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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I wonder how it is in other countries. In South America for example weren't the natives totally destroyed where the entire continent speaks Spanish and is Catholic? Do they face the same or more struggles as the natives here?
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The Spanish and Portuguese were more cruel and exploitative than the British and French, but the populations of native populations in central and south america were far higher relative to the newcomers, so there has been more of a synthesis of cultures.
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Originally Posted by Deelow
It should be common knowledge that there was more going on here than a flat tire. I'm convinced many that have labeled Stanley as a racist murderer don't realize the events that led up to the shots being fired.
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That's what happens when simple narratives become more appealing than the complex truth. I guess the question is do we blame the media for crafting those simple narratives, or ourselves for eating them up? In the case of a broadcaster like the CBC, one of the reason's they're funded publicly is to free them from the commercial imperative to give the customers these sorts of easy narratives.
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Originally Posted by station
Do you guys actually know what empathy means? It’s the ability to understand how someone is feeling from their perspective.
This incident and trial contain racial tensions. You can deny it and say it’s not right but it’s there.
Regardless of circumstances, criminal or not, a young man lost his life and the perpetrator won his freedom on a technicality. A family and a community now feel the pain of injustice and can we really blame them?
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There's nothing wrong with feeling empathy for the family of the dead man. But it's bad for society when people look at these matters through the lens of group identity - when the sorrow or anger we feel about the death of a 22 year old varies dramatically depending on his race or religion. It fuels our darkest and most divisive impulses.