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The video below is from Biden's town hall in Kenosha today. I didn't watch the whole thing but at 42:45 in the video a woman is called to speak. The reason her speech was brought to my attention is because she says she was "told to go off this paper" which indicates that she had been given a scripted comment. The reason I'm posting this, however, is because of what she has to say. Her explanation of the anger and frustration in her community is clear and controlled. Her questions are ones we often hear screamed from megaphones but a lot of us don't listen because, frankly, nobody likes being screamed at.
I would like this thread to focus on answering some of those questions. She was good enough to ask the questions clearly and rationally. I would expect that, as a matter of respect, the answers are equally clear and rational. There will, naturally, be disagreement with some of the answers given. That disagreement should also be clear and rational.
While I'm pretty sure Ms Bennett would not agree with some of the answers I have for her I have to recognize and respect that she went to great lengths to be understood. Riots are the easy way out and they stifle the voices of those that really want to clear things up. Ms Bennett, agree with her or not, shows that we actually CAN have a conversation if we want to.
Her concerns, as I heard them were as follows:
1. She wants action, not just promises
2. She wants to know why the cops aren't in jail when one of the general public would be
3. She mentions "homicide"
4. She wants to know why black neighborhoods are targeted by cops
5. She says that wearing certain clothes seems to cause people to judge blacks as "bad people"
6. She feels that blacks don't have the same rights as whites
7. She says blacks are denied jobs just because of race
8. She says people tear down houses in black neighborhoods instead of fix them
9. She mentions gentrification
10. She says blacks have been shown that they don't matter for decades.
I would like this thread to focus on answering some of those questions. She was good enough to ask the questions clearly and rationally. I would expect that, as a matter of respect, the answers are equally clear and rational. There will, naturally, be disagreement with some of the answers given. That disagreement should also be clear and rational.
While I'm pretty sure Ms Bennett would not agree with some of the answers I have for her I have to recognize and respect that she went to great lengths to be understood. Riots are the easy way out and they stifle the voices of those that really want to clear things up. Ms Bennett, agree with her or not, shows that we actually CAN have a conversation if we want to.
Her concerns, as I heard them were as follows:
1. She wants action, not just promises
2. She wants to know why the cops aren't in jail when one of the general public would be
3. She mentions "homicide"
4. She wants to know why black neighborhoods are targeted by cops
5. She says that wearing certain clothes seems to cause people to judge blacks as "bad people"
6. She feels that blacks don't have the same rights as whites
7. She says blacks are denied jobs just because of race
8. She says people tear down houses in black neighborhoods instead of fix them
9. She mentions gentrification
10. She says blacks have been shown that they don't matter for decades.