Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge

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“What you should see when you see black protesters in the age of Trump and coronavirus, is people pushed to the edge, not because they want bars and nail salons open, but because they want to live. To breathe,” writes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What was your first reaction when you saw the video of the white cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while Floyd croaked, “I can’t breathe”?

Maybe you also are thinking about the Karen in Central Park who called 911 claiming the black man who asked her to put a leash on her dog was threatening her. Or the black Yale University grad student napping in the common room of her dorm who was reported by a white student. Because you realize it’s not just a supposed “black criminal” who is targeted, it’s the whole spectrum of black faces from Yonkers to Yale.

You’re not wrong — but you’re not right, either. The black community is used to the institutional racism inherent in education, the justice system and jobs. And even though we do all the conventional things to raise public and political awareness — write articulate and insightful pieces in the Atlantic, explain the continued devastation on CNN, support candidates who promise change — the needle hardly budges.

 

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Kareem needs to take care of his family’s problems first.

I hope we will place justice at the top of our priorities, but that requires self-examination. Judging others, especially judging the victims of injustice, is so much easier.

you can barely read.

You pushed them to the edge media pushed them to the edge celebrities too. The unjust death of George Floyd was horrific police need to reform but with all you crazies going wild how and when can we progress? Antifa, BLM are uncontrollable this is not good it’s dangerous 😢

Кто виноват в этом?

What you’re seeing are people not knowing anything about history!

I was born in Gibraltar.There are no black people in Gib.Never whilst I was growing up,school or home was race or colour an issue.We were brought up to beleive we ARE ALL THE SAME.Racism starts at home & in schools,until USA addresses this,nothing will change! Educate yr children

Kareem can’t even parent correctly. Why would we listen to him? His son is a delinquent

Talk about some bad-ass timing

Kareem is a super smart dude who I respect. He says he wants to see a rush to justice but doesn’t make it clear what that looks like. I’m curious where the protests lead, and what his opinion is on the path forward

Yes clearly. Yes “protest”

Like your kid stabbing someone?

I'm sure it's the mask, take it off

Statistical Data of Racial Homicides In the United States. 👇🏽

This has been a long time coming...

well more people would be sympathetic to the cause if the extremists weren't hijacking the protests.

Your kid just stabbed someone Lew Alcindor

Nope. People are being massively mind controlled from their cellphones 5G iot AI. Don't believe me, then go read this book: CyrusAParsa1

is that why kareems son stabbed a dude yesterday?

Your son stabbing the neighbor kaj33

GustavoArellano on all sides.

Next up...Bill Walton describes how he can smell colors...

If you've ever wondered why so many of us are living paycheck to paycheck, it's because the system has designed it as such to keep us from rallying together in protest.

Just know that the same elites paying these protestors are the ones buying up the burned down property. You’re playing yourselves

Not that I wanted to burn down my city

We have the video footage; it's the juries and the prosecutors who haven't caught up to us in 2020.

They Plan & GOD Plans = Tik Tok = Time Is Running Out = The Whole Wide World Is Watching Boycott Hate Everywhere!!

cities in chaos are led by DEM mayors & DEM city councils, allowed gentrification, R led by Black police chiefs & Black school superintendents & Boards & have DEM police unions. Why dont you report these facts? Who is to blame?

What was your first reaction when you seen a black cop murdered on Facebook by a protester?

Go ahead and turn your back on people like that cop who was kneeling but never turn from me. Thats my experience and it won't change until I see it and believe it.

I hope with the money going to BLM some of this money goes for individuals having cell phones and cell bills paid 😭

I'm a 'White Hispanic' but I wear a body camera cause I'm not going to be the next George Zimmerman.

Enough is Enough 😭😭😭

the people have spoken

This is the end of free and democratic America. Communist revolution just began!

My first reaction was to ask WHO George Floyd was and why he was in custody. After I found out he a was a criminal my 2nd reaction was to throw the switch myself on that cop.

I thought about that pregnant woman he robbed at gunpoint

dont care

What should we do about police brutality?

This book written by a black man destroys everything BLM lies about............

Stoke the flames and keep reliving.

BLM-Behave Like Monkey

The banality of evil.

let's nudge them the rest of the way so us regular people can get back to life.

You're doing great

...by lying, race-baiting Democrats.

its so true. how black americans have been so patient for so long is beyond my understanding. it's herculean.

