Quote:Didn't want to ignore this topic as it is a fireball of a speaking point for elections 2016.


I am gonna say something really politically incorrect here: I don't see it as blacks vs cops. I do not. I see it as perceived poor (and much more likely to commit criminal acts - especially violent crimes) vs cops. I bet poor white trash are treated like blacks by police. Maybe?


Also- and it really takes a leap here - as a black male I see many others frustrated that nothing really changed for lower income people - even after 8 years of a black president. Barrack didn't roll through the projects handing out corporate jobs and paying off our credit cards like some expected. And that is frustrating b/c there may be no hope after all.


Also, gone is the excuse that blacks can't accomplish the same as whites because having a black man rise up to POTUS twice takes it away. I can complain that my race has been systematically oppressed, and that your grandfather got a job that mine couldn't, and went to better schools that were 100% off-limits to mine, so yours had many better opportunities than mine to set up your dad with wealth so his kids could succeed even further... But a black man was elected 2x to the highest office in the land.

Gone are the excuses, and that is frustrating. And I think those frustrations are manifesting rapidly into reactions. And here we are.

 

 

Cheer up. There's plenty of excuses out there ripe for the picking.  And when the next one you decide to roll with runs out of usefulness, there will be another equally useful one to take its place.  You just have to continue using your excuses liberally and maintain your victim mentality to get to the promised land.  You'll get there eventually with a little luck and of course a little help from the government.  Just be patient and don't forget to vote.

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