If you think America doesn't have a racial problem, watch this

[Zurg]

^fucked up. why can security even carry guns?

wearing a hoodie and having weed means nothing if he wasn't black. i can guarantee that most of the white slap population smokes weed and wears hoodies and has never been profiled (unless they had a skateboard with them) myself included. read this article. it sums up how black males are targeted by the drug war and how the mass arrest of young black men is decimating communities. then the media vilifies young black men as gangbangers and shit like this happens. it's fucked up. america needs to have an open discussion about race because our history is super fucked up in that department, and unless we talk about that nothing is going to change.

Just to be clear, Trayvon didn't have weed on him when he was shot. He had a can of Arizona iced tea and some Skittles. Zimmerman said he assumed he was high, but there have been no reports of drugs on Trayvon's body.

If he was stoned, he'd probably be less of a violent threat

[Beeda Weeda]

so, i take from this, in certain states in america, you can shoot sombody dead if you are scared for your own life?

now, lets say an old black man shot a young white boy in the same community

[Eschaton]

White people get assaulted by groups of black people all the time in Philly and no one gives a shit or ever calls it a hate crime.

[HATE!]

so, i take from this, in certain states in america, you can shoot sombody dead if you are scared for your own life?

I am just learning about this too, this is the law you're talking about, I believe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law

[TwisT]

White people get assaulted by groups of black people all the time in Philly and no one gives a shit or ever calls it a hate crime.

thats fucked up, but i think in the end all parties are happy police weren't involved... people in the suburbs have a hard time minding their own damn business, i've been followed by white people in my own damn neighborhood.

And the injustice continues...

http://www.vibe.com/post/unarmed-atlanta-teen-shot-and-killed-security-guards-130532&oldupsid=453449306714

those guards are in jail...WHILE...a investigation is on going... why the fuck security guards got guns is beyond me...

[cat litter]

And the injustice continues...

http://www.vibe.com/post/unarmed-atlanta-teen-shot-and-killed-security-guards-130532&oldupsid=453449306714

Unarmed Atlanta Teen Shot and Killed By Security Guards

In the midst of America's outrage over the ruthless murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the outcry for justice continues with the killing of Ervin Jefferson. It has been confirmed by Dekalb County officials in Atlanta that the 18-year old was shot and killed Saturday night (March 21) by two security guards who were sent to respond to a disturbance near the Jefferson's apartment complex.

The victim's mother, Candy Grimes, says she witnessed the horrific act take place. "We heard gunshots," says the mother through tears. "I seen the dude in the green shirt shoot my son. I seen the guy, he had two hands, and he shot my son."

Grimes also says Ervin was reportedly run over by a car shortly after the shooting.

"By the time I got down there, the car was on top of my son. He was literally under the car. One of them shot him, and one of them ran over him," she told reporters. I just want justice. That�s all I want, I just want justice. He was trying to protect us.�

Ervin, also the father of a baby girl, was targeted after running towards a crowd of people who were threatening his sister. Jefferson was trying to protect his sibling and family, though he was unarmed.

The 18-year old was transported to a near-by hospital where he was pronounced dead.

dekalbs always got some fucked up shit going on but damn.., Blows my mind thinking that maybe if they were white they would still be alive

condolences to the Martin and Jefferson families

[Eschaton]

In the Atlanta case, both the guards were black. The Atlanta case is arguably worse but the media doesn't care about black on black crime.

[The Poster Formerly Known As Crass]

There needs to be a strict psychological evaluation on cops, security guards, or anyone else in a similar position. They have too much authority and the means to kill people. It seem that anyone with the physical capability to shoot a gun can become a cop, etc.

[chillout]

i seriously believe that we are at a point as a society that race plays almost no role in violence, especially those that the media loves to report on. for every white abuse of power there is another case of black abuse of power. the fact that the media is playing into one kid who was shot by a latino man enfuriates me. although it is may have been injust, we can never really know, and there are far worse things happening. i live in chicago, and this is what happen over the past weekend

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/crime/violent-chicago-weekend-9-killed-40-hurt-at-least-shootings-20120319

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

you're an idiot, get the fuck out of here. white abuses of power permeate every level of society.

