Consider the man committing the assault, the man recording it, the men laughing at it, and the man uploading it online with the tag “whitelivesdontmatter”. Now be honest: can you imagine any other racial/ethnic demographic behaving this way?
If the victim were Jewish, this would be a leading international headline for weeks. If the victim were black and the perpetrators white? Same thing. But because it’s a white victim with black perpetrators, it’s just a local story making a modest splash on social media.
If the victim were Jewish, this would be a leading international headline for weeks.
Would it? When black nationalists were assaulting Jews in New York and getting out with a $50 gift card, how long was that a leading international headline?
Consider the man committing the assault, the man recording it, the men laughing at it, and the man uploading it online with the tag “whitelivesdontmatter”. Now be honest: can you imagine any other racial/ethnic demographic behaving this way?
If the victim were Jewish, this would be a leading international headline for weeks. If the victim were black and the perpetrators white? Same thing. But because it’s a white victim with black perpetrators, it’s just a local story making a modest splash on social media.
Would it? When black nationalists were assaulting Jews in New York and getting out with a $50 gift card, how long was that a leading international headline?
Truth.