Mass Shooting Thread: Waiting on the next one.

[debso]

at some point the elephant in the room as far as American culture has to be addressed; real talk.

 

[htg designs]

at some point the elephant in the room as far as American culture has to be addressed; real talk.

Not sure what elephant that is, but I know that ***** white

 

[frink85]

at some point the elephant in the room as far as American culture has to be addressed; real talk.

we try, they dont want to talk about it. 2nd amendment over human life.

 

[getback]

 

[gentrification]

I think this stems from smartphones, social media and men and women not interacting like they did in the past. People use to be social, women use to flirt. The game is all ****ed up.

 

[iamdef]

Y'all gotta stop blaming social media and phones for stuff, it's deeper than that

 

[Nouss]

Y'all gotta stop blaming social media and phones for stuff, it's deeper than that

Seeing as spree shooters existed before the social media era, you have a point but in today's world they are inextricably linked and feed off one another.

 

[iamdef]

2 Dead 1 Injured in West Fort Worth
At another church in Texas

 

[Mactastic4167]

America gonna America. Nothing new to see here. Actually wondering what was taking so long. been about 2 months since the last church was shot up.

 

[superblytrife]

Damn, there’s really a town called “White Settlement”? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but damn lol.

 

[cosmiccoffee9]

Damn, there’s really a town called “White Settlement”? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but damn lol.

only semi-related, but "Levittowns" represent another fun story of planned segregation.

At 50, Levittown Contends With Its Legacy of Bias (Published 1997)

Year-long 50th-birthday party for Levittown, NY, is winding down, but not everyone has been celebrating; Eugene Burnett, World War II veteran who was excluded from pioneering Long Island suburb because he is black, says it is symbolic of segregation in America; blacks have represented less than...

www.nytimes.com

The year-long 50th-birthday party for this pioneering suburb on Long Island is winding down. The parade drew 5,000 marchers[...]but not everyone touched by the Levittown experience has been celebrating.

''The anniversary leaves me cold,'' said Eugene Burnett, who was among thousands of military veterans who lined up for their green patch of the American dream here after World War II. But he was turned away because he is black. ''It's symbolic of segregation in America,'' he said. ''That's the legacy of Levittown.

''When I hear 'Levittown,' what rings in my mind is when the salesman said: 'It's not me, you see, but the owners of this development have not as yet decided whether they're going to sell these homes to Negroes,'

'' Mr. Burnett, now a retired Suffolk County police sergeant, recalled. He said he still stings from ''the feeling of rejection on that long ride back to Harlem.''

The salesman was not honest with Mr. Burnett. Blacks and other minorities had no chance of getting in, because Levitt had decided from the start to admit only whites.

it gets deeper...

The whites-only policy was not some unspoken gentlemen's agreement. It was cast in bold capital letters in clause 25 of the standard lease for the first Levitt houses, which included an option to buy.

It stated that the home could not ''be used or occupied by any person other than members of the Caucasian race.''

That clause was dropped in 1948 after the United States Supreme Court, ruling on another case, declared such restrictions to be ''unenforceable as law and contrary to public policy.'

...but wait, there's more!

Ignoring the law of the land, however, Levitt continued adhering to its racial bar. Levittown quickly filled up with young white families. Minority residents trickled in during the 1950's, but the pattern was set.

Today Levittown has changed, but only a little. While the community has more minority residents than ever, it remains overwhelmingly white -- 97.37 percent in the 1990 census.

if you live in the areas of NY, Baltimore, DC, or Philly, you've probably seen one on a map near you.

woo American history!

 

[alchemist iq]

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[Mark Antony]

Another example of systemic racism that people claim doesn't exist. You finally "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" only to find it didn't matter anyways, there's no housing available outside the hood to you.

 

[alchemist iq]

woo American history!

and future this still occurs in parts of manhattan(from my experience), and across America today.

 

[cosmiccoffee9]

Another example of systemic racism that people claim doesn't exist. You finally "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" only to find it didn't matter anyways, there's no housing available outside the hood to you.

it's a lost cause from where I'm sitting, and I truly believe that.

and future this still occurs in parts of manhattan(from my experience), and across America today.

what is today called "gentrification" is pretty much the same thing repackaged.

if most rich people are from one subset of society, and only rich people can live in a place....

 

[dinyc3st]

Damn, there’s really a town called “White Settlement”? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but damn lol.

Bruh.....That's the first thing I've thought of.................

 

[getback]

All types of scary going on here

 

[DrizzyNYC]

I commend white people for the way they stay ON CODE via the justice system and media for their criminals. As soon as we have a mass shooting they begin to talk about bullying, mental illness, show his baby pictures, talk to family and neighbors who have well words about the person etc.

We had a clearly mentally ill black man in NY who has been on disability for schizophrenia for the last 12 years stab some people and the president and governor immediately came out and called him a terrorist lol

Everything We Know About the Monsey Hanukkah Attack

Governor Cuomo called the attack an act of domestic terrorism. Some Orthodox Jewish leaders are asking him to deploy the National Guard.

nymag.com

 

[mr s j king]

Damn, there’s really a town called “White Settlement”? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but damn lol.

I'm sure every city in America named by a white person inherently means "white settlement" lol

 

[Benny Hinn]

Saw this bumped. Feared we were starting the new year with another one

 

[wr]

I'm sure every city in America named by a white person inherently means "white settlement" lol

They were bold enough to call it what it really was and is.

 

[wr]

tr1ll

 

[KHUFU]

White Settlement.

You see, but there are quite a few posters here who love to tout JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR CHARACTER.

Examples such as these is why I wish I could hit them with a resounding, Brooklyn style, F U right here on NikeTalk.

 

[mr s j king]

They were bold enough to call it what it really was and is.

These folks down here still talking about seceding

 

[alchemist iq]