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Please read this! SLC Dunk- Black Lives Matter

I thought this could be good for this discussion. For those not familiar with John McWhorter, he is a best-selling author, a Democrat, and professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He's speaking to some hard truths here for both sides of the debate, and hitting on some of the more nuanced ideas that often fall by the way side when discussing emotionally volatile issues.


 
Michaelr said:
The writer of the stupid racist article.
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I'm sorry you take it so personally when discussions of the racism that exists in our society happen. If you've never gotten any type of therapy this might be an issue it would be useful for you to discuss in a safe place so that you can fully process your feelings about it.
 
Joncolton said:
I thought this could be good for this discussion. For those not familiar with John McWhorter, he is a best-selling author, a Democrat, and professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He's speaking to some hard truths here for both sides of the debate, and hitting on some of the more nuanced ideas that often fall by the way side when discussing emotionally volatile issues.
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I've read a couple of the studies McWhorter mentions, and they have some caveats. For example, they are very dependent on police testimony to determine the circumstances. Since police already treat black people as more threatening at every other level of force, you would expect their reports of fatal interactions to have a similar bias, but the studies don't use a mechanism to compensate for this.

That said, I agree that most black people are not worried they will be shot on an every day basis.
 
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