Riot over race [Jesse Jackson: "There is nothing more painful to me than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”]

Washington Post ^ | October 30, 2012 | Jonathan Capehart

[grundle]

Now, consider this quote: “There is nothing more painful to me . . . than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” That wasn’t from John Sununu. That was Rev. Jesse Jackson in 1993. But as the AP poll on racial attitudes shows, Jackson’s wince-worthy remark continues to resonate today. Would that we could talk about this sensitive issue without some whites getting hysterical about it.

[curious7]

Why is it wince worthy, Jonathan? It’s simply the truth in Jackson’s Chicago, now even more true than then.

[Steely Tom]

Reality is wince-worthy if you’re woke.

[rbg81]

All the “anti-racism” training in the world won’t change the fact that Blacks commit far more crimes than whites despite being a smaller slice of the population. People, including Black people, know this and act accordingly.

[Steely Tom]

People, including Black people, know this and act accordingly.

Well, they're all rassists. At least, all the white ones.

[lee martell]

I’m hearing less from Jess’ these days. He has aged and I think he has Parkinsons’. I’m also hearing less from
“R e v e r e n d” Al Sharpton. Al has appeared shrunken and dessicated, seemily sitting on death’s door playing blackjack for the last 10 years.

[Ann Archy]

I LOVE this quote....have used it MANY, MANY times!!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

America has had race riots for a very long time:

List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States

I think of this wiki page every time some talking head talks about “the worst riot in US history”.

[Inyo-Mono]

Bkmk.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

News Flash...

Black people are shot every day in Minneapolis.

By black people.

[aquila48]

“That means the increase in anti-black views, particularly the implicit negative views held by 56 percent of respondents, might be fueled by an increase in such feelings by non-whites, including among blacks themselves.”

Could that possibly have anything to do with the slaughter that goes on every weekend in BIPOC “communities”?

[Rurudyne]

Je$$ie can console himself by shaking down some businesses.

[Rurudyne]

Most victims of violent crimes, white or black, are of the same race as the criminal attacking them.

More black on white crime, such as it exist, is easily explainable because the real issue, violent habitual criminals preying on whoever happens to be handy, are both more likely demographics wise to be black and be around whites to victimize than than the white criminal underclass is to be around many black folks (they’ve got lots of whites to victimize).

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Chris Rock:

(heavily censored)

“When I go to the money machine tonight, alright, I ain’t lookin’ over my back for the media! Sh1t! Ted Koppel ain’t never took sh1t from me! So, you think I got three guns in my house ‘cause the media outside? Oh, sh!t, Mike Wallace! Run!” Get the fuck outta here, man! Tired of this sh1t. Tired. Tired. Tired of this sh1t!”

[EEGator]

I think his shakedown days are over.

[The Mayor]

Wow ha!!

[RoosterRedux]

Problem is this will still be blamed on white privilege.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've read that he had once said/written something like this but it's good to see it confirmed.Also,I read once that Jesse once told an audience,largely black IIRC,that “we needn't fear the KKK,we should fear the BBB” (meaning big black brother). I'm not sure he ever said that however.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've seen detailed FBI stats (from a couple of years ago) which indicate that cross racial murder is rare in this country...the large majority of murder victims are killed by a person of the same race. In fact those stats showed that whites being killed by blacks is rare...and that blacks being killed by whites is almost unheard of (can't recall the exact percentages).

I have the Excel spreadsheet from the FBI website somewhere.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yup...a great,wise...and courageous video. IIRC it was from the late 90s/early 00s. He did another thing,also some time ago,called "How Not To Get Your A$$ Kicked By The Police".

Another wise...and courageous...video.