Probable Cause

O.J. Simpson might be guilty of having committed a crime.  The prosecution in his case, however, has ensured that we’ll never really know.  Backed by the judge, the prosecutor in the case excluded all blacks from the jury, while simultaneously allowing white people who believed Simpson was unfairly found “not guilty” of murdering his wife.

I’m betting on a conviction.

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Listen to this CNN report and you’ll understand the reason for the title of my post. The only real problem is that while the mentality expressed in the report is typical of what bigoted white people often express, I think the actual reporters were black themselves. Maybe I need to do a post on Stockholm Syndrome.

News reporters interviewing black students express surprise that the students believe there is racism in America. After stating that blacks have more rights than ever before — “they don’t have to sit in the back of the bus; they get to go to school” — the interviewer can’t believe what he’s being told. “You believe…today? 2008? The United States of America is a racist country?”

The report goes on to explain that blacks don’t base their beliefs on “personal experience,” but on news stories. In other words, the story implies, even though the black students who were interviewed haven’t experienced racism, they believe that America is a racist country. The report implies that this is just wrong; it implies the most black people do not experience racism. There’s even another interview with a black man stating that this is “just an excuse.” (I’m fairly sure the short clip is taken out of context.)

What these white (at least on the inside) interviewers need to do is some research.

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