Protests and Riots Thread

[Jason]

2 hours ago, Lhalo said:

 

Such a great movie 

[Tank]

10 hours ago, True Grich said:

Years ago, I wanted to break into covering high school basketball and took a "job" with the now defunct Herald Examiner.  They basically paid you by the game - not really a full time job.  My first assignment was a game at Manual Arts High School, who played against Los Angeles High School.  It was quite the experience.  I definitely stood out in the crowd, but I didn't have any problems at all.  Covered the game, interviewed the coach and had my first published piece in the next day's paper.

My dad graduated from Manual Arts, class of ‘44. A much different time.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

My dad graduated from Manual Arts, class of ‘44. A much different time.

We played The Arts in the Watts Summer Games. 

[Tank]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

We played The Arts in the Watts Summer Games. 

So is that one of their cheerleaders in your profile picture?

[Lou]

Just now, Tank said:

So is that one of their cheerleaders in your profile picture?

Not even close. 

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Lhalo said:

 

One of those movies you just couldn’t make today.

[Tank]

Just now, Lou said:

Not even close. 

[gotbeer]

8 hours ago, Tank said:

One of those movies you just couldn’t make today.

So instead, we are stuck with Jackass being the comedy of today.

[Lhalo]

5 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

So instead, we are stuck with Jackass being the comedy of today.

And reruns of Ow My Balls. 

[Taylor]

17 hours ago, True Grich said:

I used to venture into areas some people might consider sketchy... but times have changed and I wouldn't do it now.

So those areas are more dangerous than they were before. Why do you think that is?

[Taylor]

If you guys are at all curious about why I'm such a broken record regarding the racism stuff, this recent episode of This American Life is a good place to start.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-while-black

@Tank It's only an hour long (rather than an entire book). 

 

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So those areas are more dangerous than they were before. Why do you think that is?

Because people devalue life more now and they are not afraid of the consequences of their actions. Many areas now have multiple generations of criminal behavior that has taken root 

[T.G.]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So those areas are more dangerous than they were before. Why do you think that is?

Because of the MLB lockout.

[Jason]

I’ll add drug induced mental illness as a factor 

[Taylor]

45 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Because of the MLB lockout.

F'ing Manfred

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, cals said:

Cause two black bitches with chips on their shoulders are complaining?  Sorry, I’ll give KC much greater validity in his opinions than what you read online.  Holy shit you are misguided and sheltered.

Thanks for listening.

[mtangelsfan]

7 hours ago, Jason said:

Because people devalue life more now and they are not afraid of the consequences of their actions. Many areas now have multiple generations of criminal behavior that has taken root 

I think this is an oversimplification of the situation.  There is much more to the story.  Can you even imagine at all how difficult it is to get out of that life?   No money, no true family unit, people you know dying all the time, I mean come on.  The fact that there are still plenty of racists out there and it is a recipe for the kind of things you are seeing.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, mtangelsfan said:

I think this is an oversimplification of the situation.  There is much more to the story.  Can you even imagine at all how difficult it is to get out of that life?   No money, no true family unit, people you know dying all the time, I mean come on.  The fact that there are still plenty of racists out there and it is a recipe for the kind of things you are seeing.

It’s not an easy fix. That’s why I said it’s been going for multiple generations. I think the nurture part is much stronger than nature. It’s an endless cycle and I don’t know what it is that will break it

[Crampknees]

7 hours ago, Jason said:

Many areas now have multiple generations of criminal behavior that has taken root 

Some worse than others

[Kotchman]

3 hours ago, Taylor said:

Thanks for listening.

Does your daughter attend the black day care center 

[Taylor]

50 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

Does your daughter attend the black day care center 

Did you put your kids in daycare?

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, mtangelsfan said:

I think this is an oversimplification of the situation.  There is much more to the story.  Can you even imagine at all how difficult it is to get out of that life?   No money, no true family unit, people you know dying all the time, I mean come on.  The fact that there are still plenty of racists out there and it is a recipe for the kind of things you are seeing.

Some of the folks here think that racism is Black people's faults, and that it doesn't exist anymore, and that talking about racism (even though it doesn't exist anymore) will just make white people feel guilty, so we shouldn't do it.

[Kotchman]

9 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Did you put your kids in daycare?

My wife has never worked. Why would I use daycare

[Jason]

17 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Some of the folks here think that racism is Black people's faults, and that it doesn't exist anymore, and that talking about racism (even though it doesn't exist anymore) will just make white people feel guilty, so we shouldn't do it.

You asked why certain areas are still dangerous. It’s not because of racism 

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Some of the folks here think that racism is Black people's faults, and that it doesn't exist anymore, and that talking about racism (even though it doesn't exist anymore) will just make white people feel guilty, so we shouldn't do it.

Such as?