George Floyd death

Status
Not open for further replies.
Chris_the_Brit said:
Are you aware that many non-Muslim Indians vote for the Tories these days given that many of their values (hard work, thrift, entrepreneurial etc) are aligned more closely to the Tories than Labour? Why is this important? Well Tories are far likelier to have more positive views of Churchill than the self-hating British left.

Click to expand...
I dunno which part of the UK you are referring to exactly, but it's probably the part planted in your head.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Redlining is an example of systemic racism, Em. Seriously, read The Color of Law. It's eye-opening.

And where do you think gangsterism comes from? What societal/environmental conditions give rise to an environment that produces gangs? And what produced those societal/environmental conditions?

People often talk about intergenerational wealth and how it helps social mobility. Well, here's a stat that might blow your mind a bit and provide general context.

www.bustle.com

Black Families In Boston Have Just $8 In Wealth On Average, According To A New Report

Black Bostonians are struggling economically, a new report from the Boston Globe has found. While white households in the Boston area have a median net worth of $247,500, according to data from the Federal Reserve of Boston, Black families in the…
www.bustle.com www.bustle.com
Click to expand...

how much this guy had before he died?
www.bbc.com

Kobe Bryant: US mourns basketball legend killed in helicopter crash

The star's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was also among the nine killed in the helicopter crash.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
 
Vorastra said:
No, Stalin did not "steamroll" the Nazis. Military deaths on the Soviet's side were doubled compared to that of Germany. Never mind the sheer amount of Soviet civilian deaths. The Nazis couldn't have been beaten without the Soviets, but it's highly disingenuous to say the Soviets steamrolled. The Eastern Front was barbaric, let's not demean it.
Click to expand...
Last time I checked the Russians pushed the Nazis all the way back to Berlin and captured it.

So yip, steamrolled.

German officers wrote dozens of letters home, completely exasperated. Their propaganda had told them that the Slavs were lesser beings and could not fight. They were utterly shocked at how the Russians just kept coming.
 
C4Cat said:
In what way does he look Mexican?
Click to expand...

Hmmm, dark Mexican eyes, dark Mexican hair, Mexican stubble beard, Mexican hairstyle, Mexican eyebrows, has a Mexican vibe to him and most of all HE JUST LOOKS MEXICAN to me.
 
More to trigger the racist redneck Trumptards

‘Long overdue’: lawmakers declare racism a public health emergency

Black and Brown Americans are susceptible to higher rates of infant mortality, heart disease and even an advanced aging process


www.theguardian.com

‘Long overdue’: lawmakers declare racism a public health emergency

Black and Brown Americans are susceptible to higher rates of infant mortality, heart disease and even an advanced aging process
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com


3500.jpg


Long before a white police officer killed George Floyd and sparked nationwide outrage, long before Covid-19 began killing Black people at twice the rate of their white counterparts, doctors and health experts were raising alarms that systematic racism is itself a pervasive, deadly pandemic – one that kills both instantaneously and insidiously, burdens Black and Brown Americans with generational trauma, contributes to higher rates of infant mortality and heart disease, and even speeds up the ageing process.

Now, amid a national reckoning with entrenched inequality, lawmakers are finally hearing those alarms – and officially declaring racism a public health emergency. The city councils of Cleveland, Denver and Indianapolis have voted to acknowledge a crisis. Officials in San Bernardino county, California, and Montgomery county, Maryland, have done the same. State representatives in Ohio and Michigan are looking to follow suit.


These declarations are “long overdue”, said Dr Allison Agwu, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. As a physician on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, Agwu said she had been amazed at how quickly the medical establishment mobilized to develop diagnostic tests, and produce thousands of research papers seeking a treatment and vaccine. If the government can commit the same sorts of resources and funds to addressing issues of systemic racism, Agwu said, “That’s a start.”

The stark health disparities in the cities and counties that have declared emergencies have been clear for decades. In Cleveland, the city where a white officer shot and killed with impunity 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Black infants are nearly three times as likely to die as white infants. Maternal mortality rates for Black women are two to three times greater compared to white women, and neighborhoods where the majority of residents are Black have the highest rates of lead poisoning.

4693.jpg

Medical workers from the DC Nurses Association march in support of Black Lives Matter in Washington


“Even as an elected official, when I’m driving, when the police drive up behind me – I feel a sense of nervousness that comes over me, “ said Basheer Jones, a Cleveland council member who introduced legislation declaring racism a health crisis. “The trauma of seeing your children, your sons, your daughters, your wives being killed, in living color – that kind of stress … also plays a part in the ailments that affect our bodies.”
 
Vorastra said:
No, Stalin did not "steamroll" the Nazis. Military deaths on the Soviet's side were doubled compared to that of Germany. Never mind the sheer amount of Soviet civilian deaths. The Nazis couldn't have been beaten without the Soviets, but it's highly disingenuous to say the Soviets steamrolled. The Eastern Front was barbaric, let's not demean it.
Click to expand...

Added to that, the Russians were saved by the winter. The Germans were, in the main, better fighters, had better equipment and better commanders.
 
Techne said:
Apparently ThaisousRou thinks you are a "triggered racist redneck Trumptard" if you find this stupidity... funny.
Click to expand...
Well, it works like this:
- there is the left,
- there is the right,
- and finally the wrong (case in point).
 
SoldierMan said:
Hmmm, dark Mexican eyes, dark Mexican hair, Mexican stubble beard, Mexican hairstyle, Mexican eyebrows, has a Mexican vibe to him and most of all HE JUST LOOKS MEXICAN to me.
Click to expand...
You've just described Lorenzo Insigne:cool:
 
Whew, like the Middle East, no middle ground or any attempts at politeness in this "debate"; anywhere. What is seen as the realistic outcome of the protests in the US anyway and will it be an improvement?

The US statistics for example. Are they to justify that demographics should over ride law? What I mean is that will they be applied to all spheres, equally and fairly; or is it just selective to black compared to "other" or white as regards the criminal justice system? It seems that the stats do not show that one race group is wrongly stopped, searched, arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned at every stage but more that it is done disproportionately so. Is the solution then to overlook crime by some or target other race groups more intensively until the stats balance according to demographics?

Is there a deeper social issue and, if there is, why was it never addressed, even in two terms of a democrat as president? Or is it all down to the police who seem to be front, left and centre target?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X