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[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Lasherž]

My thoughts exactly! View attachment 22142

That's might be the laziest suggestion I've ever seen from a white person about race other than, "get over it." Still, you're right in part, just not that it's a cause for racism, more so it's a cause for slow progress against forever-skeptics who want an out from their role in systemic racism. It also holds the message back in a way because the more you utter one phrase the more it begs to be countered without extra thought by what conservative commentators have already said, nullifying the fresh example before it triggers additional awareness of the ongoing systemic issues against black people. In other words it speeds up normalization of something that shouldn't be. I think this article lays out a valid journalistic mindset about the inclusion of race in a title.

‘Unarmed Black Man’ doesn’t mean what you think it means - Poynter

Three words that repeatedly appear in stories about racially motivated shootings reinforce the biased assumptions that journalists are trying to expose.

www.poynter.org

"And when a journalist writes or utters the phrase “unarmed black man,” she is often honestly trying to quickly convey the key question the audience has: What was the circumstance of the confrontation?

Here’s how that logic plays out.

Journalist: A white man shot a black man.
Dubious audience member who might dismiss the story: What was the black man doing that caused the white man to shoot him?
Journalist: Well, the black man didn’t have a gun, he posed no deadly threat.
Audience: That’s important for us to know (because we have these hidden biases).
Journalist: Right, a white man shot an unarmed black man.

But it doesn’t work.

Language itself is complicated and it changes context,” said Karen Yin, a veteran editor and the creator and keeper of the Conscious Style Guide, a resource that amalgamates dozens of recommendations and best practices for language describing communities historically marginalized by communicators. “The same language that works in one setting doesn’t work in another setting.”

Without being completely aware of it, journalists are using the phrase, “unarmed black man” to indicate an episode in the wide arc of unjustified violence by white people against black people."

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

That's might be the laziest suggestion I've ever seen from a white person about race other than, "get over it." Still, you're right in part, just not that it's a cause for racism, more so it's a cause for slow progress against forever-skeptics who want an out from their role in systemic racism. It also holds the message back in a way because the more you utter one phrase the more it begs to be countered without extra thought by what conservative commentators have already said, nullifying the fresh example before it triggers additional awareness of the ongoing systemic issues against black people. In other words it speeds up normalization of something that shouldn't be. I think this article lays out a valid journalistic mindset about the inclusion of race in a title.

‘Unarmed Black Man’ doesn’t mean what you think it means - Poynter

Three words that repeatedly appear in stories about racially motivated shootings reinforce the biased assumptions that journalists are trying to expose.

www.poynter.org

"And when a journalist writes or utters the phrase “unarmed black man,” she is often honestly trying to quickly convey the key question the audience has: What was the circumstance of the confrontation?

Here’s how that logic plays out.

Journalist: A white man shot a black man.
Dubious audience member who might dismiss the story: What was the black man doing that caused the white man to shoot him?
Journalist: Well, the black man didn’t have a gun, he posed no deadly threat.
Audience: That’s important for us to know (because we have these hidden biases).
Journalist: Right, a white man shot an unarmed black man.

But it doesn’t work.

Language itself is complicated and it changes context,” said Karen Yin, a veteran editor and the creator and keeper of the Conscious Style Guide, a resource that amalgamates dozens of recommendations and best practices for language describing communities historically marginalized by communicators. “The same language that works in one setting doesn’t work in another setting.”

Without being completely aware of it, journalists are using the phrase, “unarmed black man” to indicate an episode in the wide arc of unjustified violence by white people against black people."

This story didn't get quite as much publicity. A black cop shot a handcuffed black man, who was handcuffed (behind his back) and sitting in the police car.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Lulz

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Mount Rushmore will be next! Blow that mountain up!

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Mount Rushmore will be next! Blow that mountain up!

Just change it to Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama!

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

Lift shirt!!

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

I never said the Pyramids were built by slaves. I said the Egyptians had slaves. The carving on Stone Mountain wasn't made by slaves either. Just sayin'.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

"If you like hot dogs then you'll love dicks"

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

I didn't know Kanye was a Grady baby. I thought he was from Chicago.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

 

[Lasherž]

This story didn't get quite as much publicity. A black cop shot a handcuffed black man, who was handcuffed (behind his back) and sitting in the police car.

It says why in the title lmao. "CHARGED QUICKLY" Jesus christ you're a dumb motherfucker lol.

 

[Lasherž]

I never said the Pyramids were built by slaves. I said the Egyptians had slaves. The carving on Stone Mountain wasn't made by slaves either. Just sayin'.

True you never said that. Their motivations however weren't to keep the slaves obedient and feeling less than the pharaoh, they had religion for that.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

True you never said that. Their motivations however weren't to keep the slaves obedient and feeling less than the pharaoh, they had religion for that.

That's why religion and money were created. To suppress.

 

[Lasherž]

That's why religion and money were created. To suppress.

Work hard and be loyal and you'll be rewarded for your hardship when you die. Sounds like a pretty good deal for a pharaoh.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Work hard and be loyal and you'll be rewarded for your hardship when you die. Sounds like a pretty good deal for a pharaoh.

Right!

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

It says why in the title lmao. "CHARGED QUICKLY" Jesus christ you're a dumb motherfucker lol.

So, that's the only reason that we don't hear about a cop shooting a guy who is handcuffed in the back seat seat of his squad car? I'm thinking we didn't hear much about it because it was a black cop shooting a black guy. If it would've been a white cop who shot him, then, it would've been everywhere you fugking idiot.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

I heard about it. Plus a ton of other **** that happens every day. If your not into the news then you may not hear about the news. I'm a news junkie and I read everything.