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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's an easy test to find out whether the Covington Catholic High situation contains racism:
Inverse the races. Dark-skinned people become Caucasians and vice versa.
Then we would have a lonely white protester calling attention to old-fashioned european culture, while being surrounded by a hooting and hollering mob of black people, mocking him, shouting "Black Power", and one black guy getting right up into his face and starring him down.
How would Fox News and Republicans react to such a situation?
Would they be outraged if the roles were reversed?
Then Yes, the situation contains racism.
We already know how this would end. Black people aren't allowed to look white people in the eye.
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dade-police-choke-black-teenager-because-he-was-giving-them-dehumanizing-stares-6548482
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)"Shoe on the other foot" scenarios are always instructive to these discussions.
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)mocking of the Indian and his beliefs, especially when he continue to stand up literally right in their faces and didn't run. What courage! How proud I am of him!
The kids...what a joke. The parents or guardians, where were they?
hueymahl
(2,415 posts)Thought I am sure many of the MAGAts out there would block out comprehension.
Augiedog
(2,541 posts)Bettie
(15,998 posts)young Nazis on the way!
hughee99
(16,113 posts)lancelyons
(988 posts)Sadly racism is everywhere. Why cant people people others how they want to be treated
oberliner
(58,724 posts)If the roles were reversed in the way that you outline, would the reaction here be any different?
mwb970
(11,299 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Most of us don't consider ourselves violent, but some things and people make us so angry that even we have violent impulses that we would probably never act on.
mwb970
(11,299 posts)mwb970
(11,299 posts)Like dick cheney was another. But basically I'm a pacifist.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)And they think Jesus would be proud of them?
That is either one sick school or lots of sick kids.
jalan48
(13,798 posts)is the kind of behavior we can expect to see in public.