When Being Well Intentioned, White and Progressive Isn’t a Free Pass to This Black

Stephen Amell gotta pass the sticks. And he knows this. Now. The star of Arrow, arguably one of the most successful comic book TV adaptations of all time, said some dumb shit in regards to the very public disciplining of Ahmed Mohamed. If you were too busy gearing up for the Republic debate on Wednesday and stayed off of Twitter for spoilers (Spoiler Alert: Donald Trump was an asshole, end Spoiler Alert), then it’s possible you didn’t catch the story of a 9th Grader who built a clock at home as part as an assignment for his engineering class. When he brought it to school, his teacher looked at it, had concerns that the thing one tells time with could be a bomb, and called the police, who in turn arrested Ahmed. In good ole Irving, Texas, just outside of Dallas, Ahmed was handcuffed, taken into custody, and interrogated. The police Captain said that Ahmed should have been more forthcoming about the device since when questioned, Ahmed said it was just a clock. Which is like if someone asks you if it’s raining outside, you look outside and see the sun shining, tell that person no, and then they blame you for withholding information. So yes, this is a shitshow of the biggest proportion, especially since neither the school, nor the police department has apologized. And by the way, as this is being published on Thursday, September 17th, Ahmed is still suspended. And of course, this ain’t just some Islamaphobic shit, it’s some anti-black shit. The support for Ahmed though? Stellar. …