Guypussy t1_j6965c4 wrote
Reply to comment by anObscurity in NYC protests of Tyre Nichols death draw more than 100; three arrested as Times Square protester smashes police car windshield by [deleted]
Don’t worry, outlets like NYT and WaPo wasted no time shoveling the narrative that despite their skin color those five black cops could very well have been moved to mercilessly beat that young black man because of the almost certainly racist white cops they work with.
Big-Figure-8184 t1_j69777p wrote
Why do so many people describe reality as being a "narrative?"
If nothing else it's super hivemindy that so many people speak in the same jargon.
Anyway, this is not the "narrative" busting gotcha y'all seem to think it is. Everyone all along has been saying the issue is systemic racism, not individual racist people. When the system is racist the color of the people acting on behalf of the racist system doesn't matter.
cranberryskittle t1_j69r1j0 wrote
Those are Kafkaesque mental gymnastics.
Big-Figure-8184 t1_j69rfda wrote
It’s pretty simple and linear, actually. Skin color doesn’t matter for those acting in support of a racist system, they are still acting in support of a racist system.
All this illustrates is you don’t understand systemic racism.
quaid31 t1_j6dedko wrote
The chief of police at Memphis is a black woman. Is she part of the racist system as well?
Big-Figure-8184 t1_j6dpz8n wrote
Another person raising their hand to show they just don't understand systemic racism, and, seemingly, proudly don't want to make any attempt to understand.
When people say the American policing system is racist they are speaking about law enforcement as a whole, our entire system. One Black women in a position of power, even if she is stridently anti-racist, isn't going to address that.
quaid31 t1_j6f17z6 wrote
Thanks for sharing your assumptions about me. Have a good night.
Big-Figure-8184 t1_j6ffyeu wrote
No need to assume with what's in your comment.
It's the same as saying "America can't be racist, Obama was president"
Also, the fact you honed in on the first part of my comment, and not the exploration of systemic racism really shows you have no interest in learning.
G'day M'lady
RayzTheRoof t1_j6gp9nw wrote
Yeah I was just gonna say that people keep writing off shit as a "narrative".
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