• Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    Holy shit, looks like some people LIKE to get race-baited. They ACTIVELY look for reasons to be baited.

    First off the demographics of NYC: 39% White, 23% Black, 27% Hispanic, 13% Asian.

    Secondly, the demographics for the NY Police Force: There are MORE minority Police Officers (11,700) than there are white ones (10,500). There are almost as many minority Detectives (2,200) as there are white ones (2,900).

    Lastly, do we have to remind everyone who the mayor of NYC is? Newsflash, it’s this guy: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/11/02/ap_21299839634856-15de819fbdc2d00eb39794e510225e27a5f60ec3-s1600-c85.webp

    But with ALLLLL that, the first thing that people do is jump to the “It’S aLL RaCiSm!1!!!”.

    You people need to go outside more. You are talking about one of the most diverse cities in the country, with one of the smallest populations of white people, with a police department that is made up of a majority of minority groups and a black mayor. And with all that, you immediately jump to the bullshit that racism is at place.

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      1 year ago

      You don’t get a “Get Out of Racism Free” card if you’re born a minority, you know.

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        You misspelled victimhood. This is a city that is nearly split evenly between 3 races (roughly 30% of the population each). In that kind of place, you are not a “minority” unless you want to endlessly be called a victim because you know that will get your special treatment.

        This is a place with a black mayor, with majority black police officers, and yet victims still want to cry racism.

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          Again, you can still enact racist policies while being of the same race as the victims. The problem is institutional, not just personal. Just because they get a black guy, or populate their strike forces with more diverse people, doesn’t mean racism is solved. It just means people like you can safely ignore the problem.

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              Nah, they just don’t care. They know they’ll never be in that kind of bind. They know they’ll never have to live that. So since they don’t have to, they will literally never care. As far as I’m concerned, the settler-colonial descendants have to learn tragedy and calamity like what they’ve inflicted before it can be trusted they have a lick of empathy in the corses they call hearts.

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          There are MORE minority Police Officers (11,700) than there are white ones (10,500). There are almost as many minority Detectives (2,200) as there are white ones (2,900).

          In that kind of place, you are not a “minority” unless you want to endlessly be called a victim because you know that will get your special treatment.

          Or if you’re trying to prove your point, I guess.

          Also, how does the prevalent and well-documented history of black slave traders fit into this narrative of yours? Before you say they were forced into it, they weren’t.

          One last question: do you also believe white people can’t be racist against other white people? Because I can show you plenty lol

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        Yes, the black mayor has told the black police officers to be racist against black people. Yup. That sure makes a whole ton of sense!1!! /s

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      Do tell us why white people have been stopped significantly far less than non-white people. Are non-white people just natural criminals?

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      So 40% of the population is only being stopped 5% of the time while the other 60% are stopped 95% of the time? Why didn’t you include this statistic with your others? Your superficial argument boils down to someone saying “I’m not racist. A friend of mine is black!”