The white guy was on a way less busy street while the black guy was next to a liquor store on a busy street. Have the white guy break into the car at that same location as the black guy or one similar. Changing the location was either done out of convenience for the shoot, ignorance in how the difference in locals would effect reactions or they knew the location difference would skew results.
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what? you mean cops might have better things to do than help you out? 
Reminds me of when my wife and I (white and Asian-American, respectively) were walking in the highly Asian American neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, and, being typically impatient New Yorkers, crossed against a light when no cars were coming. A few feet behind us two African American men did the same. A police car rolled up behind them and the officer told them theyâd just done something unsafe and illegal, and asked what they were doing in the neighborhood. He completely ignored the two of us, even though we committed the same offense.
Itâs a small thing but very ugly, and if youâre not a victim of it youâre not really aware that it happens.
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Fine then, respond to my example.
Examine yourself for a moment. If the black guy was on the busier street and the white guy on the less busy one, I suspect youâll find youâd have used the opposite facts to support your identical point.
If anything, I think the reverse would have stronger support to it - someone breaking into a car on a busy street clearly is in the right and not afraid of what witnesses will think, while someone on a quiet residential street may be hoping not to be seen.
But, fundamentally, both forms of the arguments come down to âLa, la, la, I canât hear the racism because I wonât stop talking with my fingers in my ears.â
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the racism lies in the different behavior towards black and towards white people. but the fact that somebody can try to break into a car in broad daylight is a different matter. that belies a strange âi donât give a fuckâ-attitude.
âFine then, respond to my example.â
Iâm really not going to interact with you because youâre being snide from the get go.
âThatâs the only reason, Iâm sure.â
Yes. Pretty much.
"Mostly because Gen_Malâs thesis is that this wouldnât have happened in the same part of town or if they were dressed the same or whatever "
Cut and paste where I said that. My argument is I didnât see racism in this video. I pointed that out without using any of the examples listed above.
"He is different, he doesnât agree with you, his thoughts are wrong and deserve scorn. "
Yes. I am different from whatever straw man you have in mind. You canât even get my argument right and you dismiss it. I love the use of âscornâ though. Very self righteous.
âhttp://newsone.com/1195595/shocking-new-studies-show-racism-exists-affects-peoples-actions/â
I really love this. Where did I say that racism doesnât exist? I think you care more about being self righteous rather than the truth of the matter.
âExamine yourself for a moment. If the black guy was on the busier street and the white guy on the less busy one, I suspect youâll find youâd have used the opposite facts to support your identical point.â
Itâs really sad that the local wasnât the same. It would have gotten rid of all this conjecture.
âIf anything, I think the reverse would have stronger support to it - someone breaking into a car on a busy street clearly is in the right and not afraid of what witnesses will think, while someone on a quiet residential street may be hoping not to be seen.â
I wouldnât think that. An opinion of what could happen isnât the same as witnessing what happened.
âNo, it would not have. Then it would just be: it was a different time of day, different day of the week, different month, year, weather, color shirt, etc.â
And different people observing the same action by two different people. The video doesnât prove anything.
âApologists for racism can always find an excuse why it was not race related.â
Iâm not apologizing for racism. It exists. Pointing out the flaws in a video doesnât make one a âracial apologistâ. Iâm sure itâs easier for you to dismiss my points by calling me that though.
âNo, you are being a bully. How about you step out of a conversation that doesnât involve you and let Gen_Mal respond or not respond based on their wishes.â
If only more people were civil.
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Iâve seen this video before. Even though I know I am supposed to feel the outrage re: race, all I feel when I see this video is hilarious amusement at the men trying to help the pretty girl break the bike lock. They are so freakinâ desperate.
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No â thatâs what weâre all saying. Thatâs not some tangential, interesting point. Thatâs the point. Thatâs the whole point of the video. Thatâs what âwhite privilegeâ means.
It means you can try to break into a car in broad daylight and people assume youâre not committing a crime. Because youâre white.
It might be hard to see this flip-side and recognize that racism isnât just black people being profiled, itâs also white people being âun-profiled,â but that was the point of the video.
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If theyâd done it at the same location, people around would know it couldnât be both their cars.
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Iâm not surprised that nobody confronted the white guy. He looked like one tough motherfucker. Even the police were too scared to stop him.
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Thatâs the only reason, Iâm sure.
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See, he was totally going to respond but your continued snideity means heâll just withhold his erudite comments from you.
Crap. now Iâm being snide too and wonât get a response either.
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To be fair, he was the heroin dealing Bond villain âMr Bigâ in Live and Let Die.
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Fuck, itâs never that easy when I do itâŚ
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Itâs really sad that the local wasnât the same. It would have gotten rid of all this conjecture.
No, it would not have. Then it would just be: it was a different time of day, different day of the week, different month, year, weather, color shirt, etc.
Apologists for racism can always find an excuse why it was not race related.
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Youâre not being snide enough then.
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Goddamnit.
