Black Woman Says that Black Teens in McKinney Got What they Deserved

Black Woman Says that Black Teens in McKinney Got What they Deserved

My background and training has conditioned me to look for causation — to observe the manifestation of a situation, but to also determine the source and causation. When I initially received this story on my desk, I was actually not surprised, and I understood where this was coming from. My apprehension of the causation, and my substantial perspicacity of that causation does not, in any way mean that I agree with her stand on the matter. Although there are some points that she makes that are valid, there are two points that she makes that invalidates the total premise of the video.

The first thing that she asserts is that the officer not only had a right to pull his weapon, but he had a right to pull the trigger. The second assertion she makes is those kids posed a threat to the officer. I will not spend a great deal of time on this one, but I believe that it is ideal for a teaching lesson. At a time when black people are literally losing their mind because Rachel Dolezel, a white woman, has pretended to be a black woman for years and was able to fool quite a few people, it is becoming more obvious that blackness is more than just about our genetic code and melanin. What has made the strongest black people has been an Afrocentric mindset and a commitment to the cause.

As I stated in one social media post on yesterday, I am still evaluating the situation to develop a more lucid opinion on the situation with Rachel Dolezel. I can’t explain why I am not as hostile toward what she did as many of my sisters and brothers. I don’t like the deception, and her being involved with the NAACP, in and of itself, does not mean that she has done anything for me and my people; however, the psychological and sociological implications of her behavior has me intrigued. What causes a person with a built in privilege to denounce that privilege to take on an identity that many would love to walk away from? I don’t see her as any type of hero because I was reared by a strong black woman who was significantly more influential.

The lady in this video actually adds fuel to the discussion because I see her as a black woman who has assimilated as far into the white culture and system as her black skin will allow. Her perspective of the incident in McKinney, TX speaks volumes. Her bow down at all cost mentality is the same mindset that has triggered a number of misinformed and cowardice responses in past incidents in which policemen overstepped their bounds and assaulted or even killed a black person. That comply mindset is highly misinformed. We have seen far too many instances in which black people have complied and were still beaten and even killed. How many of our black men have been shot in the back after already being handcuffed?

The manner in which she gave the white perpetrators a pass also speaks volumes. The postulation that it was only the black kids that were non-compliant, with absolutely no evidence to substantiate the postulation, also speaks volumes.

The calm demeanor of the other officers on the scene spoke volumes, and it also provided the sharp contrast that allows a level headed person to evaluate that video from a platform of lucidity. No other officer felt threatened, out of control or behaved in a physically hostile manner. No other officer was cursing and berating the black children who were present.

As far as her assertion, which mirrors the assertions of those who support the officer, that the fact that the children were not obeying the officer gave him the right to treat them the way that he did, it is absolutely ludicrous. Children are very perceptive, and they are aware when they are not being treated fairly, and they will act out.  Even when considering the fact that they were not compliant, we must look at teachers who deal with defiant and non-compliant kids every day — kids who are much more defiant than these kids were — and we never expect the teachers to slam them to the ground or threaten deadly force. Neither do we expect police officers to treat them with such hostility. These are our sons and daughters, and any mistreatment of them is absolutely unacceptable.

If we don’t stand and fight for our youth, who will? Yes, we do have other issues in the community that we must engage, including fratricide and black on black violence, but that has absolutely nothing to do with this. They are two separate wrongs that both need to be addressed in-depth, but one does not excuse the other.

Once again, being black is more than the carrying of a specific genetic code, and I personally believe that a black woman throwing our kids under the bus on such a polarizing issue is significantly more damaging than a white woman who is pretending to be a black woman.  ~ Dr. Rick Wallace, Ph.D.

 

The Original Story that Was Sent To Me:

This woman’s video has 1.8 million views, mainly because she is saying things that most black people would never say and don’t agree with. But of course, white people love her, they’ll probably give her an award. Check it out.

“I think ownership needs to be placed where it should be and that’s on the parents,” Jackson said. “Do I think the incident was excessive? Yes — but do I think it was necessary? Yes.”

“You should teach your children that when the police arrive to the scene, you stand there and you wait for instructions,” she said. “You don’t know what’s going on. The police officer does not know what’s going on. “But she wasn’t done there. Jackson also pushed back against those claiming that black kids were targeted by the police.

“Everyone is in an uproar they [restrained] the black kids and not the white kids. The white kids weren’t running. The black kids were,” she said. “And I’m black by the way.”

“You cannot pull away from an officer. At that point, that’s a threat,” she continued. “So, he had every right to detain her, from ‘any means necessary’ from Malcolm X.”

You can watch her video below.

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