Aeiou posted the video:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ86hjUHRQ6InZFs3xgzYg?feature=watch
Let's get back to what the OP is about, tolerance in the black community. This has been my experience throughout my life, both personally and at work and in my family contacts. Many, still being oppressed, found time to care about my life, and I am forever grateful for support and kindnesses that some might think undeserved.
I remember a black executive weeping as I was advocating a case, he could clearly see that people were being mistreated by management - whites by other whites - in that case. He felt the injustice. Other black executives were much more honest about the views of the corporation and that they really didn't care about us, we had to take our health into account. He was warning us that they could not trusted. These two in particular did not hide behind their management position. Others that were coworkers also looked out after me.
True, I have run into what the people in the video would term ignorance in people of all races, genders, etc. Not being able to see beyond the package to the person within. But there are more people that are not, at least in my experience, being shown wisdom and kindness from childhood and years later.
The blacks who are silent in the face of the loud person, Rachel in the video, are no different whites unwilling to speak. They don't agree, but are afraid of such voices for various reasons. They will, as one women did at first, offer quiet comfort, that ended up being strident as they were also attacked for showing kindness. Some like myself, cannot bear to be silent, but that does not make me special, it's just that I felt safe to do so.
I have been in a number of situations like this in my life and spoke out, either loudly and faced people down, with sarcasm or whatever it took to defuse things. I also told whites that if they disrespected others, I would not support them. As I have gotten older, I am not as loud as I once was, but still will not put up with it. Fortunately, in my area, hate is uncommon.
I'll note specifically something that some might find surprising. At times when I was most put out by seeing a minority being disrespected in a group, and most usually that was a black, it was they who held me back. They didn't want to get me in trouble or on the 'outs' with white people. They knew what they were dealing with, and saw me as a bit naive and did not want me to be a target. I made some enemies speaking out, and they had no tolerance and did seek to get revenge.
But some whites did support my notions of equality. Those are my brothers and sisters and those come in every size, color and kind.
Thanks for posting this video. It was a good thing for today.
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