Opinion | When Black Men Meet White Communities

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Opinion: For all of American history, the criminal justice system has considered Black men in white communities dangerous. With the Arbery verdict, could that be changing?

, and then subsequently use self-defense laws, such as “stand your ground,” as justification for their use of force.

The consequences of subjective uncertainty are not limited to killings. Rather, there is a trickle-down effect of the criminalization of Black lives. It carries over to Black people having police called on them. It allows people to treat them as suspects and pursue them in virtually every quotidian aspect of their lives: while traveling, exercising, delivering packages for companies like Amazon and viewing a new home or business property.

. Black people know instinctively that “we just wanted to talk to him” is code for “we wanted to put him in his place.” This is at the heart of it. It is not what Arbery was doing. It is about who he was, what he looked like — his chocolate skin being the biggest threat of all. Black people in white communities pose danger. That’s a narrative we’ve seen play out in pop culture, such as in the classic film “The Birth of a Nation” which depicted Black people as simpletons in Congress picking their toenails and as as violent brutes attempting to rape innocent white women.

 

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White people will still think black men are dangerous, they just might think for one extra second before rounding up the posse for the lunching, that’s about it.

Why is Black capitalized but not White? How flagrantly racist are you?

Well White Americans just wondering what hes up to, besides being in a neighborhood for no reason. If he's jogging thru no problem, walking around with a hoodie on, checking out the homes. He might have a problem. (what are we suppose to do? if its a white guy, getting same too.)

Absolutely, not. Give us 30 years of verdicts like this one and then talk to us about change. This is one case. One.

Or it could mean that America is a free country and we won’t allow others to hunt down our fellow citizens because they assumed a crime was committed. That’s why we have a police department. And as we all know, there are far too many Karen’s deciding what is or isn’t a crime.

No it will not. Maybe in another millennium it will change. I’m not an optimist—-can’t you tell?

The system is racist? Lol.

What the fuck is this lol

One can hope

That's an erroneous take.

Hopefully Ah-maud is having fun in that great, big construction site in the sky tonight. (Assuming he got in) . He'll be jogging with Jesus now! JoggingWhileBlackInHeaven

Good God.

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