MLK's niece on viral hoodie image: 'Martin Luther King Jr. would not wear a hoodie

[9erempiree]

http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/campaign_images/webdr05/2013/7/15/12/artist-creates-photo-of-martin-luther-king-jr-in--1-4420-1373907534-23_big.jpg

[QUOTE]The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says she is not a fan of the viral image of her uncle wearing a hoodie in support of Trayvon Martin. The image, created by artist Nikkolas Smith and spread widely by activist Van Jones on Twitter, shows a contemplative King wearing the garment, which has become a symbol of support for the slain 17-year-old.

[kentatm]

whatevs.

my grandparents had hoodies.

people need to stop acting like only thugs wear them.

[9erempiree]

So if I go out wearing a hoodie, I'm automatically a Trayvon Martin supporter?

She also mentioned sagging pants. It's on Yahoo. I should have posted the link but I don't want to look for it again.

[ace23]

:facepalm

[Immortal Bum]

lmao oh shit now we can't wear hoodies anymore

[32jazz]

Neither would Vince Lombardi wear a hoodie. Bill Belichick is a damn thug:rolleyes:

[Graviton]

Only thing MLK would say about this whole situation is probably this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5FR1LGsT7E

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

She also mentioned sagging pants. It's on Yahoo. I should have posted the link but I don't want to look for it again.

http://news.yahoo.com/mlk-s-niece-on-viral-hoodie-image---dr--martin-luther-king-jr--would-not-wear-a-hoodie--164608597.html

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would very likely not wear a hoodie,” she said. “I can assure you he would not wear sagging pants. I don't even think I’ve ever even seen his sons with sagging pants.”

[HardwoodLegend]

She's a conservative pro-life activist.

I think it's wrong for either side to speak up for the dead about what they would or wouldn't do. She'd probably go as far as saying MLK would have voted for Mitt Romney in this last election.

[OldSkoolball#52]

people need to stop acting like only thugs wear them.


People also need to stop acting like only black people wear them.

[Dictator]

Why are people still relating hoodies to thug. He had on a hoodie because it was raining.

[bladefd]

You know what? I think she is completely right. MLK JR is the type of guy that would not walk around wearing a hoodie.

He is also the type of guy that preached non-violence; everything he stood for and did in his life was based on the study of non-violence. If somebody hit him, he would not hit back. He based his life around the studies of Mahatma Gandhi. He is the type of guy that would rather get arrested and thrown in jail for something he believed in than violate his own beliefs. THAT right there goes against the actions of Trayvon Martin. Sure, he was a kid and you can make the argument that his violent actions were also in self-defense, but don't distort what MLK stood for to make your own activist statement. MLK STOOD FOR NON-VIOLENCE EVEN UNDER OPPRESSION!!

I find it very insulting that people are using MLK in this to get their own biases over this case across. That goes against everything MLK himself believed in. I studied MLK's life very closely, and I find him to be one of the most inspirational people that I have ever studied. And I'm not black.

Lets not act as if Trayvon Martin was like MLK JR. No, there are ZERO similarities and to try to create some sort of connection between the two is in violation of MLK's beliefs and standards.

[OldSkoolball#52]

She'd probably go as far as saying MLK would have voted for Mitt Romney in this last election.


Wait, DID she say that, or are you attempting to put words in her mouth?

[AlphaWolf24]

Hoodie this...Hoodie that......stupid Fing media and thier white wash reporters....

they have no clue....

( goes to stock port.... Purchases stock in www.myhoodie.com )

[32jazz]

Wait, DID she say that, or are you attempting to put words in her mouth?

She claims MLK was a Republican & would be a Republican still today:facepalm


Although MLK never claimed a party Many Blacks were Repubs before the 1960's Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts.


Not the same 'Party of Abe Lincoln' GOP today. The Southern Strategy turned the bigoted Southern Dems to solidly GOP today.


See Southern Strategy.

[Rasheed1]

You know what? I think she is completely right. MLK JR is the type of guy that would not walk around wearing a hoodie.

