09-22-2011, 03:13 PM
(09-22-2011, 02:59 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:
and thankfully there ARE black people who recognize that their quality of life was always entirely up to them despite Jim Crow and the klan and the past. and some will guide their children to do well in the world.
Those folks are the only true victims in all of this. They are judged by the behavior and attitude of others. They get lumped in. Same for white trash, I guess. All poor whites are considered trashy, even if they aren't.
I hate to tell you, LC, those folks feel the same way. I am close to some folks of color. They feel the same way, they just don't let it affect their livlihood. Even if they don't experience racism firsthand, they are surrounded by that culture and are still a part of it. I will hear about Troy Davis on Monday. I will see a "I AM TROY DAVIS" t-shirt. I will want to ask why they want to identify themselves with a criminal, but I won't.
Troy Davis will be mentioned in every sermon of every black church in the South on Sunday. The words "innocent" and "murdered" will be used. The good people will have that shit pushed down their throats. That is how racism lives: On both sides of the street.