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Re:I Can't Breathe by Taurenking on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:32AM (#23368579)
And that's why we as black people need to step up and get into those positions of governance with the help of good white people who are already benefitting from their privilege.

We don't need more rappers, we need more politicians, doctors, engineers. People in positions of power so that the status quo can change.

Until then nothing's going to change, and IMHO that would take more than a couple generations

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Re:I Can't Breathe by scarface74 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @10:42AM (#23369871)
Politicians like the Black mayor who got the police called on him - in his own city?

https://www.ebony.com/news/chase-bank-calls-cops-on-black-ma...

The Black doctor who got shot by a policeman while helping his patient?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Charles_Kinsey

A title doesn’t give you power in America if you are a minority. You will still be seen as a threat. I live in the most affluent county in my state, and our household is above the median household income, my son and his (Black) friend still gets stares walking around unless they are hanging out with their larger group of White friends.

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