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@Chevdove this is hyperbolic, no one's "life was destroyed." The Brother will be fine, and I'm sure he is basking in his 5 seconds of fame. Still, it is not clear from your response whether you believe this woman should have lost her job. Chevdove I told you I've seen many Black women go off on white men on the subway. You did not take me at my word and told me you found it "hard to believe". I easily find an example and you tell me you were already familiar with it?! I'm confused... are you saying the Black people don't profile white people? Chevdove I'll let you in on a secret; we all profile people. We observe people and we prejudge them based upon cultural stereotypes and personal experiences. This is natural and perhaps necessary for survival. I'm not saying we are always correctly assess people when we do this but again we all do it. This does not give us license to shoot a someone driving down the street.guy driving down the street (incidentally putting this in the same category with a guy being challenged when entering a building is a bit extreme don't you think?) @Cynique I seem to recall the woman was married to a Black guy. It seems to me someone who is actually married to a Black man would be a bit more sensitive to the issues we face. Still I'm not saying the women did not racially profiles the man -- neither one of us can know whether she did or not (she denies it). What we do know is that the situation escalated unnecessarily. Are you kidding me?! I've spend the better part of my adult life trying to "rock the boat." As far as the survey you are citing I'd have to see it. I suspect you are drawing conclusions it did not make. Please share a link. The fact of the matter is there are white people who voted for Obama twice and then voted for 45. At least 10% of Black people voted for 45 a well. Racism does not explain the behavior of these voter. Were there racist that voted for Trump ? Of course! Racists vote in every election for both republicans and democrats. Look, I'm not saying racism doesn't exist. One of the reasons I run this site is in direct reaction to racism. I'd also argue one of the reason this site has a harder way to go than a comparable white site is also because of racism. So we will continue to disagree on the relevance of this situation. I've seen way too much that is far more significant to make a federal case over some dude being prevented from enter a building without using his key.

@Chevdove yes the woman handled the situation poorly. You believe this deserved national attention. I don't. Do you also believe she should have lost her her job as a result? If every perceived instance of so called racial profiling made national news we would not have time to report on anything else. I've been racially profiled more times than I can count and you know so what -- no only really cares -- nor should they. People are getting locked for petty bullshit and murdered. People are homeless and don't have clean drinking water. They deserve some attention... So some women stopped this dude from entering coming in behind her -- big deal. Let her close the door and use his key -- end of story. The little baby posted the video on social media and now we are supposed to react as if he was lynched -- come on! Surely there are better things to worry about.. right? If nike makes a commercial with this dude in it I will puke -- swear to God. Visit NYC and ride the subway you'll see Black women curse white guys out all the time, for a wide variety of personal slights both real and perceived. In fact I just ran a search on "Black women cursing out white men" and the first thing that came up was a sista going off on a guy on the NYC subway: https://nypost.com/2018/05/28/black-woman-goes-on-angry-rant-against-jewish-man-on-subway/ Again this is not unusual; I've been this many times, so the idea that someone posted it on twitter is no at all surprising. The local paper copied this up on Twitter and "reported" on it on the website. Again this is a poor use of journalistic resources -- welcome to 2018... modern journalism. Chevdove should this be national news too? Should this Black woman lose her job too?

Maybe Kanye needs to be enslaved, or at least not treated as if every word out his mouth matters or is relevant. The media coverage of Kanye is boring; too bad it is so difficult to avoid haring about him.

@Cynique are you seriously saying that women deserved to lose her job over not allowing that man to enter her building?! I doubt you've lived in a building like this, don't have a frame of reference to base your opinion, and are relying on the reactionary uninformed opinions of the social media mob. If this is what you mean by "upgrading," I'll happily remain in the dark ages. Of course that situation would have been handled completely differently were two "adults" involved. Instead you had two people behaving like babies; a grown man running to social media like a pu--y and a woman acting like she owned the damn building. Meanwhile, the network news feeds into this stupidity by broadcasting as it was newsworthy. Again, two reasonable adults would have easily dealt with the situation and we could be talking about something more substantive. Seriously, Cynique and Chevdove, think for a moment; do either of you truly believe the altercation between this man and the would warranted national attention; that somehow your knowledge of this engagement makes you more knowledgeable, informed... better off? This is not an example of racism; this is an example of stupidity and a reflection of the fact that our news media now trolls social media for things to cover -- this is rather pathetic if you ask me and not a reflection of progress. @Chevdove I already said I had not real issue with the man filming the woman calling the police based upon what I saw -- at least not enough to discuss it. I would however stop short of jumping to the conclusion that it would have been a "terrible outcome for him." I also don't like the idea of lump all of these incidents into the same bucket as if they were all related and evidence of the same thing. Again, I understand social media does not handle nuisance or complexity very well. As far a Black women stepping to white men. Come to NYC you'll find no shortage of sistas willing to do this -- trust. I see it all the time.

