SERIOUSLY.

Best use of $12 nachos I've ever seen.

That’s cute. I wish I had a ready made meme based on false assumptions and racial prejeduce in my back pocket to prove poorly reasoned arguments. Oh wait... that would make me a shortsighted and willfully ignorant asshole.

AGAIN. Saying “black people make up 12% of the population but commit 50% of the crime” is a really stupid and inaccurate way of saying “12% of the population has been locked in a multi-generational cycle of poverty and violence because the system is fundamentally rigged against them from the start, based on race”.

Again. Saying “black people make up 12% of the population but commit 50% of the crime” is a really stupid and inaccurate way of saying “12% of the population has been locked in a multi-generational cycle of poverty and violence because the system is fundamentally rigged against them from the start, based on race”.

Saying “black people make up 12% of the population but commit 50% of the crime” is a really stupid and inaccurate way of saying “12% of the population has been locked in a multi-generational cycle of poverty and violence because the system is fundamentally rigged against them from the start, based on race”.

That right there is some bullshit. Thank god you had a White Guy On The Intetnet there to point that out to you! My BET award is in the mail, right?

You’re absolutely right that we shouldn’t have to rely on Pokemon to have this conversation. But there’s also an intersection there. My 13 yr old son and I had to have a conversation about this shit before he left the house to play it the other day. This article was super relevant to us, unfortunately. (We live not to…

Great post by the way. Just had this same conversation with my 13yr old son.

But you understand that black and brown folks have been told to “comply” with injustice in this country for a really long fucking time, right? And that the end result is too often even further injustice? Or even simply disrespect? That shit adds up. It’s exhausting. It’s demoralizing. It’s dehumanizing. I’m not really…

Well, first of all, if you “don’t think people are equal” based on race, you’re an asshole, and you’re on the wrong side of history at this point. My point is that saying “black people make up 12% of the population but commit 50% of the crime” is a really stupid and inaccurate way of saying “12% of the population has…

Ummm okay? But you understand that there very premise of “All things being equal" is fundamentally and demonstratably flawed, right? I'm reading that into your message because it's an assumption that people start from when they cherry pick statistics like yours.

Eh, it feels good every now and then. I try not to make a habit of it though.

Shhhhhhhh... The adults are talking.

I think you might’ve missed the point of the article. The author never blamed Nintendo. He pointed out his own experience having fun with the game was tainted by the realization that he could very well find himself in a bad situation simply by playing the game as intended. That as a minority, his actions are more…

Aaaand there it is. Why don't you just fuck right off now, okay?

Racism is best described as Prejeduce + Power. Prejeduce is not exclusive, and crosses ethnic, racial and even religious lines. It's racism when you have the power (courts/law enforcement/banks/school systems) to back it up.

Dude. The cops where you live must be waaaaay more chill than they are where I live.

Okay, now adjust those numbers to reflect the fact that blacks only make up about 12% of the population in the U.S. That’s why it’s alarming.

CRISIS AVERTED.