Posted on 09/11/2014 9:37:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Six kids from the block where Michael Brown was killed tell the truth about race with some humor in video.
Six kids from Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was shot and killed, have something to say about the state of racism in a humorous video called "Hey White People: A Kinda Awkward Note to America by #Ferguson Kids" created by the T-shirt company FCKH8.com.
"Sometimes white people are like, 'But is racism still a thing?' Spoiler alert: Duh. Just because Beyoncé is on your playlist and you voted for Obama, doesn't mean that our generation has seen the end of racist drama," they say in a series of clips.
"All this focus on race makes me uncomfortable. Uncomfortable? Try being Black," the smart kids continue. They then run down facts about racial disparities in America from stop-and-frisk numbers to employment discrimination.
"Do you know that employers don't even need to see the color of our skin for the discrimination to begin?" one girl said. "Resumes with Black sounding names, like Tenisha or Tyrone, are 50 percent less likely to get called in for a job interview than the exact same resume with white-sounding names."
The video also had some humorous parts. "Some of my best friends are Black," says one boy. Another boy claps his hands in applause at the fact. "You get a cookie," one of the smallest kids says and holds the reward up to the screen.
During the video, the kids wear T-shirts that declare, "Racism is not over, but I'm over racism."
The video is promoting a fundraiser for five different anti-racism causes. For every tee or hoodie sold, $5 will be donated to organizations fighting to make change, the website states.
Two days before he was set to begin college, Michael Brown, 18, was killed Aug. 9 by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer. The tragic death has brought the issue of police brutality back to the nation's attention. The city of Ferguson has erupted in protests and cries for justice for the teen.
He was a thug that just robbed a store by strong-arming the clerk. Then he attacked a police officer.
He DID get Justice!
Ewww. Hope she didn’t give the judge any lip.
Dear children,
Don’t walk down the middle of the street as if you own it.
Don’t walk into a store and just take whatever you want.
And, especially, don’t walk down the middle of the street as if you own it immediately after walking into a store and just taking whatever you want.
Almost 90% of the population of the world is NOT WHITE!
If things are so miserable in a majority white country, take comfort in knowing here are huge swaths of this planet you can live a lifetime and never see a white person.
Lived across the street from a Black family. Father was Donald, Mother was Janice. Kids: Donald Jr., Patrick, Marie, and Joseph. Funny, they never seemed to have a hard time with the resume thing, ALWAYS had a job.
Ummm, no, you're not. But you should be.
And by the way, the best way to overcome racism is to...wait for it...ACHIEVE. And then raise your children to do the same. Plenty of black Americans have done it - quit pretending like racism is holding you back from success and happiness. It isn't.
I notice most of the famous, successful, sensible blacks have normal names. Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Larry Elder, etc.
Yes RINO in my mind is any Republican that is NOT Pro God, pro life /pro family, basically if you are pro Jesus/ pro life/ pro family, you will find yourself on the right side of basically every issue.
Thats my take anyway :)
Me to uneducated black kids in Ferguson...”Don’t assault Police Officers after robbing a store”.
Thanks for your reply. The names you listed also happen to be some of the greatest thinkers/writers that I follow. Not so much Justice Thomas, only because he doesn’t publish regularly, but when he speaks, I listen! :)
Kids were hired by some left wing group supported by liberal elites.
The kids were chosen to be in a video... the video was NOT made by the kids...
Bail money?
I think that number is dated. melanin-deficient oppressors make up about 4 or 5% of the world population if the current trend has continued.
In 1950 honkies made up a whopping 30% of the world population, according the CIA Factbook.
The same homofascists (look at their ads on youtube with a priest puking diarrhea) are behind this t-shirt campaign.
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