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Justice for Michael Brown.Justice for Eric Garner.
Justice for Tamir Rice.
Justice for every young black man who has been murdered in cold blood by this flawed and racist system.
EDIT: I hate to have to do this, but racists can't keep their bigoted mouths shut and it's fucking exhausting to deal with--so I'm disabling comments. Sorry.
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LOL honestly the whole 'hands up don't shoot' was a flat out lie.
Brown was a thug. He literally robbed a convenience store not long before the cop tried arresting him. Not only that, Brown attacked said cop, and tried reaching for the mans gun.
Brown was not an innocent hands up don't shoot victim. None of these people in the list were.
Also, lets not forget about how many black people....are killed by OTHER BLACK PEOPLE. You don't hear BLM screaming about that do ya?
Black Lives Matter is an anti-white, anti-cop racist hate group. Nothing more nothing less.
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"none of these people in the list were"
>Tamir Rice
ooooh yikes straight up said a 12 year old kid with a fake gun in an open carry state wasnt innocent/deserved to get shot that's,, yikes,,
also Eric Garner literally cried out that he couldnt breathe like there was no need to continue choking him once he was on the ground,,
anyway like i was gonna be respectful of ur assessment of Mike bc nobody ever got all the facts so it's the grey-est case I know of championed by the movement but then u applied a blanket statement like that,,
Also your "whAT ABOUT BLACK ON BLACK CRIME?!?!!111!" is so willfully ignorant. it directly correlates to poverty, of which gangs, drug rings, and robbery are symptoms. The reason so many black people are impoverished is due to systematic racism, aka, exactly what we're trying to combat
but like, you don't actually care abt "black-on-black" crime, u just want to discredit a movement that makes u uncomfortable.
bye now
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Then perhaps black ppl should work on that "direct correlation of poverty which gangs, drug rings and robbery are symptoms of" by actually getting jobs, educating their children and stop sucking up our tax money for the lazy welfare parasites.
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maybe one day i'll get my head out of my ass and stop w this delusion of thinking that ppl can be empathetic,,
i was gonna write u an actual response but then u had to spam-comment about how terrible black ppl are so... toodles
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Do you understand how racist that was? Do you face the black people in your life every day knowing you are a racist?
Do you understand that a lot of what you just coined was the product of longterm social and political isolation, redlining, busing, segregation, and all manner of things that LEGALLY forced black individuals to live in certain areas?
Do you know that there are other races that accept government welfare too? Are they also welfare parasites too or just black people? hmmmmm?
That's just like saying 'oh it's soooo easy for poor people to get out of their situation! all they have to do is get a job!' for ANY RACE! It's not, so please educate yourself.
You truly could apply the 'what about x on x crime' theory to any race, but people only feature it with black people (and Muslims) because they, we, are the easy scapegoats for all the problems of society. All you have to do is look around you .
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I'm a cashier at a pet store so yes I do face black ppl every day and I treat all people with respect so long as they do not wrong me. I even treat all people with respect outside of the workplace because I was raised properly. The only reason I snapped here is because you are being rude towards police and white ppl. You were rude to me, I was rude back. You opened that door for me. Yes looking back I could have worded that a bit nicer while still getting my point across but you have to understand from a person who has done more than enough research on "social issues" I'm quite fed up with how long this has all been drawn out.
There is no social and political isolation, just the choice of lots of black ppl no not work and get free money. Nobody is forcing them to not work. It's a choice.
Yes other races get welfare too. I was going to mention that in the comment but we are talking about blacks and whites; the problem you have publicly fabricated here and I didn't want to get off topic. All races can accept welfare if they choose not to apply for a job.
They have fast food and cashiering positions for a reason. They require little to no experience and are great for example kids in school that have no job history. All you need to do is have the initiative and motivation to apply. No education is needed here to be frank.
Any race can be a scapegoat depending on where you live. You ppl have blown the blm movement out of proportion and the media decides to only cover white on black crime and even then they are clutching at straws. I hate the media and seek out lots of different news articles to draw my conclusion.
