You really don't know what this is about?

At the risk of sounding like a broken record in this thead: it's about 150 years of systemic racism and oppression following SLAVERY in America. Which the police have A LOT to do with.


I'm not going to harp on it, but if we're going to discuss these issues, I feel to do it properly you have to address the real issues here. It goes deeper than riots and police conduct. Neither side is evil, we're dealing with sensitive, grey areas in my opinion. Each side has has it's pros and cons.

But it's important to reinforce the fact that these people aren't all black. And they aren't rioting and protesting for something to do. And they aren't domestic terrorists looking to shake the system up.

The issue here is racism, and equality. When's the last time you saw a white kid killed by police during an arrest? Furthermore, in a case where the individual didn't have a weapon, and wasn't declared armed and dangerous?


The average North American citizen (Canadians especially) is unaware that of the 21 founding fathers, 14 owned slaves at some point in their life. Among them, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington... American heroes, and all ex-Presidents.

In fact, 4 out of the 5 first Presidents owned slaves while serving as President. 12 Presidents total have owned slaves, 8 of them while serving as President.

Imagine being a young African-American student in Social Studies, learning about patriotism, and the great men who forged America; The Land of The Free!

But wait a minute, George Washington, the Grandfather of America was a slave owner... He supported the bondage and suffering of my people?

I can imagine how confusing, perhaps even unsettling that might be for a young, impressionable mind.


“I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
—Abraham Lincoln

The first in a long line of true American heroes, and a life-long role model of mine.


(It's worth noting that men like John Adams never owned a slave in his life, but they didn't actively oppose slavery either.)