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In reply to the discussion: A Tale of Two Mothers in America in a Post Racial Society [View all]dilby
(2,273 posts)100. Wait till the sentencing then you can compare.
One has been sentenced and the other has only been charged. I can guarantee the other will get the same if not better deal than the woman was already sentenced. Prosecution will always hit you with the highest possible charge because it gives them more room when negotiating a plea bargain.
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Butbutbut... talking about "privilege" isn't helpful because it makes white people uncomfortable!
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#1
So how the hell else are we supposed to frame the issue in a simple, understandable way?
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#43
"And simply ignoring racial inequalities is not an option." That is true, TBH.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#46
Okay, fair enough. But I see no reason to abandon a perfectly valid concept just because
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#53
I don't think this supports the position you have been arguing here. eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2014
#137
Much as calling racism useful for certain people is also quite useful for certain people...
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#161
Normally I'd agree with you, but.....I'm afraid it's not about "white privilege"....
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#8
What's "weird" about it? And it's not so much about tangible benefits, as all the bad things
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#44
"that's just a quick look to demonstrate that racism is currently an issue in American society".....
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#125
And more objective, and have more knowledge of this than the academics...
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#162
One was arrested and lost custody of her children for GOING TO A JOB INTERVIEW
Raine1967
Apr 2014
#32
What if the one who left the child on top of the car was driving to the job interview?
LisaL
Apr 2014
#45
Sure it's a pretty bad idea. But compared to leaving a baby seat on the *roof of your car* while
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#58
If she had left the infant on the roof of the car on purpose you might have had a good
LisaL
Apr 2014
#60
Do you really think she would've done that if she hadn't been out of her mind on God knows
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#62
Do you know that there was already CPS involvement with Shanesha Taylor prior to her leaving the
LisaL
Apr 2014
#64
It begs the question then, what were the local temperature conditions on that day
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#163
I don't think anyone's arguing that leaving the kids in the car was fine and dandy
LadyHawkAZ
Apr 2014
#67
Normally I agree with you, is what I meant. But for reasons I've outlined, this is an exception.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#19
Almost as weird as the atypical racial disparity in the prison population.
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#166
Well, rationalizing a thing to force a false equivalence, but certainly not defending it.
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#167
But what the woman on the left did was far worse. So similar treatment *isn't* fair treatment
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#50
One woman was on drugs and utterly careless, and very nearly got her child killed.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#61
Leaving the children in a car unattended in AZ could lead to them ending up dead.
LisaL
Apr 2014
#63
I don't dispute that. But even so, I doubt the risk of death is comparable to the other situation.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#65
Of course leaving them in the car is a bad idea - in the middle of summer it could easily have been
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#87
Look, she made a big mistake and she's paid for it with an arrest and public humiliation.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#89
She's not evil incarnate. But what she did was still worse in my book, in part because it wasn't
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#128
Well.... one woman made a deliberate, conscious decision to leave her kids in a hot car.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2014
#57
I do not believe some of our DU friends posting here, realize how deadly this is.
Nobel_Twaddle_III
Apr 2014
#76
They both messed up pretty bad , I don't think race has anything to do with this case
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#77
The residence could have been her families or an ex , it doesn't mean she was living there.
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#156
There hasnt been any sentence imposed. Nor has the black woman been found guilty of anything yet.
Egnever
Apr 2014
#103
I don't see how any conclusion about white privilege can be reached here...
Captain Stern
Apr 2014
#97
But aren't the black children here receiving better protection than the white child?
maced666
Apr 2014
#138
"I swear you need a white-privilege-correct manual just to keep up with all this!"
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#170
Obviously you are more popular than I, however, this was the similarity I drew
Horse with no Name
Apr 2014
#139