And in that same light, there are people, videlicet social media influencers, and those on the far left who are calling everything racist; or labeling basic human rights and behaviors as coming from a place of “white privilege.”, Minneapolis City Council President, Lisa Bender told CNN that fears of dismantling local police forces come from a “place of privilege.”. SUBSCRIBE to continue listening and gain access to all content on samharris.org/subscribe, In this episode the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with David Miliband about his work with the International Rescue Committee. And as a philosopher, he’s savvy enough to give appropriate context for said facts. Are black people being gunned down unjustifiably by white cops, and is this almost entirely down to racism/bias? It also happens to be the most dangerous one, too. I haven't listened to Sam's convo. Protesters: Leave is alone. If we can’t reason with each other, there is no path forward but violence.” — Sam Harris. Racism is a significant problem Yeah, we know. The dirty little secret is: America has a police brutality problem. It also happens to be the most dangerous one, too. 3. The protesters are unhappy with the way the police operate as an institution, they want to see reforms, and as citizens they have just as much right as anyone else to have some say regarding how the institutions they live under operate. another source of anxiety). “Blacks are 13 percent of the population, but commit at least 50 percent of the murders and other violent crimes,” according to Harris and FBI data. And there is the bullshit. Are they under-reacting? Harris was alluding to black on black crime, a subject taboo even for black leaders to talk about as you’ll soon see. Sam Harris’s podcast: “#207: Can We Pull Back From The Brink?” challenges the listener unlike any other show I’ve ever heard. Sunday, August 28, 2016 Sam Harris On Racism And Police Brutality Asks A Tough Question I just listened to Sam Harris's recent podcast with Brown University professor Glenn C. Louryon racism and police brutality. I know it’s not PC to say it, but these protestors are doing it wrong. Tackling police brutality is a “rearranging deck chairs on the titanic” activity in 2020. In churches. My dad would take me to ‘prayer breakfasts’ where the church elders would discuss business. What would payment even look like? To assume it is only tbe product of racism and nothing else vastly understates the inherent problems with policing today. You can listen to that below if you haven’t already. I'm curious why you're not qualifying your statement with this crucial point that otherwise makes your post disingenuous. This country was built on racism and has benefited from it for more than 300 years. “We appear to be driving ourselves crazy, incapable of coming into contact with reality; unable to distinguish fact from fiction, and then becoming destabilized by confirmation bias and lashing out on that basis.”.
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