tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post7702816221280745157..comments2023-11-05T05:17:45.320-05:00Comments on Model Minority "Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap": Judges, Black Cops and Sub-humanityM.Dot.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-83424681797191029252009-06-12T22:22:51.018-04:002009-06-12T22:22:51.018-04:00AA,
Thank you for stopping by and for commenting....AA,<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by and for commenting.<br /><br />Peep game their is a camera phone video on the shooting.<br /><br />http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6848037M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-4259721897989950052009-06-12T16:08:23.673-04:002009-06-12T16:08:23.673-04:00Re: @the prisoner's wife, this is by no means ...Re: @the prisoner's wife, this is by no means the first time this has happened (see: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/a-troubling-history-of-officers-firing-on-colleague/). NYPD does in fact have procedures for identifying plainsclothes cops, though they don't train their units regularly enough in them. I'm still not clear on whether Edwards was in violation of those procedures or not, however I always believe racial prejudices are at the heart of why any of us does anything to anyone for any reason, and it's no different here.alligator legshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864977851259666502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-7449805947966559522009-06-09T12:37:14.040-04:002009-06-09T12:37:14.040-04:00While the idea that all people hold different view...While the idea that all people hold different views one thing that i believe is that there is a national group think. A national conversation that may not be above board...not had openly. But quietly people believe that they are superior...<br />====<br />Aye blood, what is racism if it ain't thinking you better than an entire group of people?<br />What conversations does a person have with themselves if they THINK they are better than others? How does that impact ones interactions with member of said "worse than" group? Im saying? Not yelling, just curious.<br /><br />I stopped fucking w/ a homie, a Black woman, in high school cuz she CHOSE to be friends w/ and date people who lived in the projects in Frisco.<br /><br />Her momma owned a modest townhouse in Filmore.<br /><br />Like she couldn't rock wichu unless she was better than you.<br /><br />She didn't know me and my momma was on public assistance at the time.<br /><br />Oh, white popo rarely if ever kill each other.<br /><br />Anyone heard of such an instance? Please post a laink.<br /><br />I would wager that it is because when they see a plainclothes person, they see a human being, and not a criminal.Model Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-22318850573915405852009-06-08T23:50:43.789-04:002009-06-08T23:50:43.789-04:00I'm from Providence RI where Cornel Young was ...I'm from Providence RI where Cornel Young was shot and killed by an officer while he was in plain clothes. I worked with his mother after his death, so I have seen the effects first hand.<br /><br />Where in the country has there been a white officer murdered by another white officer while in plain clothes?<br /><br />When has a white officer murdered another white person who was non threatening...i.e. holding a wallet<br /><br />While the idea that all people hold different views one thing that i believe is that there is a national group think. A national conversation that may not be above board...not had openly. But quietly people believe that they are superior...<br /><br />My ace who I love dearly looks down on people...Unknowingly but does it none the less. Is she racist. No. Is she apart of a c9onversation much larger than her that let's her know that her life is worth more than mine by skin alone. <br /><br />Few joints.<br /><br />-CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-27852033162863063812009-06-06T12:37:51.645-04:002009-06-06T12:37:51.645-04:00Okay,
I feel you on feelings.
