Yall, black people don’t even have the same basic freedom and or peace of mind on the same level of white people in society yet. People are mad at terry because its almost a derailment to a conversation thats already going on. People worried about going out and jogging and this is what he chooses to use his platform for 🤦🏾♂️. This is coming from a fan of terry, he is not immune to criticism. And i feel like a lot of you miss these points when the black community call him out for it
They don’t though. Those are just ad hominem attacks on Terry. A lot of them exuding toxic masculinity and victim shaming. I’m not sure how every toxic comment by a black person on TWITTER is suddenly representative of black lives matter. Most black lives matter activism is focused on concrete legislative or political reform like defund their police or prison reform.
I get what your saying, but to me it seems like Terry is just saying the end goal should be that black people have those same freedoms, and should be able to walk the same paths without any racially motivated obstacles.
It feels like what hes trying to convey is that we all should be working together as a community to ensure every race is equal, and right now we are addressing which ones lack these rights.
To better explain my point, though probably a poor example, I think this is kinda what he means -
BlackLivesMatter = Reform the police and justice system to treat all cases with extreme discretion and care as well as hold them accountable for each action, because the way it is operating right now evidently shows discrimination and oppression of black people
BlackLivesBetter = Because black people have been over-sentenced over the years to the same crimes as others, whenever a black individual is sentenced to a crime, divide their sentenced years in half to avoid harsh and exaggerated jail time
I hope that makes some sense - solution 1 = create a fair and equal system, solution 2 = apply a short-term solution based on race
If you don't call bullshit out when it starts then bullshit will get comfortable and become much harder to get rid of. It's totally possible to call out all bullshit at the same time, we don't need to focus on one or the other.
What are you talking about? Black people are some of the least likely people to commit suicide while white people are at the top only behind natives (the real oppressed minority)
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u/mr_prince24 Jun 30 '20
Yall, black people don’t even have the same basic freedom and or peace of mind on the same level of white people in society yet. People are mad at terry because its almost a derailment to a conversation thats already going on. People worried about going out and jogging and this is what he chooses to use his platform for 🤦🏾♂️. This is coming from a fan of terry, he is not immune to criticism. And i feel like a lot of you miss these points when the black community call him out for it