"I can’t imagine what it must feel like right now to be a black person in the United States"

[marym625]

"The killing of Tamir Rice – another black and white issue"  An opinion article from Irish Times by Una Mullally. It was suggested I cross post here.

There is more to the post than this article but I think you'll enjoy, at least, the Irish Times. I hope you like the entire post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025897111

[ayghu84]

1. Tough

Has to be difficult, a new form of oppression is emerging.

[marym625]

2. I don't know how new it is

But it certainly is becoming commonplace.

I love the way the author of the Irish Times writes.

[bemildred]

3. Yep, that's the word: "hunted".

I remember feeling that way when I was a kid.

[marym625]

6. I'm so sorry

So unbelievably unacceptable.

[bemildred]

9. I think most of us are in that position at one time or another in our lives.

But some people, it's their whole life they have to be on guard. And yeah, it's unacceptable.

I'm a large white male, so I don't feel hunted now, now I just feel watched, but I was a small nerdy kid, and I remember it well, being bullied. It still pisses me off.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. As a Black person in America ...

I can tell you that this is just the ebb and flow of what has always been. We feel no difference.

Probably a better statement might be:

I can't imagine that I am just realizing what it must feel like to be a black person in the United States.

Great Piece, BTW.

[marym625]

7. I don't doubt you and so many others

Don't feel any different. But I don't think that's true for all. It is definitely worse now, and statistics prove that. At least as compared to Jim Crow times.

I think children feel it more as well, since Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice.

I'm sorry.

[adirondacker]

15. I just wanted to say that I Greatly appreciate your input on this topic.

Very Insightful and thought provoking comments.

Thanks.

[misterhighwasted]

5. Wish I could just gather them all up & bring them home to my house.

Civil Rights belong to all Americans. Why is this still a fight?
And the GOP is about to have a majority in the House & Senate.
Ya know, everyday I am given another reason to not want to live in this country.

Guess as long as there's a smidge of fight in me I'll remain.
Maybe there is hope with the young, the generation I see standing for justice as of late. Am so impressed by them. They get it.

[marym625]

8. Just had a reply on a different post

From someone who is leaving because of what we have become. Just sad.

[misterhighwasted]

10. Sad when you don't recognize this country anymore.

Its sad to think of leaving also.
Its the same thing over & over. Black, LGBT, Women. And when I think who it is that continues to suppress each of these parts of our society it makes me doubt the belief I have always carried that we could ever have a level playing field.
I understand the other poster's desire to find a more harmonious place to exist.

[marym625]

11. Me too.

I would add those mentally and emotionally challenged to that list.

It's just a very sad wake up call we're getting

[blkmusclmachine]

12. It's in the churches, too.

[marym625]

13. I'm sorry

Which part?

[adirondacker]

14. The Sentiment In New York Captured In A 25-Second Audio Clip

"We've written a lot about the emotions that poured out onto the streets of U.S. cities and across the Internet when a grand jury in Staten Island declined to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner.

There is one piece of tape, however, that sticks with us. It comes from NPR member station WNYC, and in 25 seconds, it captures the anger, the desperation and the resolve to keep things peaceful in New York.

On the tape you'll hear Benjamin Carr, Eric Garner's stepfather, trying to calm a protester who pleads, "What's the future for me? For my son, for my child?""

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/04/368422790/the-sentiment-in-new-york-captured-in-a-25-second-audio-clip

Heartbreaking audio.

[marym625]

16. Just rips your heart out.

Thank you for sharing this