Couple of rules I ...Okay,<br /><br />I feel you on feelings.<br /><br />Couple of rules I try and live by. One, must feel their feelings, because at the end of the day, sometimes it is all that they have.<br /><br />Two. I am not responsible for another persons feelings. Feelings are a gift from God.<br /><br />Are you saying that black people being uneasy of white people is true?<br />=====<br />I certaintly hope that I wouldn' need to validate that. Based on your experience you have already validated that.<br /><br /><br />Are you saying that the majority of white people being racist is true.<br />===============<br /><br />Are you trying to Sotomayor me dude? Lols.<br /><br />For instance, I critique white supremacy in American culture, which means that it I talk about not only the white folks, but the blacks, asians and latino's who work to uphold, maintain, and mainly benefit from system.<br /><br />Understand that there is a difference between critiquing a system and saying that most of people are _________.<br /><br /><br />I am lightweight offended that you would ask me that question. Not because it is being asked, that makes sense. But that it is coming from you.<br /><br />What part of the game is that?<br /><br />If what I write makes you feel uncomfortable, that's cool, thats part of my job as a writer.<br />Dyson's job is to make you feel comfortable.Model Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-21783804446860070842009-06-06T01:44:37.382-04:002009-06-06T01:44:37.382-04:00I can't give you a sentence that explicitly st...I can't give you a sentence that explicitly states that feeling, i am only telling you how i feel when i finish digesting the WHOLE piece..<br /><br /><br /><br />"Perhaps the issue isn't what i am writing is biased, perhaps what i am writing confirms your experience thus far and that shit hurts because it is true. Fucked up and true."<br /><br />Are you saying that black people being uneasy of white people is true?<br /><br />or<br /><br />are you saying that the majority of white people being racist is true?K1NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254739796927348374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-13572718514657772009-06-04T13:55:30.242-04:002009-06-04T13:55:30.242-04:00because cops tend to shoot first & ask questio...because cops tend to shoot first & ask questions later, especially when a gun (or a brown face) is involved, there should be better a procedure in place to keep plain-clothes cops safe.<br />========<br />Thats precisely my point.<br /><br />This isn't a necessary presumption. This policy can change. Popo in London don't have guns.<br />If their shoot first and ask questions latter procedure that I thought THEY may reconsider if one of their own, Black or white, was murdered.<br /><br />Don't get it twisted. I have no beef w/ po po per se. They scandalous (Sean Bell...etc), however I see the humanity in Popo, D-boys and Thomas Jefferson. But peep. This is what living out side of the human-subhuman dichotomy entails. Can't grant it to one group and not another.Model Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-63108049131035652342009-06-04T13:51:15.689-04:002009-06-04T13:51:15.689-04:00Dylan,
Holy shit. Thank you for your comment and ...Dylan,<br /><br />Holy shit. Thank you for your comment and honesty.<br />It is type awesome. You caught me off guard a bit actually.<br /><br />When they had to pause and think I wasn't some kid who was a target; I was "Dylan" and a person they knew they'd have to see in school the next day. That connection never brought me an apology, but it almost always kept my ass from being kicked.<br />====<br />Talk about being reclassified.<br /><br />One of the most awesomeness parts of leaving public school in East Oakland and going to prep school in Frisco was no longer having to worry about being jumped on the way to school and the fact that we had NEW BOOKS every semester.Model Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-1622535573917993072009-06-04T13:48:44.857-04:002009-06-04T13:48:44.857-04:00@K1NG
Wow. Thank you for stopping by and for sha...@K1NG <br /><br />Wow. Thank you for stopping by and for sharing.<br />I appreciate your honesty.<br /><br />You say that white men classify minorities as a certain way, which i don't completely disagree with, because some of them do, but at the same time you speak about white men as if we are not individuals.<br />=====<br />The realness. I was clear in this piece that I was analyzing Popo and the system in which they operate, I don't recall talking about all white men.<br /><br />I was cautious when I publish this piece, in that I asked my homie Birk to proof it, because I WAS concerned with it having a biased tone. I know I have Black, White, Latina, Mormon, Asian readers.<br />Asian jawns on twitter stay on me leaving them out of my Black and White racial tweets, lols.<br /><br />I hear you, you are talking about the individual.<br /><br />I am talking about the system.<br /><br />I get really confused when i read most of your articles though, because i feel like you think that everyone that looks like me is the same<br />====<br />You know what I am going to say right, based on what? <<<---People hate when I say this shit, but it forces us to have a conversation based on evidence, not speculation.