Science Fiction Writers of America: Statement on BLM and Protests

The whole world get crazy because of one video of police brutality against a black man. Everybody expect me to think that this anecdote is a testament to the general state of anybody who is not white enough everywhere in the world. Why? Would you expect me to form my opinion about global warming because of one sunny or cold day? Maybe I am too autistic but I just don't buy it.

From what I see there is a preferential treatment of non white people in all aspect of life which many of them capitalise on except from a sub segment of the black American community, namely blacks who are slave descendants. Well, those people can work on improving their situation like other non white people, for example African immigrants or Indians or Iranians or any other non white successful group but what it got to do with me? I got nothing to contribute to them, I am not their parents, they should sort their own problems themselves.

Re: Science Fiction Writers of America: Statement on BLM and Protests

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Post by mellow2020 » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 7:26 PM UTC

Golemiprague, you're shadowbanned, but you can watch the full 16 minutes of this video to get a feeling for the tip of the iceberg of this issue: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Byk2axDVNHE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd

This isn't just "police brutality".

> Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was lying face down handcuffed on the street. Two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth officer prevented onlookers from intervening. Floyd, who was being arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit bill at a nearby market, begged for his life, repeatedly telling officers "I can't breathe". During the final three minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. While the onlookers repeatedly pleaded to let Floyd go, officers made no attempt to revive him, and Chauvin's knee remained on his neck even as emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.

This is cold blooded murder by someone who thinks he should be untouchable. Just like the wanton brutality you see in the video above emanates from such people. Their pathology is one ingredient, the others are technology and special privileges.

If you consider yourself an intellectual, someone who values ideas over raw power and brutality, you must stand against it, simple as that. That's not "getting crazy", that's having a backbone as well as intellectual integrity. Unless you yourself would accept a boot to the neck as an argument against anything you might say in any situation someone else might dislike what you say, then you cannot be silent as others are treated this way. None of this should even need saying.