Re: [WardFive] Albert Einstein on Racism -- "a disease of White people,"! I assume we have some who aren't!!

Well Rob, 

We have a moment now after the death of Dillon Taylor (white guy) and Michael Brown (black guy) to have a serious talk about the militarization of police departments writ large. We have a moment to realize that race is important, but so is class, and the bigger issue is that our cops are not close quarters combat (CQC) soldiers. Until we grapple with the latter, the former two will not matter. We will always have race and class, sex and gender, etc. What we can affect is the militarization of police departments. It goes beyond weapons, but to an entire attitude centered around a perversion of protecting and serving. Police service like all public service is noble. There are amazing police officials that do excellent work protecting the public and the peace. That notwithstanding, if cops want to engage in military style CQC efforts then they should join the military. Law enforcement, as we saw during Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidian standoffs, can go too far. We don't know why Misters Brown and Taylor were shot. Perhaps the cops feared for their lives. There really is no way to know, what is clear is the paramilitary approach should be used sparingly if at all. If military force is needed, then get this, deploy the national guard (yes it's what MO ultimately did). They are trained to deploy military processes because, well, they are military.

Now for the racial profiteers, the dead white guy presents a problem. They can't make money or grow influence if they elevate the dead white guy story. All the propaganda masks a fact that was common to both dead young men. They were working class to poor. Instead of working towards common ground around looking at police use of deadly force or anything that could benefit all. The liberal advocacy industrial complex has Michael Brown, the conservative advocacy industrial complex has Dillon Taylor. What's sad is nothing will happen long term. Well except for a wealthy person getting slapped on the wrist for racing police in an expensive sports car, or shooting a man in their living room. Money it seems heals even the racial divide.

Robby AKA Uncle T.

 

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On Monday, August 25, 2014 11:56 AM, Rob <indianrob@gmail.com> wrote:

Good Morning,

Just wanted to share this wonderful piece of information:

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/albert-einstein-civil-rights-activist/

According to Gates, an African-American physicist  "These examples have led him to conclude that "diversity actually matters, independent of the moral argument." Gates said he believes "there is a science of diversity out there waiting for scholars to discover it."

The issue is whether or not we want to embrace the responsibility we all share in asking ourselves simple questions like one that Einstein may have asked himself,

"What would my (My = my father, grandfather, great grand-father, (mother) etc.) life be like if I were black?"

Ask yourself a simple question like this --- How many of our young White/European American Boys have been shot and killed by our Police Officer here in United States?

Why is it that we don't know that Albert Einstein, a Jew and one of the most revered intelligent persons ever, was such an active fighter for Civil Rights here in America. While Einstein can make a general statement like "a disease of White people", we dare not. So we know that we have some Whites/European Americans who are not Racist, we just need to identify who they are. A good way would be to see who all aligns with our struggles, especially the rights of our Children!!

I wonder what other information is hidden from us?

Rob

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