@Chevdove "Polite" people do not film personal interactions and put them on social media. While this is legal, I think it is rude and an invasion of one's privacy. As far as the last video, the brother seemed to be filming a protest and appears to have caught a woman lying to police about the nature of the protest. I don't have a problem with this one -- based upon what I see here. It is interesting that all of the videos have been turned into "news" stories and have been reported on network TV. Seems to be lazy journalism, if you ask me, and not very elucidating. Is this what broadcast news looks like now? I stopped watching this type of news before the rise of the internet, it looks like it has continued to go downhill... I see why so many people get their news from social media; why watch it on TV when you get get the same information on twitter, and probably with better insight.

Seems like another situation blown out of proportion by social media. The lady did not know the man and had no obligation to let him into the building. It never would have occurred to me to whip out my cell phone record the interaction and put it online. I would have simply let the woman close the door and entered with my own key fob. Simple. People who live in these types of buildings know this. Besides, "Luxury" apartment buildings have doormen to handle these situations.

This information is not exactly revelatory Del. What is interesting is Twitter releasing the data. I dont believe for one second that this is all of it or that Twitter even knows the full scope of the problem. They should also help the publuc understand just how there platform is gamed by monied interests and it is not just Russians manipulating us. Our president regularly uses Twitter to play the media.

@Delano Would you correct the typos. What you wrote is unclear to me. Thanks.

The notion that all we know, all that we can know, and even all that is knowable is locked into the gray matter between our ears seems unlikely. The majority of the "stuff" that is in outer space scientists have no clue what it is made up of. I suspect the same is true of consciousness. But I don't know perhaps it is just wishful thinking.

Well the African Nations are an artificial constructs created by Europeans a little over a century ago, with zero consideration for the cultures present, when they carved up the continent up for themselves. The national boundaries are their invention, so they can talk about amongst themselves anyway they choose and they do. They put Egypt (Kemet) outside of Africa (Alkebulan) long ago. They had to remove the great technological achievement from being associated with Black people. Why do you listen to what Melania was doing over there anyway? Again, this is just white people talking amongst themselves -- I guess to make themselves think this first family is not the complete freaking dysfunctional disaster that it is...

Ah the four horsemen, Hitchens, Harris, Dawkins (I forget the other dude's name). Actually @Pioneer1 I would listen to these white men over some "nicca" on the social media, They are very smart, informed, articulate, and not afraid to risk ruffling feathers -- very interesting guys. @Cynique Thank you. But it will do no good. @Pioneer1 is convinced racism is the root of all society ills - remove racism and everyone would be living in perfect harmony. We'd all be Kings and Queens living in Africa in the world of Wakanda were it not for white racism, right Pioneer?

I believe we are all geniuses in one way or another. Sometimes it is a matter of luck whether one's genius is discovered and also valuable. There are people who are "super recognizers" meaning they can see a face once and always remember it. These people are highlightly sort after by police departments, many super recognizers do not realize they are genius at this particular skill -- assuming that everyone was like them. Being genius at putting a inflated ball through a hoop, 10 feet off the ground, is a very valuable skill today but completely useless for most of humanity's time on Earth. Einstein was both smart and inspired. As a theoretician he had to be really good at math but it was his thinking out the box really set him apart allowing him literally rewrite the laws of physics by intuiting the warpage of space/time -- something that escaped another genius, Newton.

Yeah FDR died two decades before I was born. Back then the differences between the parties were much less stark. It also seems there was less corporate control over politicians -- at lest it was not so obvious.

