Hello Mimi!

23 Jun 08 22:23, you wrote to me:

 RC>> The OJ Simpson case, no way could he have done it, he is black.

 MG> I agree with most of your list (didn't the La Cross DA lose his job
 MG> over that case?)

Yes he did, but after the fact after all the damage was done.

(As opposed to having waited to press charges or not in favor of a accurate
investigation)

If a bunch of black athletes had done this to a white stripper, the black
community would have screamed bloody murder if the local DA acted as
quickly with shoddy evidence.

 MG> However in the OJ case you living 3000 miles from LA
 MG> must be unaware of the factors that led to his acquittal. I'd like to

He was black and blacks have been given the shaft in this country for
years, therefore in the age of civil rights, with Klahns black experience
excuse, it isnt possible that a black man could possibly commit this crime.

OJ Simpson did nothing for his contemporaries, he actually did something
unthinkable to them, he up to this incident comported himself as if his
lineage was not important, he thought of himself as everyones equal and he
was.

He was like every other celebrity, he had star power and name recognition.

When this was going on, every black person I talked with about this case,
all thought no way he could have done it, and many of these opinions were
formed before Mark Furmans testimony.

I mentioned Michael Vicks case..

Last year, ESPN held a town hall meeting in downtown Atlanta to talk about
his case. The meeting was comprised of a host/moderator, another
host/moderator whom chimed in from stuff coming over the Internet. They
also had a panel of five personalities, some from sports journalism, others
were current or former NFL players, they also had a series of guest experts
and then the audience, mostly black. (I dont infer the audience was mostly
black on purpose, but that its make up was that way because of the concern
of the community)

In Michael Vicks case, he was different from OJ, in that Vick was involved
with charities and he was trying to help the under-privileged people with
similiar backgrounds that he had.

When it came time to take audience questions or when they held a
"applause or boo poll", the majority of the audience felt that
Vick should not have been punished either at all or the way he was for
doing what he did to dogs. Michael Vick didnt get the media attention
because he was black, he got it because he was a player in the NFL.
Similiarly it was the same star power of OJ as to why we had that media
circus.

During the Rodney King incident, would South LA have erupted into riots had
Rodney been white and the cops black?

Point is this mentality cannot continue in the name of some black
experience if equal rights is also sought, for with equal rights comes
equal responsibility and I dont think these folk see that.

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