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Posted: Jul 12, 2016
I've been noticing on a few different social media sites that a dialogue has begun. I've read conversations in which people are beginning to understand opposite sides. White people and black people are sharing their views, experiences, and they're coming together to understand each other. Granted, I'm only seeing this on a few sites and I'm praying it's the beginnning of a coming together, of an understanding that most people just want to make it through their lives without drama. I fully believe we're all capable of relating to one another. Sure, legislature needs to change. Black people have a legitimate complaint and we all need to understand this. At the same time, black people need to understand that the average white person is not racist and is just trying to live his/her life, same as them and in no way trying to "keep them down." Maybe I'm niave, but I have hope we can come together in understanding and true unity.
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There are some people trying to "keep them down." - sm
[ In Reply To ..]That's what the democratic platform is all about. However, it's not just black folk they're trying to keep oppressed. It's the oppressed they're trying to keep oppressed, poor people and/or people in a minority. They need the votes. That's a fact.
You're right and that has to change - anon
[ In Reply To ..]But my point is that average people are coming to understand this and to understand each other, or at least I hope.
As an old Kennedy democrat, I have my doubts. One can do....sm - VTMT
[ In Reply To ..]more than hope, but the hate makes it hard to be optimistic. For the fallen in Dallas, their families, and all the people of Dallas:
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God.
Unfortunately, it does take more than hope - anon
[ In Reply To ..]and not many are willing to put forth that effort. I'm still hopeful though, and am speaking out where I can. Lovely prayer for the fallen.
Day of Rage planned by #BLM set for 37 cities on - July 15. I strongly feel this will not end
[ In Reply To ..]with people marching and chanting.
Day of Rage Protests Across America
Use this as a list of places NOT to be on Friday the 15th.
No matter how great your empathy might be for those who have unjustly lost their lives, these protests are not safe places to be. Here are the locations and times for the protests:
Phoenix: 5:00PM (EASTLAKE PARK, 1549 E Jefferson St , Phoenix, AZ 85034)
Tuscon: 5:00PM (CATALINA PARK, 900 N 4th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705)
Little Rock: 6:00PM (OUTSIDE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr., Little Rock, AR 72201)
San Francisco: 4:00PM (CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 355 Mcallister St, San Francisco, California 94102)
Oakland: 4:00PM (FRANK OGAWA PLAZA, 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612)
Los Angeles: 4:00PM (LEIMERT PLAZA PARK, 4395 Leimert Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008)
Denver: 5:00PM (CIVIC CENTER PARK, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, Colorado 80204)
Washington DC: 7:00PM (OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE, 1600 PennsylvaniaAve NW, Washington, DC 20500)
Atlanta: 7:00PM (OLD DECATUR COURTHOUSE, 101 E Court Sq, Decatur, GA 30030)
Tampa: 7:00PM (OUTSIDE HILLSBOROUGH COURTHOUSE, 800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL)
Orlando: 7:00PM (LAKE EOLA PARK, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, Florida 32801)
Miami: 7:00PM (GWEN CHERRY PARK, NW 71 St., Miami, Florida, 33147)
Chicago: 6:00PM (RICHARD J DALEY CENTER, 50 W Washington St, Chicago, Illinois 60602)
Des Moines: 6:00PM (IOWA STATE CAPITOL, 1007 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50319)
New Orleans: 6:00PM (LAFAYETTE SQUARE, New Orleans, LA 70130)
Baltimore: 7:00PM (201 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202)
Boston: 7:00PM (MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 01233)
Detroit: 7:00PM (Campus Martius Park, Detroit, Michigan 48226)
Lansing: 7:00PM (STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, Capitol Avenue at Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933)
Ann Arbor: 7:00PM (THE DIAG, Burns Park, Ann Arbor, MI 48109)
Minneapolis: 6:00PM (MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE, 2100 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
St. Louis: 6:00PM (GATEWAY ARCH, St. Louis 63102)
Carson City: 4:00PM (NEVADA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, 101 N Carson St, Carson City, Nevada 89701)
Manhattan, NY: 7:00PM (TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan, NY, 10036)
Newark: 7:00PM (NEWARK CITY HALL, 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102)
Durham: 7:00PM (200 E. Main St. Durham, North Carolina)
Columbus: 7:00PM (GOODALE PARK, Columbus, Ohio 43215)
Cleveland: 7:00PM (CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, 325 Superior Ave E, Cleveland, Ohio 44114)
Portland: 4:00PM (PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE, 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204)
Philadelphia: 7:00PM (LOVE PARK, 1599 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102)
Pittsburgh: 7:00PM (PITTSBURGH CITY-COUNTY BUILDING, 414 Grant St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219)
Nashville: 6:00PM (801 Broadway Nashville, TN 37203 Estes Kefauver Federal Building)
Memphis: 6:00PM (Health Sciences Park Memphis, TN)
Austin: 6:00PM (TEXAS STATE CAPITOL, Outside South Gate-11th and Congress Ave.)
