What are your thoughts on this image regarding racism?

[kitty71]

I totally agree with it. People can't generalize one race or gender to blame for some citizens problems

Agree

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[opnbuk59]

My thoughts are why in the hell is this still an issue it's 2020 the year we so see things clearly, why must we still be divided with hate just because your black I'm white it Chinese it Arab stop with the damn labels already and we only have those I'll be nice here idiots broadcasting the phoney news who have to be clever and label us why can't we just be Paul Larry Kim Abdul Pedro Yang Ming Genghis Kahn instead of a Hispanic male just robbed a Chinese restaurant it a white male just jacked a black man if all his crack and Kent behind some meth were calling it crack meth caper, if one i love is today history was made as the first Arab make landed in Vatican City why can't it be just a human male no they got to single us out by gender country of origin how tall we you are got a mustache wearing a diaper and one on their head just why stop with the labels and start seeing male female, he she she male the other one who don't know what they are day to day we are all humans and the color of our skin is dependent on where your ancestor was many moons ago because you see we are family what black Brown red yellow we all well not us but you ancestor all started it as drum roll black but some of your ancestors got restless and wanting better shade under that one tree national geographic shows in Africa you know the one tree that's in the desert anyway they took off and was never hear from again till many moons later only this time they were changed weren't black Dusty anymore they were white living in the caves in the cold lack of the sun changed you your fore father's some too one in the ocean became Hawaiians true that breather and some went to parts unknown, unknown cause we still haven't found a trace of them just poof vanished but things changed the whites disowned their cousins the black man and was mean to them why you never got an invite to come for Christmas dinner and today that hate still carries on why can't you all knuckle heads get it we are family yes y even you under the sheet we know who your are so stop it only hurting your kin folk as they say up in the Smokies better known as Tennessee, i was joking but very serious here we need to cut out all this bull shit come as one as the one true God intended, so you different religion open your minds and i know that you know that we are all praying to the same God so to my Arab brother and sisters hurt out of the 6th century and Join the 21st, tell those mullah to stop with the wild parties at the Hilton i know all about it come together as one people and be happy one word to commit to memory and it is respect, all you encounter equally, cool umm the part about leaving Africa is true we will it ancestors all migrated from there oh and people please cut out the in half German mixed with Irish and 2 percent this your either male or female it the other new gender i think we are all humans damnit ok family

[Anonymous]

Agreed people are just being played. The media is starting all of this because they make money off of all the views then the politicians they support can pander Much easier if everyone is divided into little boxes. Making it so they get elective of a emotion instead of anything else.

A population is over 300 million. It's not like this is happening every day it's like once every few years and it happens to people of every skin color a cop kills them When it was not justifie. The cop in this case even been arrested and people are still going nuts.

You can see it's just the media and group puching this narrative because when this happened show white person It barely makes the news even if the cop doesn't get arrested and no one cares.

Most people out there don't really care I bet they are just doing it to look cool and get free stuff by looting.

[VIVANT]

I think it is white washing what happened and what has been happening up to this point.

There is no Moral Equivalence , to Am individual having a mistaken idea about an individual, and consistent Hinting torture and murder of an entire people.

[VIVANT]

... By an institutional force. If Cops in particular do not want to be associated with police who DO kill, they have a responsibility to APPOSE the crimes committed by those who commit those cops who do commit those crimes. They are here to carry out the law by protecting in service of the people.

If you are given unlawful orders you can not be legally forced to carry them out nor can you legally justify carry them out. That is the Nuremberg principle.. Established during world war 2 at the completion of Nuremberg trials.

[VIVANT]

Typo*

...,, responsibility to APPOSE the crimes committed by those cops who do commit those crimes. They are here to carry out the law by protecting in service of the people.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

I agree 100 percent and that's the same I've been saying

[devilman666]

So what's your point? You think people should just shut up and forget about George Floyd? We're just supposed to ignore the fact that this problem is getting progressively worse? It seems to me like cops killing innocent black people is becoming more common of an occurance as time goes on, and the government does nothing to fix the problem. Name one change to police training that came about as a result of this? Not only that but there wasn't even justice, Derek Chauvin got 3rd degree murder/manslaughter, should've been 2nd degree, and the other 3 officers should all be charged with 3rd degree murder.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@devilman666 where did I say that. Don't put words or thoughts on me I didn't say I'm done with that. But now other innocent people have died because of this violence. Do their lives not matter too?

[devilman666]

Of course their lives matter, but that doesn't mean you get to stop people from protesting. The protests could have happened without ang death if the police did their job properly. I live in Canada and we held protests in honor of George Floyd too, guess what? Ours were completely peaceful because police worked with protesters, in the USA they criminalize protesting woth curfews, then they use teargas to disperse protesters, forcing them to spread around the city which makes the protest impossible to contain or control. The amount of mayhem also makes it very easy for criminals to make some extra money, so they add to the problem by taking advantage of the chaos.

