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    -=> On 09-03-20  09:13,  Gregory Deyss <=-   
    -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: It is what it is <=-   
      
    DS> You are correct in that it was forcefully cleared, people were gassed   
    DS> with pepper spray, hit with batons and shields.  The people were   
    DS> peaceful.  There was much coverage and criticism of the event.  The   
    DS> people who were shot with rubber bullets were another night, my mistake.   
      
    GD> We have all seen how quickly these so called peaceful protest can   
    GD> become volatile.   
      
   Sometimes precipitated by the actions of the police, sometimes by   
   radical right-wing groups, and always by a small percentage of those who   
   are there.   
      
    GD> What are they protesting about in first place?   
      
   Against systemic racial prejudice and the resulting actions.   
      
    GD> Black Job equality? These people have affirmative action, getting   
    GD> hired based on their skin color is racist. It should be the right    
    GD> person wither a man or a women of any race.   
      
   Of course it should be.  But all too often it is not.  In a previous   
   life, I had the opportunity to help evaluate people for promotion.  It   
   became obvious that people had been held back because of previous   
   discrimination.  For example, even though their performance was equal to   
   other candidates they would be discriminated against because they did   
   not get a college degree 20 years ago.  Some did not have the same job   
   record because of discrimination in previous years.  It would be   
   wonderful if we did not feel a need to take such past discrimination   
   into account, and maybe someday that will be true.  We are not yet   
   there.   
      
    GD> Black people wouldn't get killed by a officer's gun, if they would   
    GD> simply comply with Police instruction,    
      
   It is a fact of life for people of color that they are often treated   
   differently from others by police.  There are times when the "police   
   instruction" is absurd.   
      
   There are also times when black people are killed simply because they   
   are perceived as being in a place where they do not belong.   
      
                                  Dale Shipp   
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