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Americans: What does this picture mean to you?

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Originally posted by: aswedc
Never said every one did. Drug usage, welfare, and crime rates, however, are higher than other races in similar conditions supporting my view that black youth culture supports or at least permits these activities, which are by most accounts negative attributes.
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The "in similar conditions" is the part I am arguing with.
I think the statistics on higher crime rates, welfare, and drug usage are accurate.
But I don't believe that this takes "similar conditions" into account.
Yes, blacks are more likely to commit a crime if you look at national statistics.
But it is NOT because they are black. It is because blacks are more likely to live in poverty and in economically depressed areas.

I still think that if you look at the crime rates, welfare, and drug usage statistics in a white ghetto area, the numbers will be just as high as they are in a black area.

If you know anything about Eugene, Oregon, you would know that there are very few blacks there. But there are areas of town where I would not go at night and even try to avoid in the daytime. These are the very low income areas where drug use, drug dealing, assaults, thefts, and prostitution are commonplace. Just plain scary places to go. And they are filled with nothing but white people.
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
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On a side note:
Whyis it that anyone who has a differing opinion is labeled racist? and are all racists automatically rednecks?
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You are just upset because no brother asked you out when you were younger!

 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Well isn't that to fscking bad. As Americans the blacks were entitled to the same education and rights as every other American. Who gives a fsck what some Redneck Racist think today?
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Don't get me wrong. I think that racism is a bad thing. I think that blacks, whites, greens, purples, whatever, are equal.

I still think that busing in minorities just to integrate schools was a bad idea.

 
I find it interesting how people are able to project their agendas into that picture:

Afro-americans are whiney self victimizers

Afro-americans are thugs

Civic justce is judicial interference

Slavery was not evil done by white people because dark skin people sold dark skin people to light skin people.

This thread will be transfer to the P&N forum in a hour.
 
Originally posted by: Dr Smooth
I find it interesting how people are able to project their agendas into that picture:

Afro-americans are whiney self victimizers

Afro-americans are thugs

Civic justce is judicial interference

Slavery was not evil done by white people because dark skin people sold dark skin people to light skin people.

This thread will be transfer to the P&N forum in a hour.
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I hope that's not what you got from my post, because if you did, you misinterpreted.
 
to me it shows why a strong federal government is needed

flame away all you want, but i really like how the federal government does what's right regardless of what some ass-backwards state wants
 
I agree with that pic entirely, what really sucks is the reverse racism that exists now.

It really seems man was born in order to destroy himself 🙁 (gender neutral)

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please dont flame me, but i believe that picture reflects a no-tolerance policy on the national level (since it was an action performed by the federal government). despite the fact that not every american agreed with the president's action, it happened nonetheless. it was a stepping stone in the advancement of african americans in society IMO.
personally, there is no single factor that can be labeled as the cause for the current status of many African Americans.
in a similar fashion, there is no single reason why the UNited States is disproportionately more powerful than the rest of the world. There are many factors, some more recent, while others still continue to this very day. did slavery have a massive effect? sure did. were whites the only ones who contributed to slavery? nope. is the united states, on the whole, to blame? nope. are reparations needed? in my opinion, nope. its almost like christians persecuting jews because the jewish leaders wished to have Jesus executed almost 2000 years ago. bringing it up (slavery) again and again is only going to make the situation worse. instead of moving on, we're going back to a point in the past and then moving forward.
do i feel AA is unfair? yes, simply because it makes race an issue, the very thing we're trying to prevent! i really don't pay attention to politics much so i won't comment on jesse jackson or al sharpton, as my view would be one that isn't sufficiently knowledgable.

and so my post ends.
everyone is equal, regardless. society places worth on people.
Fenixgoon
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Whyis it that anyone who has a differing opinion is labeled racist? and are all racists automatically rednecks?🙂
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What's funny is that people get angry when you call Japenese a Jap, or even worse use the C or N words, but threads making racial slurs at white people are all the rage.

Looks like white folks have gone from being too equal to not equal enough.

 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Whyis it that anyone who has a differing opinion is labeled racist? and are all racists automatically rednecks?🙂
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What's funny is that people get angry when you call Japenese a Jap, or even worse use the C or N words, but threads making racial slurs at white people are all the rage.

Looks like white folks have gone from being too equal to not equal enough.
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I think some rednecks would get upset by being stereotyped as racists and some racists upset for being stereotyped as rednecks!