Trust me, if the government had stepped in and ensured the protesters were protected, and made a serious attempt to get justice, and a serious attempt to reform police training to make sure that people like this can't get into the police force anymore, then all this violence could have been avoided.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@devilman666 again who said stop the protesting? STOP THE VIOLENCE! STOP CRIME STOP ALL SHOOTINGS not just police involved shootings. Curious tho, why you only coming at my words trying to twist everything I'm saying but none of the other 20+ people who literally had same opinion as mine? I'll discuss, but I won't have someone twisting my words.

[devilman666]

The police are stopping the peaceful protests and ensuring that violent protest is the only way to be heard. They are using curfews to criminalize protesting, "oh you're protesting peacefully? Well now that we have a curfew in place you're nothing but a filthy rioting criminal".

How did I twist your words with my last response? I was just pointing out all the failures of American police. I agree they should stop the crime but the only way to do that is to work with the protesters like we did here in Canada. We had a crowd of over 3000 protesting in vancouver and no violence happened, because police were involved before the protest even began, they workes with the leaders of the protest to set it up in a way that would be safe for everyone, as a result we had a peaceful protest with no violence or looting. Your police disperse the crowd which makes the problem worse, it's easier to control protesters when they're all in one spot, when they disperse through the city you just start getting waves of violence spreading throughout the city. On top of that, instead of working with protesters, your police criminalize protesting with curfews and then lock up protesters.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@devilman666 that didn't happen the first night here. It didn't happen till a night of violence, police officer shot, businesses looted burned. So they should let them stay on the street to do more damage? My daughter couldn't even get home from work yesterday because of people who were trying to incite more riots. And if she would of got hurt or killed they gonna protest her death? ALL racism PERIOD needs to stop ALL BAD cops need to be stopped. BUT NOT ALL COPS ARE BAD but now people are targeting innocent cops. How it's that any different. How is that right. People don't want to be judged by skin color not should they. But don't falsely judge someone by their profession, rather their OWN actions

[devilman666]

Nobody evwr said all cops are bad, they just want a change made so that this doesn't happen again. Because it will happen again and I promise you the protests will be worse next time.

[devilman666]

They should let protesters stay on the streets and they should work with protesters to ensure thenprotesters are heard in a peaceful and nonviolent manner. As I've pointed out multiple times now, here in Canada our protests did not devolve into violence and looting, the reason why is because the police got involved in a good way tl ensure protesters could be heard without anyone getting hurt. The protest was kept in one area so police coild monitor it, protesters were not dispersed, violence did not break out, etc.

[ZackBan]

I'm very happy to red that 100% of people agree so far. And that's 22 people including me.

I believe anyone who dissagrees with this message has some issues that need to be looked at. Being racist is one thing. But actually believing whole heatedly that a certain group of people are ALL bad now that's a Hitler level paranoia.

[Meatunnel69]

If cops were a race there would be some serious prejudice going on. We cannot hate cops they are the only ones holding society away from anarchy. Dont antagonize, dont be a smart ass, obey the law but prosecute those who unlawfully harm you including the police.

[Guanfei]

This is just common sense. But nowadays, the idea that white people are born evil and racists is the norm. And if cops were all bad, there would be millions of people killed every year. Same for blacks, if they were all criminal, entire countries would crumble in a month.

[RolandCuthbert]

Well, you agree with my proposal?

[Guanfei]

No, fuck off.

[Aislin9]

It's weird that everyone agree in the polls yet you get all these jerks on here saying things to the contrary.

[Drowningkingfish]

It's more of a sensible grey zone take on all forefront of diversity. Rather than just demonising whites, blacks, cops.

[SunnyCaliGirl]

I agree with her sign, that is the most level headed sign I've seen so far.

[RSav4013]

To me, it's common sense and is completely accurate. I really don't understand why people are so blind.

[SpiderManFan2002]

Completely agree 100%.

I feel like some people on G@G could do with seeing that, so thanks for sharing. :)

[BloodSweatandTears1]

I absolutely agree with the sign the woman is holding. It's sad people like to stereotype people of different backgrounds and cultures.

[0oGreyo0]

When cops don't speak put about the bad cops. Then you are worst than a cop murdering people. Your silence enables them or mean you condone it.

[Adam1978]

Agree but it could have included that you don't have to be white to be racist. And that you can be racist against white people.

[ArrowheadSW]

Yeah I agree! Among the people I know, I *might* know one or two people who are racist. I'd have to think about it.

[Reaperbot666]

every race, skin tone and sex has it's good and bad people. sadly the media tends to focus on the bad ones. which makes the rest seem worse.

[EmbraceThePain]

Most people would agree with this... not a very original sign lol...

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

No but a necessary reminder to those who seem to forget that

[pizzalovershouse]

I say you get good an bad in every race an us goid have a lot to havd to do to change the bad in world till we unite to make change it gets worse

[StephenCF]

She should’ve written “Ignorance comes in Kitty71’s Disagree poll” 😅

[Unit1]

Sounds like common sense to me.

