heartbreaking insidious disaeseI don’t like to talk about this, but I feel that it’s a perfect example of systematic racism. My healthy 19 year old son told me he thought he was having a heart attack. He looked fine-I thought he was joking, but he said he was serious & that he’d collapsed outside. Without another word, I grabbed my keys, said come on & we went to the ER. They took him straight back & a doctor never came in to see him. As a woman who has sickle cell anemia, I have more experience than most with going to the hospital, and have NEVER only seen a nurse practitioner but I was told that was normal, so it may be. She came in & asked a normal battery of questions, including asking if he smoked or did drugs. He answered. But then she asked him again if he smoked or did drugs. And I went off. I explained to her that I wasn’t sure if my 19 year old had ever smoked weed, but I could assure her that’s not what he was doing at home with his momma, so can we move forward & find out why his chest hurts. I was FURIOUS. They took blood, did an ekg, sent us home in a really quick amount of time. But when she comes back in with his results, the first thing that (insert cuss word-I want to cuss so bad), was, “well your toxicology screens were clear.” Who was ever concerned about that!!!! If you know my children, you know that I have some of the most well mannered, well spoken, respectful young men on the planet. And if you know me as a parent, you know I am the opposite of all that when it comes to my children. I wanted to show my complete ass. I cut her off & asked about his other results. I was there the entire time-so I know they knew his entire medical history & mine & his father’s, & everything. Anyway, she shrugged, said his heart was healthier than hers & said she diagnosed him with anxiety, (without asking the first question about his feelings or anything to determine that he had anxiety). I followed up with his Dr. because I felt that woman saw a young black man & assumed he did drugs. Now with two medical professionals stating he had anxiety & no cardiologist referral, we resume life as normal & then one day, while playing basketball with friends, his heart stops. After waiting 5 months for an autopsy I am told that his death was preventable had medical professionals ordered the correct tests that 1 time that he showed a symptom. That 19 yr olds rarely have heart attacks, but can have heart defects & the fact that he collapsed was THE telltale sign. A simple order for a test or referral to a cardiologist could’ve saved his life. Now, let’s rewind to the experience I had with a younger white child that I know was smoking weed & went to the ER for chest pains & they kept him overnight for observation.
This is how systemic racism works. You’re not listened to, dismissed, & overlooked. This is why more black women die giving birth. I suspect it’s one of the reasons black people are dying at higher rates from COVID.
Now let me move on to the rioting & looting that no one understands. The day that my physician told me my son’s death was preventable & that I should sue, I came home & sat in my car & thought about going up the road & blowing the hospital up. I cannot express to you how serious I am when I tell you I meant it. I wanted to burn it down. I didn’t care about who’s mother, father, lover, or friend was in there. I wanted to light it up. It was 5pm & I walked in my house & went to bed-to stop myself from going to jail. I spoke to a lawyer-but the rage I felt at discussing this was so unhealthy, that I chose to ignore it until I could do so without committing homocide. I still would gladly go to jail the day I see that woman again. Racism is more than ppl calling you nigger. It’s getting pulled over & asked whose car you’re driving if it’s nice. It’s being asked repeatedly about drugs you don’t use. It’s going to the doctor & making complaints repeatedly & never having tests done that could save your life when your counterparts don’t complain & get them. It’s being ignored, dismissed, overlooked, & corrected when you’re correct! Its being told things aren’t racist from people who’ve never experienced racism. It’s being told all lives matter, when the country has shown you that your black one doesn’t matter to them. It’s having your entire history told on the news when you’re the victim, but not that of your killer. It’s knowing when white kids shoot up schools & the news reporting them as being bullied, but black kids are thugs & go to jail until 21 for getting in a fight. It’s all the things you don’t know that happen because it will never happen to you-which is why we call it white privilege. Use it to help your friends who live without it, everyday. #nola The NOLA Network #nootherlifeaffected
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yeh it is, but lets stop acting like theres only one race that suffers it please.
Just Jess take urself to saudia arabia and express ur views, lets see how long u would last? Then come back and tell us how black racial issues are the biggest problems on the planet.
