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Originally Posted by valo403
You're seriously equating the mistreatment of women to the mistreatment of African American men in the context of the justice system? That's laughable. Have you read a thing on the subject?
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In 1866, the 14th Amendment to the federal Constitution was passed, guaranteeing citizenship to the former slaves and changing them in the eyes of the law from 3/5 of a person to whole persons. Then, in 1869, the 15th Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to black men, with most women of all races still unable to vote.
Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote.
Are you kidding me?
That wasn't at all my point, but since you brought it up, I don't know if you are black but you are certainly not female.
That was possibly the most pompous comment I've ever seen so far on these boards- there are plenty of comments about women, but I am fairly certain most are made in jest and I find them funny. Your comment was made out of ignorance.
I don't dwell on this crap or what happens to other people. I try to live my life in the best way, and I try to be an inherently good person. With regards to the case, I don't think it's at all helpful in a society that is teaming with black-on-black violence in large cities, and a never-ending cycle of poverty and single parent (Mother) households, to make comments that are completely unfounded when it comes to black racial stereotypes. It doesn't help, it hurts.
Bringing up slavery is not going to get anyone anywhere- just as bringing up suffrage will not change the fact that a woman's point of view wasn't even considered until the 20th century. It's what we do now and in the future that matters- and yammering and arguing about whether Trayvon Martin was killed because he was black when there is no indication that is the case is pointless.
The bottom line is- you can't change if a person is or is not prejudice or ignorant, but you can change laws. The law doesn't state 'Only stand your ground if the person is black.' It doesn't state that a citizen can only use a handgun if a person is black. It states that there IS a 'stand your ground law' and Americans have the right to own handguns and assault weapons. We need to control the things we can change, and this situation is sad, but it has to do with the bs gun laws in place, not with the colour of either of the victims' skin.