The Difference Between a “Protest” And a “Riot” Is Skin Color

[Joanne98]

While there is some truth to these kinds of statements, it’s worth remembering that Barack Obama could not have been elected to the presidency without receiving the 44% of the white vote he did. There absolutely is an emergent post-racial America. As a 62-year old white Obama-voter, I find the whiteness and oldness of the Teabaggers/Birthers/Recess Rioters heart-breaking and humiliating, but people, my generation is going to die off and leave a better America behind. Remember that.

Turn off Glenn Beck, old white people, and stop being so goddamned afraid of somebody else’s future;

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http://ohforgoodnesssake.com/?p=1835

[BlooInBloo]

1. Yep. You can't change them. Just wait for them to die.

[asdjrocky]

2. Concerned citizens or thugs? Go ahead, pick the color.

[Birthmark]

3. Yeah, I remember that after Katrina

...whether one was "looting" or "scavenging for supplies" depended mainly upon pigmentation.

[jody]

4. Should the "civil rights protests" then have been called "civil rights riots"?

See wikipedia for "Category:Civil rights protests"