tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post2829490366708950089..comments2024-03-18T04:20:15.987-04:00Comments on Statement Analysis ®: Olu Stevens: Racist Judge Who Taught Parents a Lesson on Race?Statement Analysis Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-68975327844273080002015-05-06T02:54:26.311-04:002015-05-06T02:54:26.311-04:00Wow, Ava, you're special aren't you?
&quo...Wow, Ava, you're special aren't you?<br /><br />"I just cant help thinking that the only way this could harm friendships is if the parents want that to happen."<br /><br />So why do they have black friends in the first place? Doesn’t it seem more than a little odd to make friends with black people while looking for any excuse to not be friends with black people? I'm sure you can answer that question since you seem to have a deep and substantial knowledge of the hearts and minds of people you've never met.<br /><br />Also worth noting is that the parents are listing their daughter's trauma and strained relations with black friends as bad things. Do you think that might imply that they value their black friends and don't want their daughter to react with fear to black people? Doesn’t that strike you as an unusual thing for a bunch racist racists to do?<br /><br />Whatever, I can sure think of another way this could harm friendships; the black friends could be jumping to the exact same conclusions that both the loony judge and you jumped to. <br /><br />" the mom probably tenses up, and the child feeds off of that."<br /><br />How the Sam Hill do you know that? Have you ever met this woman? Have you seen the way she reacts to black people? When you say “probably” you have to provide some reasons why it would be probable.<br /><br />"the adults feel justified in blaming ALL blacks,"<br /><br />How do you know that the adults are blaming ALL blacks? Did you look into a crystal ball to divine this information? If so, could you hook me up with next weeks lotto numbers?<br /><br />"the parents aren't doing that because they were already pretty prejudiced"<br /><br />How in goodness name do you know what the family is and isn't doing? Look, I don't have kids, I'm just an uncle so I only know people who have kids, but I can tell you that modifying a kids bad behavior can be a long uphill battle. I can't even imagine how a parent who's scared and traumatized by armed home invasion begins to correct the problems of a THREE YEAR OLD GIRL who's scared and traumatized because some punk broke into her home and SHOVED A LOADED GUN INTO HER FACE! <br /><br />If those black friends of theirs jumped to the same conclusion you did and began saying the same awful things about them that you and this moron judge did, and all in the wake of a terrifying home invasion, couldn't that maybe strain the relationship? Maybe just a little? <br /><br />I grant you that I have no way of knowing what the parents are like or what they have done, but my explanation is no less plausible than the one you arrived at. Furthermore, your explanation is nothing but arbitrary guesswork, mine is at least based on the observation of the outrageous reactions of Judge Stevens and folks like you.<br /><br />"they were already pretty prejudiced"<br /><br />Prejudice is prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case. That's the definition from Wikipedia, it's also a great description of you. <br /><br />“Obviously, I feel badly for the family, and hope they can get therapy and deal with their fear and learn not to blame entire races, no matter how bad the encounter was.”<br /><br />Obviously, I feel badly for you, hope you can get more tongue-lashings and deal with your sanctimoniousness and learn not to be such a scurrilous kook, no matter how superior to others it makes you feel.<br /><br />Anyway, whether or not the judge made the decision out of some sense of racial solidarity is unknown and unknowable, unless you are a psychic like our dear Ava here, it's completely irrelevant too. I'm sure there is some good in knowing why somebody makes a bad call, but it won’t correct the bad call. Even if the family has a problem with black people, which is still unproven by the way, I fail to see how that makes an armed robber any less despicable or any more “deserving” of an “opportunity to redeem himself”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-71860749198322601992015-04-19T05:39:00.285-04:002015-04-19T05:39:00.285-04:00I'm with the judge about the mom projecting he...I'm with the judge about the mom projecting her fears on the child... the mom probably tenses up, and the child feeds off of that.<br /><br />Probation for armed robbery seems to be an oddly light sentence, but maybe that kid will turn it all around...<br /><br />In the end, it sounds like the whole family was understandably traumatized, but I do think the adults feel justified in blaming ALL blacks, and are teaching that to the kids, whether they mean to or not.<br /><br />Obviously, I feel badly for the family, and hope they can get therapy and deal with their fear and learn not to blame entire races, no matter how bad the encounter was.<br /><br />I just cant help thinking that the only way this could harm friendships is if the parents want that to happen. If a black man comes over to the house, and the child gets scared, how hard would it be for the parents to gently explain that she's nervous around all strangers after the robbery, and then later on, even more gently, tell the child that those two criminals do not reflect all black people, and that its wrong to assume everyone who looks like them will hurt them.