OK got it. It may take a minute for me to get to this, as I'll fully engaged now, but I will. BTW @Valjeanne Jeffers, ASINs don't have meaning outside of Amazon (some booksellers might take offense 😉), though for printed books this number is usually the ISBN10 (which are always 10 digits long).

Well there is indeed cause for concern. Liberals are like sheep who are easily led to a slaughter -- "...surely my fellow man can't possibly be this evil!? What harm could possibly come to me?" I believe the fundamental difference between the left and right are genetic. Some people are predisposed to be conquered and others are more predisposed to be conquered. The right gets off on raping, pillaging, and plundering. I'm totally serious. This is one of the reason they love weapons. A few hundred years from now people be learning about "45" and what a great leader he was. Sure these people may be living in some dystopian mad-max like future. But history has a tendency to repeat. The sad part is, unlike most of the people in the past, we have access to history. We are just too greedy and stupid to learn from it.

But @Delano I feel like I'm missing something. Why is this significant?

Thank you I see you are lightening up 🙂 I had to look up UFC. Yeah I can see that; he looks like the type. I just looked up Candace Owens according to Wikipedia she was born April 29, 1989 is an American conservative commentator and activist. She is known for her pro-Trump stance and her criticism of Black Lives Matter and of the Democratic Party. She is the Director of Communications at the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA. I still don't understand why she is "a thing." After looking her up I don't find her nearly as cute... she is repulsive to me now 😞

Really? In that case, I guess it really does not matter to much where you live. What the best part of living down under as far as you are concerned? I have to visit.

Help me understand what this means to me (or which link I should read first).

Again, I suggest that you check out some conservative radio. If you still own a radio go to the AM dial between the religious programming, sports, and news, you'll find plenty of conservative people praising Trump -- but don't listen too long you might get converted LOL!

Whoa, that late 60s -- My God! As far as the government trying to put things right it is WAY TOO late for that. The Tasmanians were exterminated... I don't even know where to begin. Is there are large Black community where you live @Floyd Collins or @Delano or does that type of thing matter to you? What is the most appealing thing about Australia -- something that you can't find in the US? @Chevdove, that white woman responsible for Emmett's death was not threatened by him, nor did she need the protection of white folks. She admitted she lied... a purely evil woman. Actually when that white boy came out in white face imitating Michael that was funny!

OK it is not really @Delano and I debating, The debaters are Joe Rogan and Candace Owens -- two people I never heard of before today, but who must be pretty prominent. I listened to few of Joe's interviews while working today he did a 3-hour interview with Neil Degrasse Tyson, which is pretty big. At any rate, Joe's arguments are the same as mine and Del's reasoning, though I'm sure he'll probably reject this statement, is fundamentally the same as Candice's -- rejecting the findings of the entire scientific community. Joe spends a lot of time convincing Candance that because of her celebrity it is important how she communicates her position on climate change. I'd argue that it is Joe providing Candice a platform which is the problem. The more Candice spoke the more people she has the opportunity to convince -- and she is quite convincing as foine as she is LOL!

YES! you are right again @Delano! The Earth ain't going anywhere for at least a few billion years. It is the stupid planet's inhabitants whose days are numbered.

I just watched the Friday broadcast of Bill Maher's politically incorrect. A white woman explained why so many white women voted for Trump. They basically followed their husband's lead believing they would be better off. It was not as much about race or gender but about self interest. Which is one of the reasons many Black people voted for Trump -- selfish reasons.

Again @Cynique you are allowing what you think to cloud your judgement. While you and I might think 45 and West are laughing stocks. Many in this country do not. It is for this reason the Republicans will likely retain control of the Senate and have a good chance to retain control of the House. Check out some right wing radio for 30 minutes and you'll see what I mean. Not everyone thinks Kanye West is a nutcase. Some believe his is indeed a genius, establishing a relationship with the most powerful politician on Earth to increase his own wealth. Facts? Much of what Kanye said was nonsense. Just because Kanye has lunch with the president does not mean we need to hear his 25-minute nonsensical rant. How is the pubic served by this? What did we learn? 45 benefited from this publicity more than anyone else. Again, the media is being manipulated by 45, and as a result many of us (not you of course) are being manipulated as well.