Oxygen Saturation Monitor

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opinion Or could it be that some people just see it everywhere?

opinion Well racism is also elsewhere, in Africa f. ex. the Black kill the White, Europe so far never solved the problem of the Jewish haters etc etc that’s our today’s world! Almost 80 years after World War II mankind has proved, it hasn’t learned anything so far!

opinion Persecution of individuals with mental health disabilities 'is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it’s everywhere.'

opinion “I can’t breathe” is an Obama era movement

opinion Literally the only fucking thing I wanted in the whole fucking world was to be left alone & in peace to finish my Saving the World project while I lived at the top of a tower like fucking Rapunzel on Yale's campus, & now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is trying to kill me in the .

opinion . Racism is a worldwide phenomenon.. It's much worse in other parts of the world. The USA is very tolerant in comparison LA Times is garbage news... get educated gullible Liberals

No, it is not invisible. Ask anyone one who looks Jewish or Black. It is blatant and stupid.

opinion please stop instigate violent disturbances, all the people should concentrate to build the country after big epidemic, do not hear wrongdoer to sabotage country. the police make a mistake then he or she will has justice go on trial for their mistake

opinion the wrongdoers are taking advantage of Floyd death to incite all the people devastate US, please stop do it and stand together to overcome all obstacle to make a great US again after big epidemic. the justice will be enforce. please trust me.

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Especially when it's on your Neck “: “Racism in America is like dust in air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it ..'

opinion We all need to UNITE and LOVE one another. Then talk about why the billionaires pay no taxes and steal money off of all of you.

opinion Please stay in Los Angeles

KattyKay_ opinion It’s powerful individuals playing on broken small minds that are also broken by a broken system of brokenness, perpetuated by brokenness infiltrated by brokenness from a system that is corrupt and broken . I agree

AntoniaJuhasz opinion The racism is baked into the laws Drugs and immigration need to be *DECRIMINALIZED* The only reason the are 'illegal' is to provide an excuse to oppress and lock up people of color and 'leftists' in general

opinion Bravo Kareem! Beautiful language. You make it so vivid we cannot help but see it..🌈

opinion 2020 = Civil Rights Movement but in HD

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opinion Hope this Racism come to an end ... I hate Racism we are all equal Why this Racism ?

opinion Rodger

I'll even go so far as to say that there is so little anti-black racism in the US that kaj33 had to dig deep and refer to a more than 2 year old and completely obvious Hate Crime Hoax Yale, the Living or Napping While Black Hate Crime Hoax, as his main example in the .

Here is my YouTube video from last night, appealing to BarackObama to please help me save my life and lifelong human and civil rights academic & legal careers. I am asking him to ask kaj33 to please stop endangering my life in &, now, nytimes.

This is my appeal to BarackObama to please help me save my life and lifelong human and civil rights academic and legal careers. I am asking him to ask kaj33 to retract his LIES about me that endanger my life in the , as I go back into hiding.

Very strong writer.

Are you talking about blacks only or the USA?

Seems to me they want a new TV and new pair of Nikes...

the of unarmed black citizens that were killed by coos in 2019 was 9. 9. (heather mac donald using washington post s, wall st. journal, 6/2/20). in a nation of 30 mill. + black citizens, the of unarmed blacks killed by police could fit into the times' editors office.

I understand these riots just fine. People want to shout 'institutional racism' at the sky and burn and loot instead of going after their problems at a policy level, or voting someone in at local levels who will.

Oh give a break.

ReplaceBiden & DefundThePolice BidenCrimeBill

His name was David Dorn DavidDornslifemattered

Not one word about DavidDorn Your opportunistic 'journalism' is disgraceful. No one did more to help the Black community than realDonaldTrump before the Democrats destroyed the economy. HisNameWasDavidDorn

Blacks make up only 12.6% of the population yet they commit 27% of all crimes: 52.6% of murders, 54.5% of robberies and 29.1% of rapes. This is why they get arrested by police, not “racism.”

Take that message to the streets of Chicago EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

I wonder if this guys family had a gofundme

What does a 73 year old basketball player know about 'the kids'?

Let’s your voice be heard ❤️❤️❤️ ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

I don't think that there are any sane/reasonable people who do not understand the protest -- I think most Americans get it. But only the insane/unreasonable people can rationalize, even glorify, the unnecessary violence and looting that almost always accompany mass protests.

