pre, post or
mouth off to a cop for being asked your ID while you're in the middle of a reported crime scene having just committed the act for which you're being investigated, just because he's white and you're black? sorry, skip, you're a racist.
arrest an old man with a cane on his own front porch just for mouthing off, and try to pretend it's not relevant that he's black and you're white? you're a racist.
so here we're now in the middle of more ink being spilled than for MJ (who we're really not sure anymore whether or not he was either black OR white) and being given an opportunity to discuss the state of racism in america.
can we all just sit down, shut up and relax about this??? gates is a pre-racial racist with a bug up his butt, and the cop is a pre-racial racist with a bug up his butt, too. the combination of so much idiocy on the same front porch was more than the universe could stand, so here we are.
this isn't about whether or not we're living in post-racial america. this is about two absolute morons who are getting exactly what they deserve--gates, a trip to the station for being an asshole, and this white cop for all the world of crap that's going to come down on him for being a small-minded and little, little man.
i don't think anyone is advancing their point of view by trying to use this as an example for anything, but, geez, it's painful to hear them try.
arrest an old man with a cane on his own front porch just for mouthing off, and try to pretend it's not relevant that he's black and you're white? you're a racist.
so here we're now in the middle of more ink being spilled than for MJ (who we're really not sure anymore whether or not he was either black OR white) and being given an opportunity to discuss the state of racism in america.
can we all just sit down, shut up and relax about this??? gates is a pre-racial racist with a bug up his butt, and the cop is a pre-racial racist with a bug up his butt, too. the combination of so much idiocy on the same front porch was more than the universe could stand, so here we are.
this isn't about whether or not we're living in post-racial america. this is about two absolute morons who are getting exactly what they deserve--gates, a trip to the station for being an asshole, and this white cop for all the world of crap that's going to come down on him for being a small-minded and little, little man.
i don't think anyone is advancing their point of view by trying to use this as an example for anything, but, geez, it's painful to hear them try.
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posted by kad barma at 9:42 PM
1 Comments:
Kad,
When I first saw this story on the Globe's site, there were already 450 comments. I'm generally a fan of reader comments and try to read them when I can. The fact that the article had just been posted and that there were already more than ten times as many as I'm used to seeing for ANY article is one small proxy for how our obsession with race won't die.
I wasn't there, and I don't know if we'll ever get more information on what happened, but I can say I really have heard people of many different colors espouse the "don't ever criticize a person of color...for anything" stuff. That mentality not only seems crazy, but I think naturally leads to backlash..could lead to many more situations like this in the future.
One point I heard someone make on NECN last night was a lot simpler than all the deep-meaning attempts at explanation across the commentariat -- maybe this means people should get to know their neighbors better! (In reference to the lady who witnessed the original 'break-in' attempt).
best,
gp
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