Can you explain why blm is violent towards white ppl when they riot, burning property on the streets and where the term "Fuck the police" comes from? The only racial inequality that is in the world are the problems ypu make up. I can't seem to understand why you think comparing yourselves to mlk's movement is valid. It isn't. He led a peaceful movement; What he was known for in order to get equal rights, and all I see of you guys is nothing but violence and hatred. I'm really sick of people having to censor themselves to appease everyone but this whole blm sjw thing is so old...
There's nothing left to fight for in terms of racial inequality. Anything I can do a black person can too. If there is inequality you need to take it up with the specific person that wronged you and work out why their morals are the way they are, not blame all white ppl for something one did. When all is said and done I think any and all ppl that come through my register at my job matters. NO EXCLUSIONS. There are no exclusions to "all". Please stop trying to change the definition of the word to fit your agenda. I await to see what you say next.
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Let me start by saying that expressing distaste for a flawed justice system is not the same as being rude toward police. Pointing out white privilege is not the same as being rude, personally to YOU or white people in general. My white cisgendered male boyfriend (that's privileged on three fronts) recognizes this privilege and is not insulted by it because it's literally just a fact. Pointing out how what you're saying is racist is not rude, because what you're saying is racist .
To insinuate that "black people" as a general group purposefully abuse welfare is both racist and incorrect. There are members of every race that abuse welfare, but welfare exists because the cost of living in the United Staes is unbelievably high. Welfare is not for people who don't feel like getting jobs. Welfare doesn't mean people sit around and be lazy. A lot of people on welfare already have jobs, maybe TWO jobs - from retail to the fast food jobs you mentioned, and yet they still cannot live. You are making ASSUMPTIONS. I would very much like to see these articles where you draw your conclusions from.
To address your concerns about BLM and violence I say first a resounding yes - there are SECTIONS of the Black Lives Movement that MISUSE the movement's name in violence. This same thing happens with the ignorant violent FRINGE of Islam and the ignorant violent FRINGE on college campuses that riot in the name of winning sports competitions. Or, for an extra applicable example - the ignorant violent sections of Trump supporters who promote violence against all minorities.
I can easily compare the BLM movement to the civil rights movement because both had their peaceful protests and violent parts. The civil rights movement wasn't just Martin Luther King speaking and everything was happy and solved. He wasn't the only activist nor was his movement the only thing that led to desegregation. Any protest or group can breed violence, but the movement itself is not violent.
There are TONS of things to fight for against racial inequality. The civil rights movement ended less than sixty years ago and there are still racist people from said movement's opposition alive and kicking, teaching their children racist values. Only in the past few years did a southern school's segregated prom tradition finally stop. The term institutionalized racism is defined as a pattern of social institutions such as courts, schools, banks etc that have an ongoing history of discrimination based on race. You do not see it because it is deeply ingrained in society and the only way to get rid of it is to point it out. These are not fabricated. Real things that real people experience on a daily basis are not fabricated.
Just because you don't see it at your cashier job doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just because you talk to black people and you are "nice" to them doesn't mean you're free from prejudice (which you are literally expressing to me right now and in the other comment trail we have).
I will make no assumptions on your level of education and the quality of said education, but from this conversation I really think you need to do some more research and reconsider where you get your information.
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LOL Black people being violent toward WHITE PEOPLE? Open a History book, jesus christ.
The only reason """All Lives Matter""" was formed was to be a direct response to BLM. No one was saying this until POC started saying "Black Lives Matter". BLM isn't saying only Black Lives Matter, but it is saying Black Lives Matter, too.
And here is a quote from an article I will source:
"All Lives Matter” is a problem because it refocuses the issue away from systemic racism and Black lives. It distracts and diminishes the message that Black lives matter or that they should matter more than they do. “All Lives Matter” is really code for “White Lives Matter,” because when white people think about “all lives,” we automatically think about “all white lives.”
