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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 06:25 PM Dec 2015

How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice





A little time has passed since a grand jury in Cleveland refused to indict two white police officers responsible for the November 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was black.

One minute this child was playing in a city park with an air pellet gun. Seconds later, after a police squad car swooped up next to him, he was on the ground — alone and mortally wounded.

After 13 months of waiting for any sign of justice, the reaction from too many white people to the grand jury decision has severed me from my will for diplomacy. I am a 58-year-old white woman, and I am sickened by how many people who look like me talk about race.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/how-racists-talk-about-tamir-rice/
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How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 OP
schultz enid602 Dec 2015 #1
She is married to Sherrod Brown, my #2 choice for VP./nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #2
Thank GOD this isnt happening daily to white kids, this country would be burnt to the ground randys1 Dec 2015 #3
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"He was a boy." Number23 Jan 2016 #6
A very good essay mcar Jan 2016 #7
Racists talk this way about ALL black victims… MrScorpio Jan 2016 #8

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Number23

(24,544 posts)
6. "He was a boy."
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 08:56 PM
Jan 2016

This is powerfully written. I'm almost crying over this child all over again.

Thanks for posting this.

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