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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 13:52:28 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by mcorivervsaf on Wed Aug 27 13:29:54 2014. It's ART intoxicated. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 14:40:46 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 13:37:59 2014. Like the myth that that all white people who voted for Obama are racists? |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 15:05:21 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 14:40:46 2014. WTF? Where did you get that? |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Aug 27 15:06:09 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 14:40:46 2014. WTF |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Aug 27 15:46:56 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 13:37:00 2014. Correct, but you have to applaud how quickly he supplied you with an example of his conservative persecution complex. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 16:10:03 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 14:40:46 2014. Correction: Like the myth that that all white people who voted against Obama are racists. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Aug 27 17:02:37 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 16:10:03 2014. And who made up that ? Rush Limburger cheese? |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 19:27:37 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 16:10:03 2014. No, but all racists voted against Obama. |
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Re: White America: Unapologetically Racist. |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:39:55 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 16:10:03 2014. I think you may have meant to refer to the myth that anybody believes that all white people who vote against Obama are racists.Some wingnut declared he would never vote for a black person, a liberal called him a racist, and 10 minutes later, Faux News was spewing about how the left supposedly believes anyone who votes against Obama is racist |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:02 2014, in response to Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. We’ve Spent our Guilt and Moved, posted by chicagomotorman on Wed Aug 27 09:39:52 2014. 
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Re: Sorry, Racists |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:04 2014, in response to Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 27 10:07:59 2014. Name the country where white people are oppressed by black people. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:09 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 27 19:27:37 2014. Actually, there was a story of a die-hard racist who voted for Obama in 2008 because the distaste of electing a black man wasn't as bad as the prospect of four more years of Bush under a different name.Of course, they ended up getting Bush under a different name, so irony points there. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:15 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Aug 27 17:02:37 2014. Something like. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 27 19:45:23 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:02 2014. IAWTP ! |
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Re: Sorry, Racists |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 27 19:47:20 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Racists, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:04 2014. There is none IAWTP |
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Re: White America: Unapologetically Racist. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 19:48:49 2014, in response to Re: White America: Unapologetically Racist., posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:39:55 2014. You certainly think that. |
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Re: Sorry, Racists |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:49:31 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Racists, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 27 19:47:20 2014. None? Why I guess racism in American might just be the sole domain of white people, then! *fainting couch* |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:53:50 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 27 19:45:23 2014. Technically, when a member of a privileged caste announces to the people he's oppressing that he and his fellow oppressors are sick and tired of hearing about how hard it is to be oppressed and have "run out" of guilt for inflicting said oppression, the appropriate response is to punch him in the face.However, as God has not yet answered my prayers, I was obliged to make do as best I could. |
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Re: Sorry, Racists |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Aug 27 20:09:41 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Racists, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:04 2014. What about Zimbabwe? |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 27 20:14:11 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:53:50 2014. You'll be pleased to know that our research lab in Romania has perfected the laptop Tesla coil which will be mandatory headgear for subchat soon. :)Zap 'em if they can't take a joke! 
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by FtGreeneG on Wed Aug 27 20:29:03 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 16:10:03 2014. Who said that? Sounds like your making up stuff or just paranoid... |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 20:48:46 2014, in response to Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 27 10:07:59 2014. You and your NAZI GOP friends have done more damage to this once great nation (thanks, Bitburg Ronnie) than all the communists in history put together. Want to help America? why don't you and your friends whip up some Kool-Aid using Jim Jones's recipe and have a big party. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Aug 27 20:55:16 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 20:48:46 2014. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Wed Aug 27 20:57:54 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 20:48:46 2014.  |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 27 21:02:19 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 20:48:46 2014. Wrong brand, bro! THIS is the good stuff! :)
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 21:15:38 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by mcorivervsaf on Wed Aug 27 20:57:54 2014. Are you tired? |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Wed Aug 27 21:16:01 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 27 21:02:19 2014. Yup. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Wed Aug 27 23:24:57 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:53:50 2014. What and who is a "privileged caste"? I never knew I was in India...So resorting to violence is an acceptable way to react when someone else isn't going to continue to feel needlessly guilty anymore over nonsense? |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 00:36:35 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Wed Aug 27 23:24:57 2014. 
