Author Topic: Police Chief apologizes for historical discrimination against minorities  (Read 2072 times)

if you let the color of your skin define who you are then it's probably not a life worth living.
I absolutely agree.

if you let the color of your skin define who you are then it's probably not a life worth living.

100% this

i'm whiter than the sun, my job in life is to be the light in a lighthouse.
it's a life worth living heck you

yeah sorry I keep talking about the race that defines my skin tone and life
I, too, talk about nothing except how white I am

i'm whiter than the sun, my job in life is to be the light in a lighthouse.
it's a life worth living heck you
sounds like a lightly paying job.

if you let the color of your skin define who you are then it's probably not a life worth living.
on the other hand you should not so easily dismiss the effect race has on one's life experiences. this is incredibly shortsighted; america isnt the meritocracy everyone seems to believe it is. just because you work hard doesnt mean you actually have a decent chance at making it in the world

yeah, you should try to be above it, but you can't just treat it like a non issue. although there isnt nearly as much systemic racism there's still a large number of people who just dont feel comfortable around blacks, including me, despite how hard i try to not be.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2016, 01:42:47 PM by Conan »

Yes the apology was absolutely sincere and not forced by anyone!

yeah, you should try to be above it, but you can't just treat it like a non issue. although there isnt nearly as much systemic racism there's still a large number of people who just dont feel comfortable around blacks, including me, despite how hard i try to not be.
i'm never uncomfortable around a black person that dresses like the rest of the population tbh
and honestly every black i know distances themselves from "thug" culture. that's where the problem lies
« Last Edit: October 18, 2016, 01:48:27 PM by Frequency »

>when your head is so far up your ass over social justice bullstuff that you can only see good things as stuffty

Well its hard not to be influenced by your race especially when a lot of people have been manipulating your race for ages. I try not to go over to everyone and say "hey fyi im black" because thats really stupid. I'm not special because i'm black, and I don't have some sort of free pass at anything.

If you're russian and you just got news that russia was nuked, you'd probably mention it. Similarly, hearing the police chief apologize for something he didn't do is kind of heart warming since it deals with my family and my race. Especially since we're finally getting out of a huge black prison culture that was caused by the 13th amendment.

apologize for something he didn't do

This isn't a good thing

if you let the color of your skin define who you are then it's probably not a life worth living.
As if the whole idea behind recent racial issues hasn't been that black people want people not to see them only as their skin color.

This isn't a good thing

Tbh systemic racism has manifested in our police system and even something as simple as being a police officer could be considered complacency to the forgeted up state of law enforcement. I get that it's hard to reform stuff like that from within (it's like corruption, the "good cops" get weeded out or made to shut up about this kind of stuff) but that doesn't make the state it's in okay. An apology from a police chief is particularly powerful - it shows that within that organization, if you witnessed some kind of racial injustice by a fellow officer, he would probably have your back if you reported it to him.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2016, 02:39:02 PM by ultimamax »

This isn't a good thing
It's not a good thing, but since the people who did it aren't alive or are probably very old or untraceable, it's the noble thing to do. It shows that he's willing to apologize on behalf of the people who are too cowardly to do so. Personally I don't think this changes a thing, but it's still noble of him and seeing someone at such a high level of power do something this noble is reassuring

No amount of apology or sum of money will rectify the turbulent history that has torn families apart. No amount of dead cops will help bring back the people killed in lynchings and slavery. The only reparation is change for the better, to ensure that this type of thing will never happen again. Nobody should hold themselves responsible for what happened yesterday and the day before; they're responsible for what happens tomorrow.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2016, 02:31:55 PM by Perry »

There's a difference between having empathy and accepting wrongful blame. It's not noble because it doesn't solve anything, it probably disparages racial equality, and is basically a two-bit "white guilt" card designed to cash in on SJW brownie points.

There's a difference between having empathy and accepting wrongful blame. It's not noble because it doesn't solve anything, it probably disparages racial equality, and is basically a two-bit "white guilt" card designed to cash in on SJW brownie points.
Another side of this 'card'  is that black people have still been oppressed even since segregation ended. The 13th amendment says that people can't be held against their will unless they are charged with a crime. Since the inception of the war on drugs, minorities have been targeted and charged for the smallest stuff and sent to jail for a good part of their teenage lives. Police forces were instructed to profile minorities more because it allows you to fill private prisons. Although it may not be the police chief's decision, he probably knows that he may have held one role in this or another. Saying it's him kissing ass to SJWs is entirely your opinion, since you have no clue what his actual motivation behind this apology is. He could be entirely sincere and your hate boner for SJWs could be getting in the way.

Either way you put it, its still some level of empathy. I read the article and I personally think it's genuine. If you, as a non-minority, minority, or whatever race you are, think that it's not sincere, then think that. The police have played a key role in the incarceration of minorities since the 80s, whether you want to deny it or not. Having the police chief apologize for the atrocities committed against minority families counts as a step in the direction to reform and equality. If you want to come through with the private recordings that show he was held at gunpoint and forced to apologize, go ahead. Until then i'll consider it entirely genuine.