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SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
48. I didn't say it was a good solution
Fri Jun 5, 2020, 01:17 PM
Jun 2020

But it is the only solution.
there aren’t enough non-racist white people who want to be cops to force the racists to the exits.

As long as there are white police imposing “the law” on people with black and brown skin, it will be inherently racist and often explicitly so.

It is systemic.

The only way to end it is to literally change he the system.

No
White
Police.

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Not just oder generations Archetypist Jun 2020 #1
The protests by themselves will not change anything. Squinch Jun 2020 #2
I agree. Voting is what brings about change. Blue_true Jun 2020 #21
I agree, but I do think there is something different about this one. There is a lot Squinch Jun 2020 #44
I have noticed something about the current protests that I have Blue_true Jun 2020 #47
400 years of history say different. n/t 5X Jun 2020 #3
When was the last meaningful progress toward civil and equal rights for persons of color? PTWB Jun 2020 #4
Progress takes place step by step, not in huge strides. Often it's not noticeable until we look back StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #5
It felt like we took a lot of steps back when Trump got elected. Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #6
Yes, we did take a lot of steps back StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #8
God, I miss Obama so much. Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #9
It does require major steps this time. No small steps. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #41
That's crap. Anyone who accepts a timetable for equality and civil rights is no ally of mine. PTWB Jun 2020 #11
No, it is not crap StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #12
That doesn't mesh with what I've seen. PTWB Jun 2020 #13
Starfish is correct EffieBlack Jun 2020 #14
I'm well aware of the history. PTWB Jun 2020 #16
You don't seem to be well aware of it. EffieBlack Jun 2020 #17
No, I am not. PTWB Jun 2020 #18
Believing that immediate action is warranted and disagreeing about what form that action should take EffieBlack Jun 2020 #19
No one is arguing change must (or even can) occur immediately. PTWB Jun 2020 #22
That's EXACTLY what you were arguing! StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #27
I'm not sure if you're deliberately missing the point or what, but that isn't at all my argument. PTWB Jun 2020 #30
I quoted you verbatim StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #31
You quoted me and then spun it into something I did not say. PTWB Jun 2020 #32
"White moderates" have a place at the table during the collective Blue_true Jun 2020 #38
I just can't ever prioritize property over the lives of unarmed black men. PTWB Jun 2020 #42
Who prioritized property over the lives of innocent Blacks. Blue_true Jun 2020 #45
I strongly disagree. PTWB Jun 2020 #49
Organizing and voting is not asking "nicely". Blue_true Jun 2020 #53
I have no problem with attacking the system from both ends PTWB Jun 2020 #54
I don't think that destroying the only places that provide Blue_true Jun 2020 #36
I disagree. PTWB Jun 2020 #37
I can't disagree with you more. Blue_true Jun 2020 #43
Hi Effie. Haven't seen you around much. Blue_true Jun 2020 #29
Hi EffieBlack Jun 2020 #33
Hang in there, you seem to know the path forward. Blue_true Jun 2020 #39
+1000 Efilroft Sul Jun 2020 #15
You have to remember ... I saw a poll on DU a while back about everone's age Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #25
Excellent analysis. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #26
It is constantly happening. Blue_true Jun 2020 #24
We have to see policy changes first, not just mood changes uponit7771 Jun 2020 #7
How can that happen in a state like Texas? Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #10
Every society needs a police force. Blue_true Jun 2020 #20
The only way it would change is if we outlawed having white police. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #23
That is not a "good" solution at all. Blue_true Jun 2020 #46
I didn't say it was a good solution SoonerPride Jun 2020 #48
So we make it clear that if they let their personal feelings enter Blue_true Jun 2020 #52
Listen to your old black relative, he's right. They may sugarcoat it, but in the demosincebirth Jun 2020 #28
He's far too young to be a foolish, defeated old man. He's witnessed Hortensis Jun 2020 #34
It will change when these people start going to jail. kentuck Jun 2020 #35
There are some that will not do anything. He is one of them. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #40
There are people that are just complainers. Blue_true Jun 2020 #50
I've known a few of those. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #55
Maybe... zak247 Jun 2020 #51
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