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Big-Figure-8184 t1_j69777p wrote

Reply to comment by Guypussy in NYC protests of Tyre Nichols death draw more than 100; three arrested as Times Square protester smashes police car windshield by [deleted]

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.

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cranberryskittle t1_j69r1j0 wrote

Those are Kafkaesque mental gymnastics.

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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.

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quaid31 t1_j6dedko wrote

The chief of police at Memphis is a black woman. Is she part of the racist system as well?

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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.

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quaid31 t1_j6f17z6 wrote

Thanks for sharing your assumptions about me. Have a good night.

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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

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RayzTheRoof t1_j6gp9nw wrote

Yeah I was just gonna say that people keep writing off shit as a "narrative".

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