[lbo-talk] occupy the hood

[petr dann]

The hood resents the White Shadow....cases in point.....heard progressive
radio darling chris hedges recently state on jesse jackson's 'keep hope
alive' radio show that the ows-ers need to go out to the hoods and offer an
apology to the folks for neglecting their issues for so long (issues that
have now seemingly begun to spread to include themselves--making them
uncomfortable and "feeling slave-like")....the implication being, that once
done the ows-ers will be rightfully in a better position to lead us all to
the promised land.......in the meantime on alan ruff"s wort-fm show in
madison, hedges pontificated that its important that we defer to the police
at this time (the ol' wisconsiana refrain of thank you, thank you!--we're
all in the 99%?).....tell that to my kids who get stopped and frisked on
the way to and during school and where pepper spray is always on hand at my
son's high school basketball games for postgame crowd control or when my
daughter is ordered to provide a dna sample because she has been charged
with felony inciting a riot because she was on the scene of a
fight.....tell me what should my 18 yr old "angry, black male"  feel after
being repeatedly dehumanized at the mall of america by security and
just-run-of-the-mill, mall employees if one day he sees the mall in a ball
of fire from a distance? . ...we are all americans now and stop being
divisive OR chickens coming home to roost?
it's easy to analyze the statistical data and poll numbers from a distance
and acknowledge that indeed there are some serious and meaningful
discrepancies....but what now, just get over it and stop being so
sensitive????    see yens all at starbucks....can't wait!