BullSchiff

He's a great writer and a superb basketball player .

Wrong. Your enemy divides you with race gender and class warfare. America is too strong to be conquered when united. Get over it realize this was intentional and fight the enemy who is dividing you.

GTFO of here with that crap. Black on black murders are nearly the same as white on white despite being 1/5 of the size of white pop. Black/Dem leaders cannot even solve their problems in their own communities 50 years since Civil Rights Act.

Try using words that Christ would use...yes the light! Matthew 6:19-21

Holy shit it's war

With this knowledge I feel BLESSED

Maybe there is a difference between protesting and looting and burning random other peoples property.There is no ideology behind that. It's venting.And there are always opportunists using the anarchy to get there hands on some 'treasure'. Rightful anger doesn't equal just action

BlackLivesMatter GeorgeFloyd HongKong HongKongPoliceTerrorism A Taxi Driver is killed by Police, Hong Kong Judicial System rule that his death is caused by Police. Now, No Arrest is made. one south-asian suspect is killed by Police. Also, no arrest is made.

Obama has had 8yrs to change the system why he didn’t it?

Lmao it is easy to spot government Shrill whenever the government is at fault it is always projected on the people and blame racism as the root cause for every injustice lol

As he starred (DC) in the camera I could tell he was a mind channeled assassin, so I wondered “who” was really “behind” the camera. I def felt his initials DC were relevant to the location of the trouble maker “top dog” in this joe public “snuff film”.

My dearest friends are advising that I go back into hiding for a spell, since the and washingtonpost are publishing what amount to death threats against me from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar kaj33 and michaelharriot of TheRoot. Yale President Salovey?

this poor guy’s been taking shit from white people forever

I didn't think it was a racial arrest. I thought the cops were being to aggressive with someone that warranted arrest. Cops don't wake up going 'I want to harass someone', they wake up thinking let's get some bad guys off the streets.

These 2 knew each other and there were 3 other officers present - one of them an African American. Is it possible this had literally zero to do with racism?

It was heartbreaking to see this happen yet again...I immediately got a flashback of the ‘92 riots...there is only so much people can take...if you’re a minority you have been judged from the get go no matter what the situation.

🔶 Buffalo, NY CBS affiliate WIVB reported that two officers, one from the Buffalo Police Department and another from the New York State Police, were medically evacuated after the collision and taken to the Erie County Medical Center. 🔶

I don't agree with the looting and violence that's taking place but you can't keep bullying someone for 400 years and expect them not to retaliate against you one day

Kareem’s comments are not truthful and not helpful in restoring peace.

That's not dorky. They'd just sell the cameras anyway...

GeorgeFloyd RipFloyd

If we can send humans into space we can protect human rights of everyone. Introduce New Federal Laws NOW that hold bad cops accountable. Most cops good. Thank U But we must hold bad cops accountable. If states don't FED must. JoeBiden realDonaldTrump protest2020 KamalaHarris

I think one of the core police duties is to protect life. Why take life then, what has changed is your code of ethics? GeorgeFloydNeedsJustics

Sick to my stomach.

Oh! The Innocent & Innocence!

Get rid of Public sector Unions that make getting rid of bad cops almost impossible.

opinion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar kaj33 in the LA Times . He's super rich w/ 2M Twitter followers. I am a poor middle aged white woman w/ mental health disabilities & was a hermit Yale. He put out a call to have me hunted and killed, b/c he's the 'victim,' & I'm the 'oppressor.'

opinion If you can't breathe, go and jump off a cliff. You'd be doing America a favor.

WilliamdeVry1 opinion This is just ignorant and insulting to Caucasian Americans everywhere!

opinion Guess how much violent crime white women commit? ALMOST NIL 3 black rioters in Minneapolis just raped and murdered a young white woman, just pulled off the street. Her parents loved her too What see ye you transparent CCP funded rag?

opinion Obama's legacy If only he hadn't bailed out all those banks while doing nothing for the black community ...total fraud VoteRedToSaveAmerica

opinion So they gather in large groups to expose themselves to a dosease that causes breathing problems. Yeah, that's smart.

opinion Aren't these large cities run by LIBERALS? So, it's in THEIR age and areas. Remember when Obama and Biden did NOTHING for eight years?

opinion Rioting, looting and burning doesn't help.

opinion Bias news causing problems

The footage doesn't help. They still find excuses and have since Rodney king.

He’s got blood on his hands.

