The hideous white hypocrisy behind the Baltimore “Hero Mom” hype: How clueless media applause excuse

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31. I don't know that "hypocrisy" sums it up well.

While there are undoubtedly those white people who do see "the only way to control black kids is to beat the shit out of them" and, in a way, "essentially justifying police brutality", I would hazard most were simply "applauding" a mother trying to get her son out of harm's way. The real issue, as I see it, is many whites don't see why the mother "lost it." They don't understand her frustrations and fears. She may have not been happy with him "rioting" (if that is what he was doing), she was much more likely more worried he would become another statistic in the ever-rising "death by cop" among African-Americans, especially men and boys. The other issue I see is the "good Black" syndrome, which is when an African-American does something "approved by" white folk, and then hold said individual as a "mark" as to how black folk should act. Really it all boils down to, once again, describing race relations from the perspective of the white view, all the while ignoring the experiences and feelings of those the racism affects.