Racist Cop Shoots Elderly Black Man in Louisiana

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Arius Dion said:
Right. Lets separate something inherent in our society since its inception..good luck with that. Whether its mentioned once or not at all does not matter. And the dominant culture does not have the luxury of crying "RACISM" Racism means having the power to enforce rules and regulations on a minority culture.

No. Racism does not mean the majority having power to regulate/hamper the minority. Racism is showing a preferential treatment of one race over another. It may manifest in the tyranny of the majority, but that is not the root of the issue.

So blacks, hispanics can call em evil white pigs all they want, won't do them any good, in fact it will probably get you shot with crack sprinkled over your corpse. So no I don't think racism is a two way street..prejudice is, most certianly but not racism.

Racism is a 2-way street. If you don't understand that, then you are as blind as those that deny any prejudice has ever existed. Racism, again by definition, is showing a preference for one race over another. It is not colorblind in which race decides to despise the other. It happens in America, it happens in Zimbabwe, it happens in South Africa. It happens against hispanics, whites, blacks, asians, and others. It is a manefestation of a superiority complex instilled in one race, against another. We see it also in sexism, and other -isms that believe they are superior due to their background.

Absolutely cry justice, but don't ignore the racism otherwise you are just asking for more senseless acts like that. See subtle racism is much more dangerous than the blatant in plain sight racism imo.

Injustice trumps racisim. If the law is colorblind, and judges equally, then racially-motivated acts will know that they cannot subert the law. Everyone loves to claim the race card when it benefits them, and they weaken the law because of it. Why can't we just have a society that is based on crime being amoral, regardless of color?