Black people don't want to be used as a political football.
Black people accrue psychic trauma every time another news story like this breaks. It's communal mourning.
Being able to "examine the issue" without being at this disadvantage is a privilege.
https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard...
We are all affected, but some much more harshly than others.
>Black people don't want to be used as a political football.
No one does.
>Black people accrue psychic trauma every time another news story like this breaks. It's communal mourning.
They're so fragile. Sad.
>Being able to "examine the issue" without being at this disadvantage is a privilege.
This is so 2021 I audibly chuckled. "Objectively examining issues and staying rational is White supremacy culture!"
>https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard...
Of course! A random Medium post by "Officer A. Cab"! Anyone spreading a bet line on this being a Russian outlet or an antwinkfa member writing fan fiction?
>We are all affected, but some much more harshly than others.
Somethings affect children more harshly than adults, no doubt.
Sorry I couldn't resist.
Whenever I read something like this, the cynic in me wants to reply, "If <insert group> are really that psychologically fragile, clearly they're not ready to participate fully in a liberal democratic society, which necessarily requires being to separate oneself and one's emotions from the issues being discussed."
As for "being to separate oneself and one's emotions from the issues being discussed"...
- That would disqualify effectively much every participant in a modern liberal democracy, rendering it a non-democracy.
- That doesn't make much sense to begin with, as the impact of issues and policy on "oneself and one's emotions" is the fundamental measure of good/bad even if you're a robotic utilitarian.
I understand this is a subjective point of view as it is in response to police violence.
If things are as bad as the media suggests, that racist cops are targeting and killing black men and getting away with it then yes they system needs to be over thrown and the argument to use violence is easy to make.
But many don't believe things are that bad. I don't know as I don't live in these neighborhoods. But I think it's valuable to examine why people disagree on the issue.