12-02-2015, 06:39 AM
(12-01-2015, 07:38 PM)BoFox Wrote: As much as I agree with you, I know that racism still exists. If it were a white guy instead, the chances of him getting shot would've been somehow lower - even if he were wearing the exact same clothes, walking the exact same way, etc..
Probably not as much as the stats above (2.24 for whites, 5.55 for blacks) but still, if it were a white "whigger", it'd probably be as high as 4.0 compared to 5.55 for blacks, but still considerably lower, nonetheless. Don't be such a disbeliever of racism.
Of course racism exists, as do all sorts of other prejudices. (sexism, homophobia, religious persecution, ageism, etc)
What I also know is we have a black president, the number one runner up in the GOP race for the next election is a black neurosurgeon, that one of my neighbors is a black executive and I run into black people at all levels in the business world, and that my son says racism doesn't exist in his HS.
Things are not what they used to be, most of us are smart enough to know people can only be judged by their actions.
I imagine there are a few racist cops like there are probably a few racist bartenders, but we've come a long way as a society.