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The Double Terror of Being Black in America
The Atlantic ^ | May 20, 2022 | Ibram X. KendI

Posted on 05/21/2022 6:36:03 AM PDT by artichokegrower

I loved strawberry shortcake as a child in New York City. The sliced strawberries, the juice, the softest of cake, that whipped cream. I loved it all individually. And together? Pure bliss.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blackkk; blackonblackcrime; ibramxkendi; mediawingofthednc; panicporn; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; theatlantic
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To: wastedyears

Factor in sex & age and it’s probably more like 4% of the population doing 50% of the crime.


21 posted on 05/21/2022 7:11:14 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: ClearCase_guy

“A whole lot of whites hate blacks.”

Maybe it is living in Arizona where only 4.5% of the population is black, but I don’t know ANY whites who hate blacks. Know some Hispanics who hate blacks, but no whites.

Unhappily, I do know blacks who blame whites for everything. From my unrepresentative sample, maybe 50%? What was troubling a few years back was to find some blacks I thought were friends had been secretly harboring hatred and resentment, accusing me not of anything I had actually DONE but blaming me for being part of some white power structure that kept them down...and these were people I had PRAYED with in church!

We’re no longer friendly. I don’t wish them ill but I am now very cautious about assuming a black friend is actually a friend....

Sucks but like this article - too many people are telling blacks all whites are evil oppressors, and too many believe it. But no, I don’t hate blacks and don’t know anyone who does. I just am wary now. And wish I didn’t need to be!


22 posted on 05/21/2022 7:16:50 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: artichokegrower

The greatest danger to blacks in American comes from other blacks.


23 posted on 05/21/2022 7:17:29 AM PDT by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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To: JBW1949

Maybe it’s being close to lake Michigan.
That Darrel Brooks guy sort of shows that it can be dicey being white sometimes too.


24 posted on 05/21/2022 7:19:26 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: artichokegrower

If it’s really that bad for blacks and others in America then why don’t they GTF out?


25 posted on 05/21/2022 7:19:43 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: DuncanWaring

Or maybe they need to take responsibility for their life choices like their diet and personal habits.

You, I, the government and society at large are not responaible for any person that wants to eat garbage like McDonald’s for every meal, use drugs, drink alcohol excessively, be obese and diabetic, and live a thug lifestyle, and all of which are common among “the black community”. I see it everyday during my commute to downtown on the Metro, on the street and everywhere else around town.

All of those things contribute to a lower life expectancy and are a choice they make. It’s called free will, and again, it’s their choice and their problem. Not mine. And on the rare occasion when a white person points out these things publicly, “the black community” screams “racism” and persecutes the person mercilessly.

So, in response to the author of this article:

Quitchabitching, Brutha. It ain’t my circus; Ain’t my monkeys. It’s your “community” so stop pointing your finger at me because when you do, there is one finger pointing at me but four fingers pointing back at you.

You feeling me, Bro.


26 posted on 05/21/2022 7:21:25 AM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: budj

Blacks shoot or assault other blacks daily all over the country, yet this dude is most worried about outliers like the crazy man in Buffalo.


27 posted on 05/21/2022 7:22:58 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: artichokegrower

Yes, “structural racism” is why black people are eating themselves to death or being killed by other black people.


28 posted on 05/21/2022 7:26:58 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: artichokegrower

I don’t avoid groups of young blacks because of hate, but out of realism.


29 posted on 05/21/2022 7:27:19 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: artichokegrower

This is the guy whos Netflix special for Toddlers about “racism” just got cancelled...he can ESAD


30 posted on 05/21/2022 7:29:27 AM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.s )
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To: artichokegrower

Maybe, just maybe, blacks should shed some blubber, and eat better. They can’t depend on the cops to chase them all the time, they have to seek out exercise on their own.


31 posted on 05/21/2022 7:33:23 AM PDT by euram
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To: dynachrome

Exactly right. I don’t hate blacks…I wish them every success - if they earned it. It’s just to the point I avoid them because I can’t trust them.


32 posted on 05/21/2022 7:33:26 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: dynachrome

And then there’s this…this is why I hate race relations in America. They don’t see that they are part of the problem.

https://nypost.com/2022/05/20/rapper-c-blu-camrin-williams-attempted-murder-case-dropped/


33 posted on 05/21/2022 7:37:28 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: artichokegrower


34 posted on 05/21/2022 7:39:24 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: artichokegrower

Racism is a profit machine

BLM / Media / Hacks / winks an many more do.

Just us brothers count the cash

Shake down city alive and well


35 posted on 05/21/2022 7:45:51 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Williams

Article writer is a dope. Overlooks the “historic mental disease of the perp” elephant in the room. Just another idiotic voice in the crowd.


36 posted on 05/21/2022 7:50:03 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Vaduz

I just read the post about businesses in Philly
going out of business because of looters stealing
in stores. Same people will see that nobody will
come to take their place, and jobs will disappear
in the area.

but just keep blaming others for what your group does.


37 posted on 05/21/2022 8:46:09 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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To: Taxman

Ping


38 posted on 05/21/2022 8:52:41 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Here in California it’s bad too no arrests if under $950.00 many stores closing stupidity leadership in action.


39 posted on 05/21/2022 9:04:28 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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