Cameras were on the cop and it didn’t stop him. It’s beyond getting caught, it’s what they get away with.

Pain. Couldn’t even watch it all. Sadness, anger.

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First video: another murder in broad daylight. Second video w/audio of him crying for his mother: brought tears to my eyes. Grown men don't cry for their mothers unless they feel death is near. Reminds me of Trayvon Martin. Really sad.

I think human is human how do u feel when you treat a fellow lk that. It is time we feel same just for human sake.

I think its True that face masks hinder your breathing

I think people should reason lk human. The Cop action was wrong and should be punished seriously.

Blacks are not treated with dignity anywhere around the globe a lot of folks conceal their bigotry ...Truefacts BLM RACISM policebrutality

Hmmm, maybe check this out to see if accurate?

We tired

DefundThePolice

My first thought is put that fucking cop in jail where he belongs

Kareem is an idiot. Nothing that's going on in America this weekend has ANYTHING to do with George Floyd, police practices, or racism more generally. This is about demon-filled leftists waging war against God and against civilization. Blacks should stop being tools of leftists.

donnabrazile Not a single white person seen on tv looting the businesses in Philadelphia. Why is that?

Not invisible now!

GeorgeFloydWasMurdered RacismInAmerica

What I don't understand is why do they have to loot? What does looting solve? A cop abuses his power and the response from the community is to loot that very same community? To loot and burn down the local big and small businesses that have served their community?

JohnGonzalez RyanBeck_23

SarahKSilverman The best.

curfews are for cops to violate the rights of protesters

travel_danielle BSWreport

SarahKSilverman It's not just about racism It's about police brutality they keep doing it and keep getting away with it something has to be done with them for all to stop

shaunking

What we are seeing is opportunistic people grabbing any chance to steal as nd burn things

And all we are is butt dust and to dust, we shall return.

rlynnlayton But we cannot let the far right diminish the statement by looting and violence!! They are using this for their own hateful reasons. You may have trouble voting now, but White Supremacists won't allow us to vote at all.

The media spends too much time criminalizing protesters and the small number of people vandalizing property but spend no time talking to protesters and examining the issues like systematic racial oppression with law enforcement, overpolicing of poor communities of color, poverty.

Violence isnt the answer in any situation.

“ongoing discrimination and brutality in the present moment, have produced even more devastating and direct effects on the status of blacks in America today. These events are extended products of the initial abuse of slavery.” Reparations FHTE

Yeah you're right! It's dust in the air because y'all just stir it up. Some try to leave it in the past or I should say leave the dirt settled to be metaphorical, but you guys are the only reason it's still a problem.

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The protesters would have fought your Dad....a cop

jconlaw23 This is good stuff thanks for the RT

You are sick this was no protest it was purely acts of terrorism, millions in innocent peoples property was destroyed and looted how does that justify calling this a protest. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

We in Africa are hurting from this recurring event. We will shine the light too!

Miigwetch ✌🏼💙

Know what's racist? 53% of all abortions are black unborn babies!

Deflect much

Killing shop owners does much to end racism. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Bluesgirl19Neil Hey Kareem, what about this never ever reported?

Then stop throwing gasoline on the fire every chance you get! If a Black gets a speeding ticket it's because he was speeding...nothing more!

Awesome tweet Quote « until you let the sun in,” writes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “As long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands.» LA times ..

Beautifully stated. 100% agree.

Beautiful put

Legend

Respect

This was excellent!! Thank you!

'I don’t want to see stores looted or even buildings burn. But...' Looting & burning private property is ALWAYS wrong. NO 'BUTS'.

Ok drama queen.

Excuses, Excuses, excuses.

Please open up your firewall for this article so people can read without paying for a subscription.

Great read by an all time great!

dustinlong I understand the protests and have no problem if they are peaceful. It’s the looting and violence that is hurting the cause

The 2nd amendment matters

The plantations are gone. The Jim Crow laws are long off the books. Anti-black racism persists . . . but let's not kid ourselves that its reality is anywhere within light years of what it once was.

