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Originally Posted by peter12
Jeezus, so this is why black people are rioting. That video made me sick.
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Considering what black people face in the United States, I honestly think they should be applauded for not coming together in some sort of major nation wide, violent uprising in recent years.
I know a lot of people like to look at the Ferguson and Baltimore riots and point at them like only white people can and go "Oh see, there they go, burning stores down and wrecking things, great job guys, this is why things will never change for you".
The US is just a racist, brutal country for those people, and quite honestly I think that country is actually lucky with what they've faced in opposition to the institutionalized racism, and I predict that without major changes we may be looking at another historic American event that will involve major violence and loss of life, and will result in a major change in that country either for the better or worse.
I like a lot of Americans, and really appreciate the perspective we get from some of them on CP, but without sounding too uppity I'm so ****ing glad I'm Canadian, and I feel so bad for black people in America, it's absolutely ridiculous what they have to go through in the supposed "land of the free".