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This week, at the Disney World Resort in Florida, a 2-year-old white boy was killed by an alligator. Last month, a 3-year-old Black child fell into a Gorilla exhibit.

Two similar tragedies, two DISTURBINGLY different responses from the public.

But this isn’t about gorillas and alligators. Nor is it about news media describing Matt Graves, the father of the white child, as an employee of a “tech company and a board member of the Chamber of Commerce” while depicting Deonne Dickerson, the father of the Black child, as an absent father with a lengthy criminal record.

Nah.

This is about our country’s OBSESSION with invalidating, patronizing and racializing Black parents. ALL BLACK PARENTS.

Take a good look at how we talk about Black parents in the news and across social media:

- White America invented the “welfare queen” caricature to depict Black mothers as lazy and opportunistic, while slut-shaming them with myths of “multiple fathers.”

- We constantly joke in our movies, TV shows and Youtube videos about absent Black fathers.

- Just a few months ago, we shamed Will and Jada Pinkett Smith because their son, Jaden Smith, was seen wearing a skirt. People questioned their parenting and placed blame on their association with Scientology.

- When Mike Brown was murdered by Darren Wilson in 2014, people shamed Mike’s mother for raising “a thug” and never gave her the opportunity to mourn the loss of her son.

ALL OF THIS BULL**** is a way to disprove the humanity of Black parents — to prove that Black people aren’t responsible for themselves or their children. By doing this, we validate our legacy of oppression towards Black people.

In the eyes of white supremacy, who cares if we gentrify Black neighborhoods and push out Black families? Who cares if we zone Black children into schools that are horribly underfunded? Who cares if we provide inferior healthcare to Black children? Who cares if police officers murder Black kids?

In the eyes of white supremacy, because Black parents are bad parents, they don’t deserve those civil rights. They don’t deserve to eat, to be taken care of by a physician, to study at a decent public school, nor do they deserve to live.

Funny...

White people are mortified about this 2-year-old being eaten alive by an alligator yet, during slavery, white people fed the local alligators Black babies.

I guess the outrage over Black lives has a statute of limitations...

 

 

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A version of this post originally appeared The Love Life of an Asian Guy.



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OK? Except I had no clue about the race of the zoo parents for days.

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I had no clue about either at first. To me, it was about complete negligence in the zoo case on the part of the mother, and with the FL case, it was a horrible accident. The parents were there with the FL case, and the father even tried to free his son from the jaws of the gator. With the zoo case, mommy dearest didn't even know her son was in the cage until someone told her and she stood there saying mommy's here, mommy's here.

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Well, i saw a ton of criticism about both parents. So, kind of blows that.

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To me, the situations are NOT the same. And I don't understand how this author is claiming it's a racial "thing."

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Oh boo hoo!

Facts are facts.

Don't want to be described as an absent father with a criminal record? Don't be an absent father with a criminal record.

I don't care what color you are.



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Idiot author can't even get the facts correct:

"White people are mortified about this 2-year-old being eaten alive by an alligator."

Ummm, no, the boy drowned.

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And I think BOTH parents are stupid. I feel for their children, but the parents are idiots.


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Idiot author can't even get the facts correct:

"White people are mortified about this 2-year-old being eaten alive by an alligator."

Ummm, no, the boy drowned.

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 That's what alligators do to their prey.  They thrash them around drowning them.  The alligator then brought trauma on the body.  



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Idiot author can't even get the facts correct:

"White people are mortified about this 2-year-old being eaten alive by an alligator."

Ummm, no, the boy drowned.

flan

 That's what alligators do to their prey.  They thrash them around drowning them.  The alligator then brought trauma on the body.  

 He was NOT eaten alive.

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I am not an alligator expert, but why DIDN'T the alligator eat the boy?

Not trying to be morbid, here.

I know the playing and splashing most likely triggered the alligators response, but do alligators kill and then leave the kill?


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I am not an alligator expert, but why DIDN'T the alligator eat the boy?

Not trying to be morbid, here.

I know the playing and splashing most likely triggered the alligators response, but do alligators kill and then leave the kill?

 From what I've read, they hide the body until they swallow it whole.

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Well, I'm just glad they found him and the family can give him a proper burial.



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Hopefully, that will be the beginning of the journey to heal for those poor parents.

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Alligators drown their prey and often will keep it later and go back to it.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Alligators drown their prey and often will keep it later and go back to it.

 Because cold-blooded animals don't need to eat as often as warm-blooded ones do.

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Alligators drown their prey and often will keep it later and go back to it.

 I have been to alligator farms and heard the talks, but I couldn't remember about what they did with a kill.

And really, it was just doing what alligators do.

It's just so sad, all the way around.



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Sorry, nope. People tore apart both families equally, had nothing to do with race. In fact, there was a fake picture going around showing the 'gorilla' family as white for a while.

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As much as I disagree that the parents at Disney should have let their kid in that water, they were right there with the kid - he wasn't alone. And the parents reacted immediately.

The zoo child had enough time to enter the gorilla habitat and get through all the barriers before mom even knew he was gone. The zoo kid also told his mom he wanted to go in there, and she still didn't watch him closely. And at a zoo - you KNOW there are animals right there; the Disney parents certainly didn't know about the alligator.

