Posted on 10/08/2014 7:15:09 AM PDT by rktman
FERGUSON, Mo. — Alice Singen had always seen her home town as an integrated, harmonious place. Like many other white residents, she prided herself on staying here even when others began to leave.
But since the death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white police officer, some African Americans are calling it segregated and racist. Now Singen has found herself talking in terms of “us” and “them,” “we” and “they.”
“I didn’t have any problems with anybody or any color, and all of a sudden it feels like we are being held responsible for something that’s not our fault,” Singen, 70, said as she left Faraci Pizza, a 46-year-old Ferguson business that has become a focal point of racial tension. “I don’t get it.”
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: having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge : innocent or simple na·iv·erna·iv·est Full Definition of NAIVE 1 : marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous 2 a : deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; especially : credulous b : not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation ; also : not having previously used a particular drug (as marijuana) c : not having been exposed previously to an antigen 3 a : self-taught, primitive b : produced by or as if by a self-taught artist — na·ive·ly or na·ïve·ly adverb — na·ive·ness noun
I think #2 would be fitting.
I thought Obama healed racism and brought us all together.
Is the MSM now claiming the ObaMessiah was flawed all along?
Yeah, well, they’re racist for not knowing they’re racist.
Well, things that you are suddenly told exist when they actually did/do not exist will surprise people indeed.
If you don’t see the fnord, it can’t eat you. Don’t see the fnord...don’t see the fnord...
Alice Singen prided herself on staying, even as other whites moved away from Ferguson.
So, she wanted to prove that she was liberal, that she was not going to do “white flight” from a changing area.
Now she sees her town is not the peaceful integrated place she thought it was.
It would be interesting to see if we see an exodus of big numbers of remaining white residents there.
I’m sure the business owners who were burned out have decided to abandon Ferguson. Will the remaining responsible decent people be next?
Yeah, notice how over the last, oh, 4-5 decades it’s always been Whitey’s fault? It’s Whitey who commits the crimes, craps out the neighborhoods, runs the businesses and productives off, and degrades the quality of education.
Oh yeah, and has that 70% plus illegitimate rate where the lack of a father at home makes it impossible for Whitey to understand race relations.
Exactly. A deadly combination of naivete and self-satisfying, liberal pride. I bet she saw other whites moving out and viewed them as ignorant racists. What she doesn't understand is that the mob just sees "white" and will beat and rob her just as quickly as a KKK member.
I would argue that, if there weren’t a concerted effort by agitators in Ferguson (from outside entities, no less) to create trouble, Ferguson wouldn’t be any different in the level of existing racial tension from any other part of the country. Focused attention given to any locale in the country could create this kind of strife.
She’s white, but hates herself for being that way.
Another white liberal oblivious to the world around her is forced to confront reality.
Sometimes these liberals live in such a dream world you wonder how they manage to survive on their own.
Ferguson will become a Mini-Detroit.
What sane person wants to live where they are hated because they aren’t black skinned
and rioting to execute police officer Darren Wilson before he is even charged with a crime?
Maybe a few air-headed, self loathing whites who buy into the White Privilege nonsense.
“all of a sudden it feels like we are being held responsible for something that’s not our fault”
All of a sudden? I’ve been blamed for slavery and segregation my whole life, and I had nothing to do with either.
I found the use of this particular example a bit curious, where was the writers mind at when he wrote this, like wow man, very coooool.../s
I’ve often wondered why it is, that so many majority black cities, such as Detroit, Gary, East St. Louis, Camden, Washington, Baltimore, Newark, etc. have so many poor people, so much poverty, so many social problems, so many problems in their schools.
The reason I say this, is because these places are run by blacks. They have black mayors, black city councilors, black school board members, black police officers, etc. So it seems clear to me that the problems of these places cannot be due to racism, because blacks run these cities.
Surprise ... Racial Fault Line??!!... There is no racial Fault Line - so no wonder the surprise ... the reactionary racist assaults against police authority and against white people in Ferguson is a PLANNED Assault ... Preplanned across America ... a planned attack that could have occurred anywhere in the U.S. ... All set to be rolled out to further the AGENDA at any opportunistic moment... It could have happened in Arkansas, Alabama, Florida-again...
All this RACIAL DIVIDE is a SETUP... planned and orchestrated... just go start listing the obvious players... and you will see.
Yep, it’s a rude awakening for “tolerant white liberals” when they find out that they are hated for their skin color regardless of their beliefs.
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