Ohonsi's NBA Blog

I respect cops who sacrifice to protect and serve while I condemn those who are insecure, power-hungry little boys who bully civilians. It's possible to do both. Now let me say this: since cops viewed Jacob Blake as a threat, we need them to view Kyle Rittenhouse as one to. The same Kyle who walked up to a bunch of cops with a RIFLE strapped to him. The same Kyle who obviously was in no way shape or form, a part of any kind of law enforcement. No badge, no uniform, no nothing. All the cops did was tell him to leave. What upsets many black people is that if we tried that we definitely wouldn't be going home that day. We definitely wouldn't have been viewed as people trying to maintain law and order. We definitely wouldn't have gotten water to drink and gotten thanked for helping. Kyle got those benefits from those cops. 

For all of the "why does everything have to be about race" people. You've had the luxury of looking to the media to determine the extent of racism which makes you think that every conversation and occurrence regarding race relations from the George Floyd situation until now is just race baiting. There are some people who race bait but that doesn't change the fact that racism against minorities, primarily black people, is a huge issue. Segregation ended a long time ago but the effects of that, slavery to be more specific, are still prevalent. The Jim Crow era produced a significant amount of inequality for African Americans. The white power structure has made it much harder for us to succeed in economic situations such as quality of living, education, jobs and finances in general. The criminal justice system has been heavily favored against us (ex: the war on drugs). Most of black on black crime, which we need to spend more time talking about, is a result of turning on...