Why Aren’t We As Universally Outraged Over Sandra Bland’s Death As We Are Over Cecil The lion?

[JDPriestly]

51. But if you are right, and in America, white people fear black people, why did the majority

of Americans including many, many white people, vote for a Black president, not once but twice.

It is just as much a mistake to generalize about all white Americans as it is to generalize about all Black Americans.

It is a vocal and powerful minority of white Americans who hate or fear Black people. That is something that we all need to agree on.

Because it is a slap in the face of the many, many white people who have supported equal rights and who now live and work with Black people as equals to say that "white people" do this or feel that toward Black people.

Let's state the problem for what it is. White and black people but especially white people are responsible for making sure that as many white people as possible understand that Black people are their equals.

White people who view Black people as equals need to take stronger stands and speak out more. But it is not helpful when Black people just assume that white people are the enemy. It isn't true, and it divides society in just the way that those who actually do hate or fear Black people want it divided.

So when Black or white people overgeneralize about white hate or fear of Black people, they are actually serving the cause of racism.

I hope you won't be offended by my pointing out this problem in the reasoning and your use of language. I think you probably agree with me. It is a small point of semantics. But it is important because overgeneralizing makes it harder for white people to place themselves on the side of equality. And it is important for white people to place themselves on the side of equality because only white people can change the situation. Black people can make everyone more aware of the resistance of our society to real equality, but only white people who are racists can change their own hearts and minds.

I do not mean this personally about you or your post. I mean this more generally about the whole race conversation.