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ERUERUFU  ·  3304 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Kanye West Say About the Black Experience in America

"I would be willing to bet money that not a single person in furgeson considers black people as less than human"

Are you one of those people that suggests that if you don't say n*gger then you're obviously not a racist? What coddled little town do you live in to believe that people don't treat black people as less than human? "I am willing to bet that instead they will talk about the black people being poor and ending up in jail on their own merit."

Email of Ferguson officer: Mudd, 64, was linked to an email sent in November 2008 which suggested Barack Obama “would not be president for very long because ‘what black man holds a steady job for four years?’

Mmm yes you were right. No one there has twisted views. NOPE.

"And I am not interested in your video of a single person in a single situation. I have seen actual, well researched, studies, that say everything I need to hear about discrimination."

Did you actually type this out thinking it'd make you sound intelligent and credible? Please post all of these well researched studies that apparently single handedly taught you all there is to know about discrimination. I was not aware that such things existed!

"My point isn't that such things do not exist, but instead that ranting and raving about how society treats black people as inhuman and how wrong society is will fix nothing, accomplish nothing, and lead to a society that is stuck in a ditch while yelling at each other."

Then how do you suppose we go about things, oh wise and all knowing? And clearly you have not read what you have typed, because most of what you say suggests that you believe none of this exists.

Also you basically refused to acknowledge someone's evidence with no real reason. "a single person in a single situation." Honey you're cute if you think this is an isolated case. REALLY adorable.

There's too much ignorant to even touch on in your posts. "The perfect person doesn't exist, and we all make mistakes and have flaws." Especially when you're attempting to pull out these types of holier than thou comments. You should reread what you wrote. Some of it is pretty embarrassing, considering you thought it was legitimate arguing.

I mean you attempt to call out eightbitsamurai with the whole "not being a black person isn't a valid argument." Yet you pull out bull like that. Practice what you preach. Really, the whole no-one-is-perfect defense is 1000x weaker.

Anyways, I'll pray for you. Pray that one day you'll realize that being such a pedant just makes you an asshole. Treating someone inhumanely does not automatically mean you are being enslaved. That kind of thinking is what is toxic.