Daughter, I read this story today and I cannot tell you how much my heart aches for this man…

…e victim, as "aggressive" is more than insensitive; it's widely inaccurate, given the circumstances. What's more aggressive, crying out in anguish over your hunger, thirst, and discontent or strangling a man to death? The irony isn't lost on the Black community that many refuse to describe the White man's violent conduct as aggressive but were quick to jump on the blame-the-victim bandwagon. Describing Neely as "aggressive" leans into a racist stereotype, which suggests Black people are in…
How Racial Stereotypes Dehumanize Black Victims Like Jordan Neely
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Deb C.🇵🇸💚
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May 4, 2023
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Daughter, I read this story today and I cannot tell you how much my heart aches for this man, killed by a chokehold -- on a fuck*n' subway!! I didn't watch the video when I read the story, because the breadth of Black trauma porn has my head spinnin' like Linda-damned-Blair in The Exorcist -- it's just killin' my old ass!
Thank you for writing this and asking the hard questions, Darlin'. Open season on Black folk continues...
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Former Navy Russian linguist, Realtor, Claims Adjuster, OpEd columnist/Features writer at a small, S. Florida newspaper. Since 2007, blogged at “Let’s Be Clear”
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