He is also the type of guy that preached non-violence; everything he stood for and did in his life was based on the study of non-violence. If somebody hit him, he would not hit back. He based his life around the studies of Mahatma Gandhi. He is the type of guy that would rather get arrested and thrown in jail for something he believed in than violate his own beliefs. THAT right there goes against the actions of Trayvon Martin. Sure, he was a kid and you can make the argument that his violent actions were also in self-defense, but don't distort what MLK stood for to make your own activist statement. MLK STOOD FOR NON-VIOLENCE EVEN UNDER OPPRESSION!!

I find it very insulting that people are using MLK in this to get their own biases over this case across. That goes against everything MLK himself believed in. I studied MLK's life very closely, and I find him to be one of the most inspirational people that I have ever studied. And I'm not black.

Lets not act as if Trayvon Martin was like MLK JR. No, there are ZERO similarities and to try to create some sort of connection between the two is in violation of MLK's beliefs and standards.

If he would be mad at trayvon for fighting back, just imagine how mad he would be at zimmerman for using his gun and killing a kid after profiling him..


If you studied MLK, then you know he would cry if he saw alot of things that went on including the trayvon martin incident..

Not only was MLK against against the kind of profiling that was done to trayvon by zimmerman, he was also a fighter against income inequality, and human rights champion for people across the globe.

If MLK was alive he would be public enemy #1.. People would hate him because he would be calling all these hypocrites from the president on down to the zimmermans..

[HardwoodLegend]

Wait, DID she say that, or are you attempting to put words in her mouth?

I said she probably would. I didn't say I'm positive she would, so no... not attempting to put words in her mouth.

I guess a better way of re-phrasing would be, "It wouldn't surprise me if she were presumptive enough to tell everyone who MLK would vote for if he were still alive."

[Jameerthefear]

I guess the point of the picture flew over her head completely.

[MavsSuperFan]

If he would be mad at trayvon for fighting back, just imagine how mad he would be at zimmerman for using his gun and killing a kid after profiling him..


If you studied MLK, then you know he would cry if he saw alot of things that went on including the trayvon martin incident..

Not only was MLK against against the kind of profiling that was done to trayvon by zimmerman, he was also a fighter against income inequality, and human rights champion for people across the globe.

If MLK was alive he would be public enemy #1.. People would hate him because he would be calling all these hypocrites from the president on down to the zimmermans..

Its funny cause last year the US air force used his words in a way targeted at getting people to support their nuclear strike capabilities. MLK is like Jesus now, everybody uses him to promote their cause.

http://gizmodo.com/5978125/air-force-uses-martin-luther-king-junior-to-promote-nuclear-warfare


Dr. King would be proud to see our Global Strike team - comprised of Airmen, civilians and contractors from every race, creed, background and religion - standing side-by-side ensuring the most powerful weapons in the U.S. arsenal remain the credible bedrock of our national defense. . . Our team must overlook our differences to ensure perfection as we maintain and operate our weapon systems. . . Maintaining our commitment to our Global Strike team, our families and our nation is a fitting tribute to Dr. King as we celebrate his legacy.

[bladefd]

If he would be mad at trayvon for fighting back, just imagine how mad he would be at zimmerman for using his gun and killing a kid after profiling him..


If you studied MLK, then you know he would cry if he saw alot of things that went on including the trayvon martin incident..

Not only was MLK against against the kind of profiling that was done to trayvon by zimmerman, he was also a fighter against income inequality, and human rights champion for people across the globe.

If MLK was alive he would be public enemy #1.. People would hate him because he would be calling all these hypocrites from the president on down to the zimmermans..

I never said anything about him being mad at Martin or Zimmerman. I don't know how he would react to those 2 directly, but lets not act as if MLK would fully support Martin like activists out there are trying to make it seem. That's false. I don't think MLK would support either one. Zimmerman wouldn't be supported because of his stupidity and ignoring the community watch rules that he SHOULD know if he was truly a community watch. Trayvon wouldn't be supported because his first action was violence.

He would be out there making sure it never happens again. Maybe fight for integrating same community watch rules across the nation. If somebody violates the community watch rules while on duty that leads to the death or critical condition of somebody, the person would not be allowed to be defended as community watch under the justice system. Something ought to be done.

Perhaps, he would teach kids that the first response to an injustice is not violence. A lot of things he would do and say. He was an outspoken guy that truly cared about the community.