When did I ever say that?
ill say this, loud and clear - GO FUCK YOURSELF.
you people don’t want to acknowledge there’s a racism problem in this country? Does it threaten you in some way? Does it make you feel insecure when someone challenges you to take a real look at yourself?
I never said it was the biggest problem in the world. This isn’t a dick measuring contest. And I guarantee you if they were black but paying cash for services they would have got the best medical care in the world. But it is a problem and it also happens to be the topic of this thread. So buzz off if you don’t like it. Start a white pride boo boo thread somewhere else
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The plight of natural man and his carnal disposition to his neighbor...
...foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another. (Titis 3:3)
Man has always been racist toward himself.
...foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another. (Titis 3:3)
Man has always been racist toward himself.
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wow, lovely. Lol i have a bigger dog in this race than u can imagine, I just see hypocrisy and its annyoing. I also know when the narratives being pushed. Get over it, ur not going to brainwash everybody.
Playing off the edit: I'm secure with my size. lol
I'm perfectly ok with you speaking of injustice in America. And telling people to fuck off. lolz
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More white supremacist institutional structural systemic racism against American blacks coming their way:
Beshear promises health insurance for all black Kentuckians
Beshear promises health insurance for all black Kentuckians
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I just think people are really thick that they think the media and celebs (tools of the elite) arent being used to push a narrative while REAL STORIES like organ harvesting, child abduction etc. all still FLY under the radar, and yet OH NO, We are cracking the code of racism they didnt want people to know about... NEXT ON CNN - COP KILLS BLACK GUY, AND JAMIE FOXX SPEAKS OUT, come on man ur being Plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayed, player.
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The media and celebs most certainly do try to sell you a narrative but it doesn't mean they don't hijack well and just meaned movements. The media is simply taking a real issue, racism, and twisting it to suit their motives, which is to sow division among the masses.
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Why would you post that? You don’t like the outcome of D-Day. Babylon Bee is a lame ass Onion for boomer Christians anyway.
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Many have made lies their refuge, and in falsehood they do take shelter (Isaiah 28:15)
Not to discount, but looks a bit young for D-day. Maybe Korea?
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We become angry at those who come across as if they don't acknowledge racism, but how come nobody can acknowledge that racism is a form of hatred that ultimately comes from the human heart. Why cant we acknowledge that man is not good and that he is moreso predisposed to do evil to his neighbor than good, whether that evil be through indifference and lack of regard or a direct action. Why cant we acknowledge that the heart of man is evil?
Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
In order for racism and hatred to be properly dealt with first there needs to be a reform of the human heart.
Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
In order for racism and hatred to be properly dealt with first there needs to be a reform of the human heart.
The funny thing is that some people seem to be simple minded enough to believe that it’s impossible to 1) realize a narrative is being pushed for nefarious purposes and 2) realize that there’s a real issue going on which is allowing the narrative to exist and be exploited to begin with.
I became angry because someone put words in my mouth that I never said nor implied. And it isn’t the first time it’s happened. It’s happening quite frequently lately. There’s no deeper to dig there.
start a thread on the worst problem facing the world and racism or police violence won’t be my answer.
man is not inherently evil, we are not predisposed to hate. We are just easily manipulated.
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'I haven't seen s**t like this before': Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said rioters are 'f**ing lawless' in meeting with panicked officials who described gang members walking around with AK-47s during George Floyd unrest
www.dailymail.co.uk
Chicago Mayor says rioters are 'f**ing lawless'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot briefed the city's 50 aldermen during an online conference call on May 31 about the civil unrest which has broken out following the slaying of black man George Floyd.
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The problem stares us right in the face, yet we choose to disregard the obvious out of pride and because of its implications of ourselves. If we are the inhabitants of this earth then who else do we have to blame for the worlds woes than ourselves? The fact that it is within the heart of man in the first place to seek to manipulate and that mans heart is easily manipulated testifies against man. We say we aren't evil yet look at human history. Look at the kind of society we live in and the trends and norms people embrace. The very things that destroy us. Jesus said men loved darkness rather than light.
John 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],
John 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
Mark 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mark 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Look at this thread and all the vulgarity and malice exhibited here.