Examples of the Where the Race Mob Takes us

Ok see.........people don't learn and have to be taught a lesson:

This is not a CrossFit gym but another franchise gym owner in Wisconsin who though this was funny to make a workout called "I Can't Breath"

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Tsing Tao said:
Protesters and activists should be forcefully against such actions
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They are. This is just one example (need to be subscriber to wsj); but there are other news clips clearly showing that protesters are not aligned with looters/rioters.

You made the allegation; where is your evidence that they are not "against such actions?"

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At George Floyd Protests, Police and Protesters Try to Stop Looting
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-geo...nd-protesters-try-to-stop-looting-11591377543
 
El OchoCinco said:
Ok see.........people don't learn and have to be taught a lesson:

This is not a CrossFit gym but another franchise gym owner in Wisconsin who though this was funny to make a workout called "I Can't Breath"

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It's one thing to be a racist in your home. It says quite another thing about a community when a business feels fine with doing this.

Apparently sure enough about the mentality of their customers to not be worried about blow back.

Wonder what he'd say if his gym were to be firebombed? Not that that would be the proper answer, of course...just wondering how he'd square that circle.
 
El OchoCinco said:
Ok see.........people don't learn and have to be taught a lesson:

This is not a CrossFit gym but another franchise gym owner in Wisconsin who though this was funny to make a workout called "I Can't Breath"

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This is sheer insensitivity.
 
userque said:
It's one thing to be a racist in your home. It says quite another thing about a community when a business feels fine with doing this.

Apparently sure enough about the mentality of their customers to not be worried about blow back.

Wonder what he'd say if his gym were to be firebombed? Not that that would be the proper answer, of course...just wondering how he'd square that circle.
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I'm not sure you can just leap to the racism tag here. Poor taste, yes. But he's just picking up a popular saying now (in completely the wrong light, of course), but does this make him racist? He might be racist, he might not. Is there anything other than this as evidence? Because I'm not sure you can immediately play the race card.

I'd like to present this as evidence. Here is a crossfit workout that actually lead to this gym advertised workout. Please note that I still think it is in bad taste. But the Black Fitness Community below doesn't think it is racism.

https://wodwell.com/wod/i-cant-breathe/

“I CAN’T BREATHE”
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MEMORIAL WOD FOR GEORGE FLOYD




    • For Time
    • 1,600 meter Run
    • 30 Burpees
    • 800 meter Run
    • 20 Burpees
    • 400 meter Run
    • 10 Burpees
    • 400 meter Run
    • 20 Burpees
    • 800 meter Run
    • 30 Burpees
    • 1,600 meter Run
With a running clock, as fast as possible perform the prescribed work in the order written.

Score is the time on the clock when the last round of the 1,600 meter Run is completed.

Editor’s Note: We understand that without context the title of this workout can come across as tone deaf or hurtful. This is not the intent of the workout’s creator, Angelo Rogers, nor WODwell. Please see Angelo’s post about his inspiration and intent behind the workout he designed in George Floyd’s memory – it inspired us to share:

From Angelo’s post: “I think the name “I Can’t Breathe” is an important reminder of the injustice that has sparked the need for change in all of us. The times we are experiencing humble us and remind us how much we can really push ourselves even when life seems to be crushing down on top of us. The message is not meant to offend anyone. The title is not meant to be a play on words. It’s meant to be a reminder of the injustice, to accept the challenge of change and adversity head on.”

He also posted the following in response to individuals no social media who said they were offended by the title of the workout:

“…you have that right to disagree. In my opinion there is no correlation between the pain of a man’s last moments and the strenuous capacity of the workout. Metaphorically speaking I can’t breathe indicates I can’t breathe I can’t catch my breath because of all the injustices that continue to happen. I can’t breathe because we keep seeing the same incidents occurring with the same end results. I can’t breathe because when is there going to be change. A metaphor carried out by millions of people, including strong, powerful African American leaders such as Jesse Jackson, Lebron James, Jamie Foxx, Nick Cannon, Kobe Bryant-RIP, etc. We are asking for a breath. We are crying for a breath. The message is largely a rally cry. It’s a reminder. Symbols can be painful. Hard to hear or look at but they are the cause for emotion inside you to motivate you to rise. It’s directed towards social change…”

We were moved by Angelo’s words and actions. When he reached out to us and asked us to share his workout, we agreed. Since then the feedback we received from the black fitness community has been overwhelmingly positive. Some not. We will continue to listen.
 
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Dominic Frisby

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I am a white man and I’m sorry
Cos everything is all my fault
The list of wrongs will never end
Must spend my life in recompense
Just being born a white man is assault.

So even though I didn’t do them
I am the one who you should blame.
For any kind of injury
At any time in history
Even if in antiquity
The fault so clearly lies with me.

I should be lynched, discredited and shamed
I've googled what I'm to blame for.
And there is ...

Poverty, injustice, global warming, house prices
Rape gangs, homelessness, Communism, drug addiction
Terrorism, populism, chauvinism, fascism
Population growth and plastic in the ocean.
Bias in the media, religious fundamentalism
Knife crime, gun crime, corporate crime & hate crime
Obesity, inflation, bad traffic, unemployment
Floods, teen depression, income inequality
Anything bad that happens in Africa
Misogyny, tsunamis, slavery and ISIS
Covid 19, homophobia
Animal abuse, mosquito-born diseases
Famine, melting ice caps, lack of opportunity
Suicide, racism, teenage pregnancy
Erosion of the family, CO2 levels
Meteor strikes, mass movement of people
Corruption in the Third Word,
Looting and riots
The failures of socialism, wars, pedophilia.

It’s hard to know what’s more offensive
My being male or being white
What’s more I went to public school
I’m over 50. That ain’t cool
We all know well that none of this is right.

I am a privileged oppressor
If I’d known, I’d have not been born
I should be fined, pay extra tax
Be mugged or looted and attacked
Have all my property ransacked
No-platformed if I dare speak back
My just desert is to be left forlorn.

I’m a white man and I’m sorry.
For things like...

The internet, the smartphone,
Modern medicine, motor cars
Steam engines, jet engines, petrol engines, railways
Refrigeration, television, running water, space travel
Radio, computers, the satellite, GPS
Nuclear fission, electricity
Photography, plastics, central heating, sewage systems
The toilet, the light bulb, eye glasses, anaesthesia
Aeroplanes, the printing press,
The piano, the bicycle
Video games, the telescope, the microscope,
The training shoe, guitars, laser, microchips, nylon
Amplified sound, vaccination, the battery
The electric motor, antibiotics

DEEP BREATH

He is a white man and he’s sorry
His role on earth is now complete
Like dodos, landlines or the fax
Cassettes, steam engines, betamax
And now the white man is obsolete
 
Tsing Tao said:
So here's a question I'd like to consider before proceeding. If you are afraid of black people (we can argue why an officer might be afraid of black people) does that make you racist? If your experience and training and upbringing, whatever, something has made you afraid of black people, does this make you inherently racist?

If you are afraid of a lion, or afraid of a hurricane, or even if you are afraid of something normal people would say you shouldn't be afraid of (I dunno, clowns or something) does fear of something mean you are prejudiced against that something or that you are merely interested in self preservation and acting accordingly?

We can argue whether being afraid of black people is or is not justified, but before we get there, is it racism in the sense of the word?
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Anyone want to take a stab at this?
 
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