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paleotn

(17,931 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:58 AM Jun 2020

Following the roots of the problem....

From last year. Interesting 3 part series. But I think this is a symptom of a deeper problem. Why do so many white males feel the need to espouse racist views and join racist groups? After centuries of exclusive control, having to actually share the economic, political and social pie with women and minorities just a little causes this much freak out?

To protect and slur
Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia



Hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers from across the United States are members of Confederate, anti-Islam, misogynistic or anti-government militia groups on Facebook, a Reveal investigation has found.

These cops have worked at every level of American law enforcement, from tiny, rural sheriff’s departments to the largest agencies in the country, such as the Los Angeles and New York police departments. They work in jails and schools and airports, on boats and trains and in patrol cars. And, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting discovered, they also read and contribute to groups such as “White Lives Matter” and “DEATH TO ISLAM UNDERCOVER.”


https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/
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Following the roots of the problem.... (Original Post) paleotn Jun 2020 OP
"When you are accustomed to privilege, equality looks like oppression." The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1
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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
1. "When you are accustomed to privilege, equality looks like oppression."
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:06 AM
Jun 2020

Police departments are comprised to a considerable extent of people with authoritarian personalities; that's a good part of what motivates them to go into law enforcement. They are mostly men and mostly white - the most privileged of all Americans. These are people who are using the power that goes with their position in law enforcement to try to hang on to the privilege that comes with being white and male, and translates into institutionalized, state-sponsored racism. It's no surprise that they are using the cesspool of social media to communicate with and encourage one another.

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