baltimore

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Jesse Williams on the baltimore riots, quoted in full b.c. twitter is a rough medium for complex thoughts:

If you don't actually care about Black people having equal protection under the law, why are you making suggestions to those who do?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

What are the critical elements that constitute a "riot" and when do riots offend you?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

If we view rioting as a mass temper tantrum expressed through violence & property damage, white sports fans do that monthly. #Tradition
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

1 group can burn & loot when a team scores less points than another but when paid public servants kill citizens, we gotta be BaggerVance?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Where are all the think pieces & coverage of the pathology of white culture every time white frustration vents violence & destruction?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

There is nothing "black" about rioting. How do you think we got all this land?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Historically riots have been tools for intimidation; destroying populations, taking land & valuables. #BlowingOffSteam #BoysWillBeBoys
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Whites rioted throughout the early 1900s, slaughtering, burning & looting entire thriving black townships, just because of the adjective.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

You've watched hulking bullies w/ badges, robes & money brutalize, kill & cage human beings every yr of your entire lives & said nothing.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

So Exactly What Kind Of Violence Don't You Like?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Police & policies have been rioting on our bodies; destroying people & property every single day of your lives. But here you come...
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

...When the beaten, marinated in centuries of trauma, pain & distress, manage to muster a response, here you come, squealing; revealing.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

You seem to really hate when people do "things that aren't helping" like contextualizing issues based on empirical evidence. #UghTheWorst!
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Things that "aren't helping" happen every single day though, which means you've had a million opportunities to research & contribute. #But
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

You have so much to say, yet we've never seen you out here you before. Who shows up after the event & criticizes the audience's reaction?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

So tell me again, what kind of violence it is that you detest? I keep forgetting. ToWhom? FromWhom? HowOften? For how long? InOrderToWhat?
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

The reaction to oppression has always been spun & marketed as validation for the status quo.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

Notice how the party slogan, no matter the font or cleche, always boils down to #NeverChange.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

You want us to condemn black folks being violent against PROPERTY but you NEVER condemn police killing actual PEOPLE. #Explain #JustTry
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 28, 2015

@henry, w.r.t. to burning ones own home down, the vast majority of businesses in black neighborhoods in America are not black owned.