Isn't that subjective?

To some extent, it certainly is - but does anybody actually believe that MSNBC is a news network or that Al Sharpton was hired for his journalistic credentials or his witty repartee?

 

Does the early reporting on the Ferguson shootings seem accurate to you in hindsight, or did they serve to spread "mis" or disinformation?

 

When facts did begin to emerge, such as the video of Brown robbing a convenient store only 16 minutes before he was shot after reportedly assaulting a police officer, many in the media were critical of its release.

 

Was characterizing Brown as an unarmed teenage boy looking forward to beginning college still seem accurate to you, or did the media deliberately hype the story by making the officer into a villain and Brown the innocent victim who was just the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time?

 

The media deserves a share of the blame for what is happening in Ferguson. I realize that is just an opinion, but that does not make it wrong. Writing a good story and airing it first has become more important than uncovering the truth and informing viewers for most of the media.

Media played Travon Martin out as a little kid who was a saint. Only until his facebook pict showed what he really looked like, not a 12 yr old kid did a few begin to see how the media manipulates people.

Plus they kept saying Zimmerman was white, he aint white.

Apathy

 

I don't think it's as simple as that.

I'm strictly talking about racism and race relations. The things I see people say on Facebook and twitter these days is depressing. I can't recall a time in my life when racism was as openly accepted as it is now. And that goes for all sides. People say one thing and then they get support and get more brave and start talking louder. When a news story breaks out and Lex18 reports it on their Facebook page a race war breaks out everytime. It's truly depressing.

 

This is where I see a major divide on views on race in society:

 

Group A: Some people view race and racism as a mostly counterbalanced phenomenon. There are a small contingent of white people who have vocal hatred toward black people, and there are a small amount of black people who have a vocal hatred toward white people. The media fails to catalog the latter while trumping-up the former.

 

Group B: Some people view race as a subtler identifier. Very few people are outright racists, but race still plays a major role in everyday life, from the casual stereotypes to the automatic presumptions based on a person’s race that are usually quite negative (most especially toward minorities). Race and prejudice manifests in many forms in society, and it’s rarely wearing a white hood and robe.

 

It seems the differences between Groups A and B are largely intractable, which drives the animosity that seems so prevalent around these issues. Each side can't comprehend how the other can be so naive and I think that fuels a lot of defensiveness and anger.

I don't think it's as simple as that.

 

Then what else could it be? If you're legally able to vote and you don't, then you're too lazy to go vote. Doesn't seem too complex..

Then what else could it be? If you're legally able to vote and you don't, then you're too lazy to go vote. Doesn't seem too complex..

 

I guess it doesn't to you. Not expecting that you'd feel otherwise.

I'm strictly talking about racism and race relations. The things I see people say on Facebook and twitter these days is depressing. I can't recall a time in my life when racism was as openly accepted as it is now. And that goes for all sides. People say one thing and then they get support and get more brave and start talking louder. When a news story breaks out and Lex18 reports it on their Facebook page a race war breaks out everytime. It's truly depressing.

I think that's a product of being able to run your mouth without accountability because you can do it in the obscurity of your phone or behind your laptop. I have to wonder if those people, if all assembled in person, would be so bold to say the things they do.

I guess it doesn't to you. Not expecting that you'd feel otherwise.

 

Nice way to passive aggressive answer to avoid the question and to insinuate something. Not that I expected otherwise...

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This is where I see a major divide on views on race in society:

 

Group A: Some people view race and racism as a mostly counterbalanced phenomenon. There are a small contingent of white people who have vocal hatred toward black people, and there are a small amount of black people who have a vocal hatred toward white people. The media fails to catalog the latter while trumping-up the former.

 

Group B: Some people view race as a subtler identifier. Very few people are outright racists, but race still plays a major role in everyday life, from the casual stereotypes to the automatic presumptions based on a person’s race that are usually quite negative (most especially toward minorities). Race and prejudice manifests in many forms in society, and it’s rarely wearing a white hood and robe.

 

It seems the differences between Groups A and B are largely intractable, which drives the animosity that seems so prevalent around these issues. Each side can't comprehend how the other can be so naive and I think that fuels a lot of defensiveness and anger.

 

I would propose, and maybe you would agree there are more groups than that:

 

There are those who certainly see the differences in cultures, color, background, and can't fully understand the differences but seek to learn and integrate. Maybe you intended this for group B.

 

There are those who are blatant apologists. These can be as counterproductive as any other group IMO, because they don't seek common learning and experience only reparation.

 

Just my 2 cents.

I must live in Mayberry becasue none of this racism stuff makes sense to me.

 

Tell me this PPride

If its going to get worse do you think or mean that the blacks will hate the whites more or whites hate blacks more or what?

Good question

 

Me personally, I just hate bigots, doesn't matter if they are white or black or yellow or brown. And yes there are bigots of every race

I would propose, and maybe you would agree there are more groups than that:

 

There are those who certainly see the differences in cultures, color, background, and can't fully understand the differences but seek to learn and integrate. Maybe you intended this for group B.

 

There are those who are blatant apologists. These can be as counterproductive as any other group IMO, because they don't seek common learning and experience only reparation.

 

Just my 2 cents.

 

No doubt it's way more complicated than I characterized it.

I must live in Mayberry becasue none of this racism stuff makes sense to me.

 

Tell me this PPride

If its going to get worse do you think or mean that the blacks will hate the whites more or whites hate blacks more or what?

 

Both. I don't see things getting better.

Both. I don't see things getting better.

I will tell you one reason it hasn't gotten better is due to the President.

His screw up with the Boston Cop during his first term and his screw up with the Trayvon Martin case did nothing to help race relations in the country, instead it gave both sides more ammunition to use.

 

This time around he is saying the right things in his press conference he had yesterday, I think he has learned that jumping to conclusions and being found wrong that it doesn't shine a good light on you.

 

Nice way to passive aggressive answer to avoid the question and to insinuate something. Not that I expected otherwise...

 

Not the way I meant. I didn't finish my post because someone came into my office. I meant to hit cancel instead of send

Stand by and I'll finish what I was going to say.

Both. I don't see things getting better.

 

I agree and I also think the trust has gone down the drain with both.

 

Do you think it will be a violent not getting better or just a trust thing? And do you think its a demographic thing? More less the bigger cities