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gersson said:
you must be older than 35 yrs old...

Seriously, under 30 I don't know a single person who considers race important
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Seconded. I rarely hear of race discussion in my age group. It's mostly about culture and culture often goes across racial lines these days. People who think terms of skin color don't have two brain cells to put together.
 
gersson said:
you must be older than 35 yrs old...

Seriously, under 30 I don't know a single person who considers race important
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Wow. I guess pigs can fly now too.

JMapleton said:
Seconded. I rarely hear of race discussion in my age group. It's mostly about culture and culture often goes across racial lines these days.
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Please enlighten the ignorant with an example.
 
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JMapleton said:
Please state to me how I can give an example of something that I said does not happen.

Or are you referring to how culture goes beyond racial lines?
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Like the quote said, how culture goes beyond racial lines. What is something you've discussed with our friends?
 
grrl said:
Like the quote said, how culture goes beyond racial lines. What is something you've discussed with our friends?
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The behavior of others. For example: 50 years ago people would divide a person by their race if their behavior was predominant to a certain race.

Today not so, people realize culture goes beyond race and they define the culture itself and the behavior itself and disregard race.

If you're discussing a gangster, white or black, you don't point out "black culture" you point out "gangster culture." Some people would blame a certain race, others would realize race means nothing, you go directly and define their behavior, not look at something as unimportant as race.

Rap music is a prime example. It's the motivation for a lot of racism against African Americans, but it's foolish to blame a race for the actions of a few. Some have learned a little and don't point out race, but point out the gangster rap lifestyle. Still they fall short. It's the gangster lifestyle itself that is to blame, not the music.

People like to generalize, but that's a false way of defining behavior. But all things being ideal, you simply should blame a person's actions, and don't generalize at all, assess each person individually and judge no groups of people.

This is just my observation, no reason for anyone to be angry. I could be wrong.
 
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gersson said:
you must be older than 35 yrs old...

Seriously, under 30 I don't know a single person who considers race important
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JMapleton said:
Seconded. I rarely hear of race discussion in my age group. It's mostly about culture and culture often goes across racial lines these days. People who think terms of skin color don't have two brain cells to put together.
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JMapleton said:
The behavior of others. For example: 50 years ago people would divide a person by their race if their behavior was predominant to a certain race.

Today not so, people realize culture goes beyond race and they define the culture itself and the behavior itself and disregard race.

If you're discussing a gangster, white or black, you don't point out "black culture" you point out "gangster culture." Some people would blame a certain race, others would realize race means nothing, you go directly and define their behavior, not look at something as unimportant as race.

Rap music is a prime example. It's the motivation for a lot of racism against African Americans, but it's foolish to blame a race for the actions of a few. Some have learned a little and don't point out race, but point out the gangster rap lifestyle. Still they fall short. It's the gangster lifestyle itself that is to blame, not the music.

People like to generalize, but that's a false way of defining behavior. But all things being ideal, you simply should blame a person's actions, and don't generalize at all, assess each person individually and judge no groups of people.

This is just my observation, no reason for anyone to be angry. I could be wrong.
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Cliffs: Everyone in my white bread world thinks this way so, it must be how the world really is.

Ah well, ignorance is bliss. We can only hope you survive your first brush with reality.
 
*resisting urge to post a sarcastic comment to prevent perma-ban by moderators not understanding my scarcasm*
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Cliffs: Everyone in my white bread world thinks this way so, it must be how the world really is.

Ah well, ignorance is bliss. We can only hope you survive your first brush with reality.
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You must think highly of my opinion to think that it's intended to be fault proof. It was simply my opinion and I was speaking for "most" people my age whom I've had experience with, which is a small set of people.

I cannot nor can you go into the minds of every human being on Earth under the age of 30 and make broad sweeping generalization about all of them. This was just my observation and my personal eyeball's guess as to the reality of my generation.
 
JMapleton said:
You must think highly of my opinion to think that it's intended to be fault proof. It was simply my opinion and I was speaking for "most" people my age whom I've had experience with, which is a small set of people.

I cannot nor can you go into the minds of every human being on Earth under the age of 30 and make broad sweeping generalization about all of them. This was just my observation and my personal eyeball's guess as to the reality of my generation.
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I was pointing out that many people around the country feel differently. My perspective comes from living in many different places and another thirty odd years of experience. I would like to be wrong but, the reality is racism is alive and well. Believing it to be a small issue in America regardless of age group is foolish at best and dangerous at worst.
 
