Funny how hearing something new can suddenly help you clarify some thoughts and ideas.   In this case, they helped me read through some lines and statements I commonly hear to realize how racist they are.  I’m usually pretty good at sniffing out BS but this one just was routinely getting past my radar.  The scenario is that some African-American man or women, or child is shot or killed by the police, purposely, accidently, or whatever.   Of course there is the usual BS, or not, about what did or did not happen prior to it.  Then of course, often there is a statement, true or false, that the person had some type of criminal record.  Now I have always known that this was racist, but I never quite grasped how racist it is, until I realized that they don’t do the same thing to WHITE PEOPLE.  If some white person is involved in the same event. Yes there will be the usual BS, or not, about what did or did not happen prior to it.  But what you don’t hear is the “Well in 1978 he was arrested for speeding” or “She once got a ticket for jay walking in NY City.”  or the ominous given those two statements “We have it off the record that she had some past police involvement.” BUT that is exactly what will happen if the victim is African-Americans or Hispanic.  Because what the F&^% difference does it make.  It’s like you go into surgery for a cancer, and die on the table. Then the hospital says well in 1982 he had a hangnail removed.   So….  Well see then its not our fault.  We don’t do that to White people because it won’t work, but it’s done to African-Americans and Hispanics because people say “Well yah, I guess that hang nail surgery explains it all.”