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Tim Wise @timjacobwise
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(1) For everyone crying tears 4 these white folks who call cops on POC 4 some bullshit (like #JenniferShulte aka BBQ Becky) or going on racist tirades on film, like #AaronSchlossberg, bc we're "doxing" them & calling for them 2b wrecked professionally, a couple things...
(2)...this idea that we shouldn't shame them bc "shame doesn't work," or "we should b better than that," or "we need to show them the error of their ways.." is nonsense. We didn't go LOOK 4 their fuckery...they put that in the street on purpose, knowing they were being filmed...
(3)...if they had no compunction about spewing racism publicly or exercising it by calling out police for no reason, they can expect no privacy protection in these matters. You don't want to be exposed as a racist asshole? Easy. Don't be one...
(4) Now, as for "restorative justice" & the potential for redemption, I very much believe in it. But some folks apparently think it means unconditional forgiveness. Y'all need to Google that shit. For restorative justice to work, the perpetrator of the injury must...
(5)...a) offer a sincere apology, acknowledging the injury done; b) demonstrate a genuine desire 2 make amends 2 those harmed/injured, and c) then actually enter in2 the establishment of a mechanism 4 making those amends real. So far, none of these Beckys & Chads even did (a) yet
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