[Rasheed1]

I never said anything about him being mad at Martin or Zimmerman. I don't know how he would react to those 2 directly, but lets not act as if MLK would fully support Martin like activists out there are trying to make it seem. That's false. I don't think MLK would support either one. Zimmerman wouldn't be supported because of his stupidity and ignoring the community watch rules that he SHOULD know if he was truly a community watch. Trayvon wouldn't be supported because his first action was violence.

He would be out there making sure it never happens again. Maybe fight for integrating same community watch rules across the nation. If somebody violates the community watch rules while on duty that leads to the death or critical condition of somebody, the person would not be allowed to be defended as community watch under the justice system. Something ought to be done.

Perhaps, he would teach kids that the first response to an injustice is not violence. A lot of things he would do and say. He was an outspoken guy that truly cared about the community.

My point is that he would obviously have a bigger problem with the profiling since that was a huge part of what his life's work was about. Seeing black people get killed and then seeing the justice system drag their feet to even prosecute the killer is something MLK was all too familar with..

As a matter of fact, MLK's killer walked free a while before the justice sytem decided to prosecute the guy.. Medgar Evers? Emmitt Till? the list goes on and on and on...

[Rasheed1]

Its funny cause last year the US air force used his words in a way targeted at getting people to support their nuclear strike capabilities. MLK is like Jesus now, everybody uses him to promote their cause.

http://gizmodo.com/5978125/air-force-uses-martin-luther-king-junior-to-promote-nuclear-warfare


this is what Im talking about... you also see hypocrites like Barack Obama using MLKs bible to swear himself in when his foreign policy is a disgrace..

MLK would Obama's enemy if he were alive today.. He would be the enemy of alot of people who walk around saying his name while acting like devils

[gigantes]

I guess the point of the picture flew over her head completely.
exactly. it sounds like she doesn't know what she's talking about and has a real agenda to push.


my understanding of MLK is that he was in to solidarity and peaceful protest. if his actions and reputation are any measure, i would guess he very much WOULD wear a hoodie over all this, whether for a photo or something more.


someone above was saying that MLK wouldn't want to have anything to do with martin over principles. that sounds like sheer nonsense. MLK wasn't about expecting everyone to be like him, he was about standing up for peoples rights in a responsible way. IMO, of course.....

[rezznor]

"Do you know that Negroes are 10 percent of the population of St. Louis and are responsible for 58% of its crimes? We've got to face that. And we've got to do something about our moral standards. We know that there are many things wrong in the white world, but there are many things wrong in the black world, too. We can't keep on blaming the white man. There are things we must do for ourselves."




























-Dr. Martin Luther King

[Rasheed1]

"Do you know that Negroes are 10 percent of the population of St. Louis and are responsible for 58% of its crimes? We've got to face that. And we've got to do something about our moral standards. We know that there are many things wrong in the white world, but there are many things wrong in the black world, too. We can't keep on blaming the white man. There are things we must do for ourselves."

He is absolutely right... And I think if white people actually paid any attention to what goes on in the black community they wouldnt make dumb comment abouts black on black crime because they would already know that there is a huge war going on amongst black folks every day to stop the violence....
'It doesnt excuse or have any thing to with racist crimes against black folks..

[MAC system]

Milk was a communist piece of shit. Who cares

[MavsSuperFan]

Milk was a communist piece of shit. Who cares

Wow somebody anti MLK in 2013. You the first person I can remember.

[SCdac]

"Do you know that Negroes are 10 percent of the population of St. Louis and are responsible for 58% of its crimes? We've got to face that. And we've got to do something about our moral standards. We know that there are many things wrong in the white world, but there are many things wrong in the black world, too. We can't keep on blaming the white man. There are things we must do for ourselves."

-Dr. Martin Luther King

It takes a very strong and honest person to point out flaws in their own people, and so many people of all races nowadays are not that.

MLK was admirable, and no doubt he would advocate non violence. His beliefs were such a contrast to, say, Malcom X's militant "eye for an eye" beliefs.

I was just watching a CNN exclusive right now "race and justice" or something, and it's one person after another explaining how victimized black people are (there's truth to it) and how they should instruct their black child to act, but never (in mainstream media) is there courage enough to even remotely address this notion MLK addressed in that quote.

