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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 01:53 AM Oct 2014

Why this old fat white guy in his fifties has skin in the game of cops murdering black kids [View all]

It's really all about my brother.

See, my brother married a woman whose family immigrated from Jamaica.

She was unable to have a child, so they were able to adopt a mixed race child very quickly because they are a mixed race couple.

My beautiful cocoa brown nephew keeps me awake at night.

See, he's twelve now, and my brother tells me about how he's no longer considered a customer in stores, but is now a suspect.

A twelve year old child has to face the reality that society considers him different because of his beautiful skin.

I don't sleep well at night. The nightmares about my nephew tend to awaken me at odd hours.

So yeah, I hate fucking pigs who murder brown people because they can.

I hate a justice system that allows white cops to murder brown kids with impunity.

I don't sleep well at night, and never will again so long as white cops are allowed to murder black kids with impunity and ZERO accountability.

I love my nephew.

I will despise every cop so long as no cops stand up against the cops murdering unarmed brown kids with impunity and zero accountability.

Every last damned one of the bastards are my enemy.

I don't sleep well at nights.

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No dark-skinned relatives, but eridani Oct 2014 #1
This is really what's it's all about Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #2
No kidding it just isn't right! calimary Oct 2014 #3
I suffered from the... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #55
I think Obama's election made things worse Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #60
Yeah, I do too. It brought out the shitty side that too many of our fellow Americans calimary Oct 2014 #65
Exactly! Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #73
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2014 #52
"old" and "fat" take on a pejorative tone here and should be avoided pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #4
what if the OP is referring to himself when he says "old and fat" JI7 Oct 2014 #13
You probably are right pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #14
Me too! If I was referring to myself. yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #27
I think (hope like hell) ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #45
I took the adjetives as "humility" fadedrose Oct 2014 #25
The best tweet of the night Warpy Oct 2014 #5
Hold it! I was (still am, really) a hippie - raven mad Oct 2014 #18
Thank you ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #46
Oh, absolutely, 1Strong. raven mad Oct 2014 #70
I personay know several cops who are not racist. Jenoch Oct 2014 #6
No, not all cops behave like racists. There are actually few who do. napi21 Oct 2014 #7
Our community has two police forces. One for the city with mostly white officers and one for the jwirr Oct 2014 #32
Racist or not, any LEO who doesn't speak up about racism and misconduct in his/her ranks Heidi Oct 2014 #9
Good cops lsewpershad Oct 2014 #33
yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Oct 2014 #48
I have a great nephew who is five now. oldandhappy Oct 2014 #8
I think there are a lot more white people with black or mixed race relatives hedgehog Oct 2014 #10
I'm one of them DFW Oct 2014 #12
my hairdresser who is african american DesertFlower Oct 2014 #11
Girls my not get shot by the police but I suspect that there are discriminations against them also. jwirr Oct 2014 #31
Black Lives Matter MrScorpio Oct 2014 #15
yep... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #72
It's about all of us Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #16
Bob Marley said it, No More Trouble mahina Oct 2014 #17
Bob sang that but the words are actually from malaise Oct 2014 #19
I read that years ago, brer cat Oct 2014 #20
You're welcome brer cat malaise Oct 2014 #21
Yes, malaise, thank you! n/t truedelphi Oct 2014 #50
Bob called it War malaise Oct 2014 #54
Thank you! I never knew that. mahina Oct 2014 #62
You're welcome sis malaise Oct 2014 #63
K & R plus a brazillian MindPilot Oct 2014 #22
I'm an old mostly white guy of 66 madokie Oct 2014 #23
I appreciate this post, and the others you have made on this topic. IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #24
The Justice Department fadedrose Oct 2014 #26
my children's mother in of Filipino descent. greiner3 Oct 2014 #28
Well said. My dark skinned nephew is also developmentally disabled and that for him makes it all jwirr Oct 2014 #29
I have a grand nephew that is half African-American and half-Hispanic. Rozlee Oct 2014 #30
Powerfull post gwheezie Oct 2014 #35
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Oct 2014 #51
+1, omg... I did the same thing in an SUV and thought the same thoughts and when he said he got uponit7771 Oct 2014 #53
My grandson is black I'm afraid for him gwheezie Oct 2014 #34
That's a really moving post vlakitti Oct 2014 #36
This is a good OP. I'm sorry you cant respond for a while. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #37
Try having a half-Arabic child. Fawke Em Oct 2014 #38
Agreed, but you don't have to have dark-skinned relatives to feel this way. Darren Wilson surrender. joanbarnes Oct 2014 #39
I wish you peace for your nephew and your family. logosoco Oct 2014 #40
I keep waiting for all those "good cops" to start turning in the bad ones.. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #41
I'm with you! DrewFlorida Oct 2014 #42
I have three grandsons VA_Jill Oct 2014 #43
well said demigoddess Oct 2014 #44
BRAVO heaven05 Oct 2014 #47
I think I'm turning grey over this BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #49
Kicked Quayblue Oct 2014 #56
I have always wondered as an Asian American if I traveled to yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #57
When I was younger and more idealistic, I wasn't racist. Now I am. Amimnoch Oct 2014 #58
No black relatives, but GoddessOfGuinness Oct 2014 #59
Sending you hugs Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #61
I too have a black nephew, age 16 CanonRay Oct 2014 #64
50's isn't old! joeybee12 Oct 2014 #66
You had me at 'cops murdering'. Rex Oct 2014 #67
I've got young cousins who..... socialist_n_TN Oct 2014 #68
Life is short enough damnedifIknow Oct 2014 #69
First of all, being in one's fifties is NOT old. Second, your nephew loves you too.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #71
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