North Washington Republic wrote:Borderlands of Rojava wrote:
White privilege? First off pal I'm a person of color. Second off people of color tend to be used for low paying labor and then thrown away by the current system we got. Third off you don't think people have a right to protest peacefully. You wanna arrest ppl for a fucking curfew violation, thereby guaranteeing only more violence because you didn't think through what would end up happening. You just want your "safety." Well let me ask you something NWR. You ever think about how some people feel around the police? About how the police have killed some people for no good reason? The police to you represent safety and security but to me they always were a menace and a danger. My brother almost lost his life thanks to one of them. I've had girls I know followed and harassed by them, male friends thrown against walls and beaten down, and a couple local police officers stole some property from my grandmother in 1975. So pardon me if I don't give a damn about your need to feel safe, cause you sure as hell don't care about my safety or rights or the rights of the black and hispanic men and women fighting for their lives right now and fighting for those who were murdered by police. You claim to but make it clear you really don't.
Maybe you need to take a look at your privilege before you try and comment on anyone else's.
Forgive me, but I’m going to doubt that you’re a person of color. I’m not going to deny the fact that there are white supremacists in police departments. I’m not going to deny the fact that they harass and even kill POC at a higher rate than White people. However, I don’t believe that these institutions are racist by design. In your world. We would have mob justice and chaos. I believe that police departments need massive reforms, starting with rooting out white supremacists. We need to hire more POC and trans police officers, and we need to have residency requirements.
But that won’t do for people with your worldview. You want complete abolishment of law enforcement and even the state.
Yes the institutions are racist by design. Have you not seen the stats on incarceration in America? And I frankly don't care if you doubt I'm a person of color. Some of the people on this thread have actually spoken to me and know who I am. What I do care about is how you don't actually care about this issue. You just want to feel safe. You're fine violating peoples rights if you can feel secure in the end. That's why you wanted curfew violators arrested, right? You can talk to me about safety when you try and understand how unsafe some people such as myself feel around the police you admire.