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‘What the f*ck did you do?!’ Video contradicts DHS claims about killing of Alex Pretti
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There are some good apples among white people that's unquestionable. John Brown is one of the very few white people who were willing to stand between the oppressed and the oppressors. I absolutely question the effect of a few hundred extra whites doing anything to change history for the betterment of black and brown people, considering the national voting patterns since I was born in the 90s, and my personal and lived experience living in kentucky since 1998 until 2021. I grew up in poverty and set up for failure because of my white christan nationalist father. I even ate it up until I was like 13 and my frontal lobe started developing, but even I could turn out to be a leftist. What are white peoples excuses that aren't leftists yet?
Too many white people want all of those policies back to this day. Too many white people voted for it in 2024. The "silent majority" of white people need to stop staying silent while black and brown people keep dying on the streets. Remember BLM? The white people thought it was enough to put a black picture as an avatar on instagram, but those people weren't marching in Louisville for Brianna Taylor. White people need to hold white people accountable instead of letting black and brown people do all the speaking.
It wasn't until two white people died that the country is willing to start a civil war. The silent white majority finally woke up hopefully. I hope it wasn't too late for black and brown peoples' sake, because we all know White people will continue on in this country no matter what. History has shown they are willing to commit a genocide against the natives. They'll bring over slaves, start a civil war to keep their slaves, and when they lost that the next generations of white people gave them the freedom to be subjected to the worse imprisonment rate in the entire world in prisons where their work sets them free. They'll even launch nukes.
All of that just to stay on this plot of land, but what about the black and brown people—those whites aren't fighting to keep them here ya know?
Based all the way down this comment chain. You bring up a lot of good points with good references and citations to explore. I really appreciate that, keep on dread beefing!
Valid perspective.