"Damn! They never thought he had a bomb!"

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103. All the folks who want to skip over the teacher's racism and focus on the kid sound very passionate

as their Donald would say.

There are no reports of any white kids being told not to show their shit to anyone lest someone think it's a bomb. No other white kids brought anything electronic to school? Ever? He is the ONLY kid who every brought a box with wires on it? Bullshit. We have been doing this since the 60s at least.

But here the difference is a dark-skinned Muslim. So this building with racist teachers decided he must be a threat. Which serves the needs of the privileged white folks quite nicely.

Lots of people to make excuses for the teachers and cops, as if they are afraid the Master's house will burn if they don't teach the kid his place...

It is called "Respectability Politics", and is practiced by the alleged serial rapist Bill Cosby and the buffoon Charles Barkley, who regularly feed white people what they want to hear about black folks - if they would just pull up their pants, work harder, not do drugs, etc., all their problems go away.

But their behavior isn't the problem, and suggesting that it is avoids holding the privileged white out to account for _their_ behavior.

Because the target of their hate will never be white enough to satisfy anyone. And this kid will never be white enough or Christian enough to satisfy them either.

More if one wants: http://www.thenation.com/article/respectability-politics-wont-save-us-death-jonathan-ferrell/