The one person who addressed gang-culture, of all people, was freaking Newt Gingrich.... That's sad to me.

(note: merely replying to that quote, i'm not insinuating Trayvon was in a gang or even deserved to be profiled that night)

[rezznor]

It takes a very strong and honest person to point out flaws in their own people, and so many people of all races nowadays are not that.

MLK was admirable, and no doubt he would advocate non violence. His beliefs were such a contrast to, say, Malcom X's militant "eye for an eye" beliefs.

I was just watching a CNN exclusive right now "race and justice" or something, and it's one person after another explaining how victimized black people are (there's truth to it) and how they should instruct their black child to act, but never (in mainstream media) is there courage enough to even remotely address this notion MLK addressed in that quote.

The one person who addressed gang-culture, of all people, was freaking Newt Gingrich.... That's sad to me.



George Zimmerman's acquittal of murder charges in a Florida court has been followed by predictable calls for America to have a "national conversation" about this or that aspect of the case. President Obama wants to talk about gun control. Civil-rights leaders want to talk about racial profiling. Others want to discuss how the American criminal justice system supposedly targets black men.

All of which is fine. Just don't expect these conversations to be especially illuminating or honest. Liberals in general, and the black left in particular, like the idea of talking about racial problems, but in practice they typically ignore the most relevant aspects of any such discussion.



Any candid debate on race and criminality in this country would have to start with the fact that blacks commit an astoundingly disproportionate number of crimes. African-Americans constitute about 13% of the population, yet between 1976 and 2005 blacks committed more than half of all murders in the U.S. The black arrest rate for most offenses—including robbery, aggravated assault and property crimes—is typically two to three times their representation in the population. The U.S. criminal-justice system, which currently is headed by one black man (Attorney General Eric Holder) who reports to another (President Obama), is a reflection of this reality, not its cause.

"High rates of black violence in the late twentieth century are a matter of historical fact, not bigoted imagination," wrote the late Harvard Law professor William Stuntz in "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice." "The trends reached their peak not in the land of Jim Crow but in the more civilized North, and not in the age of segregation but in the decades that saw the rise of civil rights for African Americans—and of African American control of city governments."

The left wants to blame these outcomes on racial animus and "the system," but blacks have long been part of running that system. Black crime and incarceration rates spiked in the 1970s and '80s in cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia, under black mayors and black police chiefs. Some of the most violent cities in the U.S. today are run by blacks.


The jury's only job in the Zimmerman trial was to determine whether the defendant broke the law when he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year in a gated community near Orlando, Fla. In cases of self-defense, it doesn't matter who initiated the confrontation; whether Mr. Zimmerman singled out Martin because he was a black youngster in a neighborhood where there had been a series of burglaries by black youngsters; or whether Mr. Zimmerman disregarded what the police dispatcher told him before he got out of his car. Nor does it matter that Martin was unarmed and minding his own business when Mr. Zimmerman approached.

All that really mattered in that courtroom is whether Mr. Zimmerman reasonably believed that his life was in danger when he pulled the trigger. Critics of the verdict might not like the statutes that allowed for this outcome, but the proper response would not have been for the jury to ignore them and convict.

Did the perception of black criminality play a role in Martin's death? We may never know for certain, but we do know that those negative perceptions of young black men are rooted in hard data on who commits crimes. We also know that young black men will not change how they are perceived until they change how they behave.

The homicide rate claiming black victims today is seven times that of whites, and the George Zimmermans of the world are not the reason. Some 90% of black murder victims are killed by other blacks.

So let's have our discussions, even if the only one that really needs to occur is within the black community. Civil-rights leaders today choose to keep the focus on white racism instead of personal responsibility, but their predecessors knew better.

"Do you know that Negroes are 10 percent of the population of St. Louis and are responsible for 58% of its crimes? We've got to face that. And we've got to do something about our moral standards," Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told a congregation in 1961. "We know that there are many things wrong in the white world, but there are many things wrong in the black world, too. We can't keep on blaming the white man. There are things we must do for ourselves."

Mr. Riley is a member of the Journal's editorial board.

A version of this article appeared July 16, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The WSJ


the author of this article happens to be a black.

