Michael Harriot: We Need to Talk About Violence in the White Community (Seriously, We Do)

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93% of the people arrested for the Capitol Coup were non-Hispanic whites. If Black people can be constantly harangued about Black on Black crime, then maybe…

We Need to Talk About Violence in the White Community (Seriously, We Do)
Perhaps the most revealing takeaway from the House insurrection panel's first day of testimony was the level of astonishment regarding the violence on Jan. 6.
theroot.com
6:21 AM · Jul 29, 2021

https://www.theroot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-violence-in-the-white-community-1847380846

During Tuesday’s House select committee examining the Capitol coup attempt, there were tears. There was justifiable outrage over Republicans’ unwillingness to admit how close the throng of domestic terrorists came to overthrowing the government of the United States. There was shock, sadness and public shame.

Viewers were moved by the testimony from police officers Harry Dunn, Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell and Daniel Hodges. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) wept openly about the pain and trauma inflicted on the officers. And all the while, the panel avoided the simplest explanation as to how a political rally transformed into an out-of-control lynch mob. They hopscotched over the reason the FBI dropped the ball, why the Pentagon overlooked the danger and why the Department of Homeland Security, the House sergeant-at-arms, the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms, the Capitol Police’s chain of command, and every single individual or institution ignored historical evidence, contemporaneous facts and multiple warnings about the prospect for violence on Jan. 6.

It is easier to hear the word “nigger” on the floor of Congress and watch grown men cry than to acknowledge the unavoidable truth gained in Tuesday’s hearings: They couldn’t believe white people would do it.

Perhaps it’s time we talk about it.

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. K&R.

[MerryBlooms]

2. Indeed. r&k

[hlthe2b]

3. Well, when I think of the stereotypical home invader/burglar outside the most wealthy enclaves...

in smaller communities, rural communities, and suburbs, I tend to think of white meth-head Trumpster types... Including with more violent crimes like carjacking. And statistically, I'm not sure I am wrong. Having fallen victim to that type of crime years ago, maybe I just internalized the image, but... there is that...

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. " ... people with unwashed legs ... "

The Root. Come for the casual racism. Stay for the loose journalistic standards.

[Sympthsical]

5. I read Harriot solely for the entertainment

He throws all kind of illogical bombs in scattershot fashion. It's a bit of campy fun when he goes on one of his patented anti-white people tears.

Plus it's sort of fun to see his racism posted on DU. Of course, you'd have to recognize that non-white people are capable of racism, and that's not exactly as much a given as it should be.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Don't go there. Statistics exist.

[Treefrog]

7. Harriot.

Wasn’t he the Hillary hater?

[BannonsLiver]

10. Indeed. And it's not good.

This is a hill he’d be better off skipping.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Not that many responses and still a lot of them are missing the point.

[TheProle]

9. Michael is a fairly gifted writer

but lately he is seemingly incapable of writing anything that isn't classic yellow journalism.

He's very much a product of his time, but his writing will not age well.