-=> On 09-03-20  09:13,  Gregory Deyss <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: It is what it is <=-

 DS> You are correct in that it was forcefully cleared, people were gassed
 DS> with pepper spray, hit with batons and shields.  The people were
 DS> peaceful.  There was much coverage and criticism of the event.  The
 DS> people who were shot with rubber bullets were another night, my mistake.

 GD> We have all seen how quickly these so called peaceful protest can
 GD> become volatile.

Sometimes precipitated by the actions of the police, sometimes by
radical right-wing groups, and always by a small percentage of those who
are there.

 GD> What are they protesting about in first place?

Against systemic racial prejudice and the resulting actions.

 GD> Black Job equality? These people have affirmative action, getting
 GD> hired based on their skin color is racist. It should be the right 
 GD> person wither a man or a women of any race.

Of course it should be.  But all too often it is not.  In a previous
life, I had the opportunity to help evaluate people for promotion.  It
became obvious that people had been held back because of previous
discrimination.  For example, even though their performance was equal to
other candidates they would be discriminated against because they did
not get a college degree 20 years ago.  Some did not have the same job
record because of discrimination in previous years.  It would be
wonderful if we did not feel a need to take such past discrimination
into account, and maybe someday that will be true.  We are not yet
there.

 GD> Black people wouldn't get killed by a officer's gun, if they would
 GD> simply comply with Police instruction, 

It is a fact of life for people of color that they are often treated
differently from others by police.  There are times when the "police
instruction" is absurd.

There are also times when black people are killed simply because they
are perceived as being in a place where they do not belong.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



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