Source: The Real Reason Why White People Say "All Lives Matter"
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That source of yours is just a certain amount of white ppl that have the same ideals. Everyone matters. Stop trying to push away all other races and make black ppl seem to be the only ones suffering. Everyone is
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I invite you to watch this video and then tell me that "All Lives Matter".
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No one is saying other people don't suffer. We are just saying Black people have gone through a lot more shit and have for a very long time. You have White privilege, as do I. You are ignorant, though, because I admit I have it and I try to support and help POC the best I can.
I can't believe you actually think you are saying anything that makes sense. Do you even hear yourself?
Is everything that happened to POC people before you were born, lost on you?
I feel you are uneducated and allow your racism to blind you.
You need to sit down and re-evaluate your life.
POC people have it worse than you.
POC people have it worse than White people.
Get over yourself, you sound stupid.
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As if "rude" was the worst thing that could happen to someone.
Not murder or police brutality or anything like that.
No, never.
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disgusting racist comment + icon buying into a joke that makes fun of people with ptsd
#yikes
0/10 you're a cunt
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Brown was a thug. end of story. the facts say so, and you are just to blind to see it.
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What about justice for Lorne Ahrens? What about justice for Michael Krohl? Michael Smith? Brent Thompson? Patrick Zamarippa? Rafael Ramos? Wenjian Liu? Darren Goforth? Brian Moore? Their names weren't plastered across the news. No one burnt down towns in effigy to them. Each one of them did in a year of their service twice what any one of those thugs did in their whole lifetimes, but no one gives a damn. You wanna talk about a "flawed system"? Look in a goddamn mirror.
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"any one of those thugs"
congrats you just called a DEAD TWELVE YEAR OLD WHO HURT EXACTLY 0 PEOPLE a "thug"
nice bro
Anyway all those names are police, yeah? Idk where your reading comprehension failed but shockingly I posted "Black Lives Matter" and not "I endorse cop killing"
but you took offense because???
you needed an excuse to disparage dead black men????
honestly yikes. Police knowingly enter a job that puts their lives in danger--they make that choice. Tamir Rice didn't make a choice to risk his life--he just walked to the park to play.
police are more likely to be killed by white men but I mean that probably doesnt matter to you because you actually are just looking for an excuse to silence the BLM movement, you're not just mourning
toodles
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No he has a point. Most of them were thugs. The 12 year old was disgusting but lets be honest even then BLM didn't care just another excuse to steal shit and riot.
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I really need at art piece related to the blm movement, thank you and great job on the piece.
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Shoves my face into this art piece because it's both beautifully drawn and beautiful in general.
Thank you so much. I just had to write a long-ass rant about this on my DA page because people are flooding social media with #AllLivesMatter right now and it's making me sick.
I cannot even comprehend where they draw their conclusions.
Again, thank you.
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I can't understand why you think me saying everyone's lives are important to me no matter what race us offensive. By saying blm specifically you are excluding my race and every other in the world. Help me understand this nonsense.
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No no that isn't what it's saying. By your logic, any hashtag that supports any cause is excluding someone. Unless you think #blacklivesmatter means the same as #otherlivesdontmatter , you must try and understand that the hashtag denotes not an exclusion but an inclusion.
The fact of the matter is there are a myriad of racial inequalities in this country - not just for black people of course, but to start a cause you just need to stand up and have a voice...which the black community has. Other hashtags that would be appropriate at this point in time would be #muslimlivesmatter due to the racial profiling of Islamic/middle-eastern people in relation to 9/11, or #translivesmatter due to the grievous mistreatment of and discrimination against transgender individuals across the USA.
As of now, black lives DO NOT matter in the way that they should. My own father could get stopped by the police for "looking suspicious" just because of the color of his skin - not the fact that he wears a suit to work almost every day or his Columbia University degree. In the eyes of many people he's still a thug.
The reason #whitelivesmatter is not a hashtag is because white people simply do not suffer from the same racial injustices in the US. No one is saying that white people do not experience the effects of prejudice, but they are NEVER EVER profiled the same way black individuals are. A white, poor homeless man is less likely to be shot and killed than a black, poor homeless man for the same crime. I, a black middle class woman, have been followed by employees in stores while my white friends have not. There are things we see if we just look a little bit closer!
