I wish I would’ve written this. In fact, I’m going to write it (really your whole post) and claim I made it up. Thanks.It’s “Black Lives Matter”. Period. That doesn’t mean nobody else matters. And all lives can’t matter if blacks don’t. It’s what we strive for as Christians.
Go watch the movie Just Mercy then see if you think institutional racism doesn’t exist.Again, there is no institutional racism or systemic racism in this country, period
Agreed, personal experiences.If you’re not white and you live in the US and you don’t experience racism then you either (a) need to go buy a lottery ticket because you are the luckiest person in the country; or (b) need to get out more.
No, I was saying that the picture is overwhelmingly white and male. You can’t see anything funny about the picture? Expand your consciousness, as we used to say.Are you trying to say these men are not qualified to hold their position?
Not related to race but I have seen comments such as I will never hire a woman, and I don’t want to work with women. It’s hard to proove the reason someone didn’t get a job was illegal.So, many complaints have been made by people that they were not hired because of their race? Were these complaints proven to be true? Was there proof that someone that was more competent for a job was refused it because they had ‘the wrong color skin’? Or are people sometimes bitter when they don’t get a job, and give various reasons for why they were probably not given the job, other than just not being good enough for it?
Pretty much. Having said that, does it matter that the officer might have done this to a white suspect, if there are some suspects he knows he can get away with and obviously some he can’t?Geez. That’s a tough one. No racism without proof. I mean these days, you’d probably need video for anyone to believe it right? Video proof - now that’s a hard one.
A video…Hmmmmm. I’m going to go out on a limb here, so give me some rope - but imagine we had a video of a black guy pinned to the ground for - oh, just to make it really crazy - say 8 minutes (I know - that’s silly and would never happen, but work with me here). And further imagine that he was begging for mercy the whole time, and then he died. Would that work?
This is why the few bad apples argument does not work anymore. Not for the Church and certainly not for the police.Archbishop Sample has pointed out that this is what lead to the McCarrick failure: that is, no one was in place to hold that bishop to account for the abuse of his office. Instead, it is the people who could have spoken up who were afraid of retribution. The victims were the ones who were afraid of speaking up, because they knew even worse could happen to them. That kind of situation is a gross injustice. When someone has great authority and no one to hold them to account, though, that kind of thing will happen eventually. If it can happen in a seminary, after all, can it not happen anywhere?
It should never have worked because the saying properly is “a few bad apples spoil the bunch.”This is why the few bad apples argument does not work anymore.
How is it possible that the military has been integrated since World War II and yet somehow those most qualified for the highest positions of leadership are all the same color?Are you trying to say these men are not qualified to hold their position?
I should have asked you what is odd about the picture. That’s more exactly the issue.I see nothing funny at all. I see very qualified people who have thru their hard work been promoted to positions of leadership
That doesn’t work because the one’s responsible for justice that failed their office by their own fault have that blame. An institution isn’t a monolith and it is made up of who know’s how many people so painting with a broad brush cannot possibly be correct.There will always be bad apples but if the response to complaints against these bad apples is nothing at best or retribution at worst, the organization should be held accountable.
So if a Communist government doesn’t work, it is because the individuals aren’t doing it right?That doesn’t work because the one’s responsible for justice that failed their office by their own fault have that blame. An institution isn’t a monolith and it is made up of who know’s how many people so painting with a broad brush cannot possibly be correct.