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b_b · 4667 days ago · link · · parent · post: NYT: NBC Fires Producer over ZImmerman Tape Fabrication
Race wars get people to tune in. Here is an interesting take on a related issue form my home town. The message of the overall debate is itself racist. If a white person kills a black person for vague reasons, then our nation has a huge race problem. If a black person kills another black person for greed, revenge, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or whatever else, then its business as usual. The message is, "I don't really give a fuck if a little black kid dies, I just don't want to be seen as a racist", which betrays the fear of race that we as a society have. This issue is pretty near and dear to me, because so far in Detroit in 2012 we have had (if I'm not mistaken) a dozen or so kids murdered, ranging in age from 9 months to 17 years. I wish there was outrage every time a murder took place. Murders would stop pretty goddam quick if that were the case.