Open Thread Racism

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Artist – David Horsey

In other news, Fannie Mae will pay the Treasury Department $3.7 billion next month. Fannie Mae recieved $116 billion in bailout funds, however it has now repaid over $130 billion, a profit of $14 billion for taxpayers.

Meanwhile, The New York Times has a series of excellent photos taken in Ferguson, Missouri yesterday, including this one taken by Whitney Curtis which is making the rounds.

Ferguson

If you follow me on Twitter, or follow things I write in general , you probably know how I feel about the police in this photo who are playing soldier with masks, armor, rifles, and dogs against unarmed black men with their hands up. A scene repeated dozens of times yesterday.

For some obvious reason, unarmed black men are perceived to be far more threatening than open-carrying, white douches or militiamen literally aiming their rifles at federal agents.

There’s an inescapable double-standard in this country and it’s entirely racial.

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