tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post9199227436856013237..comments2023-04-13T10:08:40.738-06:00Comments on myblackfriendsays.com: It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand...myblackfriendsayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01058198176997510159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-70865105831307713462012-01-10T17:23:17.952-07:002012-01-10T17:23:17.952-07:00when you say on the other post that they are more ...when you say on the other post that they are more likely to be executed - where are you pulling that from? at the moment i'm not disagreeing. i found information that says since 1976 56% of those put to death are white and 35% are black <br /><br />http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/race-death-row-inmates-executed-1976#defend<br /><br />and according to the source documentation from the naacp the cassdawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637631152070000006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-40759670032804598092011-10-13T10:19:00.513-06:002011-10-13T10:19:00.513-06:00Thank you for saying all this and making space for...Thank you for saying all this and making space for discussion! from a small town awkward white girl wanting to learn.Mali Lorenznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-29583533926749116982011-10-06T09:19:11.255-06:002011-10-06T09:19:11.255-06:00It is, of COURSE a racial issue, I guess I would s...It is, of COURSE a racial issue, I guess I would say it's just MORE than a racial issue. When I hear about executions, I see an unjust state. I guess for me it's a moral issue first and a racial issue second. But maybe that's because I'm white. <br /><br />I often hear my high school students use the word "fag" very casually. "Oh, that's so gay" or &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-39786107892361617742011-09-30T21:24:02.204-06:002011-09-30T21:24:02.204-06:00I like you in your funk.
ashley
p.s. and, good p...I like you in your funk.<br /><br />ashley<br /><br />p.s. and, good points.æhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14449465426164797433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-54999171692131799482011-09-30T20:37:57.547-06:002011-09-30T20:37:57.547-06:00First, a comment on your main point: it's a go...First, a comment on your main point: it's a good one, and I know I've been guilty of this sometimes. Thank you for the reminder. <br /><br />Second, I wanted to mention that the history of the death penalty in Illinois is a good illustration of the bias that exists in the system. A number of death penalty convictions were overturned (due partly to the research of a Northwestern Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-91933645304262558202011-09-30T17:34:10.496-06:002011-09-30T17:34:10.496-06:00I am so with you on this.I am so with you on this.weezermonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023289768556784443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-37919171749467428482011-09-30T16:18:47.524-06:002011-09-30T16:18:47.524-06:00This comes at an intersting time. I became involv...This comes at an intersting time. I became involved in (what turned out to be a heated) discussion about putting the r word and the n word as equal issues. Now we do not use the r word in our home, nor are we okay with others using it as a slang term to make fun of others.<br />I adamently stated that as a mother of a daughter who could be labled both that they are NOT the same. A woman the family of mannchester estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989615450493104842noreply@blogger.com