blueeyedpupil wrote:
what he doesnt understand is that officers lives have always mattered. Not so for Black lives
That's a primo example of "white privilege" [common to all racists], BEP ~ he, and all other racists, choose to not understand ~ blacks don't register on their "give a damn scale" ~
I've posted this story a long time ago ~ some years ago, I was working with [if memory serves, a 2d grade] girl at school ~ we were taking a break from reading and just chatting ~ both of us had our hands on the table ~ she put her hand on top of mine and asked "what do you see?" ~ I answered "two hands" ~ we push kidlets to keep asking questions, so she asked "what else do you see?" ~ I answered "your hand is a little darker than mine" ~ she started to tear up and said "yeah, I'm black and you're white" ~ so I went on by saying something along the lines of "there are some things we can't change, but what really matters is what's in here" [putting my hand on my heart] ~ her tears turned into a big grin ~ and then she threw her arms around my neck and said "I love you, Ms Sooz" ~ I said "I love you, too" ... and we went back to reading ~ that exchange was both heartbreaking and extremely meaningful/endearing ~
Sooz
Edited to add: what the racists
refuse to recognize is that blacks [and all others who don't share "white privilege"] are human, just like us ~ they want the same things in life that we want ... they just get less opportunity to achieve their wants because of the stunted mindsets of people like JoeBanker ~