Salt Lake City: 5:00PM (SALT LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 4600 S Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, Utah 84123)
Seattle: 4:00PM (QUEEN ANNE BAPTIST CHURCH, 2011 1st Ave N, Seattle, Washington 98109)
Milwaukee: 5:00PM (DINEEN PARK, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Please don't become part of the problem - it's fake
[ In Reply To ..]It would be really helpful if people didn't just wildly spread inaccurate information that just adds fuel to the fire.
http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/11/anonymous-day-of-rage-protests-2016/
Conservatives actually accepting there is - discrimination and speaking up
[ In Reply To ..]My goodness, Newt Gingrich! I could not believe it, but really he made a good point. Giuliani, on the other hand, ugh.
If anyone follows Seth Meyers this is a very good segment, which goes into how there is a consensus being arrived at by very different personalities who are in the media, such as Snoop Dogg and Newt Gingrich (Snoop Gingrich?).
Well yes, we do need to understand there is still discrimination - anon
[ In Reply To ..]As a conservative myself, I understand that. My point, though, was there is at least a beginning of understanding. I just hope this is at least a start.
Honestly I would like to believe that but I don't. The country is so divided, - people don't identify as being American
[ In Reply To ..]anymore. We used to have a common culture, but now people identify as African, Mexican, Asian, etc. first, not American and there is a grievance culture. Movements have been taken over by extremist who hate this country and capitalism. I hate to be so blunt, but I there more polarization is coming.
It's going to be a long summer.
Strength does not lie in diversity. Strength lies in - unity. As Americans we used to at
[ In Reply To ..]least have one thing in common, an American culture. We no longer have that.
Like Lincoln said, a house divided cannot stand. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]xx
Lincoln wanted to let the blacks go back to Africa, but Frederick - Douglas (who was his friend), convinced
[ In Reply To ..]him not to.
He wanted us to be reconciled. - nm
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Excellent point and that's where we remain divided as a country - anon
[ In Reply To ..]Still - it's so nice to see a thread on this board being rationally discussed without any insults. That's what makes me hopeful that more and more people can just put away the hate and insults and just talk. There's good and bad on both sides, but if we don't see that we're all Americans and need to come together, it's just going to escalate.
We have a black president for crying out loud. Yes, there is discrimination, - you can't change human nature. As a
[ In Reply To ..]conservative I KNOW that. But Obama has made race relations WORSE in his fundamental transformation of this country.
Why don't leftists admit that SOME blacks are racist too?
Welcome to the Post Modern age, nothing means anything - anymore and people can rationalize
[ In Reply To ..]anything.
Just look at Hillary Clinton and the FBI.
It's not human nature, it's reptile brain - rise above
[ In Reply To ..]One of the few characteristics that separate human beings from all other mammalian (or reptilian) life forms is that human beings can develop culture that allows us to move beyond (albeit with effort and careful tending) our basic animal desires to survive and pass on our genes. We can do better, and we need to do better not only for minority populations but for our own wellbeing. Human society THRIVES on overcoming baser instincts; we merely survive (and possibly devolve) if we cannot nurture culture and our higher mental selves.
http://www.martyrmade.com/bonus-episode-2-spree-killers-dallas-orlando-columbine/#comment-197
Many always have. You just don't hear it on the media. When some - prominent blacks speak up about
[ In Reply To ..]black racism they are called Uncle Toms.
I'm honest about our country's black history, the good and the bad. But the good is not taught.
On internet forums, most people are trying to advance a political agenda. They are not looking or solutions.
I like to listen to Lloyd Marcus, he's black man who calls himself - the un-hyphenated American.
[ In Reply To ..]Thanks, Lloyd, and God Bless you!
That might be true when individuals get together and try to have - a dialogue as a remedy or
[ In Reply To ..]reconciliation, but many of these well-meaning movements have been taken over by radicals.
And that's the problem and why it won't go away - anon
[ In Reply To ..]Ordinary people like us can hold calm discussions and understand one another, but it's the irrational radicals who are going to ignite what's already been simmering. I'm so afraid this summer is going to just explode.
Like these BLM agitators who trapped a family on a bridge - with a sick baby while blocking traffic.
[ In Reply To ..]Black Lives Matter agitators aren’t just anti-police. They don’t really care about anyone else, either.
As protesters blocked a highway in Memphis, Tennessee, over the weekend, a family transporting a “very sick” baby got stuck in traffic on a bridge near downtown.
“We received a call there was a child needing medical attention stuck in traffic up on the bridge and due to the protest going on the bridge, the family was not able to get through traffic to get him to Le Bonheur (Children’s Hospital),” paramedic Bobby Harrell tells WISTV.
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