27 Things Every Black Person Must Learn Before Age 12

[Weatherman2020]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

 

[Wake]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Sounds good. Let's start with you.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Where was the Black Lives Matter Movement when a 9 year old black kid was murdered last month?

Did his life not matter?

Chicago Police: 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee lured into alley, shot to death - CNN.com

The dozens of blacks murdered by blacks every night doesn't fit the narrative.

 

[Lakhota]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

Robert Byrd is proud of you. Democrats still like using skin color to tell people they can't go to a college.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Don't aim a gun at a cop...

 

[Wake]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Some people like Lakhota just don't get it.

Imagine the same kid had a convincing replica of a knife, and was chasing people in the park with it. Say he approached an officer with it, posturing as though he was ready to take a stab.

Lakhota would still complain that the officer was in the wrong because he hadn't tapped into his psychic senses that would inform the officer that it was a replica. People like him are disappointing because they NEVER find fault with the idiots that actually do really stupid fucking things. Can you believe we've got people like him actually this crap online?

 

[Lakhota]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

Robert Byrd is proud of you. Democrats still like using skin color to tell people they can't go to a college.

It's interesting how you Regressives always ignore your own flaming racist politicians.

Nationwide Poll: Majority of Republicans Have Nakedly Racist Worldview—Trump Has Found the Way to Unleash It

 

[Weatherman2020]

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

Robert Byrd is proud of you. Democrats still like using skin color to tell people they can't go to a college.

It's interesting how you Regressives always ignore your own flaming racist politicians.

Nationwide Poll: Majority of Republicans Have Nakedly Racist Worldview—Trump Has Found the Way to Unleash It

Disgusting how racist Democrats insist on denying people jobs because of their skin color.

 

[BULLDOG]

At some point, the cops are just going to hang out at the station and not bother going out on patrol. Let the gangsters take over the streets and kill each other off. Americans who can afford it will have to hire private security.

That's when we need to fire the lazy bastards.

Go ahead, fire them. See if that works. You have no concept of anything I said, do you?

Nobody said it was an easy job,and they knew what it was before they filled out the application. If they don't want to do their job according to the rules, then kick their sorry asses out. Everybody isn't capable of being an honorable cop,but that is the only kind we need.

 

[mgh80]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

I'm curious as to your opinion on my following two points. Let me start by saying that I do think that some of the recent killings of black people have been uncalled for (not all of them). Of course there are racist white people, there's also racist black people, natives, hispanics, asians, etc...because there are racists in evert walk of life. It's an unfortunate reality.

I think we need to examine each case on a case by case basis. So here are my two questions for you:

1. Why do you think that Darren Wilson should have been charged?

Forget emotions, let's examine the facts:

-Michael Brown robbed (violently) a store shortly before he was killed
-Wilson responded to a police call regarding that robbery
-Wilson identified the individual(s) who did rob that store
-Brown's DNA was found in the following places: inside door handle of Wilson's car, Wilson's thigh, Wilson's gun
-Brown had gun powder residue on his person
-Many witnesses recanted their reports to police
-Several of the witnesses contradicted each other as to the events as they occurred
-All autopsies (including an independent one) revealed that Brown was NOT shot in the back as reported from several witnesses
-Johnson, who was with Brown when he was shot AND when he robbed the store, was NOT shot


2. Why does the Black Lives Matter Movement not protest against black on black crime (specifically gang related)?

 

[Blackrook]

Before the welfare state, most blacks had jobs and had children after marriage.

The rise of the welfare state in the 1960s contributed greatly to the demise of the black family as a stable institution. The out-of-wedlock birth rate among African Americans today is 73%, three times higher than it was prior to the War on Poverty. Children raised in fatherless homes are far more likely to grow up poor and to eventually engage in criminal behavior, than their peers who are raised in two-parent homes. In 2010, blacks (approximately 13% of the U.S. population) accounted for 48.7% of all arrests for homicide, 31.8% of arrests for forcible rape, 33.5% of arrests for aggravated assault, and 55% of arrests for robbery. Also as of 2010, the black poverty rate was 27.4% (about 3 times higherthan the white rate), meaning that 11.5 million blacks in the U.S. were living in poverty.

