After her historic win, Simone Manuel decided to exercise her voice about more than just sports, "It means a lot, especially with what is going on in the world today, some of the issues of police brutality. This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues that are going on. My color just comes with the territory.”
Upon hearing about her feelings, white male American trolls responded with thoughtful, metered responses considering the difference in experiences.
Not.
They straight to the racism.
Here are a few gems from the comments section of just this one Washington Times article:
Dan Johnson: "Keep her off the team. BLM has brain washed her. If she wants to be just an American, then she needs to not bad mouth Americans, and the police. Shame on her."
I love that one because it says that being American requires she not address police brutality and problems against black people. Effectively, being American is defined by accepting black inferiority and violence by law enforcement to continue it.
Pf Wag: "My respect for her just plunged. If the rest of the Black
community would apply themselves like she has done maybe they wouldn't
commit so damn much crime. Regardless, there is no police "brutality"
that is out of proportion to the rate Blacks commit crimes. In fact a
recent study says it actually less."
milburnschmidt: "Not a word about black violence to blacks, Hundreds shot every week end in chicago blame the police."
#blm #swimming #Olympics
milburnschmidt: "Not a word about black violence to blacks, Hundreds shot every week end in chicago blame the police."
#blm #swimming #Olympics
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