(09-26-2017, 09:26 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(09-26-2017, 09:17 PM)JackCity Wrote: A group of influential people use their platform to raise awareness to the inequality and racial issues that still exist in America today by protesting.  They all say they respect the military, love their country and want to make it a better place for eveyone. 

Those things don't exist any more in America than they do elsewhere.

The differences between here and Europe is that only around half of the population will [bleep] to the idea that minorities are treated unfairly when the other half wont. Is there racism in the US? Yup. Is it as big a problem as some would have you believe? Nope.

The Michael Bennett situation is a perfect example. He screams racism, and people fall in-line to believe him. The police literally run passed hundreds of black men and women for the one guy that chooses to run from them, and now people scream "systematic racism!" Now his own attorney even dismissed the idea that it was racially-motivated, but people still people that it was. 

People don't like the idea of these protests because they're based on lies.

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(09-26-2017, 09:19 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Directv is offering refunds on Sunday ticket for people who choose to cancel. Here it comes!!

I don't imagine they'd do that unless there were a lot of people doing it.

That's exactly what they're referring to. That's what they're trying to help fix.  

Sure you can say it isn't as big of problem as they let on, but many black people would tell you that it is a big problem based on their experiences. The players who protest feel it's a big problem. Millions around America feel it's a big problem..doesn't that make it a big problem?  

I haven't been following that story since it broke but it doesn't seem too far fetched to me that a black male in America might not fully trust the motives of the police. Who can blame him either.

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