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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts) Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:33 PM Sep 2015

James Blake has every privilege except for skin color

Rich: check
Intelligent/educated: check and check
Athletic/healthy: check and check
famous: check
good looking: check
heterosexual: check
cis: check

But, since he's a black man in the United States, an uneducated, white NYPD goon felt free to assault him under color of law.

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James Blake has every privilege except for skin color (Original Post) geek tragedy Sep 2015 OP

Yup JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #1

I strongly suspect that a white man of similar age, stature, and clothing would have received Gormy Cuss Sep 2015 #2

NYPD Commissioner apologizes. moondust Sep 2015 #3

One cop already did. Expect a public hissy fit from the cop union's chief asshole Patty Lynch geek tragedy Sep 2015 #4

privilege isn't necessarily advantages you get because of what you are booley Sep 2015 #5

JustAnotherGen

(31,811 posts)

1. Yup

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:48 PM

Sep 2015

That pretty much sums it up. But shhhhhhhhhhhh . . . thou shalt not shatter illusions.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

2. I strongly suspect that a white man of similar age, stature, and clothing would have received

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:53 PM

Sep 2015

a polite request from the cop to show his ID and then be questioned because after all, credit card fraud isn't a violent crime.

moondust

(19,972 posts)

3. NYPD Commissioner apologizes.

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:56 PM

Sep 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/nyregion/james-blake-new-york-police-officer.html?_r=0

Can't mess with celebrity and privilege.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

4. One cop already did. Expect a public hissy fit from the cop union's chief asshole Patty Lynch

Reply to moondust (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:59 PM

Sep 2015

if the city disciplines the thug who assaulted James Blake.

booley

(3,855 posts)

5. privilege isn't necessarily advantages you get because of what you are

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 02:39 PM

Sep 2015

More often it's advantages you get because of what other people think you are.

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