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In reply to the discussion: It's evident that people are trying to send us a very clear message on Ferguson [View all]JustAnotherGen
(38,057 posts)And we also have folks in GD stating we are 'outraged'.
Is there any doubt that fear of black folks and what we may or may not do has completely overridden any sane discussion of the case? Because right now the cops and patriotic white gunners are so primed, I can easily see them opening fire on a crowd of us the second somebody drops their car keys or reaches for their cellphone...
I'm not outraged - I'm terrified for black folks in Ferguson right now.
Even at DU - they want us 'outraged.
And ITA on the messages in the media - that's why I hope we can reach out to the folks in Ferguson and really help them with a SIT IN.
Again - SIT IN.
Those folks surrounding them in Ferguson? They are out for blood. The best thing that can happen right now is for even some 'well meaning folks' at DU to see a small child gettiing their face ripped off by a Ferguson Police Dog. Or an elderly woman sitting quiety and getting beaten by a Klansman.
We need proof positive - in their face -
We aren't the violent ones.
And historically - race based violent mobs are white America's thing - not black America's thing.