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Goff says white people are mad about it. Goff is mad at the angry white people. I'm with Goff. White people suck. It's a good thing.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/chicago-sports-teams-put-up-1-million-to-fight-citys-gun-violence/Interesting. Spiegal and Parkins discussed this during their show in detail. They were positive and made no mention of angry white people.
Ehhh Parkins got close to saying that white people north of the river don't really care to support poor blacks in that area of the city, and even gave an anecdote wherein he was told by someone upon arrival at the station that white listeners will support causes that can't or won't be politicized, hinting closely at black-centric charities/causes.
I don't mind them saying white people don't care. It's true for a lot of whites. But I want to hear what the privileged Parkins and Bernstein do to help. They should tell people what they do if they're gonna go after their fellow whites. The answer is that they don't do a god damn thing to help, I'm sure. That's my point.
They both think that crying about Chicago's gun violence on the air is enough. And criticizing other whites that don't help while they don't as well. That's enough in their minds. They've done their jobs. It makes them feel good.
What should white people do? I would suspect that a majority of white folks would prefer that the gun violence didn't occur but what specifically are we supposed to do about the problem? Send someone a check? Is being concerned not enough?
I had this conversation with an African American college freshman a couple months back. He's a smart, respectful kid and I was interested in his opinion. He said that it was a topic in a class he was taking and that the consensus was that unless you do something, you don't care. Saying that you care is not enough. I disagreed with this. When I asked him what I should do to help, he had no response.