Congrats on your tenacity. Good things follow.
Your post reminded me that policy brutality is not a racial issue. Sure, there are racist white cops. But having lived in the city through 100% of CAY's reign, I can tell you that the brutality of the black cops of the 80s was impressive. I saw the faces of black kids being beated by Gang Squad on downtown streets. It wasn't about race. But it was inappropriate.
Read an interesting article on urbanophile on black mayors in America. Reminded me of the argument that the Black Nationalists stole the Civil Rights battle following the killing of MLK. I see parallels with today. Black America has a decision to make. Should today's radicals drive the next phase of the 'conversation of racism', or should leaders like President Obama who represents the success of the 'cooperative' traditional Civil Rights Movement?
I suggest to BA that success is so close. Returning to a 'its the white guys keepinng us down' narrative will harm BA. We are entering a potentially explosive phase of America's post civil rights 'reconciliation'. Will BA say 'thanks for accepting us in so much', or will BA say 'you haven't done shit MFer'.
I hope for the former, and expect the later. And the current protests have told much of white America the latter. And I think that's a mistake for BA.
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