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1/? EMPATHY:
Being able to ask yourself the following questions, and get an honest answer: How would you feel/what would happen if:
1. A black cop had his knee on an unarmed white man& #39;s neck for almost 7 minutes while that poor man was dying and folks were begging him to get up?
Being able to ask yourself the following questions, and get an honest answer: How would you feel/what would happen if:
1. A black cop had his knee on an unarmed white man& #39;s neck for almost 7 minutes while that poor man was dying and folks were begging him to get up?
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2. The liberal-leaning Secretary of State and local voting boards closed polling stations in "conservative" counties?
3. A team of Hispanic cops executed a "no knock" warrant for a long-ago ex-boyfriend of your daughter and shot her to death in the process?
2. The liberal-leaning Secretary of State and local voting boards closed polling stations in "conservative" counties?
3. A team of Hispanic cops executed a "no knock" warrant for a long-ago ex-boyfriend of your daughter and shot her to death in the process?
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4. A fully-armed black militia "peacefully" paraded through your town yelling "Whites Won& #39;t Replace Us?"
5. Your son tried to break up a fight, gave up and went back to his car (where your grandkids were) and a black cop shot him seven times in the back - at point blank range
4. A fully-armed black militia "peacefully" paraded through your town yelling "Whites Won& #39;t Replace Us?"
5. Your son tried to break up a fight, gave up and went back to his car (where your grandkids were) and a black cop shot him seven times in the back - at point blank range
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6. Your brother was shot by an Hispanic "citizen& #39;s watch" freak because he was walking in the wrong neighborhood?
7. A self-appointed Native-American militia started patrolling the streets and were so threatening against your chosen candidate you felt compelled to move?
6. Your brother was shot by an Hispanic "citizen& #39;s watch" freak because he was walking in the wrong neighborhood?
7. A self-appointed Native-American militia started patrolling the streets and were so threatening against your chosen candidate you felt compelled to move?
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The honest answer? You& #39;d be out of my mind with grief, rage and frustration.
Which is how I felt, after 9/11, when my children (who have an Arabic last name) were being called "sand n*****" and "rag head" and "camel jockey" by their classmates - with NO DAMNED CONSEQUENCES
The honest answer? You& #39;d be out of my mind with grief, rage and frustration.
Which is how I felt, after 9/11, when my children (who have an Arabic last name) were being called "sand n*****" and "rag head" and "camel jockey" by their classmates - with NO DAMNED CONSEQUENCES
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Yet this has and is being done around this country - in reverse. It& #39;s not fake news.
If you& #39;re being honest here, and look at the history of our country - lynchings, forced service in the Civil War, separate schools, counters, water fountains (and yes, that was even for
Yet this has and is being done around this country - in reverse. It& #39;s not fake news.
If you& #39;re being honest here, and look at the history of our country - lynchings, forced service in the Civil War, separate schools, counters, water fountains (and yes, that was even for
7/? war veterans -HEROES- returning home to 1945 America, I don& #39;t see how you can& #39;t understand, empathize or comprehend the rage, frustration and anger the black community feels when yet another of their fathers, brothers, sons, daughters, aunts, mothers are shot down by police
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The police - the very damned same people whose salaries are paid for by taxes assessed against the families of the same folks being slaughtered.
If you can& #39;t wrap your mind around the validity of that rage and frustration and anger, there is truly no hope for you.
The police - the very damned same people whose salaries are paid for by taxes assessed against the families of the same folks being slaughtered.
If you can& #39;t wrap your mind around the validity of that rage and frustration and anger, there is truly no hope for you.