<br /><br />In fact, i have had multiple different friends from different races tell me that i am the only white boy they trust at all.. Which you would think would make me happy, but it really makes me sad because that means that they viewed me as a threat in the beginning of our friendship.. It's like there is a stigmatism attached to me because of how people in the past that looked like me behaved..<br />====<br />Now blood. Peep game. I am going to struggle with you for a minute on this one. At the beginning of your comment, you said that I was classifying White dudes as one big assed group, right? Now you are saying that based on your personal experiences with other Black and brown folks, that you ARE the exception to the rule.<br /><br />Perhaps the issue isn't that I what i am writing is biased, perhaps what I am writing confirms your experience thus far and that shit hurts because it is true. Fucked up and true.<br /><br />One of the nicest things a dude from the town say to a woman is that she is a "cool assed female." So I feel you on being called a cool assed white dude.<br /><br />I look forward to your response.<br /><br />These conversations are one of the reasons why I write.<br /><br />-RModel Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-29828523070303005122009-06-03T21:44:59.486-04:002009-06-03T21:44:59.486-04:00hmm, this is a hard one. the cop shooting. yes, Mr...hmm, this is a hard one. the cop shooting. yes, Mr. Edwards was a cop, but according to reports, there was no way the other officer would have known he was a cop. procedurally, there was a mess-up. the department should have a procedure for identifying plain-clothes cops. because cops tend to shoot first & ask questions later, especially when a gun (or a brown face) is involved, there should be better a procedure in place to keep plain-clothes cops safe. will that happen? who know. i'm not sure it's because of a human/subhuman dynaic, so much. i think it's more of a survival instinct. i try to put myself in a cop's shoes. you're a target & people will try to stop you from apprehending them, so they are looking out for their own life. so it could go both ways.the prisoner's wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160398635149797677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-62647311461181980282009-06-03T14:15:59.344-04:002009-06-03T14:15:59.344-04:00The implications of the human/subhuman idea in con...The implications of the human/subhuman idea in conflict and the issue of an individual versus a member of a classified group reminds me of when I started getting bothered (and sometimes jumped) by guys in my neighborhood at night-- this is back in high school. These were all people I knew from classes so I could name them all, and I made a point of being known and connecting with people from every group and crew in school even if I wasn't going to be their friend.<br /><br />So when I was jumped, I could call each of them by name and ask what they were doing. When they had to pause and think I wasn't some kid who was a target; I was "Dylan" and a person they knew they'd have to see in school the next day. That connection never brought me an apology, but it almost always kept my ass from being kicked.<br /><br />And so when I hear reports of triggers pulled too quickly I always think, "If only there was that moment to say 'You know me!'" And how because there isn't that moment, it's on the person with the upper hand-- be it gun, fist, or any weapon-- to provide that moment. To be taught and learn how to give it. So here's hoping the NYPD will consider the importance of that moment, and ask themselves if they know their neighbors well enough to use it.dylan digitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828213747613852940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-62090561746828436282009-06-03T06:52:15.639-04:002009-06-03T06:52:15.639-04:00Dear M.dot,
In my mind, even though we've nev...Dear M.dot,<br /><br />In my mind, even though we've never met, you KNOW me pretty well. You say i'm good $$ and i return the sentiment.. I really think you're awesome as a person and a writer.. <br /><br />I get really confused when i read most of your articles though, because i feel like you think that everyone that looks like me is the same. I am a white man, but i do not participate in the thoughts and opinions that you tack onto white men.. You say that white men classify minorities as a certain way, which i don't completely disagree with, because some of them do, but at the same time you speak about white men as if we are not individuals.. Like we're some kind of conglomerate that gets together and talks every week about what we should think collectively or something.. We are individuals too and not ALL of us are bigots.. Especially my generation.. <br /><br />In fact, i have had multiple different friends from different races tell me that i am the only white boy they trust at all.. Which you would think would make me happy, but it really makes me sad because that means that they viewed me as a threat in the beginning of our friendship.. It's like there is a stigmatism attached to me because of how people in the past that looked like me behaved..<br /><br />I don't know quite how to end this comment, i just kinda wanted to discuss it with you because this issue has affected my real life relationships for years..K1NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254739796927348374noreply@blogger.com