re: FYI to the NBR community leaders & city officials devoting so much time on Alton Sterling

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we're not allowed to talk about it.

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That's the sad part, we can't talk about how roughly 5% of EBR is holding the other 95% hostage.

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Well, wouldn't crime shift to the location they "pushed" the criminals out?

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Yep. They all moved to Baton Rouge.

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When Sam Harris can't even have a conversation about race or religion without being called a bigot, we're in trouble. He's about the most rational, fact-based person you'll find but he's been maligned for having "real" conversations.

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This. It appears to be beyond the point where you can even have a conversation about this anymore.

Hell, blacks who try to address the issues are called Uncle Toms and worse.

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I didn't say their wouldn't be criticism. I don't think the minority of criticism and opinions should be taken as the majority view.

Even Mother Teresa had her critics.

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The issue isn't the criticism itself but rather who they're criticizing and who is doing the criticizing.

Rational people like him are being called "alt-right" and being dismissed by main stream figures who influence popular belief. That's a huge problem when prominent social figures are demonizing a person like that - especially in the social media world of today.

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If you fear criticism then you should never speak out.

Gravy again is a great example of someone who uses that to his advantage. Opposition calls him a race baiter and everything else. It just fuels his fire, it proves his point to the people following him.

You aren't going to win his "ignorant masses" over trying to educate them.

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I applaud your idealism, but I'm afraid the uneducated, ignorant, and easily manipulated masses are in the majority. They love to be told they're a victim and if someone dares challenge that view, they pounce. The problem is that we have now placed inherent value on victimhood. The more of a victim you are, the more beyond reproach you become. Because of this, people will fight tooth and nail to keep their victimhood.

We have placed blacks at the top of this hierarchy, therefore any criticisms of their culture will be deemed as hate speech of the highest order because it suggests that they may be a victim of themselves and not the white male socioeconomic plantation they've been told is to blame.

If that's the opinion you hold then I see why you have given up.

Personally, I live in a city with a white mayor, a state with a white governor and a country with a white President. The latter of those espousing ideals that are anything but victimhood.

The gap between me (top 5% earner) and the average and bottom wage earners is growing at a massive pace and only looks to get larger as my tax burden looks to fall even more than it has in the past decade+.

I see it different, but I do agree more can be done to eliminate problems that do not plague me.

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I don't know if the current picture I see of the metro council is correct, but it is more than half white. I understand that doesn't equate people being on the "white side," but it makes me doubt that it is impossible.

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Freiberg doesn't count. She is with Chauna as far as I'm concerned.

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Gravy Chambers gets lots of shite here, rightfully so. It shows that a non-politician can affect change in the community though.

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He doesn't change a single thing other than his mother's grocery bill. Facebook =/= Change

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There is one group in this country that must change, and it isn't white people.

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That doesn't sound racists at all

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I am in no way saying all black people are criminals, but the vast majority of Baton Rouge's problems are caused by black criminals.

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If only they were white man, everything would be alright.

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If we're speaking in terms of statistics, that would be correct.

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Didn't you oppose me when I said I was safe in NOLA because I was white?