Patranus said:
Majority of racism is manufactured by "progressives" to drive a wedge between people.

The fact of the matter is that race shouldn't even be an issue but it is the "progressives" that keep bringing race into the national discussion.
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Anybody who doesn't support the left's massive welfare program to enslave more and more people to the doldroms of mediocrity and put them under their power is automatically a bigoted hateful racist.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
I was pointing out that many people around the country feel differently. My perspective comes from living in many different places and another thirty odd years of experience. I would like to be wrong but, the reality is racism is alive and well. Believing it to be a small issue in America regardless of age group is foolish at best and dangerous at worst.
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I think it's a big problem that is caused by a minority of the population unlike many years ago where racism was rampant. So I somewhat agree with you.

But it's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
 
JMapleton said:
I think it's a big problem that is caused by a minority of the population unlike many years ago where racism was rampant. So I somewhat agree with you.

But it's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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We may disagree about it being a minority of the population. From my perspective, the players change but, the song remains the same. I believe racism or, fear of the unknown, is part of humanity and will always be an issue. You know that racism is not based on skin color, right?
 
JMapleton said:
The behavior of others. For example: 50 years ago people would divide a person by their race if their behavior was predominant to a certain race.
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I can't speak for your friends, but that attitude is still very prevalent today and you don't have to look very hard to see it in people of all ages.

JMapleton said:
Today not so, people realize culture goes beyond race and they define the culture itself and the behavior itself and disregard race.
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That's an utterly indefensible statement. First, culture DOES NOT go beyond race, one's race is part of their culture. There has been no great homogenization of race, color or culture in the US, much less the world.

JMapleton said:
If you're discussing a gangster, white or black, you don't point out "black culture" you point out "gangster culture." Some people would blame a certain race, others would realize race means nothing, you go directly and define their behavior, not look at something as unimportant as race.
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Again, race DOES mean something, you honestly can't believe otherwise. Try telling that to a Jew, a black or an Asian. If you say "gangster culture" to someone I suspect the majority of people will think 'black'. If the same people see white gangsters on the news, they may still call them gangsters - or hoodlums or thugs or Mafia - yet view them differently.

JMapleton said:
Rap music is a prime example. It's the motivation for a lot of racism against African Americans, but it's foolish to blame a race for the actions of a few. Some have learned a little and don't point out race, but point out the gangster rap lifestyle. Still they fall short. It's the gangster lifestyle itself that is to blame, not the music.
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Those are nice sounding words, but even "the actions of a few" have a source, and that is the culture the individuals are from. Rap originated in the black community which is why many people connect the two. Whites have become large consumers of rap, but the target audience remains blacks and the lyrics primarily relevant to them.

JMapleton said:
People like to generalize, but that's a false way of defining behavior. But all things being ideal, you simply should blame a person's actions, and don't generalize at all, assess each person individually and judge no groups of people.
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Yeah, generalization is wrong, we've all been told that since grade school. But that doesn't change the fact that it's natural habit or that it's not always bad. It's lovely to think we can objectively assess everyone, start with a sort of tabla rasa each time we see a new person, but it doesn't work. For example, I see a guy with a yarmulke and thin braids dangling in front of his ears and, viewing him as 'raceless,' decide, yeah, I can't make any assumptions about this guy, so I'll ask him to sign my petition demanding the Israelis stop building settlements on the West Bank.

JMapleton said:
This is just my observation, no reason for anyone to be angry. I could be wrong.
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I don't think anyone is agree, however, many agree that you are very wrong. Or mistaken, if you prefer that word. 🙂
 
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I know a girl from Alabama that uses the N word on an hourly basis. While i don't like hearing it she has these awesome firm D cups i just wanna play with
 
You people who say racism is dead amongst people under 30 must live on the UC Berkeley campus or something. It's not just the South. Just hang out in the white neighborhoods of Brooklyn, etc. and you'll hear the N word more than on a Chris Rock skit.
 
It's our basic instinct to group things together and make assumptions.
We are a successful species because of our rapid ability to generalize things.

Racism will never be eliminated.

Even if there were no races, we would (and do) have prejudice for weight, sex, height, intelligence, etc.
 
edro said:
It's our basic instinct to group things together and make assumptions.
We are a successful species because of our rapid ability to generalize things.

Racism will never be eliminated.

Even if there were no races, we would (and do) have prejudice for weight, sex, height, intelligence, etc.
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Pretty much. Damn women drivers.
 
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