This is the end result of 60 years of Godless democrat policies in these inner cities. Most of these murders by cops are in liberal democrat cities. stopvotingblue

KamalaHarris picked a poor time to make lynching Derek Chauvin illegal... HisnamewasGeorgeFloyd History riots2020 protests2020 UnmaskCops EnoughIsEnough OPENAMERICANOW OpenCalifornia BringBackTheConstitution RightToAssemble RightToSpeak Me2A EndPoliceUnions

Please remove the paywall. I would really like to read this piece and share it with my network. I’m a middle-class middle-aged white lady from the middle of the country, but I want to learn and understand so I can help start making change. whiteprivilege is a debt owed.

donnabrazile My question is how did Minnesota Democrats let this happen on their watch? Democrat Governor, State Attorney General and Mayor! It is no longer Republicans vs Democrats, it is why when Democrats monopolize a city or state, why aren’t THEY fixing the problem?

Worthless because the number one killer of blacks is black on black and he can’t blame that on anyone but blacks instead of trump

ENOUGH!!!

jeffwagenheim Segregate America.

How Ironic. Healthy people shouldn't wear masks, they suffocate you.

Thank you for sharing. As a white person and someone who looks white, I have no idea of the pain and suffering of POC has faced and are facing right now. It is our duty as humans and civic duty to stand with POC. FightThePower

So the exam comes back, no choking, new footage shows resistance once in the car. Once we get the body cams reasonable people see cops were in the right many that looted,assulted and even murdered will cling to the fake story line MSM picked this case 4 a reason. SICK!

It's the same foolish excuse making victimhood from him

Ted Kennedy destroyed the families of black people. With free money marriage was no longer a requirement and even discouraged. So now a large majority of blacks kids grow up with one parent or grandparents. address that Karen Abdul-Jabbar.

shaunking Well said kaj33 👏♥️

Bullshit. More innocent people are dying. Violence is never the answer. Where is the MLK of this generation?

shaunking If you want to give people hope you might start by removing the architect of the '94 crime bill and the 2nd in command over $2 billion in police militarization during the Obama years from the top of the Democratic ticket.

Of the 5 smartest people on this planet kaj33 is one of them.

I love kaj33. He’s a scholar & astute social justice observer. Kareem’s words matter! protests2020 GeorgeFloyd KareemsWordsMatter

He needs to condemn the rioters and looters

shaunking Peaceful protest like Mlk ,Mandela Gandhi don’t lose the moral high ground it will take longer and we will lose more in the short term but when justice ,comes it will be sweeter !

If Trump is serious then the best solution is to trace bigots & supermacists & make/let them spend a few hours per wk/mth with the black communities.. try make them perform group activities like music camping etc so they can become friends (somewhat)

⬆️ A must-read article by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And, after this weekend’s GeorgeFloydProtests the country should keep an eye on a Supreme Court that will decide whether or not to consider QualifiedImmunity — which shields police from accountability. ⬇️

Yes racism is DEFINITELY an issue...

How come no is talking about the islamic terrorist who called police on GeorgeFloyd, that’ how radical Mu$lims & extremist left works”Cup Foods co-owner Mahmoud Abumayyaleh describes the moments that led to calling the police on George Floyd for alleged fraud.”BlackLivesMatter

I'm white & I lept to my feet & wanted to reach thru the TV to save GEORGE FLOYD~What is wrong w/anyone that sees anyone as colour~We are all blood, sweat & tears~I am human, so was GEORGE~I wanted to save George & throw the Policeman on the ground~I LOVE EVERYONE~STOP VIOLENCE~

Good read! I'm wondering what kind of oversight do officers have? Is there a citizen review board that looks at police / public interactions? How many strikes does a bad cop get before they're terminated? Seems like Chauvin was an extremely bad apple.

Soros

Good explanation.. I think we a giant swiffer mop to clean it up, likes Trump's toupee

ccanozz abi bunu oku

tricia_coscia Stupid LAT paywall

alisadoc1 Excellent piece.

Dear UnframeOfMind, This man has a PhD in sociology. Perhaps he can provide you with the answers you seek. I’m too upset to give a neutral perspective. Please feel free to share with your sender. Read the entire editorial.

You know what's going to happen now: this article is going to have Trump calling this newspaper 'fake news' because of the powerful message it is spreading. Just sit back and watch that train pull in to the station right on time

Lol I love it when famous RACIST black people want to tell the rest of us about racism

If the young people protesting spread the virus amongst themselves, the older and infirmed THAT THEY LIVE WITH are most likely to pay the price. Something to keep in mind.

I wish I could read this, but I’m not a subscriber. You should make this free.

Sunlight is a great disinfectant; a burning torch just burns shit down.