A lot of the same complains people have about Black Lives Matter now are the same complaints people between 1940 and 1970 had about the civil rights movement. Violent fringe, black/black crime, what have you. People think that after MLK made his speech racism just disappeared and now black people are just complaining. Not true.
I wrote a really long journal on the subject, so please give it a read -->
Black Lives Matter, An ExplanationThis is also featured in my Afro Cats group! If you saw it there, you don't have to re-read it x3
Trigger Warning, but you should probably read this anyway.
You all knew we were going to talk about this eventually.
I'm going to sit here and I'm going to explain the concept of Black Lives Matter in light of the recent USA shootings. If you have questions, please ask - civilly.
But before we do that, I want to get some things out of the way as a small disclaimer: I am not in any way dismissing the needs or problems of other minority groups such as LGBTQA, those with mental or physical disabilities, , I am not advocating for the killing of cops, and I am not insinuating that any of you group members are racist, and I am not saying that black people can't be racist. I'm also not saying that issues in countries outside the USA don't matter. Okay? Okay.
Now, some people prefer to use the hashtag #AllLivesMatter when
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I know more about this subject than you think, first of all. Second, you really need to get a hobby. The definition of "all" has no exclusions. Idk why you ppl are trying to say there is. You're seeing these problems based on where you live. It doesn't happen everywhere you go. Racism is actually a very rare thing for ppl to see and tbh only happens in slum like neighbourhoods. I really think you ppl need to relax and stop accusing innocent ppl like myself of things I didn't do; stop grouping us together. Get your facts straight and one day you will be able to live freely without worry. Yes there is police brutality sometimes but if you think the police is all like that you're going to live a very sad, paranoid life. I wish you the best in rethinking all this and I'm sorry you feel that "all" means "some". You shouldn't have to be troubled by these imaginary first world problems
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"Racism is a rare thing for people to see and only happens in slum like neighborhoods"
^ you just insinuated that I live in a slum. Please reword if that's not what you meant.
No one is accusing you specifically of causing a problem - until you started spouting racially charged comments...then you became part of the problem. What you have to recognize is that you do not understand the struggle of something you're not going through. You cannot claim that racism isn't experienced everywhere because you don't see it. Diversity doesn't mean equality nor does it mean equity.
I have provided links to facts as well as personal experiences in the journal I gave you previously. You have not provided any proof whatsoever. It is you that needs to do the "re-thinking" but you have to open yourself up to learning first.
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No, I meant slum neighbourhoods. It seems you should spend a few days in other areas. Then you'll see racism doesn't exist as badly as you think. Tbh at this point if a black person goes into an area where there's mostly white ppl, the worst you'll get is ppl trying to avoid you. If I go into an area where there's mostly blacks, I sadly run the risk of getting injured or killed for the simple reason "I don't belong there"
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"the worst you'll get is people trying to avoid you" and this isn't racist? What?
Dear, no. Walking into a slum doesn't automatically mean you will be killed. Don't live in fear. Please do not assume where I've been, where I've lived, or what I've experienced.
Mostly black people = / = slum. Mostly black people = / = dangerous. The notion of not belonging is a valid claim, but you are not going to be targeted for murder just because you supposedly don't belong in a black community.
I have tried to keep my comments civil with you, but you just keep saying racially charged, stereotyped statements. This isn't a pissing contest to see who has it worse and you cannot base your argument against racism's existence by how safe you feel walking into a black neighborhood. Every single person on this earth has problems in varying degrees, but there is a difference between having problems and dealing with the effects of oppression and inequality.
