In America, there is one race that is held to be above all others.
If you are a member of this race, you will be forgiven certain things that any other race would not be forgiven.
You will not be held to the same level of responsibility as other races.
A whole industry will be devoted to getting free stuff for you. Jobs, education, business loans, contracts etc etc will be set aside for you.

If you are not a member of this race and you are brought to court, members of your race and society as a whole will say "Meh. Maybe he did it and maybe he didn't. We'll let the courts decide."
But if you are a member of the special race, you have a ready-made bloc of people that will automatically support you due solely to your race and accuse everyone else of racism.

Some members of this race may snicker and think they are getting one over on The Man; but in reality they are being treated like children. But make no mistake, members of the other races see you getting special treatment and therefore do not think you should be taken seriously. When other races see agitators of the special race demanding special treatment, the other races look at them and think "Those are not men, yet. They are children."

Not all members of the special race want to be treated like boys. These people want to be treated equally, like everyone else. Hopefully, that is a growing trend.

This sort of thing happens every day in courtrooms all over the country. It's one reason why the crime rate is so high in our big cities and the fact that the news media refuses to address the issue makes them complicit.

Geesh,,, this post seems a prime target for our resident race card puller s green.

Wonder where the nitwit is?

Oh he'll be here shortly Marc,bet on it,and it'll be the same -hit different day.

You know, Les, not all that many years ago your comment might have elicited an entirely different conclusion. It's just not that way anymore. And some people are still stuck in the past, afraid to let go of the old excuse - or the crutch as it were.

This is why the inner cities are plagued with crime, corruption and social distintegration. The 'race card' is played constantly. Look at Detroit: A city filled with political corruption and outright theft by city officials, yet the voters will not throw them out of office because of their race. Somehow they have to 'protect their own', while being victimized by the very same people they prop up.

This is a perfect example why a Det-riot is the hellhole it is.

How long til rabid dogs take over the city?

Good comment, Les.

I read the post and thought "Shades of O.J. Simpson!" .... and AFAIK there wasn't any Johnny Cochran moments and pithy, catchy sound bites to be endlessly echoed by the media.

And + on Les above. Best observation of the environment I have seen lately. I think I'll steal that one to keep in my PDA to quote the next time I hear someone making excuses....

Frankly, my comment makes me sick, but it is the truth.
My school years were the 70's and 80's. I attended mixed-race inner city schools. We heard all the usual liberal platitudes (and us kids of all races rolled our eyes and recognized it as touch-feely bullshit.)

Funny, all the kids I knew (even the 'bad' ones, who went on to an early grave or prison) were pretty much the same in a one-on-one basis. If you treated people equally as civilized humans, they generally acted equally as civilized humans.

I used to self-censor a little regarding my views on race in America. Not anymore. The charge of 'Racism!' has been so perverted and diluted that I just don't care anymore.

There's quite a few elephants in the room and it's past time that we start pointing them out.

Isn't there some charge the DA can bring against Woods?

Sam's problem is that he's in the wrong city.
In Washington, people will take your money with the promise of moving votes and they are called "lobbyists".

I actually met Sam 40+ years ago. He was a self-important ass then, and it seems he hasn't changed.

"Gravy-stained track suit" LOLOL

Sure it wasn't Al Sharpton?

That cracked me up too, ODA.

First thing I thought of was some old Grisham novel. Anyone looking into whether this juror was bought and paid for?

Steve.... and your point is? Because there are racial issues we cannot discuss race because discussing race makes us racist? Hmmmm.... Pointing out the fact that there are racists makes us racist too. A mighty broad brush you bring to the discussion for a cliche of the day. Gee. Seems that any time someone says there is a racial issue, that person is labeled a racist. So I'm finding the biggest racists in the room are the ones that flip up the race card at the merest talk that there might be a racial issue....

steve, we are having frank talk about race because Holder told us to.