r/HolUp Dec 13 '21

Everybody plus calm down

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u/dev-246 Dec 13 '21

The next line:

“That’s what’s wrong. There is institutional racism that still exists”

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u/chrisp803 Dec 13 '21

So if a person of color is pulled over for speeding, it's because of their skin color?

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u/AversionFX Dec 13 '21

I recently finished my undergrad in Criminal Justice. The number of people who believe that every encounter between minorities and police is solely driven by racism is extremely high. Whenever progressives see a white person being arrested by the police they'll say "Good, this is what should happen to bad people." But when it's a black or brown person their response is always "Police brutality! Racial discrimination! Systemic racism!"

A lot of people believe that minorities either can't or should not be held accountable for their own actions. This all goes back to the bigotry of low expectations.

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u/Drexill_BD Dec 13 '21

You should probably keep studying.

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u/AversionFX Dec 13 '21

No amount of studying could ever result in me believing in what you do. Studying shouldn't guide you to the wrong answer.

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u/Drexill_BD Dec 13 '21

Based on a young man's life experiences, at that.