My best friend was on the bus mentioned in the below article. He is Black. Was charismatic, charming, athletic, well-liked, and intelligent.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Court-upholds-UAlbany-student-expulsion-for-hate-13126483.php
He saw the incident and knew that the girl was lying. But as a bystander on the bus people obviously wanted to know what happened. No, they did not just know what happened, they wanted to know why he didn't intervene.
You see, he had classmates, professors, and staff all come up to him and ask him why he didn't help out the black girl that was being attacked. No, not just ask him. Chastised him for not helping. I mean, it was his responsibility to prevent this black girl from being attacked.
You see, the truth is silenced. The lies overflow and all of these people that actually had the responsibility to withhold judgment instead turned on an innocent bystander. How does someone come back from that socially? Sure, later on, he'll hear the apologies.
He'll hear how sorry they were to have accused him of the crime of inaction. No evidence, no proof, and no justice. A pariah for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I wonder what that does to a man's psyche. To have everyone turn on you. To see the people around you as they really are, a bunch of fools waiting to destroy whatever popular gossip is spoken as if it were the truth.
And when the pressure did finally get to him, what did they all do? Nothing. Society just kept on going.
I'd like to mention something about justice, but like Socrates, I'm finding it hard to find.
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