[MtnClimber]

If slavery is bad then what is slavery to the state?

[Jim Noble]

“Whites”—to the extent we can determine any race in an intermarried, multiracial society

False premise.

They used to end debates over "Who is a Jew?" with the answer "Someone who had to get into the boxcar".

I'm sure you all can make up an appropriate way to define "Who is white?"

[z3n]

imagine all the people living life in peace

[glennaro]

People who are obsessed with “race” are properly described as “racists”. And although there are many on the Democrat/Communist/Left who think, speak and act in a manner they profess to hate (i.e., they engage in racism), America is not — and never has been — a “racist country” ... far from it.

[Delta 21]

Both the victimizers and victim were black. The Memphis police chief is black. The assistant police chief is black.

Nearly 60 percent of the police force is black. The white population of Memphis is about 25 percent.

The now-disbanded Scorpion unit of mostly black officers was created as a response to grassroots appeals to stop spiraling crime in mostly black neighborhoods.

It sounds to this white guy like systemic black racism. Blacks dont care who they beat up or kill as long as it is somebody and the town gets to riot for the weekend so the hood is replenished with big screen TVs and Kool cigarettes.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"All belonged to a special crime unit known as the Scorpions."

So they thought the only way to police blacks was with other blacks. The real problem is the extreme focus on race as the root of all problems.

[MtnClimber]

VDH ping

[MayflowerMadam]

And, as an aside, WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!!

It’s all over local TV this morning. Thank Heaven Feb. is only 28 days.

[Tell It Right]

VDH has always been good!

Even better is reading VDH without having to go to National Review. LOL

[mjp]

The statement "the beating death of Tyre King was caused by systemic racism" is a complex claim that may contain several fallacies and misunderstandings.

Fallacies: The claim that a single death was solely caused by systemic racism commits the fallacy of oversimplification, as it disregards the multiple factors that could have contributed to the death.

Misunderstandings: The concept of systemic racism is complex and multi-faceted, and a claim that a single death was caused by it may not fully capture its nuances and complexities.

Problems with reasoning: Correlation does not equal causation, and making the claim that the death was solely caused by systemic racism without sufficient evidence to support such a claim would be problematic.

Invalid concept: Systemic racism is a concept that describes the ways in which racial discrimination is ingrained in the systems and institutions of society, and it is not a phenomenon that can cause a specific death in isolation.

In conclusion, while systemic racism may have contributed to a broader societal context in which the death occurred, making a definitive claim that it caused the death would require further evidence and a more nuanced understanding of the complex interplay of factors that led to the event.

[Navy Patriot]

VDH always a worthwhile read.

However,:

Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history.

I believe that would be properly presented in the past tense.

Also note the absence of the word: "Democracy".

[The Great RJ]

Today’s racial politics are little different than Hitler’s who blamed everything wrong in Germany on the Jews. Today everything wrong in society is blamed on white people. Again we fail to learn from history.

[blueplum]

Others alleged that creating the unit in the first place to reduce black-on-black crime was racist.

and yet, the reason the unit was created in the first place was it was alleged that not having blacks on the PD specifically to address black-on-black crime was itself racist, reminding one of the old adage, damned if you do, damned if you don't