Right -- I'm a little older than many, but to explain:
When the Rodney King thing happened, black folks like myself were like "Finally, the world will see how horrible the cops can be. We will have a trial and get justice."
That didn't remotely happen. It's not until social media that we got e.g. BLM and even the concept of a "Karen." IMHO, it's been absolutely instrumental.
This has nothing to do with age. I wouldn't recommend assuming that you're older than me.
> "Finally, the world will see how horrible the cops can be. We will have a trial and get justice."
> That didn't remotely happen.
How has that changed? The George Floyd verdict for example is an extreme rarity. Cops are almost always acquitted.
> It's not until social media that we got e.g. BLM and even the concept of a "Karen." IMHO, it's been absolutely instrumental.
How does social media affect the verdict of trials? And what does "Karen" have to do with this?
As you'll recall, the Rodney King verdict resulted in massive multi-day riots in Los Angeles, without any help from social media, which didn't exist yet. The world was paying attention.
Oh, I'm not arguing things are perfect; just that widespread social media makes them better by making them more visible.
It's A LOT better now than then; I'd say a much larger chunk, perhaps a majority of white people more-or-less didn't really believe in "police brutality," not in a way such they would act on it.
When the Rodney King thing happened, black folks like myself were like "Finally, the world will see how horrible the cops can be. We will have a trial and get justice."
That didn't remotely happen. It's not until social media that we got e.g. BLM and even the concept of a "Karen." IMHO, it's been absolutely instrumental.