I had a Twitter spat, and it got out-of-control. I will admit, I got caught up in the heat of it, but reeled my stance back to what my intent was.
Omar Jimenez was one of FOUR individuals within CNN's news-crew who was arrested, but the headl…
I had a Twitter spat, and it got out-of-control. I will admit, I got caught up in the heat of it, but reeled my stance back to what my intent was.
Omar Jimenez was one of FOUR individuals within CNN's news-crew who was arrested, but the headlines are pointing out an unnecessary subject: that he's Black.
The rest of Omar's crew are lighter-skinned individuals, and I can't judge their background (ethnicity/race) through visualization alone, but my point stands: the INCLUSION of Jimenez's background - whatever it may be - should NOT have been included in the headlines, tweets, etc. - all that did was serve as a attempt to fan the flames of an already crazy situation.
Granted, when I posted my initial Tweet, my wording was flawed, and yeah, I got ratioed (LOL). I will take it. However, I reeled my argument/stance of the issue back to my intent. Race NOR ethnicity (regardless if his race is Black, or his ethnicity is Hispanic/Latino) should have been added as even an IOTA of inclusion, because it served no relevance to the situation. Four people were arrested, one was dark-skinned, the other three were light-skinned individuals.
My point, overall, is that his background wasn't necessary in anyone's tweets or MSM's articles about the situation. I could give a rats-ass what his background is unless it has something to do with the issue.
Anyway, here's my response of this issue that I did a SHIT job of explaining on Twitter - I veered into the DEFINITION argument vs. my initial argument of his background being unnecessarily used in MSM/tweets. ;-)
Enjoy!
P.S. I did find a PAST bio of Jimenez background including he is 'Black' of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, so yes, I'm wrong on that issue. I'm definitely not wrong on the fact his background should NOT have been put front-and-center in this issue though. That was just adding fuel to the fire, and had zero to do with his arrest. I stand by that.
