Re: Nothing quite amuses me like the accusation of racism.

Look, I'm not trying to be insulting, but the FACT that black people serve longer sentences for the same crimes committed by white people is not some "bandwagon" rhetoric about which some "PC liberal" can be inflamed. It's reality. The FACT that a nearly all-white, nearly all socially elite fraternity that happens to be responsible for more hazing deaths than any other can brazenly employ negative stereotypes associated with a specific race for entertainment- and go so far as to attach a fine university's name to the "occasion"- while somehow expecting impunity, is indeed problematic. It's 2014, and the United States is still racist.

We, as Clemson (not as white, black, Latino,or #### neanderthalis) are about being a part of a better future, from our stellar mechanical engineering program to our ability as fans and alumni to come together and build what few other schools our size could with our football program (look at UAB. Without being unified, we'd be them. NO- that doesn't mean the Cacks would be Bama, so don't get happy, coots).

To not understand why what that frat did was very stupid and very wrong and very embarrassing is to not understand any more than the redneck lout who is ignorant of the after-effects of Jim Crow and screams, with a bray that can only be equaled by a sick donkey, for a "White Entertainment Television" channel in some childish misconstruction of what equality means.

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Dec 9, 2014, 7:36 AM [ in reply to Re: Nothing quite amuses me like the accusation of racism. ]

Blacks are 32% of the welfare in this country but only 13% of the population. That means many live in poverty and white or black the poorer you are the more likely you are to engage in bad behavior. Engaging in bad behavior increases the number of encounters with police. Resisting arrest further increases the problems. In both cases that have been in the news, there were poor black people that were BREAKING THE LAW and encountered the police. The man who died in New York was unfortunate because it was over something as minor as illegally selling cigarettes. However, he would not comply with the police and so at 400 pounds they brought him down best they could. The headlock may not be police protocol but again the man was outweighed by probably twice his own bodyweight. Also when I have been wrestling and in a headlock and couldn't breathe I also couldn't say I can't breathe as clearly as he did. He couldn't breathe because he has asthma, weighs 400 pounds and was tackled. A police officer can't stop an arrest every time a suspect says I can't breathe or you are hurting me. Michael Brown also drew the attention of the police officer for not getting out of the road. Everything after that boils down to what some questionable eye witnesses (unreliable when race isn't involved) and the police officer. 2 things, if that is what you have then you have to take into consideration the credibility of the witness. The main witness (Brown's friend) lied on parts to protect himself and had aided in robbing a store. The other up close witness was Wilson. Now you are faced with a cop that has a clean track record and a kid who just robbed a liquor store. Who are you going to believe. A case that is a real problem is the one in Columbia where the trooper shot the man getting his wallet. The cam showed everything and while I don't think the cop was racist he was doing an incredibly bad job and jumped the gun. Why isn't it getting press because the man didn't die. Liberal media wants us to rally behind a thug that was killed and an overweight asthmatic who died of asphyxiation while resisting arrest for illegally selling cigarettes. No I will not get behind that. I will get behind the man who was shot in Columbia for reaching for his wallet in the car but it isn't national news worthy.

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Nothing quite amuses me like the accusation of racism.