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Originally Posted by Crack
Where are the riots in the streets? Where are the threats of lawsuits?
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You probably won't see much of that for two reasons:
1) This was/will be covered up well enough that most people (of all races) will probably never see or hear about it.
2) Most white people seem to be either clueless or spineless when it comes to race relations. Rioting in the streets is
usually a bad idea, anyway.
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Originally Posted by Crack
Why is this guy not on David Letterman with his apology?
Because he is not famous?
Ha, what a cop out.
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I don't think that's a cop-out. I'm willing to be that there are so many racist things said by so many people (of all races) on a daily basis that requiring each of them to apologize on TV would result in that being the only thing broadcasted.
There is way too much crap - all sorts of crap, not just racism - for the media to cover it all. That's why the crap that's either heinous or done by someone well-known gets all the media coverage. Do you think Mel Gibson is the only person to ever say something bigoted after being pulled over? Do you think that Scott Peterson was the first guy to ever be accused of killing someone?
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Originally Posted by Crack
The double edge sword in this country is blunt on one side.
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The racial double-standard in this country won't end until white people start standing up for themselves. It's the standard method for dealing with mistreatment or bullying. There is no reason to believe it will stop as long as there is a willing victim. That doesn't mean that white people should be rioting in the streets or attacking people of other races. I think you took the right approach: You provided an example of an incident and pointed out the apparent hypocrisy in how it was handled by the public.