Posted on Aug 11, 2023
I've spent my career explaining race, but hit a wall with Montgomery brawl memes
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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/ [login to see] /montgomery-brawl-memes
"When you've built a career around explaining race and racism to people, what happens when you find a moment you just don't want to explain?
That time came for me this week, as memes were rocketing around social media connected to the brawl in Montgomery, Ala., where a crowd of mostly-Black bystanders ran to help a Black riverboat co-captain who was being assaulted by a group of white people. He had been attempting to move their pontoon boat, since it was blocking the ferry from docking in its regular space".
"When you've built a career around explaining race and racism to people, what happens when you find a moment you just don't want to explain?
That time came for me this week, as memes were rocketing around social media connected to the brawl in Montgomery, Ala., where a crowd of mostly-Black bystanders ran to help a Black riverboat co-captain who was being assaulted by a group of white people. He had been attempting to move their pontoon boat, since it was blocking the ferry from docking in its regular space".
I've spent my career explaining race, but hit a wall with Montgomery brawl memes
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This is why I wear pointed toe Lucchese Cowboy Boots. Sometimes you have to plant them in the right place to get ones attention thereby forcing them to focus on the issue.
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Because people with different skin colors are in a fight…… it doesn’t mean the fight is racial. I see this fight as stupid, and started by the pontoon boat owners. That said, in over 30 years mediating disputes and breaking up fights….. the lion share was over WORDS not race. There have been ones over race, but the LIONS SHARE, were over words, perceived or actual disrespect or rudeness, and very often misunderstandings fueled by alcohol. I am not condoning the fight but not every fight that involves different skin tones is about race but they are almost always avoidable……if people use their mouths and brains before they use their fists.
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