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“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - Jesse Jackson
So, what does it say about certain elements of black culture when even Jesse Jackson is relieved to see a white person behind him on the street at night?
Since Jesse is so highly revered in black America, shouldn't that be a wake up call? Lord knows that black people would go ape shat crazy if a white person said this. Maybe black America needs a hefty heaping of introspection foisted on it by Jesse Jackson and his words of wisdom?
If Jesse Jackson can't get a point across to black America, then who can???
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - Jesse Jackson
So, what does it say about certain elements of black culture when even Jesse Jackson is relieved to see a white person behind him on the street at night?
Since Jesse is so highly revered in black America, shouldn't that be a wake up call? Lord knows that black people would go ape shat crazy if a white person said this. Maybe black America needs a hefty heaping of introspection foisted on it by Jesse Jackson and his words of wisdom?
If Jesse Jackson can't get a point across to black America, then who can???
About the only people Jesse is revered by is white democrats. If you think Jesse is so great than please go and be one of his lackeys but to make statements about what Jesse Jackson says is only of interest to all the racist white Dems.
I'm a woman. If I'm walking alone at night and know that someone is behind me I do what every other woman in that position does - we make a quick assessment of the individual based on gender (female = less threatening than male). Aside from that I look for body language (how the person moves, stands, walks, generally carries himself), and how the person is dressed (there's a difference between poor and those dressed to "make a statement").
Race by itself doesn't factor in. A menacing thug is a menacing thug. In Tennessee (where we moved from) there were plenty of low lifes of both races. Black trash. White trash. Now when I walk I worry more about coyotes than those looking to hurt a woman or steal money for a meth hit.
You couldn't pay me to live in a city or live east of the Mississippi ever again.
There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.... After all we have been through. Just to think we can't walk down our own streets, how humiliating. -
Remarks at a meeting of Operation PUSH in Chicago (27 November 1993). Quoted in "Crime: New Frontier - Jesse Jackson Calls It Top Civil-Rights Issue" by Mary A. Johnson, 29 November 1993, Chicago Sun-Times (ellipsis in original). Partially quoted in "In America; A Sea Change On Crime" by Bob Herbert, 12 December 1993, New York Times.
He said it in relation to the area being full of crime and poverty to the point where when he was walking there he felt ashamed.
Congrats on changing the quote to fit your agenda.
As a woman, any man behind me at night makes me extra cautious.
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Originally Posted by juneaubound
I'm a woman. If I'm walking alone at night and know that someone is behind me I do what every other woman in that position does - we make a quick assessment of the individual based on gender (female = less threatening than male). Aside from that I look for body language (how the person moves, stands, walks, generally carries himself), and how the person is dressed (there's a difference between poor and those dressed to "make a statement").
Race by itself doesn't factor in. A menacing thug is a menacing thug. In Tennessee (where we moved from) there were plenty of low lifes of both races. Black trash. White trash. Now when I walk I worry more about coyotes than those looking to hurt a woman or steal money for a meth hit.
You couldn't pay me to live in a city or live east of the Mississippi ever again.
Remarks at a meeting of Operation PUSH in Chicago (27 November 1993). Quoted in "Crime: New Frontier - Jesse Jackson Calls It Top Civil-Rights Issue" by Mary A. Johnson, 29 November 1993, Chicago Sun-Times (ellipsis in original). Partially quoted in "In America; A Sea Change On Crime" by Bob Herbert, 12 December 1993, New York Times.
He said it in relation to the area being full of crime and poverty to the point where when he was walking there he felt ashamed.
Congrats on changing the quote to fit your agenda.
The OP really didn't change anything to alter the point Jackson was making. It's an old quote that has been kicked around for years, but your context didn't alter the meaning - unless I missed something which is possible.
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” - Jesse Jackson
So, what does it say about certain elements of black culture when even Jesse Jackson is relieved to see a white person behind him on the street at night?
Since Jesse is so highly revered in black America, shouldn't that be a wake up call? Lord knows that black people would go ape shat crazy if a white person said this. Maybe black America needs a hefty heaping of introspection foisted on it by Jesse Jackson and his words of wisdom?
If Jesse Jackson can't get a point across to black America, then who can???
Can you provide a link to the article. Thank you
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