Indigenous Marchers, Covington Catholic HS, and Black Israelites preachers = a buffet of media mess

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InVOLuntary said:
Now we can see the true Ash.
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Yes, I get agitated at the lack of civility shown to my friends. One of my friends, and undergraduate international student from Honduras, was accosted in the edge of campus by two students in a jacked-up pickup truck flying a Confederate flag. They pulled up in front of him and yelled at him to go back to Mexico. When he replied "I'm not from there, Mexico will just deport me back here," they got pissed. He ducked inside the gas station he had just left and waited until they left.

The orchestra program here at Southern Miss has sixteen countries represented, with most of our grad students coming from South America. One of my best friends in my PhD program is from Mexico City. The stories that have to share about the kindness they experience will warm your heart, but they've also got horrible stories of their time here intersecting with gross levels of xenophobia and isolationism.

I just shrugged all of this kind of thing off as happening somewhere else to people I didn't know until it started happening within blocks of me to people I hold dear. It changes your perspective a bit. I hurt for them when they're treated like trash; it stirs up a righteous indignation.
 
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CABVOL said:
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My god who is that?
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
One was admittedly bad journalism (BuzzFeed, a fringe outlet - not MSM) and the other was simply a rush to judgment, which is not good... but an honest mistake, nevertheless.
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both were trash "journalism" they only pushed the stories because they painted Trump and his supporters in a bad light. Period. Has any of the DNC media reported on those black guys calling 16 years old racists,incest babies,crackers, etc..?
 
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Septic said:
I don't think they are saying it, so much as they are showing a kid in black-face yelling at a black kid. I wonder if they'll make the case that they were all just there and a basketball game broke out in front of them?
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Reminded me of something funny that happened recently...

They were showing off Kyler Murray's Heisman Trophy at one of the OU men's b-ball games not long ago. We called it "the Heisman Award picture opportunity with a basketball game playing in the background."
 
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AshG said:
Yes, I get agitated at the lack of civility shown to my friends. One of my friends, and undergraduate international student from Honduras, was accosted in the edge of campus by two students in a jacked-up pickup truck flying a Confederate flag. They pulled up in front of him and yelled at him to go back to Mexico. When he replied "I'm not from there, Mexico will just deport me back here," they got pissed. He ducked inside the gas station he had just left and waited until they left.

The orchestra program here at Southern Miss has sixteen countries represented, with most of our grad students coming from South America. One of my best friends in my PhD program is from Mexico City. The stories that have to share about the kindness they experience will warm your heart, but they've also got horrible stories of their time here intersecting with gross levels of xenophobia and isolationism.

I just shrugged all of this kind of thing off as happening somewhere else to people I didn't know until it started happening within blocks of me to people I hold dear. It changes your perspective a bit. I hurt for them when they're treated like trash; it stirs up a righteous indignation.
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I call Bull Shot!
 
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Septic said:
I don't think they are saying it, so much as they are showing a kid in black-face yelling at a black kid. I wonder if they'll make the case that they were all just there and a basketball game broke out in front of them?
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ive read others discussing the kids in black face. i don't see it. yes, a few have their faces painted black but it doesn't resemble the stereotypical black face of Hollywood in the 20s and 30s. So, technically faces are black but it doesn't look like it is black face.
 
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AshG said:
Once the mob has their pitchforks and torches they're not going to stop until someone burns at the stake. I've tried giving the full story to some of my friend who are still going off on the original video. The full length version doesn't fit their narrative so it may as well not exist.
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I'm glad you have had an awakening and see there is always more to the story.
 
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AshG said:
Then I've failed at establishing any sort of credibility. Might be a sign for me to slip quietly back to lurking elsewhere here.
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Nah, you don't need to go anywhere. WGAF about ecred.
 
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McDad said:
ive read others discussing the kids in black face. i don't see it. yes, a few have their faces painted black but it doesn't resemble the stereotypical black face of Hollywood in the 20s and 30s. So, technically faces are black but it doesn't look like it is black face.
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I only see the one, black face and white eyes and lips. Lil black Sambo had the white eyes and red lips.

Maybe there was no intent at racism at all or maybe they just suck at details. Either way, all white people that put blackface make-up on in any capacity and have even the slightest potential of being photographed taunting a black kid should pump thine brakes and reconsider.
 
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