[SCdac]

the author of this article happens to be a black.

Good. I didn't say nobody is talking about it at all. I applaud any and all talks. But lets be real, it's largely avoided in left and right mainstream media, because it's not sensational or a narrative that'll draw in ratings. For every piece like that, there are 10 shying away from these problems.

[rezznor]

Good. I didn't say nobody is talking about it at all. I applaud any and all talks. But lets be real, it's largely avoided in left and right mainstream media, because it's not sensational or a narrative that'll draw in ratings. For every piece like that, there are 10 shying away from these problems.
yeah i agree.

[MJ23forever]

The Southern Strategy turned the bigoted Southern Dems to solidly GOP today.


See Southern Strategy.



If

[OldSkoolball#52]

"Do you know that Negroes are 10 percent of the population of St. Louis "

-dr martin luther king jr




According to the 2010 United States Census... the population was about 49.2% African American, 43.9% White



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vV6exeFJYag/UWYQ8caOcLI/AAAAAAAACGI/9YLHS0AZ5zM/s1600/charlie-sigh.jpg

[MAC system]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vV6exeFJYag/UWYQ8caOcLI/AAAAAAAACGI/9YLHS0AZ5zM/s1600/charlie-sigh.jpg
MLk was obviously talking about 2010 huh? You dipshit

[OldSkoolball#52]

MLk was obviously talking about 2010 huh? You dipshit



:wtf:

wah??



You dipshit


http://www.palmerstores.com/media/img/products/1-36353-showerdrape-tau-vanity-mirror-1364-zoom.jpg

[ILLsmak]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vV6exeFJYag/UWYQ8caOcLI/AAAAAAAACGI/9YLHS0AZ5zM/s1600/charlie-sigh.jpg

dey been doin crimes n ****in' too.

-Smak

[Kblaze8855]

I dont know....


http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.jpg



http://www.algemeiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mlk-pool-e1326760583432.jpg



Seems pretty casual.

Being a civil rights leader doesnt mean you wont wear sweatshirts with a hood.

[bagelred]

Wasn't MLK Jr. all about non violent protests and peaceful resistance?

Trayvon was all about violence....deciding it was time to beat the shit out of GZ. Don't think MLK would approve....

[OhNoTimNoSho]

MLK would never sacrifice his professional image for comfort. NEVER! Even if he were to go out jogging on a chilly day, hed be wearing a 3 piece suit.

[bladefd]

I dont know....
Seems pretty casual.

Being a civil rights leader doesnt mean you wont wear sweatshirts with a hood.

From what I took away from it all though is that MLK Jr wouldn't run around with a hoodie on at dusk. It's all about how you present yourself that will determine how people look at you. If Trayvon Martin was walking down the street with his hoodie off and his face visible, this shooting may not have gone down. When your face is covered up and running down the street (or through people's yards) with a brown bag and a hand in your pocket, people will think you may be shady or hiding something.

And yeah, you could say that people shouldn't judge you by the cover, but that is how real-life works. People DO judge you by your presentation and people DO judge you by how you carry yourself physically and verbally. Everything matters.

Anyways, Zimmerman fu<ked up by completely rushing to act on his judgment without using his head to think for a moment, but it was not entirely his fault. Trayvon Martin is also to blame for this as much as Zimmerman is. The only thing is that Trayvon Martin is not alive to express his end of the story. My guess is that he would say something like "This guy was staring at me and following me around in his car. He was a stranger to me, and I thought he was a crazy stalker so I ran away from him. I wasn't think about my hoodie or anything. He still kept following me on foot afterwards. He could be a gangster trying to kill me. I defended myself from a crazy stalker." How do you respond to that?

[Bourne]

Maybe this is just where I grew up, but back in my high school days, the only people wearing hoodies (well, 90% of them) were THAT crowd. The type to skip class to smoke cigarettes out on the front lawn, get suspended for fighting etc.. Predominantly white, by the way. But you KNOW the type. Do NOT act as if honour students and community volunteers are wearing 1/10 the number of hoodies as THAT crowd.