[jimi]

In the Atlanta case, both the guards were black. The Atlanta case is arguably worse but the media doesn't care about black on black crime.

It's just another nigga dead.

[bakingsoda]

Holy shit, chillout has just reached unimanginable levels of stupid. Dude, go, go and educate yourself because you've made it clear that as of now you know nothing.

[oyolar]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/29/trayvon-martin-killer-george-zimmerman-appears-uninjured-in-security-video-after-shooting/

[DaSk8D00D]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/29/trayvon-martin-killer-george-zimmerman-appears-uninjured-in-security-video-after-shooting/

of course dude wasnt hurt he was telling lies just to save his ass.


and those bogish pics of trayvon martin in sagging pants & flipping off the camera is NOT the one killed in this case. that was a totally different Trayvon Martin that was in Georgia (pretty sure it was GA)


the media is just fanning the flames for profit. shit is a fucking disgrace

[chillout]

Holy shit, chillout has just reached unimanginable levels of stupid. Dude, go, go and educate yourself because you've made it clear that as of now you know nothing.

explain to me what makes my opinion wrong. i realize its a controversial opinion and may not be 100% true, but i live in a diverse city with a lot of crime, and in my experience, race doesnt play a role. but maybe thats just my experience, ive never lived anywhere else

[chillout]

you're an idiot, get the fuck out of here. white abuses of power permeate every level of society.

do whites abuse power because they are white and hate other races, or because there are statistically more white people in power? i realize this may sound dumb on a surface level, but the dumbest questions can reveal the most

[oyolar]

Holy shit, chillout has just reached unimanginable levels of stupid. Dude, go, go and educate yourself because you've made it clear that as of now you know nothing.

explain to me what makes my opinion wrong. i realize its a controversial opinion and may not be 100% true, but i live in a diverse city with a lot of crime, and in my experience, race doesnt play a role. but maybe thats just my experience, ive never lived anywhere else

Wait--you mean because a general statement doesn't apply to the one case you know, then it's false across the board? Amazing!

[DaSk8D00D]

You do know that not every black person listens to rap right? And that not all rappers are like Gucci Mane? That statement was racially ignorant as fuck.

[BraveUlysses]

You do know that not every black person listens to rap right? And that not all rappers are like Gucci Mane? That statement was racially ignorant as fuck.

Also when was the last time Mtv played hip-hop music let alone any music.

[BraveUlysses]

More black people don't listen to hip-hop than you think. There was a time where I was pretty much only listening to classic rock. It seems like you're basing all your knowledge of hip-hop on modern day radio garbage.  I'm just gonna quote kameltoe. What he said is relevant to this argument and he said it better than I ever could.                                             

you want to know what black/youth culture was putting out before the white execs started getting their hands into it heavily? listen to the native tongues (tribe, dela, stetsasonic, monie love, etc.), x'clan, public enemy, grandmaster flash, PRT,  etc. the market wasn't as huge and the execs could allow more creative control because they didn't have as much to lose. once hiphop began to make that money and the black community was actually rallying behind black positivity, the whole scene was ignored in favor of a more destructive west coast sound centered around gangster life etc. all of a sudden everybody with a bodycount became a viable option for a record no matter the quality of the work. hell, even q-tip had to come out with a flaky ass r&b-ish album to get anything released and he was an ICON at the time. so before you go running your mouth about shit you don't know about, realize that the reason that people have such a negative view of black youth/culture, is because the established media and entertainment executives actively reinforce those views via the media and control of influential outlets to maintain the status quo (and the youth follow, whether black, white, whatevs). 

