At least 90% of 'racism' is stereotype formation, which is a basic, normal, and broadly functional cognitive process, so it isn't ever going to end unless sentient life does -- and the disappointed revolution keeps escalating.
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Plenty of data on where most of the murder is coming from.
It's a question of broken windows. Criminals will always kill criminals. When cops are allowed to kill with impunity it opens a potential floodgate of police brutality. It needs to be disincentivized.
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Or to put it in the most racist way possible, we should have higher expectations for cops than we do for the average black person.
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I'd settle for *any* expectations for the avg black person to be honest
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Criminals also kill innocents, at way higher rates than cops. You might want to adjust your calculations.
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It's still possible to keep and bear arms to a reasonable extent in most of the country. I believe self-defense is an individual responsibility, and work to promote the 2nd amendment by supporting grassroots pro-gun organizations financially and trying to keep people informed.
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yeah true maybe more white ppl should be upset enough to protest or amplify profests when an unarmed white person is killed by militarized police forces or somethin
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While that all sounds plausible, it's the Ferguson Effect that in fact happens.
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It may. It may also be a complement of some part of both. I tend to side against the state and in favor of liberty even when it's expensive in some way. Ultimately whatever is going on is messy enough that I'm happy to just wait until post-singularity AI figures it out.
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Qualified Immunity is pretty bad.
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