How the Welfare State Has Devastated African Americans - Discover the Networks

 

[theHawk]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Yes, it exists, but it’s not burning in the hearts of cops or white people. It is burning in yours.

Are you blind, dishonest - or just stupid? All honest sane people know racism exists. Whites are getting more panicky knowing they'll soon be a minority.

Whites have always been a minority in the world population. We're not panicky about it.

 

[theHawk]

America is teaching us not to expect justice for our deaths.

The news broke Monday afternoon that yet another jury has declined to indict a person responsible for the unnecessary death of a black person.

There was Trayvon Martin. And Michael Brown. And Sandra Bland. And now 12-year-old Tamir Rice's killer won't be put on trial. The message is clear: Black life in America is as expendable as ever.

Every time the shooting death of another young life goes unpunished, subtle messages are communicated to young black people about how they should behave, expect to be treated, and navigate the world. These lessons include:

1. Be respectful to police, no matter what. (Even when they unfairly threaten or arrest you, ignore basic protocols, and use excessive force.)

2. Sometimes that won't help.

3. Sometimes that won't save your life.

4. Do not wear hoodies.

5. Or baggy pants, or any other clothing that might be misconstrued as "thuggish."

6. If possible, wear a suit at all times.

7. Know that not even the fanciest suit will protect you from being pegged "suspicious."

8. Your blackness will always be the main thing that makes you a threat.

9. Long before you even hit puberty, you will be regarded as a man, not a boy.

10. Skip the toy aisle with guns at your local department store, lest you be mistaken for an armed gunman.

11. Recognize that these lessons don't apply to your white friends.

12. Don't listen to loud music in a car with friends.

13. Don't Cosplay.

14. Don't hang out at pool parties.

15. Tread carefully. There's a chance you could be shot dead by the police before you're even arrested for anything.

16. You will be blamed for your own death, thanks to any past behavior that paints you in a less than stellar light.

17. That means bad grades, experimenting with marijuana, or taking grainy webcam pics where you're holding up the middle finger.

18. Make sure to have at least one or two "respectable" photos of you online for the media to use after you're killed. Preferably, a picture of you in a cap and gown(because only educated people deserve to live).

19. In the event that you are needlessly shot and killed, do not expect justice for your death.

20. It does not matter if your death is caught on camera, and replayed over and over on the 24-hour-news-cycle to the morbid fascination and horror of the country.

21. It does not matter if your name becomes a trending hashtag on Twitter.

22. It does not matter if people march the streets of your city, of countless U.S. cities, in your name.

23. It does not matter if your parents tearfully stand at press conference podiums and plead for your killer to be held accountable for your death.

24. More often than not, your killer will not be indicted, they will go free.

25. Across social media, people will post messages of disgust and sadness. But no one will be surprised.

26. This is not OK. No black person should ever have to learn these lessons and accept them as facts of life. No black person should grow up feeling unsafe, or feeling like they must prove their own humanity.

27. But, we do.

America is teaching us not to expect justice for our deaths.

Yep, it's just a sad fact of living while black.

You're right, black males should just go on acting like little wannabe gangsters and pimps, because that has gotten them so far.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

When everything is racist, the concept is diluted.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Black Lives Matter!

Not to other blacks they don't

Face it a black man has a far far better chance of being killed by another black man than by whites and cops combined

 

[Meathead]

28. Being a thug will shorten your like

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

False. Makes no sense that the Democrat KKK would switch to the party ending slavery and JimCrow. So they didn't. You progressive Democrats can't shake your racist history onto the GOP. Dixiecrats all died as Democrats, except for Thurmond, who served his black constituency well. Democrats still subjugate blacks, only your methods have changed.

 

[bucs90]

Does anyone deny that racism exists?

