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Eugene Robinson: Being black in America means not being allowed to make mistakes
Mercury News ^ | 08/26/2014 | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 08/26/2014 1:21:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

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61 posted on 08/26/2014 1:47:17 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Robbing a store, getting physical with the store owner and later the police is a crime, not an “allowable” mistake.
62 posted on 08/26/2014 1:47:36 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Only four blacks on the police force? I doubt it is racism. It is probably that most blacks in the area cannot pass the process because of their education and previous criminal background. Look at the rioters that looted up Ferguson, most of them were of the age they could be police officers and had the physical qualifications but I doubt they could pass the qualifications. The actions by many of them demonstrate they are not qualified to be policemen or women. Affirmative action means that someone is being forced to hire lesser qualified applicants that lack intelligence and ethics.


63 posted on 08/26/2014 1:48:33 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Mr. Robinson needs some diversity training!

Scene From Movie Barbershop - “Rodney King should have got his ass beat . . . OJ did it . . . F**k Jesse Jackson.”

http://movieclips.com/s3TVq-barbershop-movie-rosa-parks-rodney-king-and-jesse-jackson/

A great article pointing out the rigid conformity of black culture -

http://takimag.com/article/the_real_black_sheep_kathy_shaidle#axzz3BWxwl0RV


64 posted on 08/26/2014 1:49:02 PM PDT by donaldo
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To: econjack
Why do you suppose there are so few black police in Ferguson?

Because most black officers from around the St. Louis area don't want to work in North St. Louis/Ferguson.

It's too dangerous.

65 posted on 08/26/2014 1:50:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
If Eugene Robinson thinks young black men can't make 'mistakes' like robbing a store and strong arming an owner - then trying to beat up a cop ... he's right.

Those 'mistakes' are what the rest of us call 'crimes'.

66 posted on 08/26/2014 1:52:22 PM PDT by GOPJ (New York Times headline gaffe:'Obama Outraged Over Beheading, Vows to Stay on Course')
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To: Responsibility2nd

So, is Eugene related to Michelle Obama(ne Robinson) ?


67 posted on 08/26/2014 1:52:25 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It wasn’t walking in the street that was the problem, nor stealing the cigars ... it was what happened between Brown and the officer.

Did Brown shove him into the police car? You can almost imagine it as you watch Brown shove the store owner into a display. Almost as though “shoving” is a part of Brown’s repertoire.

Did Brown turn around and bum-rush the officer? A few witnesses have said yes.

BTW, even white people can’t get away with those things.


68 posted on 08/26/2014 1:53:14 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: dirtboy
It is easy to understand how Brown and his peers might see ...

I wonder if Eugene Robinson bothered to ask the law abiding folks that Brown came in contact with how they viewed Brown and his peers over the past year, uh, 13 months?

69 posted on 08/26/2014 1:54:09 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: dirtboy
It is easy to understand how Brown and his peers might see ...

I wonder if Eugene Robinson bothered to ask the law abiding folks that Brown came in contact with how they viewed Brown and his peers over the past year, uh, 13 months?

70 posted on 08/26/2014 1:54:10 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: UCANSEE2

I wonder what the pay is for a Ferguson police officer?

Keeping in mind its a small town with normal budget restraints, and that 2/3 of the population is black, and black officers are on the priority affirmative action hiring list for better paying jobs elsewhere, and a whole host of other valid concerns...

Its a wonder there are ANY police officers willing to work in that hell-hole.


71 posted on 08/26/2014 1:55:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Beating an armed cop and trying to take away his gun, and then coming back at him yelling “You won’t shoot me” seems to be outside the range of what I personally would describe as a “mistake”. But that’s just me.


72 posted on 08/26/2014 1:55:29 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Shut your whiney pie-hole Robinson!


73 posted on 08/26/2014 1:55:47 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: UCANSEE2

He sure as hell ain’t related to Jim.

(I think)

lolol


74 posted on 08/26/2014 1:56:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Young black men like Michael Brown are raised and conditioned to believe they can get away with all kinds of bad behavior, misleadingly referred to as “mistakes.” Michael got caught in bad behavior, and he reacted violently. It got him killed, and rightfully so.

Of course, his death has been used as an occasion for more black youth like Michael to have more bad behavior. Many of them have gotten away with the looting and violence, but when they run into their just rewards, some black apologist will pretend they can’t get away with mistakes.


75 posted on 08/26/2014 1:56:32 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Responsibility2nd
When two individuals are fighting to get a weapon BOTH are deemed to be in possession of the weapon. Hence, Brown was ARMED.

A sentence that should be repeated often.

76 posted on 08/26/2014 1:57:20 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: econjack

most police agencies now require a college degree .

I heard Megyn Kelly last night talking about how whites are privileged .
She had her so called facts like blacks are born into poorer areas 4 times more thanwhites.
Well how about having parents tell their kids to do something with their life instead of blaming others and that stat would exist.

Blacks go to prison more, well how about who commits the crime goes to prison.

Blacks get stopped more, how about if they are breaking traffic laws or acting suspiciously and have been seen doing a drugs deal.

Megyn Kelly might have grown up to a nice mother and father who paid her college and fees , but not all of us have had her nice lifestyle, and many of us have lived in areas she would never dream of visiting let alone life


77 posted on 08/26/2014 1:58:10 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

An AA degree?


78 posted on 08/26/2014 1:59:16 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: manc

An AA degree?


79 posted on 08/26/2014 1:59:23 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, I guess if his idea of a “mistake” is stealing smokes from a low end liquor store and beating up an elderly Pakistani clerk about a third your size and then trying to smash in the head of a cop who was actually stopping you for something else ... I guess that’s true, and whites couldn’t make that “mistake” either.


80 posted on 08/26/2014 2:01:32 PM PDT by livius
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