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In reply to the discussion: Cornell West On Sandy Hook: ‘We Can’t Just Shed Tears For Those On The Vanilla Side Of Town’ [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)76. One the one hand...
West could have been more tactful in the way he said this, and tact is useful in that people who normally would not listen to you can do so without their mental defenses being tripped.
However, as much as we can point fingers at West, the essential truth is the same. A lot of problems are not seen as problems until kids from the suburbs get hurt.
Did anyone pay attention to AIDS back when it was considered a Haitian disease?
Was Cocaine a problem until it hit the suburbs?
Note I say the suburbs, because in rural towns, there can be as much poverty and drug addiction as any inner city, but people just call those folks "poor white trash." Dr. West does not factor in that there are many shades of White.
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Cornell West On Sandy Hook: ‘We Can’t Just Shed Tears For Those On The Vanilla Side Of Town’ [View all]
Jamaal510
Jan 2013
OP
That's because the shooting of one person at a time doesn't have the same impact as 26. n/t
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#29
Perhaps, but 26 instances of one person shooting to death one other person does
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#67
Not much love for Dr West here on DU and it has been going on for a while now
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#12
Perhaps not much love or room on DU for truth and reality some days either
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#45
One only has to think of the missing blond girl of the month to know there is plenty of truth
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#72
Yes, I definitely agree with you on the fact that the media doesn't bother to cover
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#71
The nation would have been just as shocked if 20 young children had been gunned down
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#61
The purpose of identifying privilege is not to allow those without it a free pass
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#74
Really? Casey Anthony? any of those other white kid of the month abductions/slayings?
Sirveri
Jan 2013
#77
I am not just basing it on this, though his "vanilla" comment a disparaging racial remark, and it is
still_one
Jan 2013
#55
No...he said you guys don't pay attention unless it's "the vanilla side" of town. Pretty racist.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#70
Adam Lanza did not give a shit about the color of his victims, or the racial make-up of those kids
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#39
He is the chocolate antithesis of Ann Coulter. There, I said it. Say anything outrageous. nt
mfcorey1
Jan 2013
#43
West has a point. Further, one reason guns are so entrenched is that bigoted right wingers
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#51
I understand his point but using the terms he did to describe this doesn't help his cause.
Arcanetrance
Jan 2013
#58
It's like Sandy and Katrina. Americans say Katrina was NOTHING compared to Sandy.
RB TexLa
Jan 2013
#66