Posted on 04/06/2016 5:23:02 PM PDT by artichokegrower
After losing her job as a TV anchor over her Facebook post about a deadly mass shooting in a black neighborhood near Pittsburgh, Wendy Bell was frustrated that those who were offended by what she said had missed her point.
A white mother of five sons who had covered the city for nearly 20 years, Bell felt devastated by the shooting and by the fact some people deemed her attempt to put her anguish into words tone-deaf.
"These are my neighbors, and these are my friends," Bell told The Associated Press last week. "The story is we have a problem: African-Americans being killed by other African-Americans. I know it, and it makes me sick."
Bell's story illustrates the risks that white Americans face when they broach race online: Those discussing it are met with instant reactions and zero tolerance for the imperfect, if not racist, remark. And, for some, it can lead to real-world repercussions.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
They are not your neighbors, lady, even if they live in close proximity.
You are "Whitey".
They are not your friends, either. They will turn on you in a moment.
Did I mention that you are "Whitey"?
Dang!
The irony is that Wendy Bell is of mixed race, and is not ‘White’-white, if you know what I mean.
She looks darn good for having given birth to five sons.
Talk about “noticing”, I find it somewhat encouraging that a leftist paper like the Sacramento Bee would publish this article, and that it was written by an AP reporter, since AP has become just as Left as the NY Daily News and NY Times.
The woman was fired because of black prejudice, but the protestors don’t give a damn about the black bodies piling up in their streets and schools.
Now, that is the real story but leftist, racist blacks won’t let it be told. Where I come from, this is called “Black fascism”.
Reminding savages that they are savages
IIRC she is of mixed race.
Problem was that she told the truth and everyone is aware of it.
Except for the mothers working multiple jobs, that is.
Pgh has seen skyrocketing black crime since hussein took office.
Where do Pico-Agressions fit in the scale?
Sad and true.
Yes this must be what the Jews in Germany felt like in the early 30s.
Nobody is allowed to tell the truth, but some try.
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See my comment at #32.
Seems like they have some suspects in custody on other charges. They ain’t Crackers from the mountains.
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