Posted on 02/13/2015 11:06:43 AM PST by i88schwartz
FBI Director James Comey addresses the "hard truths" of racism in a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday:
JAMES COMEY, FBI DIRECTOR: One reason we cannot forget our law enforcement legacy is that the people we serve and protect cannot forget it, either. So we must talk about our history. It is a hard truth that lives on.
A second hard truth: Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias. Many people in our white-majority culture have unconscious racial biases and react differently to a white face than a black face. In fact, we all, white and black, carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song from the Broadway hit, Avenue Q: “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist.” Part of it goes like this:
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They got their spiral wrong; it came out in concentric circles.
I think people can be experienced, not so much biased unless the bias came from their Experience.
If I am walking down a block and I see hard looking young men of any color I am crossing the street to avoid a possible problem. Does that make me racist and guilty of not trusting youth?
“is everyone in obammy’s gub mint an a-hole?”
Yes…
10. “Divide and govern”…
Rules for Radicals? No, “Rules for Changing a Limited Republican Government into an Unlimited Hereditary One”
http://www.constitution.org/cmt/freneau/republic2monarchy.htm
It’s what these a-holes do.
On what stats is your list based? Without data, it would only indicate your opinions on the subject, or perhaps something else.
My opinion based on UNBIASED lifelong observation.
It’s funny and sad when people let their own biases become facts to themselves.
Anecdotal occurrences combined with attitude ain’t science.
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