I think Mik's got it.

              Reminds me of an old Lab Manager I knew by nickname of "Dot". Dot stood all of 4'10" tall and had a fiery temper. Always dressed to the nines with a starched white lab coat, she was famous for once driving a resident out of the lab for dropping and breaking an expensive microscope, said driving being done by beating on the doc's back with her high-heeled shoe.

              But Dot could be led. She had two friends in the lab. Two older female techs that must have started in the lab when they were laying the brick for the building. Anyway, to them everything was either horrible or pitiful. Nothing was done right.

              "Dot, it's horrible". "Dot, it's pitiful!". "Horrible!" "Pitiful!". "Horrible!" "Pitiful!'

              Until one fine morning, I heard the sound of breaking glass as Dot threw a beaker against the wall and loudly proclaimed, "Goddammit! It's horrible in this lab! It's pitiful! Y'all WILL change!"

              Thing was, it wasn't horible. Or pitiful. It was pretty much the same as it had always been, too much work, too little staff and a make-do-with-anything attitude, that made us extremely hard-working and innovative.

              But if all you ever hear is that the situation is horrible and pitiful, that's what you think the situation is.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Jolly

                I think Mik's got it.

                Reminds me of an old Lab Manager I knew by nickname of "Dot". Dot stood all of 4'10" tall and had a fiery temper. Always dressed to the nines with a starched white lab coat, she was famous for once driving a resident out of the lab for dropping and breaking an expensive microscope, said driving being done by beating on the doc's back with her high-heeled shoe.

                But Dot could be led. She had two friends in the lab. Two older female techs that must have started in the lab when they were laying the brick for the building. Anyway, to them everything was either horrible or pitiful. Nothing was done right.

                "Dot, it's horrible". "Dot, it's pitiful!". "Horrible!" "Pitiful!". "Horrible!" "Pitiful!'

                Until one fine morning, I heard the sound of breaking glass as Dot threw a beaker against the wall and loudly proclaimed, "Goddammit! It's horrible in this lab! It's pitiful! Y'all WILL change!"

                Thing was, it wasn't horible. Or pitiful. It was pretty much the same as it had always been, too much work, too little staff and a make-do-with-anything attitude, that made us extremely hard-working and innovative.

                But if all you ever hear is that the situation is horrible and pitiful, that's what you think the situation is.

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                @Jolly That's what I was getting at when I wrote "too many truths."

                I think we're saying the same thing. What you think is true ain't necessarily.

                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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