Monday, January 17, 2005
People are getting assassinated every day. This is just one more day of disrespect.
Hi, Christopher, who gets assassinated every day?
People, Jay. My people. Everywhere. You just don't hear about it because the mass media isn't trying to notify when it's my people.
Hm, your people? People get killed, and it's tragic but they don't get assassinated. Also, I'm not sure technically how they're 'your--
They do. But when it's my brothers and sisters, no one hears about it.
But, Christopher, that's kind of what assassinated means. It's someone who'd make the news if they got killed. Like a political leader or some kind of, you know, important person.
See? Just because someone isn't a political leader, they can't be important to your way of thinking, right? So all those people who get assassinated every single day out there don't even matter? Man, Jay, I thought you were a little more aware. You need to open your eyes, 'cause you don't see what's happening right around you.
It's not that they don't matter, I just don't think you can say they're assassinated, that's all.
This is the problem. This is why we are spending the whole day spitting on the Reverend Dr. King instead of respecting him. Because people like you who act like they're all cool are secretly racist and want to deny his achievements.
Christopher, what? How can you say that? I didn't deny anything! Martin Luther King was assassinated. Nobody said he wasn't! I thought we were just talking about semantics, word choice for what it's called when people are, unfortunately, murdered. That's all! I wasn't trying to get into anything with you, for goodness' sake.
That is just the problem. I am done working here today. This is my refusal. And if you had any respect for the people whose sweat and blood built this country, then you would, too.
Well, the company decided not to give us today off. I don't think we can just--
People like you, man. You're the ones who are holding us down. I'm out.
Hi, Christopher, who gets assassinated every day?
People, Jay. My people. Everywhere. You just don't hear about it because the mass media isn't trying to notify when it's my people.
Hm, your people? People get killed, and it's tragic but they don't get assassinated. Also, I'm not sure technically how they're 'your--
They do. But when it's my brothers and sisters, no one hears about it.
But, Christopher, that's kind of what assassinated means. It's someone who'd make the news if they got killed. Like a political leader or some kind of, you know, important person.
See? Just because someone isn't a political leader, they can't be important to your way of thinking, right? So all those people who get assassinated every single day out there don't even matter? Man, Jay, I thought you were a little more aware. You need to open your eyes, 'cause you don't see what's happening right around you.
It's not that they don't matter, I just don't think you can say they're assassinated, that's all.
This is the problem. This is why we are spending the whole day spitting on the Reverend Dr. King instead of respecting him. Because people like you who act like they're all cool are secretly racist and want to deny his achievements.
Christopher, what? How can you say that? I didn't deny anything! Martin Luther King was assassinated. Nobody said he wasn't! I thought we were just talking about semantics, word choice for what it's called when people are, unfortunately, murdered. That's all! I wasn't trying to get into anything with you, for goodness' sake.
That is just the problem. I am done working here today. This is my refusal. And if you had any respect for the people whose sweat and blood built this country, then you would, too.
Well, the company decided not to give us today off. I don't think we can just--
People like you, man. You're the ones who are holding us down. I'm out.
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