I read the news today, oh boy
The news from Ferguson was not unexpected, but...
Okay, this is the point at which I would normally be scrupulously confessing that Canada, too, is a racist country with plenty of problems. At this moment, though, that just feels like derailing. Also, I'm not usually a pessimistic person and I generally hold that things (in general) are not getting worse than they were in the "good old days." However, at this moment in history, I can't see that race issues in the United States are getting better.
More than one online commenter has pointed out that Mike Brown was "not an innocent," since he allegedly stole something from a convenience store shortly before he was killed by the police officer (who knew nothing of the alleged crime.)
So: in the United States, the penalty for being suspected of petty larceny is now summary execution? Good to know.
I'm too sick and sad and angry and ashamed to say anything else about this right now. I'm at work, but I want to crawl back home and listen to Odetta for the rest of the day. Since I can't, here she is for everyone:
Okay, this is the point at which I would normally be scrupulously confessing that Canada, too, is a racist country with plenty of problems. At this moment, though, that just feels like derailing. Also, I'm not usually a pessimistic person and I generally hold that things (in general) are not getting worse than they were in the "good old days." However, at this moment in history, I can't see that race issues in the United States are getting better.
More than one online commenter has pointed out that Mike Brown was "not an innocent," since he allegedly stole something from a convenience store shortly before he was killed by the police officer (who knew nothing of the alleged crime.)
So: in the United States, the penalty for being suspected of petty larceny is now summary execution? Good to know.
I'm too sick and sad and angry and ashamed to say anything else about this right now. I'm at work, but I want to crawl back home and listen to Odetta for the rest of the day. Since I can't, here she is for everyone:
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