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delux_vivens reminded me of these.


White People Can't Understand Police Corruption

Just because you don't see a cop say n*gger doesn't mean they haven't done anything wrong. It's just privilege sure as hell showing because whites can afford to think of the police as their friends and the system as being for them- or at least they could if they weren't involved in protesting the war and getting beat the crap down in St. Paul for the RNC. And even that's not the same, the police there need to come up with some kind of excuse (however flimsy) to buss those asses. To bust a black ass?

1 - Driving while black.

2 - Driving in a 'too expensive car' while black (expensive being relative to the officer in question and his, sometimes her, perception).

3 - Walking while black.

4 - Standing on a street corner with age peers, while black (from ages 13 and up).

5 - Being black and requesting rights and equality.

6 - Being black and a sex worker.

7 - Being black and female and dressed up for clubbing.

8 - Being black and running away from gunshots.MORE

I'm thinking that based on the comments in the LJ threads that are being referred to? The "can't" in the headline should be changed to "refuse".

McCain's VP Pick : Palin and the Politica and Privilege of White Woman'hood/ Mommy'Hood

Sarah Palin wants to put herself out there as "every woman". She wants to be seen as “just your average hockey mom”, and other mommies see themselves and their reality reflected through Palin, except, mamis of color, that is.
The talk returns to mommy wars, not mami wars, because the entire conversation excludes Latinas and other moms of color. We are not even soldiers. Even for so called progressive white feminist, the war is fought by them and maybe, if mamis like me are lucky, we'll reap some benefit. When I was a pregnant teenager, in a Latin American country where abortion was and still is illegal(Chile), there was no opting out of pregnancy or working. Which is why the debate of how Palin could go back to work after having a baby with special needs or how a pregnant unmarried teenage daughter is being used, feels like a sideshow with little significance in reality. The politics of choice is being raised, with the emergence of a woman who is anti-choice, even in cases of rape or incest and with no talk of how for women of color, choice goes beyond an abortion and means the very right to have children (forget 5!) Imaginate if Michelle Obama had five children? Imaginate if one of the Obama children were older and pregnant? Imagine the hate and stereotypes that would be unleashed? Oh wait, I don't have to imagine, as a single mami of color, I live it. Palin's large brood isn't seen as a strain on the system. They are a beautiful portrait of an "American" family making every other family, families like mine, ugly.

And let's talk about the perceived double standard, that if a man had five children no one would be making a big deal of it, that men are held to a different standard, as stated in the video above. Claro if you take race out of the picture, it's easy to follow along, pero if Obama was the father to five instead of two children, you don't think the media and politicos would be making all sorts of references to black men and their hyper-sexuality? Or black men and responsibility? I hear no one telling Palin's husband to put on a damn condom. MORE

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[buria-q.livejournal.com]

"And even that's not the same, the police there need to come up with some kind of excuse (however flimsy) to buss those asses."

Yes! Thank you. This reminded of some posts Bfp wrote a while back about how white anarchists with a martyr complex help make things more dangerous for poc in the streets when they protest. Though that might be because of the latest drama in feminist, lol. It infuriates me.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

there is drama in feminist? *goes off to look* WHat? I like trainwrecks.

[(Anonymous)]

it's a bit old - it's what's being snarked in the latest snarkfem post.

[buria-q.livejournal.com]

Also, I have a kind of ignorant question - I am puzzled by random searches. Don't police need a warrant?

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

They should. As far as I know. But who says that the police follow the laws?

[(Anonymous)]

haha, true. i was thinking about how nyc police swarm into the subway when school lets out to pat random boc down. post 9/11 laws?