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Troublesh00ter's avatar

The 11 o'clock news last night here in Cleveland had a story of a black man in Canton, Ohio (south of here) who was killed while being arrested in much the same fashion as George Floyd was. Knee on the back or neck, "I can't breathe," repeated but not heeded, only this time the man's death was ruled a homicide by the coroner. I suppose that's something.

Being colorblind is fine ... IF (and that's an "if" the size of Lake Erie!) there is genuine equity and justice for EVERYONE. The stupid, blunt fact is that for people of color, we're nowhere near that, and there are too many law enforcement officers out there who are far more interested in protecting and serving themselves than they are in genuinely serving the citizens of their community. I've heard so many stories of this kind that the names start to blur together, but the color of their skin remains a constant reminder of a problem that jerks like Blumner want to ignore or sweep under the rug for whatever reason.

I've lived in a mixed neighborhood for the last 15 years, and I like it. I have great neighbors on either side of me and I'm glad of it ... and I wonder and sometimes worry if one of them might find themselves subject to such treatment. I don't think I could keep quiet if it did.

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Racism, like religion, is learned behavior. Like religion, many children are indoctrinated with racial bigotry before they reach the age of reason. An unfortunate number of people go through life never being able to get past what they were force fed as children. I don't know what the solution is. I wish I did. One bright spot I'm seeing is the younger generation appears to be a lot more tolerant than their parents. I hope this trend continues.

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