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lmao & the same ppl who are always like 'uM R00D ur a dIRTY SJW dont u mean... #ALLLIVESMATTER ?!?!?1?//?11!' are the same ppl who go around like #BLUELIVESMATTER and its like,, buddy,, pal,,... dont u mean... #alllivesmatter ?? or....did that only apply when......u were trying 2 erase black suffering... hm
thank you tho friend
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LOL sry yeah it should be #AllLivesMatter because BlackLivesMatter means black people are gonna take over da world!!?!?!111
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diDNT U HEAR?!?111!? BLACK LIVES MATTER IS ACTUALLY CODE
BLM SECRETLY STANDS FOR
Barack Obama
Loves
Murdering white people
wHEN WILL LIBERAL MEDIA STOP LYING?1/1/???
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sees your comment
watches you on DA
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thank u so much my friend but prepare to be disappointed B)
ur along for the ride now buddy u will never get off Mr Bones Wild Ride
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DA says its ur birthday
happy birthday
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what even is this question? Seeing as the Black Lives Matter movement was started by black people, yes, I'd say so. But you probably were trying to turn this into that bullshit argument about black-on-black crime, which actually has to do with class segregation, the prevalence of minorities in the lower class, gang violence, and population density, which actually have to do with capitalism and oppression, rather than a predisposition to violence/low empathy. Bye now!
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You are segregating every other race from blacks by only saying black lives matter! Why can't you see that?
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bruh it's not "ONLY black lives matter" it's "black lives matter" ...too like??? ur really so desperate to see it like this??
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So it is capitalist's fault, aha. And I thought it was something relevant, but nah, evil imperialist vs good commies, okai.
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broski I literally just said that capitalism causes the separation of the classes, which it does, and class-based violence IS relevant. dunno how you managed to turn my comment about the roots of intraracial crime into "i idolize communists and i will blame absolutely everything on capitalist ideology" but okay. Honestly I think that you want to find an excuse to laugh me off because you didn't comment on this to ask an honest question, you came here to get into a debate and stroke your ego, and I headed you off. Sorry about the blueballs, dude.
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People choosing not to work and purposely living off of welfare causes separation of the classes. Not skin colour... You are so terribly blind I'm so sorry for you
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lmao people choosing not to work holy shit,, as if there havent been countless studies proving that black ppl are less likely to get hired over white ppl & get paid less holy fuck,,
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Trolling attempt 0/10
Too obvious, username a huge tipoff
Better luck next time
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Ow, the comments here hurt. People, go watch the Eric Garner video and tell me that was justified. Look at the Sandra Bland arrest and tell me that was justified. The examples are tragically far too many for a DA comment. If you think Ferguson starts and stops with whether or not Michael Brown was innocent, read the report on how the justice system in Ferguson was functionally a system to oppress black, fine them until they broke, and arrest them for things white citizens weren't charged with. Just take a moment to imagine how you would live under that system. What would you do if getting in your car to go to work meant you might be pulled over for crime you didn't commit, given tickets that add up to more than you make in a week or even a month?
Great piece, ArtistStallion. Technically well-drawn. And the compassion is ace.
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Thank you! I can't imagine having to live under that kind of pressure and it's astonishing to me that people continue to put their blinders on.
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Justice for criminal? Do you understand that if he didn't get killed, he would be robbing people now? So much solidarity for nothing.
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a refugee was built accommodation with me near me as I go back and most donate the refugees eat what my family does not need so I nene here kindness and respect, and they are also kind to me
SO SHUT THE FUCK UP
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THIS JUST IN: ROBBERY IS A CAPITAL OFFENSE!!! POLICE NOW MAY BE JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER!!! ITS ALL FINE EVERYONE REHABILITATION IS A LIBERAL DELUSION EVERYONE SHOULD BE SHOT ON SIGHT
Shut the fuck up jesus fucking christ just because someone commits a crime doesn't warrant their death??
not to mention that Michael Brown was the only one the above comment relates to, like Tamir was a 12 year old kid??
literally sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up I am not tolerating the idea that murder is a justified response to robbery
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Stop screaming, I wasn't glorifying cop's decision to kill him, I just said that you're acting like Micheal Brown was a second Jesus or Gandhi, while he was typical street thug.
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