<br /><br />the parents aren't doing that because they were already pretty prejudiced, and this justified that belief.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12411025329875562226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-43247742756164969012015-04-15T03:14:35.332-04:002015-04-15T03:14:35.332-04:00Jen Ow- You are spot on with your comments. Color ...Jen Ow- You are spot on with your comments. Color is a concept a child can identify. Height and weight are not easily descriptive for a three-year-old. For a grown adult (much less one who is charged with being impartial in his capacity as a judge)to take offense and assume prejudice on the part of the parents is in fact judgemental and reverse racism. In essence, he called the parents out as racists. Moreover, his own statements convict him of showing extreme prejudice and personal bias against an innocent victim of an armed robbery. Essentially, he let the criminal walk because of his personal prejudice. He identified with the black perpetrator, simply because they were the same color. I would demand a retrial, file a civil rights lawsuit, and petition to have him removed from the bench. Foolsfeedonfollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-59383075858464511832015-04-15T03:05:01.728-04:002015-04-15T03:05:01.728-04:00Responding to the first comment, we too have Afric...Responding to the first comment, we too have African American friends...not because we differentiate, but because they distinguish themselves by their heritage.<br /><br />In a small get together with others, the subject of race relations came up and I made the mistake of sharing that I had been raised "color blind" and that several of my relatives were of mixed race...to me they were just my cousins. My friend quickly correctly me that African Americans are proud of their heritage and culture and want to be identified as such. I was appalled at the double standard. I know that if I began demanding to be addressed with "respect" or treated "special" because of my race, I'd be branded and ostracized as rascist. Foolsfeedonfollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-71821757672984874652015-04-14T20:57:57.759-04:002015-04-14T20:57:57.759-04:00This judge is a joke.
Of course, the 3 yo would ...This judge is a joke. <br /><br />Of course, the 3 yo would develop a broad generalization based on the looks of the men who terrorized her, and her parents. This is the expected for a young child, without the ability to discern the difference between the men who kicked in her door and shoved a gun in her face, and other men who look the same. <br /><br />When my son was around 2-3 years old, he called EVERY older, balding man we encountered 'Papaw', (even Colonel Sanders on the KFC billboards, and some of our younger friends, lol!) because that was his visual relation to the word Papaw. This little girl was the victim of 2 black men, so her visual relation to the experience, and the fear she felt is connected to black men. <br /><br />This judge should be removed from the bench. It is outrageous that the perpetrator pled to 20 years, admitting he 'stuck a gun in that little girls face', and the judge changed his sentence to probation. The judge can say what he wants, but his decision was clearly swayed by his own emotions. He was so offended that he can't /won't stop his continued victimization of the innocent victim's. His remarks are completely out of line, both in court, and on FB. It is his job to facilitate the sentencing of the convicted criminals before him, not admonish the victim's for the content of their victim impact statement. Shame on him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680510856590830567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-23186178517723815192015-04-14T17:54:24.056-04:002015-04-14T17:54:24.056-04:00Anonymous 5:22PM Yes, I do.
The writer is referr...Anonymous 5:22PM Yes, I do. <br /><br />The writer is referring to a pattern, not a specific event. <br /><br />If it was a single event, it would not be reliable. <br /><br /><br />Anonymous 5:11: relationships "with" shows distance, with respectful "African-American friends." Distancing may be due to non-specified friends, reported in general terms. <br /><br />"black male" is one who is not known. African American is friends. <br /><br />The change of language is justified by context, which indicates veracity. <br /><br />Peter Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-78239334515140552112015-04-14T17:22:20.261-04:002015-04-14T17:22:20.261-04:00""Whenever we are running errands, if we...""Whenever we <b>are </b>running errands, <b>if we come across</b> a black male, she <b>holds </b>me tight and <b>begs </b>me to leave,"<br /><br />And would SA find this a reliable reporting of past events?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-532569594674582622015-04-14T17:11:07.835-04:002015-04-14T17:11:07.835-04:00"Whenever we are running errands, if we come ...<i>"Whenever we are running errands, if we come across a <b> black </b>male, she holds me tight and begs me to leave," the mother said. "It has affected her friendships at school and our relationships <b>with</b> African-American friends."</i><br /><br />Interesting that she provides a specific example (with visual, auditory, and sensory details) about coming across "black" people running errands, but is vague in how it "affects" their friendships "with" "African Americans." Why is that last and so vague? Why are strangers "black" yet alleged friends "African Americans"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com