University of Oklahoma fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon on a bus chanting "There will never be a n***r at SAE"

I just think that, since you are trying to convince people or, at the very least, make them aware of something that you truly believe--you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all that. I think posting the video and being a bit more kind will make people more receptive. If you jump on people they lock down and don't listen--they go into defensive mode. That's just how people work.
You started out passive aggressive and condescending; so politeness was already out the window. But I will refrain from further use of 'asshole'.
I watched the video--I think there are some important issues but I also think that wealth, class-ism, and privilege are more at play then he dug into.
Poor neighborhoods are more frequently patrolled because they have more crime and so they're more frequently patrolled. Blacks in the US are, on average, more likely to be poor. So they're more likely to have run ins with the law.
I think more of the issues would be solved by correcting the income inequality in the country and better education. Because a lot of things, from what I've seen, that people tend to stereotype have less to do with what color someone is and more to do with how they present themselves.
Not saying race doesn't factor in--but I think it's more of a class issue. The more we correct the income issue the more we'll get blacks moving into the various income levels and some of the issues will dissipate.
I mean, this country has a long history of class-ism. Initially it was indentured servants that were viewed poorly and second class; most of them were white. Then slaves came in--and they largely took up all the indentured servant work. They were black (duh) and then being black became associated with this second class. I mean...it's a bit arguing the chicken or the egg but I believe the distinction is important.
All the ideas of black people being 'lessers' came about as a rationale for slavery--but it came about later. They didn't make them slaves because they considered them lesser right away--they made them slaves and then had to rationalize it. At least that's how I recall it--been along time since I took African American History.
So, yes, a lot of this is ingrained and linked to race but I think the class issue is the one that runs deeper.

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