Of course racism exists. So do racemongers. What's your point?

I was waiting for board racists to deny it exists. Acceptance/awareness is the first step to recovery.

Everyone knows racism exists. Just as 180 years ago, Democrats like using skin color to determine who goes to school and who gets a job.

I assume you're talking about the old KKK Democrats who switched to the GOP.

False. Makes no sense that the Democrat KKK would switch to the party ending slavery and JimCrow. So they didn't. You progressive Democrats can't shake your racist history onto the GOP. Dixiecrats all died as Democrats, except for Thurmond, who served his black constituency well. Democrats still subjugate blacks, only your methods have changed.

They always claim that. They say back then....the GOP was like today's liberals and the Democrats were the racist Klansmen, like today's GOP they say.

Which makes me want to ask......So, back then, the liberals of the day spread their arms wide open and welcomed all those KKK Democrats into their midst huh?

 

[Mac1958]

America is teaching us not to expect justice for our deaths.

The news broke Monday afternoon that yet another jury has declined to indict a person responsible for the unnecessary death of a black person.

There was Trayvon Martin. And Michael Brown. And Sandra Bland. And now 12-year-old Tamir Rice's killer won't be put on trial. The message is clear: Black life in America is as expendable as ever.

Every time the shooting death of another young life goes unpunished, subtle messages are communicated to young black people about how they should behave, expect to be treated, and navigate the world. These lessons include:

1. Be respectful to police, no matter what. (Even when they unfairly threaten or arrest you, ignore basic protocols, and use excessive force.)

2. Sometimes that won't help.

3. Sometimes that won't save your life.

4. Do not wear hoodies.

5. Or baggy pants, or any other clothing that might be misconstrued as "thuggish."

6. If possible, wear a suit at all times.

7. Know that not even the fanciest suit will protect you from being pegged "suspicious."

8. Your blackness will always be the main thing that makes you a threat.

9. Long before you even hit puberty, you will be regarded as a man, not a boy.

10. Skip the toy aisle with guns at your local department store, lest you be mistaken for an armed gunman.

11. Recognize that these lessons don't apply to your white friends.

12. Don't listen to loud music in a car with friends.

13. Don't Cosplay.

14. Don't hang out at pool parties.

15. Tread carefully. There's a chance you could be shot dead by the police before you're even arrested for anything.

16. You will be blamed for your own death, thanks to any past behavior that paints you in a less than stellar light.

17. That means bad grades, experimenting with marijuana, or taking grainy webcam pics where you're holding up the middle finger.

18. Make sure to have at least one or two "respectable" photos of you online for the media to use after you're killed. Preferably, a picture of you in a cap and gown(because only educated people deserve to live).

19. In the event that you are needlessly shot and killed, do not expect justice for your death.

20. It does not matter if your death is caught on camera, and replayed over and over on the 24-hour-news-cycle to the morbid fascination and horror of the country.

21. It does not matter if your name becomes a trending hashtag on Twitter.

22. It does not matter if people march the streets of your city, of countless U.S. cities, in your name.

23. It does not matter if your parents tearfully stand at press conference podiums and plead for your killer to be held accountable for your death.

24. More often than not, your killer will not be indicted, they will go free.

25. Across social media, people will post messages of disgust and sadness. But no one will be surprised.

26. This is not OK. No black person should ever have to learn these lessons and accept them as facts of life. No black person should grow up feeling unsafe, or feeling like they must prove their own humanity.

27. But, we do.

America is teaching us not to expect justice for our deaths.

Yep, it's just a sad fact of living while black.

This list is an absolutely perfect example of what I describe all the time: Young Black Americans hamstrung from the day they're born, made to feel victimized and isolated, excused from practicing hard work, discipline and self reliance, filled with hopelessness.

This has now been going on for decades, and we're seeing the results manifest.

American Blacks have been victimized en masse for the second time is this nation's history. It's a national tragedy, and they deserve much better.
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