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In reply to the discussion: ZIMMERMAN TRIAL: Day 11, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 [View all]JustAnotherGen
(37,686 posts)But the situation was a hypothetical.
I.E. Him getting shot in the arm.
Okay - let me show you how America really works - through the eyes of black Americans.
You can discount me and say it's not true all you want but we have OUR truth and I will not allow it to be defined by white Americans. No more - our reality is only to be defined by us - Capice?
Scenario:
A young black teenager from a wealthy and influential family gets shot IN THE ARM by a 30 year old NON black male in a low paying job and the NON black guy says it was self defense.
Here's how it goes: Young black teenagers gets sent to a 'private for profit' prison very quietly and gets put onto a path of slavery by any other name.
- End of Scenario -
We KNOW how America works. Just don't lie to me and tell me that you actually believe that a young black male would EVER be believed over a 30 year old NON black male.
It's not how America works. So don't tell yourself that lie. You are a liberal and progressive and I really sincerely hope you aren't falling for the IndieTeaPublican lies they've told you about black folks all of your lives.
When you realize and ACKNOWLEDGE that some of us know this scenario as OUR VERY real reality of America (example - my father's oldest brother was lynched in 1941 in northern AL) - then it becomes clear that its' just the way America is.
We can no more help being the ugly cesspool of bigotry and hatred that we are than British can help being proper.