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Originally posted by: tnitsuj
from BBC.COM What thoughts, emotions, memories, etc. does this picture and the events behind it evoke?
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Long before my time. A move [that I believe was] motivated by good intentions, but perhaps poorly implemented. I believe natural integration benefits everyone, but forced integration can create strong and deep seated resentment.
 
Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
from BBC.COM What thoughts, emotions, memories, etc. does this picture and the events behind it evoke?
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Long before my time. A move [that I believe was] motivated by good intentions, but perhaps poorly implemented. I believe natural integration benefits everyone, but forced integration can create strong and deep seated resentment.
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More so than forced segregation?
 
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
please dont flame me, but i believe that picture reflects a no-tolerance policy on the national level (since it was an action performed by the federal government). despite the fact that not every american agreed with the president's action, it happened nonetheless. it was a stepping stone in the advancement of african americans in society IMO.
personally, there is no single factor that can be labeled as the cause for the current status of many African Americans.
in a similar fashion, there is no single reason why the UNited States is disproportionately more powerful than the rest of the world. There are many factors, some more recent, while others still continue to this very day. did slavery have a massive effect? sure did. were whites the only ones who contributed to slavery? nope. is the united states, on the whole, to blame? nope. are reparations needed? in my opinion, nope. its almost like christians persecuting jews because the jewish leaders wished to have Jesus executed almost 2000 years ago. bringing it up (slavery) again and again is only going to make the situation worse. instead of moving on, we're going back to a point in the past and then moving forward.
do i feel AA is unfair? yes, simply because it makes race an issue, the very thing we're trying to prevent! i really don't pay attention to politics much so i won't comment on jesse jackson or al sharpton, as my view would be one that isn't sufficiently knowledgable.

and so my post ends.
everyone is equal, regardless. society places worth on people.
Fenixgoon
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Agreed and well said.
 
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
Originally posted by: tnitsuj from BBC.COM What thoughts, emotions, memories, etc. does this picture and the events behind it evoke?
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Long before my time. A move [that I believe was] motivated by good intentions, but perhaps poorly implemented. I believe natural integration benefits everyone, but forced integration can create strong and deep seated resentment.
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More so than forced segregation?
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Forced integration is most definately preferred over forced segregation. Isolating ourselves only makes us weaker, and ignorant of the world around us. Immersing ourselves in diversity, when it occurs of our own free will, makes us stronger.

No FACTS here, just my opinions.
 
i was in a high school history class when i saw this picture in the textbook. reminded me of another one where it shows a white girl having a really hateful look on a black girl when they were being walked to school.

how i feel about it? well, i'm not white first of all (i'm asian) and the picture reminded me of southern racism. Living in california might not help but my roommate (white) talked stuff about how the south is racist and they all live in sh!tholes after watching an episode in ER. I personally know people from the south that are not like that but stuff like these (segregation, hatred towards minority) are automatically associated with anything southern, especially the accent. I don't know how many generations it will take to dilute that feeling with some americans.

affirmative action isn't really related to the picture IMO.
 
Originally posted by: alphatarget1
i was in a high school history class when i saw this picture in the textbook. reminded me of another one where it shows a white girl having a really hateful look on a black girl when they were being walked to school.

how i feel about it? well, i'm not white first of all (i'm asian) and the picture reminded me of southern racism. Living in california might not help but my roommate (white) talked stuff about how the south is racist and they all live in sh!tholes after watching an episode in ER. I personally know people from the south that are not like that but stuff like these (segregation, hatred towards minority) are automatically associated with anything southern, especially the accent. I don't know how many generations it will take to dilute that feeling with some americans.

affirmative action isn't really related to the picture IMO.
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Wait, you mean bigoted and uninformed Americans. Obviously your education from your roommate(who received her brilliant PhD from ER) was quality and you should be teaching the rest of us. The question is why the fvck you made this post with zero argument and zero factual basis. Did you just want to look like an ass, or did you feel we needed some more stereotyping to go on in this thread?

What breeds racism is ignorance, and that is exactly what you are guilty of.
 
Racism is due to ignorance and intolerance. You cannot get rid of either of those, so you will never be able to get rid of racism. We've been on this earth for a long time and people have been killing each other because of the color of their skin for a long time.

It's never going to stop, but all we can do is try to make it less with each passing generation. The amount of racism in parts of Europe, Asia, South America, etc are a whole lost worse than here. The amount of misogynists in those areas is also much higher here. For some odd reason people in the US think you can only be racist against blacks, but you can easily be racist against asians, hispanics, or european whites.
 
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