And I didn't know the race of the zoo parents for a couple of days, either. And we were discussing it like crazy.

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I find it disgusting that the author is wanting to make this a race issue.

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None of us knew the race of either child. But, this is a perfect example of how the Left views the world and they interpret every event through their filter of "racism". And, of course this is a writer of a Left Wing ragtag.

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Sorry, nope. People tore apart both families equally, had nothing to do with race. In fact, there was a fake picture going around showing the 'gorilla' family as white for a while.

 No, it didn't tear the families apart equally.  The black child survived with minimal injuries.  Maybe that is racist?  I suppose if the situations were reversed and the black child died and the white child lived, then that would be more fuel for their imaginary fire.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

None of us knew the race of either child. But, this is a perfect example of how the Left views the world and they interpret every event through their filter of "racism". And, of course this is a writer of a Left Wing ragtag.

 It's an "example," but NOT of what you think.

Points for stereotyping again...

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Hey, it's on the Huffpo. Doh!!

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
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Sorry, nope. People tore apart both families equally, had nothing to do with race. In fact, there was a fake picture going around showing the 'gorilla' family as white for a while.

 No, it didn't tear the families apart equally.  The black child survived with minimal injuries.  Maybe that is racist?  I suppose if the situations were reversed and the black child died and the white child lived, then that would be more fuel for their imaginary fire.

 There is that.  IF (big IF) there was much of a difference - the sympathy for the parents that had to watch their kid die probably had something to do with it.  



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As much as I disagree that the parents at Disney should have let their kid in that water, they were right there with the kid - he wasn't alone. And the parents reacted immediately.

The zoo child had enough time to enter the gorilla habitat and get through all the barriers before mom even knew he was gone. The zoo kid also told his mom he wanted to go in there, and she still didn't watch him closely. And at a zoo - you KNOW there are animals right there; the Disney parents certainly didn't know about the alligator.

And I didn't know the race of the zoo parents for a couple of days, either. And we were discussing it like crazy.

 Yes, this. There are so many differences between the two cases.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

None of us knew the race of either child. But, this is a perfect example of how the Left views the world and they interpret every event through their filter of "racism". And, of course this is a writer of a Left Wing ragtag.

 So true. I'm seeing this way too much nowadays. Everything is racist.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

None of us knew the race of either child. But, this is a perfect example of how the Left views the world and they interpret every event through their filter of "racism". And, of course this is a writer of a Left Wing ragtag.

 So true. I'm seeing this way too much nowadays. Everything is racist.

 Except it ISN'T...and just like "bullying," when a term gets overused, it loses its real meaning.

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Yes, exactly. Maybe you are starting to see the light! Yes, maybe Trump is having some appeal! lol

 

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What is wrong with that poor creature?

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I am not an alligator expert, but why DIDN'T the alligator eat the boy?

Not trying to be morbid, here.

I know the playing and splashing most likely triggered the alligators response, but do alligators kill and then leave the kill?

 Maybe a silverback ape appeared and saved the day.



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lilyofcourse wrote:

I am not an alligator expert, but why DIDN'T the alligator eat the boy?

Not trying to be morbid, here.

I know the playing and splashing most likely triggered the alligators response, but do alligators kill and then leave the kill?

 Maybe a silverback ape appeared and saved the day.

 Ok so I actually have thought about this, my guess is the diaper factor.



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I was watching a "how to" clip on how to escape an alligator and if you roll with it and gouge his eyes, he'll let go. Not sure why he didn't eat the child.

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I was watching a "how to" clip on how to escape an alligator and if you roll with it and gouge his eyes, he'll let go. Not sure why he didn't eat the child.

 I've heard the tip about the eyes as well. Can you imagine how that would feel?????

Alligator feeding habits:

Once an alligator captures something, it will hold it in its mouth and drag it underwater to drown it. It must then get back above water to swallow it -- otherwise, the alligator's stomach and lungs would fill with water. Using its incredibly powerful jaws (which are able to exert up to 2,000 PSI), an alligator will break bones or crush shells (in the case of turtles) to create a chunk of flesh that can fit down its throat. Then it will raise its head, open the palatal valve and swallow the piece whole. An alligator can digest anything it swallows -- muscle, bone, cartilage, etc. are all digested completely.

Alligators, being cold-blooded, do not have to eat very often. Once a week is a typical feeding schedule for alligators living in the wild. Excess calories are stored in fat deposits at the base of the alligator's tail. Incredibly, by burning fat reserves, it is possible for an alligator to last more than two years between feedings.

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I was watching a "how to" clip on how to escape an alligator and if you roll with it and gouge his eyes, he'll let go. Not sure why he didn't eat the child.

 A wildlife expert said on the news that they will drown the prey and then leave it there and come back to it later.



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The main difference between the two? The zoo incident was both the zoo's fault and the parent's fault. The Disney incident was NEITHER the resorts fault or the parent's fault.

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Well, the kids at the zoo was fine, and it was entirely the fault of the people around him.

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Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:

Well, the kids at the zoo was fine, and it was entirely the fault of the people around him.

 I'm sure by the people around him, you mean his parents.



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