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What the Freep had to say about it
CM-Life's take on words
I surely hope this man does not lose his job over CM-Life's bullshit. I'm sure nobody wanted this to blatantly become a race issue, but it has been all along and it would only be so long before that was brought up to the forefront. Coach Kelly is right, though. In rough areas where crime happens (and through little to no relation: lots of black people live though this is by no means strictly a black belief, but rather an urban belief), you protect your own because no one else will. You don't rat out your friends. You didn't see anything, you don't know anything, you don't say a word. It's a firm truth within that area. There's no torturous silence and debating like on episodes of Full House where the kid sits and stares at the parent and goes "I have something to tell you, but I promised I wouldn't tell."
You just don't do it. Don't think about it, and after a while, you've convinced yourself that it just didn't happen. And it's not like you mean to, it's not like it's a conscious effort. It's just what you've learned, what you've been taught and the issue isn't whether it's right or wrong, but rather that it is the way things are. I've seen it every place I go. School, even where I work now at Petco. We protect each other. It's not about acceptance or getting the other person to like you, but it's about not selling a commrade up the river to who we interpret to not be "one of us": the GM and anyone above him.
And again, I never wanted anything to become a race issue, but it is. I wouldn't expect the townies of Up-North Michigan or the little farmy-towns to understand that while for White people, race may not always be an issue, for minorities, it is just about the only issue. We all look through the same binoculars, but we don't see the same future in the distance.
CM-Life's take on words
I surely hope this man does not lose his job over CM-Life's bullshit. I'm sure nobody wanted this to blatantly become a race issue, but it has been all along and it would only be so long before that was brought up to the forefront. Coach Kelly is right, though. In rough areas where crime happens (and through little to no relation: lots of black people live though this is by no means strictly a black belief, but rather an urban belief), you protect your own because no one else will. You don't rat out your friends. You didn't see anything, you don't know anything, you don't say a word. It's a firm truth within that area. There's no torturous silence and debating like on episodes of Full House where the kid sits and stares at the parent and goes "I have something to tell you, but I promised I wouldn't tell."
You just don't do it. Don't think about it, and after a while, you've convinced yourself that it just didn't happen. And it's not like you mean to, it's not like it's a conscious effort. It's just what you've learned, what you've been taught and the issue isn't whether it's right or wrong, but rather that it is the way things are. I've seen it every place I go. School, even where I work now at Petco. We protect each other. It's not about acceptance or getting the other person to like you, but it's about not selling a commrade up the river to who we interpret to not be "one of us": the GM and anyone above him.
And again, I never wanted anything to become a race issue, but it is. I wouldn't expect the townies of Up-North Michigan or the little farmy-towns to understand that while for White people, race may not always be an issue, for minorities, it is just about the only issue. We all look through the same binoculars, but we don't see the same future in the distance.