No Moment of Silence?

[ATWizJr]

I am not opposed to a moment of silence, but pumata makes some very good points.   Were there moments of silence after the mass killings in Scandinavia involving dozens more children?    But we can debate this out to infinity.    MU chose to not have a moment of silence this past weekend.    Oh, well.   If I lived in Connecticut, I would be looking for a deputy for whom to buy a donut.   Triaging that place must have been horrific.

  Yeah, probably guess there were....in the country in which the slaughter occurred.

[pumata]

For Christ sakes.....

I'm going to respect the rules of this board, but if we really want to get into fair/unfair and shootings/murders per race, etc i'd be happy to provide you with my email address and we can debate this.  Please don't pull the racism card because this tragedy happened in American in a heavily white populated area.  If the media was to report about killings in south africa, etc, there wouldn't be enough time throughout the day to report them all. This is a big deal because of the age of the involved victims and how often this doesn't happen. But please spare us the racisml lecture.

You miss the point entirely.

[GGGG]

There is what? Need I remind you that the basketball team you follow, the reason you post here, is virtually 100% composed of sons of Africa. How dare you dismiss my comments with such a statement then go back to cheering for a bunch of black boys in underwear who evidently humor and entertain you. I spent 4 years at Marquette. I never truly felt accepted for the simple fact of my complexion. I know team members and have gotten to know Glenn Rivers. We compared notes and I can tell you that a black male feels the sting of racism daily and this was includes our time at Marquette. Ask Mr. Rivers how his fellow students felt about his relationship with his now wife Kris. Why should a man who truly stood as the face of the University have to hide his love for a woman? It was people who make comments such as, "there it is..." who deplore the uppity black male be it in matters of academic achievement, business acumen, or interracial relationships. I look forward to the day when we hold a moment of silence for the passing of the latent form of racism embraced by middle class whites who make statements such as the one I have quoted. Golden is the sort of guy who probably has "a couple black friends."

I think you are the one making assumptions and presumptions now.  I mean, how do you know Golden isn't a son of Africa as well?  Does he "post like a white boy?"

Look, you made your point, and I'm sorry that your Marquette experience wasn't satisfactory.  But you're over your skis here.  The fact is that the Newtown tragedy is getting more airplay than a church bombing in Nigeria because it happened in this country, and people in this country can relate more to happenings in Connecticut than they can in Nigeria.  

[ATWizJr]

There is what? Need I remind you that the basketball team you follow, the reason you post here, is virtually 100% composed of sons of Africa. How dare you dismiss my comments with such a statement then go back to cheering for a bunch of black boys in underwear who evidently humor and entertain you. I spent 4 years at Marquette. I never truly felt accepted for the simple fact of my complexion. I know team members and have gotten to know Glenn Rivers. We compared notes and I can tell you that a black male feels the sting of racism daily and this was includes our time at Marquette. Ask Mr. Rivers how his fellow students felt about his relationship with his now wife Kris. Why should a man who truly stood as the face of the University have to hide his love for a woman? It was people who make comments such as, "there it is..." who deplore the uppity black male be it in matters of academic achievement, business acumen, or interracial relationships. I look forward to the day when we hold a moment of silence for the passing of the latent form of racism embraced by middle class whites who make statements such as the one I have quoted. Golden is the sort of guy who probably has "a couple black friends."

 

So, you think the national outrage would have been less if the 20 kids slaughtered in their classroom were "sons/daughters of Africa?"  Disagree.  And, wouldn't they have been son/daughters of America?    

[TheButlerDidIt]

Di also did not "grease" herself, her drunken chauffeur did.

[TheButlerDidIt]

Lock? Superbar?

[Lennys Tap]

If you can get past the racism/bigotry in his/her posts, Pumata makes some good points. Thing is, it's human nature (not just being "white folks") that dictates how we react to senseless tragedies. When something happens on American soil (including innocent black children caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting), people are more apt to light candles, attend vigils, etc.

Part of it is the  media coverage (or lack thereof). Part of it is that people (silly people) actually think they can stop the evil/insanity here but acknowledge their helplessness in faraway places. Maybe people triage their anger/grief and by the time they get past family, local, country there's not a great deal left.

The crap about Diana - I agree with Pumata, but it's not racial, it's celebrity.

[TheButlerDidIt]

I should add that I also think the Di silence thing was crap.

[Golden Avalanche]

There is what? Need I remind you that the basketball team you follow, the reason you post here, is virtually 100% composed of sons of Africa. How dare you dismiss my comments with such a statement then go back to cheering for a bunch of black boys in underwear who evidently humor and entertain you. I spent 4 years at Marquette. I never truly felt accepted for the simple fact of my complexion. I know team members and have gotten to know Glenn Rivers. We compared notes and I can tell you that a black male feels the sting of racism daily and this was includes our time at Marquette. Ask Mr. Rivers how his fellow students felt about his relationship with his now wife Kris. Why should a man who truly stood as the face of the University have to hide his love for a woman? It was people who make comments such as, "there it is..." who deplore the uppity black male be it in matters of academic achievement, business acumen, or interracial relationships. I look forward to the day when we hold a moment of silence for the passing of the latent form of racism embraced by middle class whites who make statements such as the one I have quoted. Golden is the sort of guy who probably has "a couple black friends."

From a posting of four words, a comma, and an ellipsis you were able to psychologically deconstruct me. Thanks for saving me some money.

[Real Chilly Podcast]

pumata is the only one here being racist.

if this killing were at a school that was mostly minorities, the story would still be equally as painful and mainstreamed because it was children who were killed.

for someone to repeatedly point out that the victims were "upper middle class WHITE children" and then imply that watching basketball is our equivalent of having a chamber jester dance for us is both insulting and ignorant.

you shrug off this tragedy because of the race of the children and then suggest that we don't care about anyone in Africa?  

you are a disgusting person with some major resentment issues directed at a single race.  

THAT -- is what a racist is

[mu_hilltopper]

This is why we can't have nice things.