"I know what and what should not be reported as to not incite panic."
+++++++++++ So--are you suggesting the news should be "sanitized" so's not to make it appear there's a negative focus on blacks?
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My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
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There is nothing wrong with mentioning facts when they are available. The media on the other hand didn't say anything, there was a newsletter passed around to every occupant of my apartment complex. I've worked with an ABC affiliate back in New Orleans, I know what should and what shouldn't be reported as to incite panic. It's like going on the news and saying there's a white woman out there killing people. No discriminating marks or anything of that nature, just a white lady. This brings me back to Susan Smith's accusing "a black man" of kidnapping her kids. No real description, just his race and gender. It is truly something that must be experienced to be understood. Oh well, with the advice of Chesire I'm working on thicker skin.
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Lennox wrote: I do give a damn. I don't want to be looked at as a criminal just like I don't want my friends or family to be viewed as a criminal. I don't start post and then abandon them. I start them, let others post, then I post again. I'm not worried about who responds or why they respond. I'm not trying to bait any particular type of response, I'm just trying to get some clarification or some other viewpoints concerning some things. That is the point of starting a thread is it not?
I do know my neighbors. My neighbor is one of those people that rushes inside and locks the door when I come out of my apartment. I must say I know more people around this complex than anyone else I've come across. With that being said I am a very visible person, you can see me walking my dog 3 or 4 times a day or just outside getting a breath of fresh air. With this being said I still live in a city that is only 7% black and with a crime being perpetrated by "a black male" that puts people on high alert.
As far as things go why is it that I have to go out of my way for people to know that I'm not a criminal? I don't see too many stereotypical white man coming to my door to say to say, "Hey I'm not serial killer/rapist they are looking for" or anything of that nature. I'm one that has never in life pulled the "race card" but I feel like this is one time that I have to throw it on the table. There is no amount of justification that can be made as to why there are such scant details. I would have said there was a robbery be on the lookout for everybody and anybody you don't know regardless of race. With saying just watch that black guy with the black dog is inciting panic, and it's rather frustrating. I guess it's something that must be experienced to be understood. :-5
I think the whole get to know your neighbor strategy is good, but it won't stop people from looking at me in a tainted light. The simple reality is that I live in an area that "I'm not good enough to live in" coming from a state with a bunch of people that weren't that good enough to come to this state to begin with. I get one look because I'm black and then I get another when I tell people I'm from Louisiana. I completely understand the whole be wary or men thing but it seems like people are for more wary or me than others. If I was white I do so seriously doubt that I would be viewed the same or at least not with the same frequency.
If I see someone I'm leary of, I speak. I try to get to know them. In the time I'm talking to them I'm taking an inventory of their appearance, what they have on, tattoos, eye color, hair color, diction, accent all of that, but with that being said I'm not afraid of anyone walking the face of this Earth nor am I afraid of anything they have.
I can only speak for myself of course but if we met I would see just a man. Maybe Im wrong here but the people (or most of them) I know dont really think about skin color much. It just is what it is. Is it possible your going at things with a preconcieved notion and projecting your own feelings onto others ?
I do know my neighbors. My neighbor is one of those people that rushes inside and locks the door when I come out of my apartment. I must say I know more people around this complex than anyone else I've come across. With that being said I am a very visible person, you can see me walking my dog 3 or 4 times a day or just outside getting a breath of fresh air. With this being said I still live in a city that is only 7% black and with a crime being perpetrated by "a black male" that puts people on high alert.
As far as things go why is it that I have to go out of my way for people to know that I'm not a criminal? I don't see too many stereotypical white man coming to my door to say to say, "Hey I'm not serial killer/rapist they are looking for" or anything of that nature. I'm one that has never in life pulled the "race card" but I feel like this is one time that I have to throw it on the table. There is no amount of justification that can be made as to why there are such scant details. I would have said there was a robbery be on the lookout for everybody and anybody you don't know regardless of race. With saying just watch that black guy with the black dog is inciting panic, and it's rather frustrating. I guess it's something that must be experienced to be understood. :-5
I think the whole get to know your neighbor strategy is good, but it won't stop people from looking at me in a tainted light. The simple reality is that I live in an area that "I'm not good enough to live in" coming from a state with a bunch of people that weren't that good enough to come to this state to begin with. I get one look because I'm black and then I get another when I tell people I'm from Louisiana. I completely understand the whole be wary or men thing but it seems like people are for more wary or me than others. If I was white I do so seriously doubt that I would be viewed the same or at least not with the same frequency.
If I see someone I'm leary of, I speak. I try to get to know them. In the time I'm talking to them I'm taking an inventory of their appearance, what they have on, tattoos, eye color, hair color, diction, accent all of that, but with that being said I'm not afraid of anyone walking the face of this Earth nor am I afraid of anything they have.
I can only speak for myself of course but if we met I would see just a man. Maybe Im wrong here but the people (or most of them) I know dont really think about skin color much. It just is what it is. Is it possible your going at things with a preconcieved notion and projecting your own feelings onto others ?
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