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Posted on 08/23/2014 12:56:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
ISTANBUL — For the last 12 days, the predominantly black St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri has been the site of racially charged civil unrest that came after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot to death by a white police officer. Another unarmed black man named Kajieme Powell was also shot by a white police officer a total of 12 times and killed. These two police shootings point to the issue of racial injustice in America. It has also exposed the reality of an American society sharply divided over race. It is possible that if Michael Brown had been white, he might still be alive today. Therefore, many black Americans' lives are under risk of being shot by a police officer at any time, as the video recording of Powell's shooting by police shows.
For the majority of black people, the latest demonstrations and clashes between the police and protestors are related to the issue of race, as a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center indicates.
According to the survey, there is a wide racial difference between blacks and whites over the police shooting of Michael Brown. The vast majority of black Americans – 80 percent – believe that police brutality is related to race and that the police are more likely to profile them as gang members and criminals, even if they are neither, and see them as a security threat. Another finding is that 65 percent of black Americans say the police have gone too far in responding to the protests concerning the shooting. However, whites are divided with only 33 percent of respondents saying the police have gone too far and 32 percent defending the police's excessive use of force against protestors, while 35 percent of whites offered no comment.
A higher percentage of whites think that race became the main issue and got too much attention in the shooting of Brown. Compared to the case of Trayvon Martin's shooting death in July 2013 in Florida, another southern state with a history of racism, 60 percent of whites indicated "race received more attention in that case than it deserved." Today, the percentage of whites has decreased to 47 percent; however, it still shows that a high percentage of whites have not given that much attention to the issue of race and injustice within American society.
The shooting and killing of blacks by white Americans has a long history. Americans have long witnessed the killings of black people and the injustice. The case of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed 18-years-old black American from Sanford, Florida, who was killed last year by George Zimmerman, caused protests after a Florida jury found Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of Martin even though he was accused of being motivated by racism in the shooting. The case of Martin led to growing anger and nation-wide action. Protests over Zimmerman's acquittal were held in more than 100 cities with many people calling for justice.
U.S. President Barack Obama also addressed the death of the unarmed black teenager saying, "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," in a press conference at the White House. "And when you think about why, in the African-American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away," President Obama said, while adding that the U.S. was "still not a post-racial society."
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, both prominent black figures in American history, fought against racial discrimination in order to abolish racial bias in society. Malcolm X was a black American Muslim civil right activist and an advocate for the rights of blacks who courageously resisted white racism. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history and a civil rights leader, fought against discrimination to eliminate racial oppression in American society. Black Americans have long been considered a threat by police departments in the U.S. The situation in violence-hit Ferguson reflects that race warfare is a main point in understanding why black people in American society have been shot by white police officers. Socio-economic status is inextricably linked to race, being white or black. Therefore, there is a widespread misperception by many white Americans that there is a correlation between skin color and social status. The U.S. census bureau reports that there are 50 million Americans living below the poverty line: Poverty is often equated with criminality by police in black communities. This shows why those who are both black and poor are most likely exposed to police brutality.
According to data on black Americans, 28.2 percent of black families are living in poverty and they are "three times more likely to be stopped and searched by the police than whites, more than three times more likely to be handcuffed [and] almost three times more likely to be arrested," compared to other races in American society.
“According to data on black Americans, 28.2 percent of black families are living in poverty and they are “three times more likely to be stopped and searched by the police than whites, more than three times more likely to be handcuffed [and] almost three times more likely to be arrested,” compared to other races in American society.”
And 10x more likely to be involved in criminal activity.
Criminality becomes a civil right when a culture of criminality achieves political credibility. Islam is a perfect example.
All that is requireed for criminality to be raised to the level of a civil right is for its adherents to be recognized as an opressed class.
This is precisely the situation we find ourselves in. It is arguably acceptable for black inner city youth with no employable skills and little language to commit all manner of criminal act as the unavoidable consequence of his condition.
They are counting Hispanics as white in that.
If a white guy had done the stuff that day that Brown did, he would be dead as well...
Malcolm x left noi and pursued Islam. Went on the haj and changed some of his views toward other races. Iirc
Everyone should be writing their local paper in response to Ferguson stories and asking them why they aren't printing stories like this and if they ever mentioned the crime when it happened ...then WHY NOT?
Another idiot writing more bullshit.
how many of the 28.2% have gang members in their families or have been victims of black gang violence? How many of the 72.8% of blacks who live above the poverty ceiling have gang members in their families or have been victims of black gang violence?
It is really unjust that some people have an ethic of hard work and self-discipline. With a large dose of appreciation and gratitude.
well, Istanbul, while all those folks are struggling with their racial issues over on the main drag, here’s what the rest of the folks are quietly doing behind the scenes:
It’s nice to get a view of racist America from a racist, head-chopping, 30 IQ Muslim neo-Nazi ape in Istanbul.
“Ferguson Unrest Signals Failure of American Blacks to Assimilate”
That’s right; in Saudi Arabia he realized for the first time that there are white Muslims. He never knew that before...
The only racial injustice is that entire generations of blacks have been taught how to play the victyim and use their black skin to receive special treatment and handouts from the government.
If killing Blacks is racist, then Blacks are the most racist race on the face of the planet. The rest is merely statistical anomaly.
Michael Brown was armed........ strong armed. He was a criminal . He was a mortal threat. He is dead and that is on balance good.
What the subculture of professional negros demand is in effect affirmative action for all young black men that commit or attempt to commit crimes. The demand is couched in the language of civil rights.
It is the civil right of ghetto hood thugs to assault and kill. It is the civil right for a 290 pound black man to steal the merchandise from a man one half his size, particularly an Asian man. It is the civil right of the black community including several of the subcultures to protest their life failure by going on a rampage of looting and burning the property of all other Americans that happen to reside nearby. It is their civil right to protest their own laziness by blaming it on others.
We must not use the language forbidden by the politically correct elite but we can call a spade a spade. If they are offended so be it. The presence of the loud mouthed thugs on the streets is in its self offensive. Certainty is that Al Sharpton and the cowardly governor of Missouri are scoundrels and represent the dregs of American Society.
So long as affirmative action is a protective shield to mask criminal behavior there can be no peace. Justice has been denied by the phony claims of civil rights to disobey the laws.
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