What White People Are Getting Wrong About Ferguson

[KamaAina]

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17108/ferguson_racial_divide

As the violence in Ferguson, Missouri continues to escalate over the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown, a Pew survey has revealed a clear racial divide among Americans on whether they believe the incident raises important racial issues.

The Pew Research Center poll conducted on August 14 to 17 among 1,000 adults found that while 80 percent of black Americans say the incident raises important issues about race, only 37 percent of whites agreed. The majority of whites (47 percent) held the view that race is getting more attention than it deserves.

Sharp racial differences between blacks and whites were also apparent in opinions about whether local police went too far in their response to the Ferguson shooting with 65 percent of blacks saying that police had “gone too far” compared with only 33 percent of white adults. On the contrary, 32 percent of whites said the police response “had been about right” whereas only 20 percent of African Americans agreed.

The findings also extended to politics, revealing an expected divide between Republicans and Democrats. Not surprisingly, 61 percent of those who identified as GOP said race is getting too much attention while 68 percent of Democrats held the view that the case highlights important issues surrounding race.

Derp.

[hifiguy]

1. Man, a lot of white folks like me

sure are dumb. At least I am not one of them.

[Bettie]

3. Apparently, more white people are authoritarians than it seems

I'm one of the not-so-authoritarian ones.

[hifiguy]

6. Me, too.

[Solomon]

8. Of course they do

It's a white supremacy system. It it were not, they wouldn't be so authoritarian.

[Dems to Win]

2. Shaking my head. How can ANYbody think the police response has been 'about right'?

The police have inflamed the situation, time and time again.

[KamaAina]

4. They watch Faux?

edit: Interesting sig line. It'd be worth it just to see the teabaggers' heads explode at the thought of a black man being succeeded by a black woman!

[Dems to Win]

9. Hee. All our best moves make teabaggers' heads explode

We didn't win in 2008 by playing it safe. I'm up for another bold stride in 2016.

[KamaAina]

10. Remember, she barely got over for AG, in true-blue CA

Didn't help that her repuke opponent had name recognition in L.A. County -- though he lost it to Kamala, because the county race he won was nonpartisan,. and people didn't know he was a repuke.

[Dems to Win]

14. I'm hoping she wins big in her re-election this fall

It will give her reputation/credibility a big boost.

[FormerOstrich]

5. If anyone is surprised by this....

they have never lived in the Mid-West.

Of Course, white people NEVER think anything is about Race. Or, they think race issues are manufactured by "those" people.

Why all "those" people always have to think everything is about race? See how they go and react about everything. That's exactly why the police response is necessary. "All Those People" thinking race is causing them to behave like that.....

<sarcasm>

It is disgusting enough just to think it/type it in "sarcasm" makes me feel dirty.

[seveneyes]

7. It's not a binary problem

Nor are white people a monolith. Black and White simply border all the gray between the two.

[nashville_brook]

11. something that's really bothering me is the media's treatment (ignoring) of race

admittedly i'm not plugged-in to all the news that's out there, but i'm noticing that the more mainstream the media, the less likely you are to hear a narrative on race. not that i'm surprised…

[Earth_First]

12. Additionally when polled on young white men rioting after sporting events...

...overwhelmingly they responded with 'it's just kids being kids.'

[KamaAina]

13. ^^^ THIS ^^^

[JaydenD]

15. Absolutely disgusting...

47 percent held the view that race is getting more attention than it deserves.