Mr. Scorpio
Mr. Scorpio's JournalThis is not good. Apparently Trump has caused Israel to lose its gawd damned mind
https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/995511953471647744Wow, race-based stress is at pandemic proportions in this country
https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/995469344976130050https://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/white-people-freak-theyre-called-race-hesaid/
'Calling the Police' Is White People's AppleCare for Black People
Today 11:42am Filed to: WHITE PEOPLE
Youd think learning that Sarah Braaschthe woman who called the police on Yale graduate student Lolade Siyonbola for #NappingWhileBlackis a philosophy Ph.D. candidate whos studied gender and law would add something to this story. A surprise, perhaps, that a person who has undoubtedly encountered lessons on unconscious bias and systemic oppression would be so transparently racist. Or maybe even a shock that someone so educated could do something so, well, stupid.
But nah. Hearing about her academic background is no different from discovering that her hair is brown or that her favorite movie is Die Hard With a Vengeance. It adds no context, provides no insight and doesnt even begin to nudge the needle in either direction. We know, already, that racismanti-blackness, specificallyfollows white people wherever they happen to be, as if anti-blackness uses Waze to locate and track them. Yale, Yellowstone National Park, the year 2018it doesnt matter. For white people, being racist is Liam Neeson in Taken:
That said, I strongly doubt that Braasch felt a genuine fear for her life. Just how I dont believe that the white woman who called the police on the men in that Philly Starbucks did, or even that the white woman who harassed the men in Oakland, Calif., for #CookingOutWhileBlack did. Instead, they all felt uncomfortable. And not necessarily a discomfort that comes with mortal fear, but the way you might feel uncomfortable or annoyed if your Spotify playlist keeps crashing or if your new MacBook Pro cant connect to your home Wi-Fi. For themand for (too many) white people, in generalthe police serve a similar function.
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/calling-the-police-is-white-peoples-applecare-for-black-1825954790?utm_source=vsb_theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Friday on my mind
Friday Foster
Black Friday
Friday Morning
(Fill in the blank) while black
Im writing this on my iPod, so please forgive the lack of links, but most of these incidents have been touched upon, both here and on Twitter and Facebook.
Question: Why are white people so fearful of people of color in general and black bodies in particular, that they would call the police on us for merely existing within their eyesight?
Just this last month alone, cops have been called on us for:
- Sitting quietly in a Starbucks while waiting for a friend.
- Napping in a college dorm public area.
- Being part of a college tour group
- Checking out of an AirBNB
- BBQing in a public park.
- Asking why theres an extra charge for plastic dinnerware at a Waffle House
- Shopping for prom clothes.
- Taking ones sweet time to shop at a Walmart
- Being the member of a gym and working out.
- Golfing.
Luckily, in all of these cases, no one was killed. However, history is replete with incidents where such a call had turned fatal.
Just recently cops killed a man who was sitting in his car while waiting for someone to finish shopping.
But Im sure that its only a matter of time before more blood is spilled over merely existing within the mere presence of white people.
So, again I ask... Why?
Sheep ain't got time for your mess...
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