Racism, Classism, no ism at all? What do you think?

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It's one thing to be sick of the race issue (we all are) ...and it's a whole other thing to debunk it's roll entirely. Maybe if people weren't denying it, then it wouldn't be such a hot topic at the moment. Let's not forget, that in 2005 it was a liberating moment when our media actually acknowledged the race, and income status of the people they were photographing. As I've said in previous posts, the community were profiled as criminals....and frankly, fuck you for assuming they're not of your "tribe". That's some bullshit. That takes you having an us vs. them attitude, and that makes you the problem. We've had 200 arrests total, and today the Police Chief admitted he had actual written reports for sex crimes. People are innocent before proven guilty...and it fucking shocks me that Black Americans are of less civil importance then any other minority.

i also sense you have a mixture of empathy, and frusteration towards these survivors.... I question that resentment because I tend to think you have to bring a predetermined assesment of these people as a whole to reach any negative conclusions about who they are and why this is such a dire situation for them.