To tweet this, especially after yesterday's events, is not only wrong but wilfully stupid and mean.
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It is also divorced from reality. You may as well have hash-tagged this with "all lives matter."
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Agreed. Also: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu
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This is an unbelievably bad tweet.
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When the public is overwhelmed with emotion we need others to stay calm and rational. Not join us in our outrage.
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That's not what's happening here, though. Pinker has bought into the Tomi Lauren argument and that's a disappointing development.
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Focusing on race doesn't distract from solving the problem of institutionalized racism enforced by the police. Jesus dude.
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Then explain why more black cops kill blacks than white cops do..are black cops trying to prove themselves? To the whiteracist cops ?
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This is such a backwards, privileged stance to take, Steve.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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That really misses the point, even of the article itself, which enumerates so many examples that implicate race in these police encounters
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We all have biases, and this tweet betrays yours. I wish you were a bit more upfront about that, here and in your work that touches on it
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He's like the minor celebrity who does a Reddit AMA just to promote his new book, and it ends up a disaster.
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I would suggest we focus on race of the evidence indicates disproportionality, which it does.
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I doubt you've read the statistics on how black communities are over policed.
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