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Bending The Knee, Racist Policing and Perceptions

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Is there anything more docile and less threatening than Bending the Knee ? It is the ultimate symbol of submission, subjugation, servitude, and begging, as in when a man begs for a woman's hand in marriage. So why would this simple peaceful act of going down on one’s knee, cause so much hate and treated like violent terrorism. The way some white people are reacting to it, one would think people going down on their knees were taking their first born and raping their women. I am told that taking the knee is very divisive, but I fail to see how. In what way is a person going down on their knees threatening or divisive? The fact is, it really does not matter how Black people protest, it does not matter what we do, because everything we do seems threatening and divisive to some white people who would just rather we shut up and suffer in silence. Policing  If you over police one section of society based on race , while under policing another section of society based on race . You will ge...