So I’m sure by now everybody is aware of the whole George Floyd situation. The protest have been all over the media and everybody is pissed. Now I’m not claiming to be an expert here about any of this so if I’m completely off base here I’ll be more than happy to take the heat. Now based on the sub your reading this on you probably know where I’m going with this.

What bothers be a lot about this is the blatant favouritism of those that go on about identity politics. Let’s be real the only reason this even got any press was cause it was done to a black guy. If this guy was white or even another race there wouldn’t nearly be the same amount of outrage. now I’m definitely not saying this attack of any of the previous attacks were not based on racist intentions, that is not my argument and you can have your own opinions on the matter.

But notice how race is the only factor that’s being considered here? Despite the fact that its mostly men who are killed by the cops nobody who is constantly talking about identity politics is willing to mention that? I mean this issue is something that almost exclusively affects black men yet their race is the only thing being mentioned here. Why is there such a blind spot by those who specifically advocate for victims based on race, gender groups?

I have a few thoughts on this whole situation:

  1. Abuse of police authority is problem that’s needs to be dealt with. Yes I’m sure sometimes its racially motivated but police have killed plenty of civilians of other races aside from black as well. Based on the data I’ve seen. To me this shows that there are multiple factors at play here not just racism. There’s a clear abuse of power which isn’t surprising to me since power always have a high chance of corrupting when in the wrong hands

  2. It’s almost always black men who are the targets of these attacks. It’s very clearly also a mens issue yet its only treated as a racial one. Mens are over 90% of police arrest. Yet no one cares. It just seems very hypocritical to claim bias when black people are Majority of police brutality victims yet completely omit the fact its Also men. If you’re going to advocate against police corruption based on races you should also include gender and not just selectively pick and choose the identity group you want to talk about in a given issue. All of this just seems to be gynocentrism at play and complete distraction from the real issue.

I’m sure I’ve made plenty of people upset. My wording is probably way off as well. I wrote this late at night right before bed. Ill be happy to clarify anything or get “owned” tomorrow. Even if I’m not around, i hope this gets a discussion going. Again I’m no expert just a college student learning shit. So it’s very possible I’m a completely dumbass and you all can educate me XD.

Tl;dr: issues affecting black men exclusively are labelled racial issue even through they’re are also by definition gender exclusive as well. Shouldn’t they be both a racial AND gender issue?