A broken, single-parent household produced a raging idiot who felt he was within his constitutional right to physically assault another person.
Boy did he FIND OUT.
@chiefpeskybull An unwarranted and impulsive physical assault with a bunch of thugs around encouraging that behavior, constitutes an opportunity to protect oneself without a duty to retreat in a stand your ground state.
@IsaacHayes3 It’s a victim mentality that has you folks looking at your shoelaces, daily. Get off the govt tit, work hard and apply yourselves. Any for profit will hire the most capable, irregardless of race. Stop being your own worst enemy.
Seeing and hearing Black people in different parts of the country, I honestly feel that a lot of you need to spend some time in Atlanta. Not just a few days, but a month or two, to really absorb what it’s like to not feel like a minority.
That alone changes how you hear the rest of the world.
I’ve been on calls in the past with white executives from other cities who have spoken to me in ways that immediately made me think, “Who do you think you’re talking to?” Because nobody talks to us like that in Atlanta.
And I think a lot of Black people in other parts of the country have been forced to live with so much disrespect, and daily microaggressions that some of it has become normalized. Not because it’s acceptable, but because survival, safety, and economic opportunity often require tolerating things that should never be tolerated.
What makes me sad is realizing how many Black people have never experienced what it feels like to move through a city where Black excellence is visible, Black leadership is common, Black wealth exists, and Black people are not constantly being reminded of their place.
When you spend enough time in an environment where you are respected, represented, and empowered, you stop negotiating with disrespect. You stop shrinking yourself to make other people comfortable. You stop confusing tolerance for acceptance.
And once you’ve experienced that, it’s very hard to go back.