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@Rocko can you please ban @myboyblue from switching thread titles. It adds nothing to the forum or maybe just ban the racist in general.
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Give it a rest you weasel.
What are the thoughts on the black lad being shot in Atlanta ? I canāt say Iām one bit surprised he was shot. I thought that wouldnāt be standard enough in America. My mother would always be warning me if Iām going to America To not fool around with the police.
The outrage on here was deafening, in America, not so much . I had to go digging through the CNN archive to find it
Yeah. I saw the video there. Your man didnāt help himself tbf. But looks like a case of excess force at a minimum.
Iām surprised anybody is surprised. I presumed if you done that youād be shot. Donāt think it makes it ok either.
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No it doesnāt make it ok. You are correct. The difference in this case is that the murder of George Floyd was blatant and could be argued to be pre meditated. This wasnāt
Iād agree. I thought that behaviour was standard enough from the American police.
It probably is but with social media itās not as easy to justify these days
Its pretend outrage .its cool to be woke now with people .
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I donāt think itās acceptable to refer to African/American folk as āblack ladsā in the current circumstances.
The days of Johnny Gilesā type punditry are well goneā¦ "If they can get up to theā¦ "
Context is everything boss.
I think african/american is the more offensive term these days. Not all black people are african/american for example.
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Correct. If Iām not mistaken they used to be referred to as ācoloured peopleā but it switched back to black people after a while because that was apparently offensive.
About time the term āafricanā was closely inspected for bias. My tanzanian friends hate getting lumped in with the moroccansā¦they set them as white apparently.
I donāt get why ethnicity has to be prefaced at all. You never hear a description of a white lad did this or caucasian male doing that.
Iād be probably guilty of it without even knowing it myself
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Correct, besides everyone wants to be black now.