jal76
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Hmmmmmm Numbers are numbers.
Now I am not using said numbers to say anything about any race.
I am using numbers to show that the media pushes a narrative. They show one story when it meets its criteria and not the other when it does not.
You cant run around saying systematic racism unless you clear examples of how there are govt made laws in present day society to back up your statement.
I could post links to wrongful shootings by cops on whites but that's too morbid for here. But if I did my reason for dong so would just to be to show that these stories don't get covered accept by local news so you have to do some digging.
I could get into how many times the media gets the story wrong... "hands up dont shoot" never happened and yet I watched newscasters, athletes and celebs hold up their hands in protest. Again for something that didnt happen in a case where the officer was investigated multiple times and found he did nothing wrong.. Still... Media got a movement born out of it. Its great for ratings.
WTF am I getting into al of this..
The Speech sucked at the end of FAWS.. It was not natural and did not come across as a legit complaint from Sam. Nothing about his character except the color of his skin lead me to believe he would have such feelings. It just popped up in the final speech.. A speech that had more issues then just that one comment. It was a poorly done scene. Sam just proved he gets his opinion swayed easily.. Sometimes for the right reasons (Isiah) sometimes for the wrong (Flagsmashers)
In fairness I could post a ton of links from writers, journalists, and other assorted thinkers who would vehemently disagree with all of those pieces.
Numbers are great but whose numbers?
There are think tanks, pollsters, and policy centers that can skew samples and slice data to support one position one day and then use the same raw data to tear it down the next.
By pushing these numbers out here, ironically you are doing exactly what you are criticizing the biased media for doing.
I get that it may shut down the discussion to accuse someone of employing a dog whistle, but by the same token, I could argue that using those ?dog whistles? in the first place has an equally negative effect on the discussion.
It all just comes down to which side of the argument you are on.
With that said, this is all in good fun (spirited debate usually is) but it?s ultimately pointless.
You either believe that implicit bias and systemic racism are real things that exist, or you don?t.
Without that foundation there isn?t anything to build on.
People who lean toward the left side of the political spectrum correctly believe that they do exist, people who lean to the right do not.
There is nothing that I can say to convince you that they are real any more than you can convince me that they are not.
As a result, we may agree on best film of the 1970s or 1980s or best head sculpt likeness from Hot Toys but probably won?t on much of anything else.
Just makes the world less boring I guess.