This is why they kneel

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Originally Posted by Jack the Ripper

It isn’t as black and white (see what I did there?) as some of you make it out to be. There are black people that use the word, black people that don’t, some hate it, some are cool with white people using it that they have rapport with.

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I just don't care if black people use the word or not. I don't understand why they would do it but that's up to them. Since it offends people, then why should anyone use it other than risking a fight or confrontation. Non-black people should pick their fights intelligently and using that word is a fool's errand.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

I would take being able to walk down the street without fear of attack by the police over saying a word any day.

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There is nowhere in the United States where a person walking down the street would fear being attacked by a cop. If people would mind their own business and not go looking for trouble, they will get no trouble from the cops.

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Originally Posted by Bird of Prey

There is nowhere in the United States where a person walking down the street would fear being attacked by a cop. If people would mind their own business and not go looking for trouble, they will get no trouble from the cops.

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What was that statement i made about you being a fool? Yeah still true.

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Originally Posted by Jack the Ripper

I doubt most of the people in this conversation have any life experience around black people, living in black towns, or going to majority black schools.

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Any life experience around black people? That seems a little much.

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Originally Posted by Bird of Prey

There is nowhere in the United States where a person walking down the street would fear being attacked by a cop. If people would mind their own business and not go looking for trouble, they will get no trouble from the cops.

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Daniel Holtzclaw says hello.


Or at least he calls collect from prison to say hello, since he was convicted of 18 different sexual assault charges after he methodically targeted poor black women to rape.

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Originally Posted by Jack the Ripper

Well, context is important. Most blacks also aren’t as sensitive about that word as white people are.

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Contextually, do you think Joe Rohan’s use of the word was appropriate?

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Originally Posted by Jack the Ripper

Well, context is important. Most blacks also aren’t as sensitive about that word as white people are.

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Flow chart for white people saying the n-word:

Are you white --> Yes --> Don't say the n-word

It's literally that simple.

Yeah, well he's like totally got a black girlfriend and stuff. Because of this, he can speak on behalf of black people nationwide.

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Originally Posted by valade16

Contextually, do you think Joe Rohan’s use of the word was appropriate?

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I’ve not seen the video or read any transcripts, so I can’t answer this.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Flow chart for white people saying the n-word:

Are you white --> Yes --> Don't say the n-word

It's literally that simple.

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No, it isn’t.

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Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)

Yeah, well he's like totally got a black girlfriend and stuff. Because of this, he can speak on behalf of black people nationwide.

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I'm going to piss off some of the further left folks on here by saying this, but I argue that his endorsement of Bernie Sanders makes a bit more sense now.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

I'm going to piss off some of the further left folks on here by saying this, but I argue that his endorsement of Bernie Sanders makes a bit more sense now.

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I was referring to Jack the Ripper, who most definitely did not endorse Sanders.

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Originally Posted by Kenny Powders

Hundreds of years of persecution does. They've actually bastardized the term anyway....maybe that's what makes you so upset that they can use it.

Either way, it's very telling that you are upset that black people have unified and use the word as term if endearment. It's like a big ole **** you to their Caucasian overlords.

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they're not unified over the word.

how can one word be so awful and racist, while also being a term of endearment?

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Originally Posted by Pierzynski4Prez

Curious to hear thoughts on the Amir Locke incident.

Special, what say you?

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I'm surprised there is such a thing as no knock warrant. how you enter someone's place without knocking.

how can this be justified based on the details.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini..._medium=social

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In the Locke case, body-cam video shows police officers using a key to unlock the apartment door and rushing inside, shouting at the top of their lungs. Locke is startled awake and appears to reach for his handgun — not an unreasonable response for someone trying to make sense of what appears to be a violent home invasion. Minneapolis police officer Mark Hanneman fires three shots at Locke, killing him.

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