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Originally Posted by Kevin
This is maybe not the perfect set of facts to be out there protesting over, but it's a legitimate issue.
As I said, it's a bad set of facts to be mad about, but there are some legitimate grievances here.
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1. I respect Kevin's post on racial profiling but Kevin's post doesn't explain my post. If badgeguy wants to know about my post, he has to read about the profile of (most of) the burglars in Zimmerman's neighborhood and read this GC thread more thoroughly.
2. The word "mad" is misplaced. It has an irrational tone.
3. It is next to impossible to say "it's a bad set of facts" and "legitimate grievances" in the same sentence.
4. But, there is a God because if white people can tell Black people that it is a legitimate grievance, the ponies can officially piss rainbows. Tim Wise and other panelists were on Melissa Harris-Perry's show yesterday and today. The panel was awesome and Tim Wise is always superb. It is no doubt that many people take these discussions more seriously when Tim Wise is present. That is because he is well-informed, articulate, calm and poised, and a white man whose education and unemotional intellect are assumed. He isn't "mad" over a "bad set of facts." Tim Wise knows that his white male privilege is one more thing that leads the general audience (predominantly white liberals) to believe there's a "legitimate grievance" just because he says so.
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