Saturday, June 23, 2007

Jesse Davis' alleged murder

I'm calling it an "alleged" murder, simply because not much is known about the tragic death of Jessie Davis and her unborn daughter. All we really know right now is that she was found today, and that the unborn child's father, Bobby Cutts was arrested and charged with both of their murders. We do not know for sure that what happened to her was any more than a heated argument that became violent. More will be known as the days and weeks pass.

What I want to talk about regarding this is not so much what happened and who is or is not responsible for what happened, but rather what I expect will NOT happen. What won't happen is that there will not be any cries from anyone about the racial element of this case. What you also won't see is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in the streets, demanding that justice be done for this woman, her family, and their community.

As tragic as this is, I cannot help but be infuriated by the racist scum who grab their bullhorns and rent-a-mobs at the drop of a hat whenever a white person is accused of committing an offense against a black person, especially if it's a black woman's accusation against a white man. Does anyone doubt that had this case been about a pregnant black woman's death, and that her suspicious death was apparently caused by a white male, that the usual suspects would already be in that community screaming for "justice?"

As I listen to what the people in that Ohio community say, everything is solemn and relatively quiet. Why? Because there is no racial element considered to what has happened. A woman and her unborn child are now dead, a man is in custody for their murder, and nothing more is being said about it. Am I saying that something more SHOULD be said about it? I don't know, but what if there is? I'm no social expert, but what if somebody who has studied interracial black-men-with-white-women relationships had something to say about this phenomenon? Is there an element of racism involved with a black man's crime against a white woman, or is that charge exclusive with white perpetrators?

All I know is that there is a definite double-standard with how the media covers these sorts of crimes. All that needs to happen in order to make a crime racially-charged is for a black woman to accuse a man or men of rape (as what happened with the men's Duke University lacrosse team and the black stripper), the angle will ALWAYS be about race and how white men victimize black women. It will not matter if the black woman is lying about the charge, that there is absolutely no physical evidence to back up her charge, that she changes her story constantly, or that she can't even identify the men who supposedly assaulted her. The charge itself will always be enough to bring the "racial" aspect straight to the forefront, with the race-pimps like Jackson and Sharpton leading the mob. And, should anyone question motives or disagree with what is going on, then those who do so are ALSO "racists."

If this crime had taken place in Brooklyn, with a pregnant black woman being killed by a white man who fathered the unborn child, there would be riots and bloodshed. As it stands with this being a case of a black man being arrested for the death of a white woman and the black man's unborn child, all is solemn and calm. White people in this Ohio community are not going to go on any rampages to find black people who might be associated with Bobby Cutts (or simply for being black people, because "they're all the same") in order to bring their wrath upon them.

That's just the way things are. One class of people can differentiate between an occurrence that happened between two individuals, and another can't. One class of people understands the reality of what occurs between people as separate individuals, and the other has an irrational belief that they are victims, and that what happens to someone of their race has happened to everyone in their sphere.

Do I want the people in this Ohio community to be enraged? Not at all. I hope that they will keep in mind that the police are still having to investigate whether another person was involved with Bobby Cutts in Jessie Davis' murder, and whether her death was premeditated or a second-degree killing. I hope that everyone will keep their heads while everything is being found out and every avenue in this case has been traveled. It just angers me that we can look at this tragedy in one light and an expectation of those in this community, and have a completely different attitude about another group of people's reaction to a similar situation.

Just think about this the next time you see "Reverend" Jackson and "Reverend" Sharpton making a lot of noise about someones "rights" and "justice." Ask yourself, was it concerning a white person's rights and justice, or was it concerning a black person? Then ask yourself, isn't their double-standard in-and-of-itself racist?

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