If you’re looking for an intelligent take on race relations in America … don’t look to ESPN’s Bomani Jones:
why can’t people just be honest and say “i really don’t care if black people die?” the excuses sound every bit as racist. we’re not fooled.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) December 4, 2014
Right on cue, the echo chamber lit up:
@bomani_jones exactly.
— Darius Allen ? (@varsityclubent) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones lol it really do be sounding that way
— Tuka Vandross (@TukaPack) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones truth!!!
— Rosa???? (@bocachica70) December 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/AaronSmarter/status/540637002492694528
@bomani_jones i think if you're going to be racist just go all the way. i mean fuck it.
— Joey (@josephreuben815) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones They often feel even more racist, given the brain power expended to justify the generally unjustifiable.
— DO NOT Apologize like Al Pacino/Jimmy Hoffa Dame (@illaim) December 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/NotEvenTryingS/status/540636831264800768
@bomani_jones Most people don't care about anyone dying, as long as it ain't them.
— Drew (@AndruwVinci) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones Because those ppl want to hide the fact that they're evil,by using carefully scripted rhetoric to justify these murders.
— ?$IR G.B.$.☯ (@GRE8TBLACKSHARK) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones they're trying to convince themselves they aren't racist (but they are as you point out)
— Ricardo Gavino (@rgavino) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones That would be like a alcoholic admitting he has a drinking problem. "Hi I'm D'White man..hi D….and I don't like black people
— TheBeachBum (@gnewbill) December 4, 2014
Oh, for crying out loud. STOP IT.
@bomani_jones that's really how you view white people? You're racist as hell.
— Trenton Storm Easley (@TrentonStorm) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones do you really believe that's how a majority of whites feel? Because if you do, that's sad…and you're wrong.
— Son Tzu (@sontzu411) December 4, 2014
@bomani_jones You really think that's what the majority of people think? Someone with your platform spewing such ignorance is dangerous.
— Josh Menough (@JoshMenough) December 4, 2014
Of course it is. But it keeps him busy.
guys, you’re welcome to show me how much the median american cares about dead black ppl. i’d LOVE to see it. i f’n swear i would.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) December 4, 2014
He f’n swears, you guys.
also: as soon as you see these dead people as black people’s problem — which is how most see it — you lose. it ends there. this ain’t hard.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) December 4, 2014
Good Lord. How about an exit question for the pot-stirring jerk?
https://twitter.com/K_Waltman/status/540640762208452608
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