(10-19-2017, 09:18 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

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You saying all conservatives aren't racist is irrelevant when you almost always apply the belief that something is racist when it's criticism against people that so happen to be black. This demonstration is a perfect example. Since when has it been socially acceptable to protest the anthem and flag? You think this is a newly held belief since black athletes are doing it? It doesn't matter who is doing it; a lot of people simply don't like it. A demonstrably low number of people are saying they shouldn't have the right. Most are saying they just shouldn't do it out of respect.
They are falsehoods. This outrage is based on lies. There is nothing blissfully ignorant about it. Aside from the death proportion to population statistic, there is nothing to support the idea that police kill black more than whites. That statistic doesn't account for the number of violent encounters each race has with police.
Murder: 51% black, 45.9% white
Robbery: 53% black, 44% white
Burglary: 68% white, 29.5% black
So, out of the main situations people get shot by police, one is mainly white and two were mainly black. The white numbers also include Hispanics. Even though blacks make up only about 13% of the population, they commit an unproportional number of violent crimes compared to their proportion to the general population. Of the above mentioned statistics, there were 241645 incidents. 38.1% of those showed a black offender. They make up about 26% of police shootings.
There's no evidence to support this made-up injustice.

No, it is irrelevant to you because you cant grasp the simple notion that there are people who have complex beliefs that don't fit the typical political identity.  There have been protest for equality on the national stage since the days of Tommy Smith,  Vince Matthews to Mahmoud Abdul-Rahif in the 90's. You know what happened to those people after they silently protested, they were suspended or banned from their respective sports. 

Maybe you don't understand, but the point of protest is to raise awareness in a peaceful manner, everybody is NOT going to agree with the method. Im sure there were people during the Civil rights era who didnt like the way MLK, etc led his protests and boycotts and complained about the "respect" factor, don't you agree?

Again, systematic injustice is root cause the players are trying to bring attention to. The percentage of minorities wrongly convicted of murder is 47%. Plus African Amercians have to wait twice as long to wait for their convictions to be overturned, I read a story ever day of a black person being freed after being wrongly convicted for alot of years. if you dont believe me, read the link below. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wr...ation.html

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/...9884.shtml

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-l...story.html

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