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“….or maybe I’m just hopefully optimistic and need to take off the Ray Bans and see how much this world really sucks.”
The situation sucks and it’s one black folks have to deal with more often than not. Period. That said, we ALL have some kind of handicap/weakness/condition/status that might cause folks to treat us differently. The way I look at it, it’s up to each individual to try to surmount his/her own barriers and seek success, and that includes black people. Still, I refuse to pretend such barriers no longer exist.
m4l, they probably got the ides from the semi-serious effort by some on the left to argue the same thing against McCain during the election. (McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone).
Rob, I think you would love my ol’ motherland. Communism would work for you. Everyone is “technically” equal and no matter what job you had, you got an apartment, healthcare (crappy one though) and probably a bean bag and Xbox as well. As long as you weren’t any other race, Jew, homosexual, had goals & ideas, wanted free speech, liked your bill of rights, or wanted more out of life, USSR would be your dreamland.
to add some fuel to this racial b.s., I just saw a outrageous & funny piece on CNN as I was refilling my cup of water. Someone is asking for Obama to prove that he’s born in the U.S. (ie to prove he has right to be president). man, even clowns get big network coverage.
I can’t say if it’s true or not, but it does raise some questions that are worth looking into.
“They got called to respond to the alleged break in at the house.”
By a neighbor who likely told the cops “a black man is trying to break into the house next door.”
“That said I can’t see how in this particular instance he could be accused of profiling.”
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Cut and paste much ENY? Wow, nice the way you twisted that.
The neighbor calls into the police precinct. She didn’t call them on their cell phones in the squad car. The precinct relays the information to the officers. Your use of the word ‘likely’ is nothing more than a convenient to your plot line guess. Have you ever called the cops? I have, when some teen boys were trying to steal another kids bag. They ask you to give physical descriptions if you’re able to.
As to whether the entirety of the white police force in Cambridge profiles certainly is of importance and should be looked at but not as it relates to this story.
I think this is a case where all involved didn’t use a little common sense.
The cops,The neighbor and Prof.Gates. – but Gates gets a pass as he was delierious from that 18 hour flight from China. Can you blame him?
The cops were pissed b/c they had to leave their post eating at the new Tim Horton’s donut shop
The neighbor lady cleary is having an affair with Prof gates that obviously ended right before he jaunted off to China,so she was just getting back at him!
“….or maybe I’m just hopefully optimistic and need to take off the Ray Bans and see how much this world really sucks.”
The situation sucks and it’s one black folks have to deal with more often than not. Period. That said, we ALL have some kind of handicap/weakness/condition/status that might cause folks to treat us differently. The way I look at it, it’s up to each individual to try to surmount his/her own barriers and seek success, and that includes black people. Still, I refuse to pretend such barriers no longer exist.
Did somebody mention Tim Horton’s?
more4less – thats why we don’t talk to him about race anymore – what good is the opinion of a racist when it comes to racism?
m4l, they probably got the ides from the semi-serious effort by some on the left to argue the same thing against McCain during the election. (McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone).
GEM!!! Pricelsss!
O.k…no more talk of this as clearly there were affairs and delirium and donut separation anxiety involved. No point in armchair quarterbacking it now.
Rob, I think you would love my ol’ motherland. Communism would work for you. Everyone is “technically” equal and no matter what job you had, you got an apartment, healthcare (crappy one though) and probably a bean bag and Xbox as well. As long as you weren’t any other race, Jew, homosexual, had goals & ideas, wanted free speech, liked your bill of rights, or wanted more out of life, USSR would be your dreamland.
to add some fuel to this racial b.s., I just saw a outrageous & funny piece on CNN as I was refilling my cup of water. Someone is asking for Obama to prove that he’s born in the U.S. (ie to prove he has right to be president). man, even clowns get big network coverage.
I can’t say if it’s true or not, but it does raise some questions that are worth looking into.
“They got called to respond to the alleged break in at the house.”
By a neighbor who likely told the cops “a black man is trying to break into the house next door.”
“That said I can’t see how in this particular instance he could be accused of profiling.”
______________________________________________
Cut and paste much ENY? Wow, nice the way you twisted that.
The neighbor calls into the police precinct. She didn’t call them on their cell phones in the squad car. The precinct relays the information to the officers. Your use of the word ‘likely’ is nothing more than a convenient to your plot line guess. Have you ever called the cops? I have, when some teen boys were trying to steal another kids bag. They ask you to give physical descriptions if you’re able to.
As to whether the entirety of the white police force in Cambridge profiles certainly is of importance and should be looked at but not as it relates to this story.
I think this is a case where all involved didn’t use a little common sense.
The cops,The neighbor and Prof.Gates. – but Gates gets a pass as he was delierious from that 18 hour flight from China. Can you blame him?
The cops were pissed b/c they had to leave their post eating at the new Tim Horton’s donut shop
The neighbor lady cleary is having an affair with Prof gates that obviously ended right before he jaunted off to China,so she was just getting back at him!