Since Ketch locked the other thread on Inside the 40 acres, I'm starting this one in the Corral.
You don't have to assume. I'm not black. I'm white.
I have been pulled over. It's not a pleasant experience. I always try to be respectful and follow instructions. It's worked well for me for the most part, although there was one officer who was a rude prick. I can understand blacks being more nervous about such encounters. There are historical abuses by police. It's understandable that those experiences get passed down from one generation to another. There is a relatively recent Harvard study that found use of force was more prevalent among minorities than whites, so there is a present day basis, as well. Of course, the same study found that blacks were less likely to be shot in police encounters than whites, so take it fwiw.
It's interesting that you bring up what people of color "feel" and reference the example of a child fearing the dark. In neither case do I deny the feeling. But, as you know, a child's fear of the dark is often not warranted. What if I told you that there were 3000 black victims of homicide in the last year, and that 2,600 of those 3,000 were victims of black offenders? Additionally, let's say over the same one year period, out of 1,000 people killed by police, 223 were black. Now, regardless of what people feel, don't those numbers suggest that black people are much more likely to be killed by another black person rather than a cop or a white person?
I'm going to reiterate that I don't post this to excuse police brutality or any type of race-motivated crime. Those crimes need to be punished. The officer in this case needs to be punished. I post this to dispute the narrative that blacks should live in fear due to racism or police brutality.
Did you read it? There is nothing in there saying that the overwhelming majority of blacks suffer from PTSD due to racism. If I missed that, or something close to that, let me know.
You don't have to assume. I'm not black. I'm white.
I have been pulled over. It's not a pleasant experience. I always try to be respectful and follow instructions. It's worked well for me for the most part, although there was one officer who was a rude prick. I can understand blacks being more nervous about such encounters. There are historical abuses by police. It's understandable that those experiences get passed down from one generation to another. There is a relatively recent Harvard study that found use of force was more prevalent among minorities than whites, so there is a present day basis, as well. Of course, the same study found that blacks were less likely to be shot in police encounters than whites, so take it fwiw.
It's interesting that you bring up what people of color "feel" and reference the example of a child fearing the dark. In neither case do I deny the feeling. But, as you know, a child's fear of the dark is often not warranted. What if I told you that there were 3000 black victims of homicide in the last year, and that 2,600 of those 3,000 were victims of black offenders? Additionally, let's say over the same one year period, out of 1,000 people killed by police, 223 were black. Now, regardless of what people feel, don't those numbers suggest that black people are much more likely to be killed by another black person rather than a cop or a white person?
I'm going to reiterate that I don't post this to excuse police brutality or any type of race-motivated crime. Those crimes need to be punished. The officer in this case needs to be punished. I post this to dispute the narrative that blacks should live in fear due to racism or police brutality.
UTBro said:
Did you read it? There is nothing in there saying that the overwhelming majority of blacks suffer from PTSD due to racism. If I missed that, or something close to that, let me know.
