Running racism in America thread

The Confederate monument is gone, but white supremacy still rules Alabama

 

I totally get and sympathize where that guy's coming from, but when fighting for progress, I believe in taking the wins, no matter how small.

 

Terrific column.
I presume comments are disabled on the site.

 

This is largely how I feel about the protests going on now. People either are expecting them, and the inherent unrest, to go on indefinitely (unlikely), or to have them cause immediate reform in police departments across the country (also unlikely).

Such things take time, unfortunately. Everything is going to have to happen on an individual level long before any official, systemic procedural and attitude changes -- even if they are widely drawn up in policies, and enacted -- are likely to ever occur.

Simple human decency is what will have to prevail.

 

Would you expect anything different from the CEO of a company that posts conservative food for thought pieces on its Website?.

Gyms and brands are canceling partnerships with CrossFit after its CEO tweeted an insensitive comment about George Floyd

 

There's a CrossFit in the next town. The clients are always jogging on the dangerously narrow highway.

 

Yeah. They did away with them a couple of months ago. It was a good thing.

Al.com comments will rot your brain.

 

I'll say this - this week a number of Confederate monuments have quietly been removed all over Alabama. While there was some grumbling on Facebook and the odd idiot white supremacist taken into custody, there really hasn't been a big stink made about it. Minnesota was bad enough to make a dent even here.

 

Oh, this was a substantial win. It took a couple of years and a heinous murder to get it done. Kyle was down there when two reporters were arrested and another was punched out and his wallet stolen last week. He's been on this forever.

 

Of course it was lacrosse.