“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
― Jesse Jackson
Article by Clarence Page:
My 'implicit bias' against black people
In case you missed the vice presidential debate — and who didn't? — the most memorable moment came when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence sounded shocked, shocked, at the very idea that a black police officer could be biased against black people.
I've got news for you, governor. A lot of black people don't like black people all that much.
I know. I'm one of them.
I don't dislike all black people. Most of us are fine.
When people tell me they are surprised to hear that I don't like all black people, I remind them of how little African-Americans were exposed — until recent decades — to positive images of themselves in media and elsewhere.
More police won't help, if the prosecutors and judges just release the perps back out onto the streets.
There are a relatively small number of chronic predators, who need to be removed from society, by whatever means necessary. (This is something that NYC discovered during the Giuliani years) That may mean locking them up until they are too old to have the energy to cause trouble, or it may mean their victims feeling free to just shoot them down, but I have no confidence that inflicting social workers on them will be productive.
“When people tell me they are surprised to hear that I don’t like all black people, I remind them of how little African-Americans were exposed — until recent decades — to positive images of themselves in media and elsewhere.”
When it comes down to it, a lot of the angst from American blacks comes from self-hatred.