[David]

Rap and hiphop is destroying the afroamerican community. A culture whos heroes and idols are gangbangers, rapists and drug dealers will only lead to a self destructive scociety, its not punk, its evil. It is the rich white MTV buissness men who are raping african americans and its the african americans who actually enjoy taking it and making it thier own not realizing it is destroying and turning and glorifing the lowest they can possibly be. Obama isnt a rapist gangstar, he is an upstanding responsible citizen. MTV IS KILLING AFRICAN AMERICANS BY MAKING THEM KILL THEMSELVES. AFROAMERICAN SCOCIETY IS COMMITTING SCUICIDE AND THE WHITE MAN IS GETTING RICH OFF OF IT. Martin Luthur king would be pissed and dissapointed at everyone.

African American


Some sort of world of warcraft ork

What does any of this have to do with the Trayvon Martin case?

[DaSk8D00D]

The only one brainwashed here is you for OBVIOUSLY buying into the whole "most blacks are ghetto & listen to rap" bullshit. An image that is portrayed so ignorant people like you can grow up to have certain negative opinions on people you don't even know. I can clearly tell that you don't hang around blacks that much, and therefore since you don't have much experience firsthand you buy into said image portrayed by the media. It might just be cause im biracial and see both sides but it amazes me how racially ignorant some people can sound without even realizing it

[DaSk8D00D]

nigga ive been to DC before. you cant just be in one hood and assume thats how the majority of black people are, especially ina place with a higher crime rate than most. there are definitely a ton of hood niggas out there but nowadays theres a very large amount of suburban and rural-living black folk as well. you mighta been right 30-40 years ago, but naw shits much different now

like, do you even realize what you sound like when say shit like "black people are way more ghetto than i gave them credit for"? come on son!

[krewkruxklan]

white america buys rap music

[brycickle]

defend and rationalize it all you want you brainwashed fucks.

And black people who dont listen to rap are in the minority awesome as shit but still, what are there like 2 of them in the entire world.

There are more than 2 black people in both Bad Brains and Living Color.

[krewkruxklan]

black america buys rap culture

first of all youre not black and therefore have no valid opinion on what black america buys into. to be honest id rather vouch for kkk member than these pretentious liberal whites that feel that they have any understanding of black culture.

the images of blacks in the media has been perpetuated by white america for centuries. little white girls in the suburbs put money into the pockets of these execs and these execs thrive off the exploitation of black people. white america has ALWAYS benefited from the exploitation of blacks, centuries before rap music. 

all of this isn't to alleviate responsibility from the black community, it's up to us to uplift ourselves and oppose this overwhelmingly white power structure. but what you dont realise is that white corporate america has absolute control over the public image of blacks, and when the government, education system, media, and history insists and maintains that youre sub-human you begin internalize that negativity.

theres a reason they try to kill all of our leaders across the map.
so until you wake up and live the life of a black person in shut the fuck up. 

[krewkruxklan]

if you think the issue of race in canada is much different than in the united states you must be delusional. while the issue of race is more 'in your face' in the US, racism runs deep in canada; at times it can be far worse, racial dialogue is completely ignored-we're killing each other out here and no one gives a fuck. when i say america i mean AMERICA.

european imperialism and greed fucked everything up for the worse.



i know youre trying to troll the thread

[clamy hands]

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[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

skate troll take hellboy out of your avatar you fuck

[jay]

black america buys rap culture

first of all youre not black and therefore have no valid opinion on what black america buys into. to be honest id rather vouch for kkk member than these pretentious liberal whites that feel that they have any understanding of black culture.

the images of blacks in the media has been perpetuated by white america for centuries. little white girls in the suburbs put money into the pockets of these execs and these execs thrive off the exploitation of black people. white america has ALWAYS benefited from the exploitation of blacks, centuries before rap music. 

all of this isn't to alleviate responsibility from the black community, it's up to us to uplift ourselves and oppose this overwhelmingly white power structure. but what you dont realise is that white corporate america has absolute control over the public image of blacks, and when the government, education system, media, and history insists and maintains that youre sub-human you begin internalize that negativity.

theres a reason they try to kill all of our leaders across the map.
so until you wake up and live the life of a black person in shut the fuck up. 

Easy there Malcolm