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ABC Fire Drama: 'Being Black in America Is a Life Threatening Condition'
Newsbusters.org ^ | 4/22/2021 2302 hrs edt | Karen Townsend

Posted on 04/23/2021 9:54:17 AM PDT by rktman

While the George Floyd murder trial ended in a guilty verdict for Officer Derek Chauvin this week, the firefighters of ABC’s Station 19 just found out about Floyd's death in the April 22 episode, "Get Up, Stand Up." A grief counselor was brought to the fire station to give professional counseling and preach critical race theory to the firefighters.

Dr. Diane Lewis (Tracie Thoms), a former firefighter, now a therapist, was called in by Captain Maya Bishop (Danielle Savre). Maya, a white woman, thought it was something she could do to help her crew cope with their shock and anger over Floyd’s death (the episode takes place in late May/early June 2020).

The entire episode consisted of scenes with Diane and various firefighters as they warmed up to the idea of speaking with a therapist. Dr. Ben Warren (Jason George) was the first to do so and he spoke about talking to his two teenage sons about how to behave around police – "The Talk" – and how he didn’t follow his own advice when he yelled at a police officer during a traffic stop. Ben told Diane that he tried to forget about the dangers of being a black man in America but then he hears a comment or sees the news and is reminded that being black in America is a life threatening condition.

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Rhetorically, how in the hell are the major broadcast nets still on the air. Oh. DUH! 80 million viewers. Silly me.

"COMPLYING LESSENS THE CHANCE OF DYING!" Just sayin'.

1 posted on 04/23/2021 9:54:17 AM PDT by rktman
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Being black IS a life threatening condition in America. From their own behavior, and that of other blacks, for the most part.


2 posted on 04/23/2021 9:55:23 AM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: rktman

If it so bad, move to Africa.


3 posted on 04/23/2021 9:57:43 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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I’ll even bless the rains.


4 posted on 04/23/2021 9:58:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: unixfox

Must be masochists huh?


5 posted on 04/23/2021 9:58:50 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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Delta is ready when they are.


6 posted on 04/23/2021 10:00:03 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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George died of a drug overdose and the biggest threat to black Americans are other blacks. We don’t need police reform we need to reform black families and communities. They praise a career criminal fentanyl junkie as the second coming of a Christ. They have a lot of problems and it’s not “racist” White people.


7 posted on 04/23/2021 10:01:54 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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True...

But only because so many Blacks engage in Thug Culture and end up killing each other over truly STUPID stuff.


8 posted on 04/23/2021 10:05:51 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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When they’ll kill each other for the last piece of fried chicken, it is a life threatening situation.


9 posted on 04/23/2021 10:07:28 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.)
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Good Grief


10 posted on 04/23/2021 10:08:44 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Mr. Rabbit

this.


11 posted on 04/23/2021 10:12:11 AM PDT by ealgeone
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“. . . but then he hears a comment or sees the news and is reminded that being black in America is a life threatening condition.”

Years ago William Buckley wrote a column about the allegation that black people face instantaneous death for any, or no, reason. He concluded, tongue in cheek, that white people should not get into an interracial marriage because it was a death sentence for their children.

He wrote in such a way that the reader understood the concept was ridiculous. Yet, still today, it is being told about that parents that insist on having black children are going to get them killed.

12 posted on 04/23/2021 10:13:21 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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ABC Fire Drama: 'Being Black in America Is a Life Threatening Condition'

American Marxist Propaganda from the "entertainment" industry.

I haven't watched any of these crap series for about five years now.

13 posted on 04/23/2021 10:16:44 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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“COMPLYING LESSENS THE CHANCE OF DYING!”
Needs to be a Bumper Sticker
I’m beginning to think certain cultures in America do not know how to behave when LEO’s are present.
Always taught my kids to be respectful but not to offer any information. During an arrest is NO time to argue your defense.
There’s a video about LEO contact. Anyone have that?


14 posted on 04/23/2021 10:19:28 AM PDT by griswold3
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Certainly being violent and stupid and resisting arrest is a life threatening condition.


15 posted on 04/23/2021 10:21:29 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: unixfox

The ones dumb enough to buy that BS should go.


16 posted on 04/23/2021 10:22:01 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Where words can mean anything they can also mean nothing.)
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In Chicago, Atlanta, etc.


17 posted on 04/23/2021 10:25:56 AM PDT by SkyDancer (To Most People The Sky's The Limit ~ To A Pilot, It is Home)
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80 million people watch that garbage?

I don;t beleive it.


18 posted on 04/23/2021 10:33:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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They should just "identify" as white. Problem solved.
19 posted on 04/23/2021 10:36:05 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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ABC Fire Drama: ‘Being Black in America Is a Life Threatening Condition

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Yeah. When 90 percent of black murders are committed by other blacks - then I agree with this headline.


20 posted on 04/23/2021 10:36:09 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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