Lew Alcindor never experienced 1 minute of racism in his entire life. From the time he was a freshman at Power Memorial HS he was touted as a future NBA star. 🛑.

It’s time to shine the light on the Left for continuing to divide this country by race.

TRUE racism is like voter fraud. There is not enough to really be a problem unless it is made larger by people that claim to hate it. (Republicans with voter fraud and black communities with racism)

Brilliant

AngieGr60130939 Thank you, Kareem.

A great man, & love his sentiment. But racism is but a tiny part of the larger problem: The AuthoritarianPersonality comprising 1/3 of our species, now having it's day under a psychopath POTUS. Solving them requires a lot more than just righteousness.

Not sure about all that but AR15s make sense now!

Sounds like a great op-ed. Take down the pay wall if you really think people should read it.

We are NOT racists!! Is Kareem?

Blah blah blah

The oppressed Kareem who I’m sure no rioters can’t to his gated community. No one burnt his car broke his windows. If he had a business did they burn it and loot it. No ...these “protesters “ pissing lots of other races off.

and racism is tightly connected with the degradation of the environment

I feel this.

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How about Racist of any color?

More stupid statements from Alcindor he's made a ton

SoSofieFatale ITS WORKING! WE CANT GIVE UP! UnitedWeStandDividedWeFall

Kareem is a rich LA celebrity. He is part of the problem.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a talented writer and utterly brilliant social critic who happened to be pretty good at basketball

WELL SAID, CAP!!

Beautifully written. I see you, I hear you, I support you and I’m with you.

the far left anarchist groups sent in to start the riots ruined it for them

the cops racism towards whites needs to end

You are choking on your own fake news

amyfadoolNBCS Well said!

You know who's awesome on Jeopardy? So smart. And, this is very thoughtful, and touching, and hopeful. BlackLivesMatter JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

It seems like a good portion of the looting, burning, etc. is being done by young white people that aren't there to protest any particular thing but to sow some mayhem and destruction that they can brag about on SM once they run back to their comfortable suburban lives.

lindacohn Take your mask off

UN Human Rights Chief urges “serious action” to halt US police killings of unarmed African Americans:

FACTS

More division from the left. This will lead to more black people being killed. I’ve seen it firsthand. You make sweeping pronouncements about other groups based on their race & you end up with Civil War.

JasonLaCanfora What racism ? Everyone in this country is born equal and everyone has the and right . The president was black just 3 years ago , people in power are from every race , racism is what the media has brainwashed into these communities

I wrote this Indystar column in 2014 after the police killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson riots. Sadly, it remains just as topical today. If we are to change the present and make a better future, we need to own up to our past.

His statement alone is racist.

JasonLaCanfora I really see your point here 🤔 Let's destroy America to make everyone mad at you . Stupidity = Justice ( loot - fight - burn )

Racism is here forever. -Paul Mooney

Christ right there in solidarity, his image in 🔥 at protests enraged by the slaughter of his black children. BLACK_LIVES_MATTER BlackLivesMatter

Or even creating racism when there was none there.

It’s awful but at least we are now actually focused on a clear and present danger: racism

SarahKSilverman Especially from frauds in Hollywood who pretend to be on you're side

HMooreTV You just keep shining that light.

While paid thugs rampage, you decide to fuel the fire, instead of bringing people together. One can recognize certain patterns...

Have you considered the possibility that white people who work in black neighborhoods do so because they LIKE black people and actually don't see race as important? That Derek Chauvin might have been cruel to a guy he thought was a criminal bc of how much he likes black ppl?

SarahKSilverman “ you don’t know me but I’m your brotha...”

Too bad so many are choosing to hide in the darkness committing even more horrid atrocities than the police in the name of peace.

ABFalecbaldwin There is no way a big black guy like George allowed a white cop to pin him like that. ALL the black people are falling for this fake news, false flag.

It's confusing to see the same people who were all for taking up arms & demonstrating to protect their right to haircuts & blooming onions get all in a tizzy over people looking to do the same to protect their right to live and breathe. GeorgeFloydProtests BLACK_LIVES_MATTER

SarahKSilverman Yea those mask fuck with me too...

Wil_Anderson David Rowe (Australia)

SarahKSilverman I was sympathetic 5 days ago. Today, not so much.

Race baiting FakeNewsMedia is the cause of this.

