Days of Change

Everyone Out of the Pool

I think the concept of White Privilege goes out the door when the presumption is that in a dispute between a White person and a Black person, the Black person is assumed to be getting the raw end of the deal. In less than 3 days, a national story has been made out of a trespassing incident because of the ubiquitous use of cell phone video and a large media cabal willing to promote the opinion of the people who submit those videos.

A McKinney, Texas community saw a pool party get way out of hand and called the police, where a number of teenagers and young people were subdued. The racism angle is focused mostly on the police, but many websites are references claims of racists comments (not on video) reported to Buzzfeed. Buzzfeed is the “news” organization specializing in comparison lists, cat videos and driving citation given to Marco Rubio’s wife. A picture is worth 1000 words, but an edited video can feed a narrative for months.

The reality is that criminals came to a private place. Some “promoted” the event on Twitter, charging an admission fee. Others tried to jump the fence. When told to leave, they cried racism, even though it was obvious this was not a public event. Liberals complain about “gated” communities. There’s a reason why they need gates.