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Let's please put an end to the vicious meme going around in many conservative circles that black Americans don't protest or are otherwise unconcerned about black-on-black crime in their neighborhoods. That is just plain untrue. But it gets repeated over and over again by folks who keep asking "Well, where's Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton when blacks kill other blacks?" Well believe it or not, black people don't need Jesse or Rev. Al to protest black-on-black crime. We are quite capable of doing it on our own -- and we do it frequently too. It took me maybe 20 minutes to Google all the protests against community violence I've posted below, and the list could be much longer if I wanted to.
People aren't aware of this stuff I think because so much of it never hits the national news outlets, which only care when the victims of black-on-black crime are deemed worthy -- like Hadiya Pendleton in Chicago, who was killed in a shoot-out after being in Obama's inauguration parade. But reports of protests, large and small, against community violence are often in local media outlets. But to know that you'd have to actively look for them, and many folks who point to black-on-black crime don't want to look. They prefer at best, willful ignorance, and worst, plain old racism, to support the idea that we somewhere don't care what happens in our own communities.
We care and always have and here are many demonstrations of that over the years and from around the country:
While all you post may be true, the question about where is Rev al and Rev Jesse when black on black crime happens and where are they when a black kills a white like the senseless murders of Shorty Belton and Christopher Lane among others?
I think answering the question "where is Jesse and Al" would go a long way to stopping that "lie".
Moderator cut: against forum guidelinesBlacks kill blacks, blacks kill whites, whites kill blacks, whites kill whites. One would have to be ignorant to think otherwise. Just because the media over-emphasizes one does not indicate it is more prevalent.
While all you post may be true, the question about where is Rev al and Rev Jesse when black on black crime happens and where are they when a black kills a white like the senseless murders of Shorty Belton and Christopher Lane among others?
I think answering the question "where is Jesse and Al" would go a long way to stopping that "lie".
Why would you ask the average black person where they are? Do you even know that many Blacks don't care for them? If you wanted to know all you have to do is ask.
It's totally untrue that Black people don't protest. The media just ignores it so that it can keep the ignorant stereotypes flourishing. America is the most racist "developed" country.
While all you post may be true, the question about where is Rev al and Rev Jesse when black on black crime happens and where are they when a black kills a white like the senseless murders of Shorty Belton and Christopher Lane among others?
I think answering the question "where is Jesse and Al" would go a long way to stopping that "lie".
While all you post may be true, the question about where is Rev al and Rev Jesse when black on black crime happens and where are they when a black kills a white like the senseless murders of Shorty Belton and Christopher Lane among others?
I think answering the question "where is Jesse and Al" would go a long way to stopping that "lie".
I'm black and I could care less about Jesse and Al and no they don't speak for all blacks. I wish white people would stop bringing them up in debates like the speak for all of us.
If blacks want to protest crime, the first thing they should do is co-operate with the police who are trying to solve murders.
They seem to be too busy protecting.........the local thugs .
Yup, I wish I had a dollar for every time a thug shoots someone or gets shot and the crying mother says..........." he was starting to turn his life around"
If blacks want to protest crime, the first thing they should do is co-operate with the police who are trying to solve murders.
They seem to be too busy protecting.........the local thugs .
Yup, I wish I had a dollar for every time a thug shoots someone or gets shot and the crying mother says..........." he was starting to turn his life around"
-------if------you refuse to co-operate with the police by giving info you are protecting your local thugs.
Re-read my post and see if the shoe fits .
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