Call it what it is...WHITE SUPREMACY! If (certain) whites didn't have a false sense of superiority over blacks, they wouldn't treat them with such disdain, disregard and sheer cruelty. Officer Chauvin wasn't afraid to be witnessed killing a helpless black man. He felt entitled!

FAKE NEWS !

It was never about Racism. George and Derek were buddies .. Derek someone's got some work as a porn star. Derek knew that and was unaware that the Big security guard and porn star had heart and respiratory problems. Thats the real story ..your fake news.

SarahKSilverman 既然如此、那还不哪来回哪去!

Racism sparked by the media's favorite Bigoted Democratic Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden. So invisible, yet scurries into the darkness of kitchen cabinets when the lights are turned on. Breathe in, breathe out, because his bigotry suffocates all of us.

Kareem is probably a racist too then.

daniellefishel to the ppl replying to Danielle's tweet. if u celebrate 4th of july, u indeed have no problem with violent responses to oppression.

You can't breath, that's great, the less I have to put up with you.

Steven_Ballmer Classy LAClippers

SarahKSilverman

Thank you kaj33 This was very powerful and inspirational words. We will shine light and clean that dust off.

Steven_Ballmer Kareem is speaking fle the proetesroes? Maybe the ones who want to have a civil display. But these are domestic terrorist and rioters. Paid for Soros groups. They do not give one dam about Floyd. There leveraging his death to incite violence.

Let’s discuss “looting” in 🇺🇸

This is literally the least racist country in the world. How about the media stops fanning the flames. This is on you.

stackmack 'I don’t want to see stores looted or even buildings burn. But African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer'

SarahKSilverman The US Stock market will be Shorted in a Big way on Monday. There will be a end to trading for the day early as circuit brakers will be hit.

The fuck does this even mean?

George Floyd was murdered in a state run by Democrats!

I guess the eight years Obama and Biden were in office there was no racism right?

Rioting and looting doesn't help the black image, Lew.

Beautifully written and said Kareem 🙏🏼

Maybe they can’t breathe because they have a mask over their mouth and nose?

If they can't breathe you should take those damn mask off it's not healthy for

Powerful

Just when covid-19 had scared everybody to compliance with the elite mandate of globalization!....and mass eradication through hypercapnia.

Well said. So it's like... Covid-19.

Los Angeles times , shame on you for supporting the looters and the burning of United States cities .

The youth are upset about racial injustice which has also highlighted income inequality. Boomers have indebted the youth for the creation of wealth for boomers only. Until boomer politicians deal with student debt, affordable healthcare, and income equality protests will continue

Imagine living in such a pessimistic frame of mind every day kaj33

It’s just so terrible that nothing has been done to the officers involved. I don’t understand it! This won’t end until the perpetrator has been arrested!

I'm seeing Antifa clock a black girl after breaking windows in a business in Minneapolis. What do you see from your tower behind those gates?

But looting and destroying neighborhoods, livelihoods, and even taking lives is an appropriate response or 'sunlight'? I call BULLSHIZ! This is only making it worse

Excellent words and let's review some of these American traditions.. Might be an interesting area to review

The officer is a white supremacist White power sign

America can see it real well right now. the thing is there's a white supremacist in charge and he has the american military. One wrong move and we have civil war 2. That move is played by Trump. I hope the left is willing to fight racism again. we don't have much time.

GeorgeFloydProtests

The ThinBlueLine's PM₂.₅ game strong.

unfortunately these protests excuse me RIOTS have been hijacked by antifa and are no longer about racism and everything about causing chaos

Very well said

MonicaLewinsky This is what happens when you elect a racist president

MonicaLewinsky Hmmm......these same people kill a man in Dallas, Tx tonight for defending his business. These people beat him and stoned him. At this point you have become domestic terrorists. The only way to stop this is an overwhelming show of force by the military. This is war!

MonicaLewinsky They want to steal shit. Let's be honest.

MonicaLewinsky hard to see thru fire...

KaivanShroff The Cap knows!!! We love you Kareem!!!

cindygallop MARCH: 'Russian gov has stepped up efforts to inflame racial tensions in the US as part of its bid to influence November’s presidential election, including trying to incite violence by white supremacist groups and to stoke anger among African-Americans.'

Morons

. kaj33 is a idiot then.

Hey Kareem can we loot your house

Kareem Old school Some interesting compadres over the years

Complete bullshit. How were blacks harmed under Trump?

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