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Thu Jul-23-09 10:34 AM
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| 8. That is just like asking are all Black folk fundamentally homophobic. |
| -Is American law enforcement fundamentally racist? |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:21 AM |
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Bah. I only clicked this thread to see the word "tumultuous". |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-23-09 10:22 AM |
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Thank you for being the first to use that word in this thread. |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:25 AM |
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Be prepared for very disappointing poll results. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-23-09 10:38 AM |
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As long as our law enforcement system is based on violence, |
Critters2 |
Jul-23-09 10:22 AM |
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And Classist |
Echo In Light |
Jul-23-09 10:24 AM |
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Absolutely! |
catbyte |
Jul-23-09 10:42 AM |
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Fundamentally Racist? No... Universally Hostile and Alienating? Yes! |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jul-23-09 10:26 AM |
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+1 |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Jul-23-09 10:45 AM |
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I'm just stunned at such a blanket statement |
Donnachaidh |
Jul-23-09 10:33 AM |
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The statement you are objecting to is...what? |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:34 AM |
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all law enforcement are racist. |
Donnachaidh |
Jul-23-09 10:38 AM |
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The question is *is* law enforcement racist: is the system racist. |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:51 AM |
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White folks commonly object when asked to call other white folks racist.... |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-23-09 10:40 AM |
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I have no problem with it |
booley |
Jul-23-09 10:55 AM |
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That is just like asking are all Black folk fundamentally homophobic. |
xultar |
Jul-23-09 10:34 AM |
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... and then dividing the "no" answers between three choices. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-23-09 10:36 AM |
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No, I don't think so. |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:41 AM |
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Well of course the law is for everyone so the law system isn't. But maybe some cops are but it |
xultar |
Jul-23-09 10:44 AM |
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Then how did we get to the point we're at? |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 10:55 AM |
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I think there are racist cops amongst the mostly good. I also think the black community |
xultar |
Jul-23-09 11:14 AM |
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Our prisons contain a disproportionate number of blacks and Latinos. |
EFerrari |
Jul-23-09 11:06 AM |
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That doesn't make Law Enforcement the blame...there I see poverty...or class |
xultar |
Jul-23-09 12:18 PM |
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This shit is deep and it isn't only about law enforcement. |
EFerrari |
Jul-23-09 04:55 PM |
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Like at Shawshank. Everyone there is innocent. |
N7255Q |
Jul-23-09 12:22 PM |
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I'm not talking about innocence, although the Innocence Project |
EFerrari |
Jul-23-09 04:57 PM |
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Law Enforcement as a concept, no. The practitioners... |
TCJ70 |
Jul-23-09 10:36 AM |
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Doesn't an analysis of the way the law is enforced show that this is definitely true? |
redqueen |
Jul-23-09 10:37 AM |
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no |
ccharles000 |
Jul-23-09 10:39 AM |
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Stops and arrests are ubiquitously, disproportionately biased against blacks. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jul-23-09 10:41 AM |
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Without question it is. |
VMI Dem |
Jul-23-09 10:44 AM |
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Many seem to be missing the real issue |
booley |
Jul-23-09 10:50 AM |
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You're right about authoritarians but racial profiling is a very real issue. |
EFerrari |
Jul-23-09 11:10 AM |
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It is a problem but |
booley |
Jul-23-09 12:43 PM |
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The question is, if Gates were white, would the outcome have been different? |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 11:15 AM |
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How tragically sad that he couldn't manage to connect those dots. |
redqueen |
Jul-23-09 11:16 AM |
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Yes and no. |
booley |
Jul-23-09 12:48 PM |
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With black men, it seems like a matter of course. |
BurtWorm |
Jul-23-09 12:55 PM |
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The two aren't exclusive |
booley |
Jul-24-09 02:02 PM |
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remove two words and one letter and you have your answer |
CBGLuthier |
Jul-23-09 10:58 AM |
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The entire criminal justice system is. |
rucky |
Jul-23-09 11:22 AM |
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Course not. Grossly higher proportions of non-white people go to |
daninthemoon |
Jul-23-09 11:44 AM |
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It sure the hell is in many places. |
hunter |
Jul-23-09 11:45 AM |
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Racist, and Sexist, here |
doodadem |
Jul-23-09 12:00 PM |
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Anyone know what % of law enforcement is made of minorities? |
timeforpeace |
Jul-23-09 12:20 PM |
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I don't think the INSTITUTION is racist, but a lot of the members of that |
old mark |
Jul-23-09 01:10 PM |
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Yes, and what's weird is many non-white cops adopt the same attitude |
Cleita |
Jul-23-09 01:16 PM |
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They sure are here in Idaho |
cayanne |
Jul-23-09 03:05 PM |
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Yes |
merh |
Jul-24-09 02:05 PM |
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More classist than racist. |
LostInAnomie |
Jul-24-09 02:07 PM |
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