polichick (30,758 posts)
Ever Since the Z. Verdict I Find Myself Noticing Black Men and Boys...
more than I used to. I'm always wondering if they are worried, if they don't feel welcome wherever we are (restaurants, stores, streets). I know that if I ever see anyone hassling one of them, I'll step in somehow. I've always been one to get involved when someone is bullied, but now I actually look for situations. Here in Northern Virginia there is a lot of diversity so nobody really sticks out. So far I haven't seen a problem, but I find myself paying attention to every black male face and offering a silent little blessing just in case.
That slogan "God Bless America" has always bugged me because it's so often used by those who consider America so much more exceptional than the rest of the world. But these days GOD HELP AMERICA often comes to mind.
We are going to have to be "our brothers' keepers" in big political and small daily ways if we are ever going to change our corrupt for-profit prison industry and the irrational hatefulness of racism.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251316090What I've noticed since the Zimmerman verdict is, bodies of black teenagers piled up everywhere I go. Now that the left has said it's legal for crackers to murder black kids, all the crackers down here in FL have been going wild. It's total chaos down here.
Hey DUmmy when you go around looking for something to offend you, you will find something. If a cracker in a pick up truck cuts off a black person in traffic, you will conclude that the cracker is a racist.
Star Member AndyA (16,561 posts)
1. I asked a young black lady (25-30ish) a question in the grocery store the other day, and she jumped
She knew I was there, we were shopping in the same area, and looking at the same things. I asked her if she'd ever bought a particular product before, and she acted startled and kind of jumped.
I told her I was sorry, I didn't mean to scare her, and she said, "Oh, it's not you, I'm just nervous these days" with a strained smile.
She said that she had bought that before, and I asked her if she liked it. She said it was OK, but that she and her family preferred another brand, which was what she always bought, and told me why. I told her that was good enough for me, put that one in my cart, and thanked her.
I felt bad for her. Later, I passed her in another aisle and thanked her again for being my "professional shopping expert." She laughed, and said sometimes she wished she had one.
I think she was in a better mood after that, she seemed to have a hint of a smile on her face as she went on and shopped. It reminded me that sometimes all it takes is being nice to people to make their day a little better, and being nice takes zero effort.
I wondered if the Trayvon Martin trial had anything to do with her nervousness.
No, it was probably your body odor that scared her.
Star Member Lifelong Protester (4,866 posts)
9. I know, you probably have the same reaction as me
to a lot of the crap going on right now and I shake my head "Not this same old crap again"....I cannot believe we are going to be forced to fight these battles all over again. Antiwar, Anti-racism, Anti-misogynism.
Actually you want to relive the 60s so bad that you turn every incident into a racist or sexist incident.
You purposely seek out any incident you think you can make a stink about. Just like the whole Trayvon incident, as soon as you heard a cracker popped a black kid you jumped to the conclusion that the cracker had to be a racist and killed the poor innocent child all because he can't stand black people. You idiots with the help of the media and the black leadership made this whole incident into a racial incident.
You walk around with a chip on your shoulder just waiting to scream racist. I guess you do it to feel superior to everyone else because you claim to care so much about minorities.
