So not a hate crime?

[kandrathe]

I don't think you can really generalize based on anecdotes.

But now there's the rub, right? It's difficult to quantify this type of reverse racism, yet most everyone has experienced it in one way shape or form.

But, also there is real racism. With media access today, it is easy to document every case of excessive use of force to achieve a political (power) goal. But, like with Mỹ Lai in Vietnam, perception and public opinion really do matter. Every soldier is not a butcher, but every one got labeled as a suspect.

Seeing the whole BLM group evolve into what they represent today, all the news coverage of young black men resisting officers due to their perceived prejudices against them (which aren't true) and the actions taken against them to subdue them and the resultant riots afterward... where is the hero that stands up and calls them out for what this is? It's so fucking obvious, it's ridiculous! When an officer of the law can't even do his/her job for fear of being labeled a racist and losing their job or worse simply for arresting a non cooperative black individual, I'd say the fucking system is broken, and there is a serious underlying issue not being addressed.

I think it is a semi-revolutionary political agenda actually, a naked power grab by a few who diverted the BLM brand into something it never was. Eventually, I think, like "The Tea Party" the movement will act out negatively enough with the outcome of shedding its original meaning and supporters,

I've seen on the news officers relieved of duty and charged with murder *due to public pressure* when the force already knew the officer was innocent, and the poor officer goes to court and of course wins because they were innocent all along, but they have to play this game for who? For the protesters who will riot... and who are these protesters? What are they protesting? It's not unfair treatment, because these cases have evidence to the contrary. It is black peoples perception of inequality that is at issue here. Get a clue! Like I said, it's so obvious what's happening, so why won't anyone call it out for what it is?

Which is why we should kiss every Brit we know for giving us the English common law system, where people are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt. I was explaining the Napoleonic code to my son yesterday...

And no, I'm not like Trump who said, "I love Chinese people. I have them working for me all over the world". I actually have friends of every color in the rainbow, and they can see this same issue as I. I don't have to give out the names and addresses of my black friends, but you can trust neither myself nor my friends have a racist bone in our bodies. The reason problem here is thus issue is political taboo/suicide to address for any politician, and the methods our politicians have used within the past few decades to "correct" it have only made it far worse. In the early 80's, my wife grew up in orange County/Los Angeles, and they (politicians) started trying "fix" the perception of minority only communities and forced school kids from one district to travel to the inner city and vice versa. Needles to say it was a fucking disaster for everyone and just another failed attempt that only cause more feelings of being a victim for minorities.

While I believe there is this phenomena of inherent bias, I don't think things were this bad a decade ago...

"There's a tremendous gap of achievement between rich and poor, white and minority. This, too, leaves a divided society. And whatever the causes, the effect is discrimination. My friend Phyllis Hunter (ph), of Houston, Texas, calls 'reading' the new civil right. Equality in our country will remain a distant dream until every child, of every background, learns so that he or she may strive and rise in this world. No child in America should be segregated by low expectations, imprisoned by illiteracy, abandoned to frustration and the darkness of self-doubt."

- GWB to the NAACP