Thursday, September 22, 2011

Dumb Things White People Say: thetart: White kids? I need y’all to listen. We are not all Troy...

Dumb Things White People Say: thetart: White kids? I need y’all to listen. We are not all Troy...

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White kids? I need y’all to listen.


We are not all Troy Davis.


This would not happen to us.


No, cork it and let that settle in for a second. This would not happen to us in this country and in this “justice” system and in this white supremacist culture that lets us think it’s the…



Um, no. When one person is put to death “legally” it harms all of us. I understand whites have it easiest because it’s supposed to be “our society” but the reality is that if the system wants to let you fall between the cracks, it can.  Period.  


Talk statistics all you want, but statistics don’t mean shit when it’s *you* on trial. So as long as any human can be put to death by accident, we need to fight the death penalty. 


We’re all potential Troy Davises, regardless of our ethnicity. End. Of. Story. 

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