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(01-10-2018 09:44 AM)Hoekjeness Wrote:  

(01-10-2018 09:28 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(01-09-2018 10:26 PM)Hoekjeness Wrote:  

(01-09-2018 04:44 PM)GullLake Wrote:  Empathy. Try it.

The black community lives with injustice on a daily basis.

A black man — against popular (white male) opinion — uses his platform to express those feelings and give the black community a voice.

And you think I’m the one who doesn’t understand empathy?

17.1 million Non-Hispanic White people in the US live below the poverty line, compared to 9.2 million African Americans. 11.1 million Hispanics and 700,000 Native Americans also live below the poverty line. Economic growth/Employment opportunities and Education go a long way towards solving many of our problems as a nation.

I'm afraid it's a lot more complicated than that.

Why are blacks incarcerated more than 5x the rate of whites?

1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men.

African Americans comprise 14 percent of regular drug users but are 37 percent of those arrested for drug offenses.

Incarceration is today's version of Jim Crow.

Once you start to accept these things and recognize the REAL social injustices in this country, you start to understand why a black athlete with a huge platform feels compelled to speak out.

“Drug users” and “drug offenses” are totally different.

You taking a Don Cooney class at Western?

I love how suburban white kids know all about inner city crime.

“Uuhhh I had a black friend at band camp.”