How does the World view America these days?

[ignatius]

Bait bricks.

 

 

 

 

 

[hello spiral]

13 hours ago, auxien said:

the dude with a sword? he went to the hospital, he lived. couldn't wait to get his ass back on Twitter ASAP and get some exposure, but now he closed his account apparently. the people kicking his ass seemed to have a good handle on how to kick someone's ass without killing them, because they sure could've easily killed him if they'd wanted. but they weren't reckless assholes like cops or something, they practiced some amount of restraint.

protecting a bar he loves. 

for Christ.

 

[chenGOD]

More cops doing the right thing - this Houston guy seems to have it on point:

 

Nashville:

 

[Nebraska]

 

[zlemflolia]

https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1267441230419550208

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[chenGOD]

I mean it would be ironic if POC owned any of those cars.  For certain though, burning them will surely open the eyes of the rich to the struggles of the proletariat, and not in any way galvanize them against the poor. Definitely not. 

[ignatius]

 

[whosebrian]

2 hours ago, Nebraska said:

 

[prdctvsm]

"The US has a big racism problem and the art world is not helping", by margaret carrigan

[ignatius]

[ignatius]

 

[prdctvsm]

[zlemflolia]

8 hours ago, chenGOD said:

I mean it would be ironic if POC owned any of those cars.  For certain though, burning them will surely open the eyes of the rich to the struggles of the proletariat, and not in any way galvanize them against the poor. Definitely not. 

its a class struggle too, a race struggle is just one of its manifestations.  a primarily all-black upper class town which managed itself would not suffer from police profiling or other shit unless outsiders venture in.  similar can be said if you modify the ratios

Edited June 2, 2020 by Zeffolia

[J3FF3R00]

1 minute ago, Zeffolia said:

its a class struggle, a race struggle is just one of its manifestations.  an all-black upper class neighborhood which managed itself would not suffer from police profiling

You'd like to think so.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-99th-anniversary-trnd/index.html

[ignatius]

 

[chenGOD]

8 minutes ago, Zeffolia said:

its a class struggle too, a race struggle is just one of its manifestations.  a primarily all-black upper class town which managed itself would not suffer from police profiling or other shit unless outsiders venture in.  similar can be said if you modify the ratios

You don’t think rich black people look down on poor black people? Have you never seen the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

[zlemflolia]

3 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

You don’t think rich black people look down on poor black people? Have you never seen the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

how does this sentence contradict anything I said? you just gave an example that suggests it's about class more than race in that scenario

[chenGOD]

You said an upper class well managed all black neighborhood wouldn’t have profiling. I’m telling you they would. 
Burning those cars is unproductive for any number of reasons, but mostly because it puts the people who can actually do something about systemic racism (those with wealth) in an antagonistic mindframe. 

[Nebraska]

35 minutes ago, Zeffolia said:

its a class struggle too, a race struggle is just one of its manifestations.  a primarily all-black upper class town which managed itself would not suffer from police profiling or other shit unless outsiders venture in.  similar can be said if you modify the ratios

 

[zlemflolia]

27 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

You said an upper class well managed all black neighborhood wouldn’t have profiling. I’m telling you they would. 
Burning those cars is unproductive for any number of reasons, but mostly because it puts the people who can actually do something about systemic racism (those with wealth) in an antagonistic mindframe. 

you didn't read my entire example clearly.  also I edited my post, possibly after you saw it, to say town

and those people won't do anything to help anyway they have directly differing incentives

Edited June 2, 2020 by Zeffolia

[chenGOD]

17 minutes ago, Zeffolia said:

you didn't read my entire example clearly.  also I edited my post, possibly after you saw it, to say town

and those people won't do anything to help anyway they have directly differing incentives

“Those people”? Damn...that sounds pretty uhhh...

I thought the race struggle was part of it? Ah only poor POC are impacted by racism. Got it. 

[zlemflolia]

1 hour ago, chenGOD said:

“Those people”? Damn...that sounds pretty uhhh...

I thought the race struggle was part of it? Ah only poor POC are impacted by racism. Got it. 

"Those people" was directed towards "those with wealth" if you're implying it's racist

No shit race is part of it.  But what is a big part of why race is capable of being part of it?  Because black people are disproportionate victims of violence, and this includes economic violence

You either are unaware of these things or arguing in bad faith, either way it's not worth my time

[chenGOD]

So do you think burning rich black peoples cars is more or less likely to help POC overcome systemic racism? Explain your answer. 

[sweepstakes]

Zeffolia don't give up

You're going to win

I can feel it

[zlemflolia]

28 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

So do you think burning rich black peoples cars is more or less likely to help POC overcome systemic racism? Explain your answer. 

ummmmmmmm I don't think there should be luxury cars, at all, or mansions, so yeah get rid of the fucking luxury cars even if black people own them