Do you think that, if you end up having to discuss or interact with those who see this as a survival method, telling them that there are segments of white people who LOVE seeing them beat each other?
That they get a real kick out of it and think it justifies violence by police toward all black people? And that they cannot win against the firepower of the police, etc., even if they wanted?
If they do, they are the black version of the teabaggers, or the militias, who think a few shots in the dark in a 'guerilla war' aren't going to be met with crushing resistance.
Or how about teling them that some white make money off seeing black people hurt each other in sports, and they are acting like the football team owner with his racist attitude loves to see?
Of course, some of those may still be from a perspective born of privilege and looking down on how people live.
OTOH, they are damaging these kids or each other acting this way, in ways that may come to bite them later. I used to work with a black man those dad encouraged this. He told me that when the man got old and needed help, he could rot in hell. Another black man who as a father did this, and when he got older and lost part of his legs to diabetes and was in a wheelchair, they told him to go to hell. This is not life-affirming behavior, it blunts compassion.
A side I've seen of this is from black parents who believe their kids should spanked and restricted all the time, even to their facial expression, every word, because of the fear of racist attacks. It has no bottom.
I remember talking to an older black woman almost thirty years ago after listening to the 'don't spank' admonition the daycare was talking about to the kids and parents. It's a group think thing, where everyone hears the same thing and agrees.
She pulled me aside and out of hearing and told me in an tone earnest and near paranoia, that what they were saying taking away the right to spank kids was a death sentence, that our kids would be killed by cops.
If you've ever seen the 'Russell Peters - Beating Your Kids' video, you'll see what I am talking about in terms of white privilege, but naturally I have to say 'not all' LOL or you know what will happen.
It takes a lot of harsh treatment to get a child to accept that they can't speak, look around, just be themselves, and I wonder how much of this is a survival thing. Because I've heard it from black mothers for years. And after Zimmermann was released to continue his crazy criminal ways, black mothers I know are even more paranoid.
This may be their way of making their kids tough enough to make it in the world they are forced to live in here. Where I do not see this is from African immigrants who were brought in black majority nations. And one of my favorite people is from Ethiopia, which he pointed out during a conversation had never been a colony.
What black people have borne in America is unique and evil.
BTW, none of this may be of any use discussing such things with those who indulge in it. Just like it is not only pointless, but dangerous, to get into talks with those who are any hue, and my white experience is that some people are best to be avoided. I have also known black people who moved away from where they grew up to escape such yahoo behavior being enacted on their kids, as when they were trying to do well in school to provide for themselves in life, they were targeted and threatened. There is a version of this amongh all the hues of color.
Don't know if that is of any use, but would like to know if any of that is useful, so I won't repeat myself if it isn't.
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