@"The Lonious Monk"
You have a black wife that you are raising black children with. So despite your efforts in this thread to appear objective and understanding of what you're claiming is a practice that we all engage in online, my suspicion is that you are souciant enough to know what's up. There are times when being principled and having conviction trumps making an objective, intellectually sound comparison. I think nearly all of us who post on the IC, despite how unfiltered we are, have limits and areas that are sacred. Children is one of them. Where do you stand?
This country is the same place where unarmed black men and boys are murdered in the streets by non-blacks for the sole crime of being black all with the full complicity of government. This is the same place where black men are unilaterally discriminated against in terms of employment, education, healthcare, and the judicial system. This is ground zero-- where civilization was literally and figuratively built upon the bones, the torn flesh of black men, women, and children.
And you can dismiss all of that to come in this thread and point out to all of us who are rightfully outraged that we shouldn't be hypocritical? You are the parent of a black son!
How would your wife feel if she came across this? Could she continue to lay with you having knowledge of how you really feel and what kind of woman would that make her? Black children are conditioned from birth to believe they are worthless. As a parent, you become the shield that is supposed to discard anything that reinforces that. So automatically, and almost as a second nature, that photo should trigger a response from you that shows that you are in tune with that struggle. How do you reconcile THAT with the statements you are making throughout this thread, for the sake of playing devils advocate and showing you know how to be objective? HOW SWAY??? There is a huge disconnect there and it is obvious you have a wounded soul. Very disappointing, and quite sad.