[daily]

Well I for one am happy Martin was wearing a hoodie. Just imagine if he'd been wearing a leisure suit

[SCdac]

Maybe this is just where I grew up, but back in my high school days, the only people wearing hoodies (well, 90% of them) were THAT crowd. The type to skip class to smoke cigarettes out on the front lawn, get suspended for fighting etc.. Predominantly white, by the way. But you KNOW the type. Do NOT act as if honour students and community volunteers are wearing 1/10 the number of hoodies as THAT crowd.

Eh, growing up in a middle class neighborhood in SA, mostly white and hispanic, I saw hoodies on the regular especially in the 90's when skating skyrocketed in popularity. There wasn't a correlation with bad behavior/outcasts.

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/pict/181166095984_1.jpg
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mxuDLWC4r_uwQh2oF91RAAg.jpg

Even in hot ass Texas, so many people of all demographics rocked hoodies.

The fact that Trayvon was wearing one, and Zimmerman found him suspicious for whatever reasons (his behavior, mostly), seems like happenstance.

[longtime lurker]

I wonder why he had his hoodie up? Hmmmm maybe because it was raining!

[Bourne]

Eh, growing up in a middle class neighborhood in SA, mostly white and hispanic, I saw hoodies on the regular especially in the 90's when skating skyrocketed in popularity. There wasn't a correlation with bad behavior/outcasts.

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/pict/181166095984_1.jpg
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mxuDLWC4r_uwQh2oF91RAAg.jpg

Even in hot ass Texas, so many people of all demographics rocked hoodies.

The fact that Trayvon was wearing one, and Zimmerman found him suspicious for whatever reasons (his behavior, mostly), seems like happenstance.

Interesting.

I don't consider myself a prejudiced person (I rail on people when they label people by race in casual conversation), but I'm steadfast in my belief, based on who I grew up with, i.e. my high schools population, that those wearing hoodies are 10x more likely to be f*ckups than those not wearing them.

[joe]

There are good and bad people of all color, and it's dumb to judge an individual by their color. But I'd like to see more individual black people stand up against the non-sense going on. The statistics on black crime are pretty atrocious. I know blacks are more likely to be arrested/convicted for the same crime a white person gets away with. But when black people are charged with murder only slightly less than whites, while having less than half the population, that is just insane.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-43/10tbl43a.xls

We need a nice guy revolution in this country. Why can't we all just be cool to each other?

As a white person I think black people have a lot of shit shoveled on them by the government, like the drug war and racism in the legal system. Slavery obviously. But at a certain point, individuals need to take responsibility. The fact that we have hoods in America like what goes on in Chicago is a disgrace. Where are the individuals who will stop the finger pointing, because I can also tell you as a white person.. it's getting to the point where reverse racism is no longer a silly overreaction by white people. IMO.

[joe]

This is random but I was on ChatRoulette like a year ago and got matched up with a black kid in his early 20's. And I got the urge to say, "dude, why can't we all just get along? Whites, blacks." I said it, and he looked at me and laughed and was like "Bro, I was just thinking the EXACT SAME THING." And we had a pretty cool conversation for a few minutes.

I do believe that there's some sort of collective nature to humans. I don't think it was a coincidence that we were both thinking that at the same time. I think there's a sense between the younger people of both generations to just let go of all the non-sense.

But for that to work both sides have to meet in the middle. Stop fighting like this about George Zimmerman.

[Rasheed1]

There are good and bad people of all color, and it's dumb to judge an individual by their color. But I'd like to see more individual black people stand up against the non-sense going on. The statistics on black crime are pretty atrocious. I know blacks are more likely to be arrested/convicted for the same crime a white person gets away with. But when black people are charged with murder only slightly less than whites, while having less than half the population, that is just insane.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-43/10tbl43a.xls

We need a nice guy revolution in this country. Why can't we all just be cool to each other?

As a white person I think black people have a lot of shit shoveled on them by the government, like the drug war and racism in the legal system. Slavery obviously. But at a certain point, individuals need to take responsibility. The fact that we have hoods in America like what goes on in Chicago is a disgrace. Where are the individuals who will stop the finger pointing, because I can also tell you as a white person.. it's getting to the point where reverse racism is no longer a silly overreaction by white people. IMO.


:facepalm

A couple of things..

