America's racial double standard at its most noxious...

America’s racial double standard: White celebs are excused, but black stars are “thugs”
White stars escape the judgment Richard Sherman received -- even if, like Justin Bieber, they get arrested
BEANIE BARNES

Black people exist in a “damned if we do, damned if we don’t” space within American conversation. If a black person does something that’s seen as negative, that negative behavior is used as yet another example of how “we” are. Negative behavior, so it goes, is just inherent in “us.”

On the flip side, if a black person achieves something positive, the positive achievement is often dismissed either undeserved or the result of an innate gift the achiever can’t take credit for. Many people believe President Obama only got into Harvard because of affirmative action, and just as many believe he was only elected into office (twice no less) because he is black. In sports, the success of white athletes is most often attributed to “smarts” and “hard work,” but the success of black athletes is often attributed to “natural ability” or “God-given” talent.




But if a black teen had written a similar post, he likely would have been deemed a “thug.” If he had also had run-ins with the law, touted his affection for guns, and gotten his “baby mama” pregnant, many would have viewed him as a typical black boy with a “propensity to violence,” as George Zimmerman’s brother characterized Trayvon Martin on “Piers Morgan.” Such a young black man would have likely been held up as an example of the breakdown of society. But Levi, who later posed for Playgirl, was largely excused for his “youthful indiscretions.” And if a young black man, who happened to be the son of a single mother, assaulted a photographer and was arrested for drag racing and drunk driving, he would probably be painted in a much more negative light than Justin Bieber has been.

　白人だと許される、黒人だと糾弾される、と。

　アメリカは、豚を殺して食べてもいい、
　日本は海豚（イルカ）を殺して食べてはいけない。

　アメリカは市民虐殺をしても反省しなくてよい。
　日本は市民虐殺を謝罪しなくていけない。

　アメリカには事後法は適用されない。
　日本には事後法は適用される。

　アメリカは戦没者や戦争犯罪人を慰霊してよい。
　日本は戦没者や戦争犯罪人を慰霊していけない。

　米兵は性奴隷を搾取してもよい。
　日本兵は性奴隷を搾取してはいけない。

　アメリカは核武装してよい。
　日本は核武装してはいけない。

　・・・・・・・・・・・・・


　僕の感覚だと、アメリカを崇拝する記者というのは、どうにかしているが、しかし、権力というのは魅力的だから、シカタガナイ　のかもしれない。