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In reply to the discussion: I'm so sad after this conversation I had with an older black relative. [View all]SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)48. I didn't say it was a good solution
But it is the only solution.
there arent 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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I'm so sad after this conversation I had with an older black relative. [View all]
Shell_Seas
Jun 2020
OP
I agree, but I do think there is something different about this one. There is a lot
Squinch
Jun 2020
#44
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
That's crap. Anyone who accepts a timetable for equality and civil rights is no ally of mine.
PTWB
Jun 2020
#11
Believing that immediate action is warranted and disagreeing about what form that action should take
EffieBlack
Jun 2020
#19
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
You have to remember ... I saw a poll on DU a while back about everone's age
Shell_Seas
Jun 2020
#25
Listen to your old black relative, he's right. They may sugarcoat it, but in the
demosincebirth
Jun 2020
#28