If only people's ignorance would be their own undoing. If only!

[RolandCuthbert]

Haha! That is what I think also.

[lightbulb27]

Agree, see my latest question which points to part of why the problem exists...

[RolandCuthbert]

I haven't made it over there yet. This thread has invoked some strong emotions.

[ItsTheNephilim]

Agreed. Lol @ anyone who voted for the second option.

[Siavash_1990]

no one says ALL. Using the word ALL is just a generalization, so based on this fact, not ALL women are moody or not ALL men are handy. We generalize in everyday life, constantly

[Numbnuts89]

yeah

so, how do you determine then, which ones are good, and which ones aren't

that's the point

CLICHE AFTER CLICHE

IS FUCKED UP

[Konabeana]

You determine which ones are good and bad by listening, not talking

[Numbnuts89]

no, listening doesn't always work

[loveslongnails]

If you're looking for the ignorant, scroll down to the "disagree" box.

[AcidT0y]

It's not a very controversial statement. I think most people can agree with that. Well infact I'm sure they can, I just saw your poll results.

[drunk_illusions]

I guess it's not only about America there qre people in every corner of the corner facing Rasicim ➡we need to speak about it too

[DanOh2018]

I agree, but the welfare state needs to end and people need to lead honest lives.

It's learned dependence, and it's a spiritual illness.

[Anonymous]

Agree. The system that allows shit like this to happen is the problem.

[TonyMetal___86]

Totally agree, but people must learn doing such things and not keeping them as poets.

[msc545]

sort of like if you say "not all" followed by almost anything, you are probably right.

[grega239]

Meh... we don't have racial problems.

This seems to be a Western thing

[Deaksthebeast]

It's sad how people can generalize a group and justify, no matter who they are

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, I agree with that Woman

[CheoMlue]

I agree with the image.

[RolandCuthbert]

Racist would never agree to such a claim.

[Aislin9]

Why aren't they expressing their views in the polls?

[RolandCuthbert]

@Aislin9 For the same reason, I am getting so much pushback in my racial segregation thread.

In Eastern Europe, when you meet racists, they just tell you they are racist straight up. They do not care who is angry about it. They are not embarrassed about it. Metalstrum here is a great example. He just tells us we are a race of backwards monkeys.

No weirdness.

American racism is different. It is a racism that is constantly embarrassed about being racist. American racists not only convince themselves they are not racist. They want you to agree to their crazy racist ideals. So it is passive aggressive. It is the racism that comes in the backdoor. It lies. It cheats. It does anything it can to seem like it is legit.

Then Breonna Taylor gets killed in her sleep and it becomes plain as day. They are pissed off that we would dare get angry about her death. We are ungrateful for all they have done for us. We should go back to Africa, if we don't like it here. We should know that a lot of "Blacks" commit crime that's why police shoot innocent "Black" folks. We should know how hard they got it being "White". . . even as Breonna's boyfriend is screaming on the phone that someone came in and shot his girlfriend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EnRabtRhg

[Aislin9]

Thanks for the explanation. I need to look into all that.

[AshViper]

American racism is covert? Uh-huh. Suuure it is. When a Black, Hispanic or Asian that is as qualified for a job isn't hired & a White person is that's racism. Call it whatever else you want but it's down & out racism.

American racism isn't covert. Americans don't like to admit they're racist. Entirely different story.

[Aislin9]

@AshViper That was his point though, I was asking about the poll and why they aren't voting on it.

[Aislin9]

@AshViper You have to think of it from their point of view, they actually don't think they're racist. Just like bullies don't think they're bullies.

[RolandCuthbert]

@AshViper I don't think we care much about the whole employment discrimination thing at the moment. We are just trying not to die at the hands of police officers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-vGp5uOjL4

[Konabeana]

Absolutely a good message

[Anonymous]

If more people of ALL races held signs like that, the world would be a better place

[angiebangie]

Love the poll results!!!

[Tunasub]

Stone cold strait up 💯% FACTS!

[Kreneman]

This is a true powerful message and 100% true.

[Massageman]

Overly simplified, but true.

[IAMNathanael]

Totally agree

[RolandCuthbert]

[mefirst2020]

All men are to be equal

[simplelikeme]

It's a true statement 🤣🤣🤣

[lolcraft]

It gets to the truth. But only broadly.

[mistixs]

I agree with it

[Iron_Man]

I agree

[Thatsamazing]

Yawn.

[dudeinohio]

I agree

[SuccessfulHornDog]

Truth

[JamesBlackDragon]

this is true

[Dinosaursandanime65]

You got BAMBOOZLED

[najekim]

Sounds good.

[HonestWeirdo]

spot on

[anyonewannafuk]

Agreed

[MohitChouhan1994]

True