As Norm MacDonald pointed out, Black people are poor, and poor people are dangerous. I don’t have a bunch of statistics to hand because I’m really not that kind of guy. but poverty in the face of extreme wealth kind of demands lawlessness.
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
While this is probably a much easier thing to achieve with people who are comfortable in languages other than English, a lot of media is doing an excellent job of this narrative in English as well. It’s almost as if some of it is actually true!
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 8 months ago
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
Poor people that question their circumstances or don’t follow the rules are dangerous for rich people. America has systematically reduced the wealth of millions of African-Americans and rather than vilifying “reparations” everyone should be fighting for equality and justice. Of course the current trend is to subject anyone below a certain wealth threshold to ever-tighter conditions to keep them from ever gaining or building reasonable wealth.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ugh, despicable.
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
Yeah, I had to make an edit after actually using my failing reading comprehension skills.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Um, do you think this part is true?
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
Of course not. The last comment was made based on the title and not the content, which focused completely on African-American crime. I will stand by the fact that the media perpetuates this in English too. If one event occurs, the media makes it appear as if it’s a widespread trend and overplay the frequency and severity of such events, while implying specific races are responsible. All of which is a blatant effort to maintain status quo. “The poor cause crime, the rich follow the rules”