If you want to see blacks stand up against the problems in their neighborhoods? there are a ton of programs and intiatives, groups designed to combat it. All you have to do is LOOK for it joe.. its not going to fall into your lap.. Go look at every white guy's favorite boogeyman AL sharpton's web page... Look and see how many programs he has to fight black on black crime..

Do some real research and stop whining

Secondly... There is no such thing as "reverse racism" :facepalm

Racism is racism.. Whether it be against whites or blacks or Asians or whatever... It is called racism

[Rasheed1]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/rev-al-sharpton-talk-violence-black-neighborhoods-article-1.292142

http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/07/al-sharpton-to-move-to-chicago-to-address-gun-violence/

http://wgntv.com/2013/07/13/rev-jesse-jackson-anti-violence-groups-ask-for-peace-in-chicago/

http://www.rainbowpush.org/news/single/rev._jesse_jackson_fr._michael_pfleger_to_lead_ant i-violence_rally_friday_e

http://praiseconnect.michronicleonline.com/index.php/news/981-president-obama-ought-to-divert-his-plane-from-minneapolis-and-go-to-chicago-and-address-the-gun-violence-there

This should start you off joe..

Have a look at some of the anti-violence programs and networks in cities across the country.

http://www.uac.org/partners/philadelphia-anti-druganti-violence-network-paan

[longtime lurker]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/rev-al-sharpton-talk-violence-black-neighborhoods-article-1.292142

http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/07/al-sharpton-to-move-to-chicago-to-address-gun-violence/

http://wgntv.com/2013/07/13/rev-jesse-jackson-anti-violence-groups-ask-for-peace-in-chicago/

http://www.rainbowpush.org/news/single/rev._jesse_jackson_fr._michael_pfleger_to_lead_ant i-violence_rally_friday_e

http://praiseconnect.michronicleonline.com/index.php/news/981-president-obama-ought-to-divert-his-plane-from-minneapolis-and-go-to-chicago-and-address-the-gun-violence-there

This should start you off joe..

Have a look at some of the anti-violence programs and networks in cities across the country.

http://www.uac.org/partners/philadelphia-anti-druganti-violence-network-paan

This will conveniently be ignore because it doesn't fit into an agenda.

[OldSkoolball#52]

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If you want to see blacks stand up against the problems in their neighborhoods? there are a ton of programs and intiatives, groups designed to combat it. All you have to do is LOOK for it joe.. its not going to fall into your lap.. Go look at every white guy's favorite boogeyman AL sharpton's web page... Look and see how many programs he has to fight black on black crime..



You are right, the stuff is out there.

So the next, and more important question is.... Why isn't it working?

Not trying to be glib. Trying to be serious. This is obviously a very important question for everyone. It has to be answered. BOTH sides have to take responsibility. And personally I feel that at this point in time, in 2013, especially when you consider how hard Democrats are trying to get resources to the black community... the "white" side (and i dont mean obvious backwoods racists in kentucky), but white politicians and white voters who participate in politics etc. are being very very politically correct with things like affirmative action, minority scholarships and grants, various social assistances... I mean I think "America" (which is predominantly white) is doing a lot. The results still aren't there. There really does have to be a dialogue.


Part of it is non racial too. Crime is going to exist more in cities than in rural areas, even amongst equally low income people. Obviously traditionally low-income blacks live in major cities, low-income whites live on the plains of Kansas. I think there is more temptation and more anonymity in the city which breeds crime. But still, Mexicans and Asians have been in these positions as well and not been as ridiculously prone to violence and crime. Part of it is the culture. And it simply has to change. White people are offering the incentive (scholarships, workplace diversity, motivational commercials and billboards lol etc. etc.) but they can't forcibly go in and change the culture without being decried as bigots. That's gonna take more effort from the black community itself.

[Crystallas]

lmao oh shit now we can't wear hoodies anymore


Whoosh, missed the point by a mile.


Assuming you're a male:
It's like if someone photoshopped a picture of you wearing a skirt, and in context, it was used to demonstrate your support of feminism(despite you NOT giving consent, or have demonstrated that parallel of very support).

[MadeFromDust]

The cracka ass crackas from OKC on "Street Outlaws" wear hoodies all the time. You know hoodies gone mainstream now.