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 28 00:49:40 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 00:36:35 2014. Wow! I didn't know Pigs had a stuffed tiger. :) |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 03:06:39 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 00:36:35 2014. That's nice. Is this is how you're gonna dodge the question about resorting to physical violence? |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 03:11:34 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 03:06:39 2014. I didn't dodge any questions.You asked two questions, namely: 1. What and who is a "privileged caste"? I never knew I was in India... 2. So resorting to violence is an acceptable way to react when someone else isn't going to continue to feel needlessly guilty anymore over nonsense? The comic I posted answered the first question— I pointed out that you are pretending to be ignorant about what I said because you have no rational answer to it. The second question is invalid, as it is based on false assumptions. In court, one would object on the grounds that it "assumes facts not in evidence." In politics, it would be called a loaded question— "when did you stop beating your wife?" being the quintessential example. Because the question is invalid, it doesn't have or need an answer. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 04:00:11 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 03:11:34 2014. So I guess I'm not getting a straight answer from you. I figured as much..I get the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon for the caste comment. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 04:29:11 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 04:00:11 2014. If you want straight answers, you need to stop asking crooked questions. |
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Re: United Commonwealth of Detarak— Open Immigration Policy and No Racism! Inquire Today! |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 04:37:17 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 13:01:26 2014. Yeah, how dare those people in Ferguson react to the cold-blooded murder of one of their neighbors by peacefully protesting. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 04:40:07 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 04:29:11 2014. I'll ask you in simpleton terms. Why do you think that people should get punched in the face if they announce that they no longer feel guilty towards other races? |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 04:46:03 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 04:40:07 2014. I'll answer in simpleton terms: Your question assumes things that aren't true, and is therefore meaningless. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 05:16:54 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 04:46:03 2014. My eyes must be playing tricks on me as I can SWEAR that's what you posted...... |
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Re: Sorry, People; Liberal America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 28 05:38:11 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 05:16:54 2014. He can't get his lies consistent. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:21:11 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 05:16:54 2014. It's not your eyes, it's your complete inability to understand facts and logic. |
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Re: Sorry, OTChat; Olog Still Can't Answer These Questions |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:21:14 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, People; Liberal America is Still Racist, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 28 05:38:11 2014. I'll make it easier for you. This time, I'll only ask the questions about your own personal beliefs. Surely you know what you personally believe, right?6. Describe exactly what form of government you would endorse. In more detail than "small." As in, name a few government programs and/or activities that you support. 7. What do customer service associates have to do with Godwin? 8. Do you support gay marriage? 10. Name three people you believe are not liberal. 12. How does an income tax attack free enterprise? 14. How is it antisemitic that I personally chose not to observe Passover? 15. What does antisemitism have to do with the equipment America's military issues its soldiers? |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 06:40:14 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:21:11 2014. I would HOPE that you were looking into a mirror when you typed that last statement out.. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:51:35 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 06:40:14 2014. Alas, hoping doesn't make it true. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 08:05:41 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:51:35 2014. ^^You should follow your own advice. |
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Re: Sorry, People; Liberal America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 28 08:16:35 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, OTChat; Olog Still Can't Answer These Questions, posted by Nilet on Thu Aug 28 06:21:14 2014. You keep asking those questions over and over and all you show is that you are a moron that probably never attended high school, because any high school graduate can answer those questions. I won't do it for you, least of all because you're a Nazi. |
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Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore. |
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Posted by Shiznit1987 on Thu Aug 28 17:27:23 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Race Baiters; White America is simply Not Buying it Anymore., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Aug 27 13:01:26 2014. It's not that anything that has been posted is racist in any real way, but it's dismissive of how the community is genuinley upset over the vicious gunning down of a human being and the genuine gulf many communites feel between themselves and their local law enforcement, which are issues that transcend racial heritage as the incident in Utah illustrates. I don't disagree many people have used this sad incident to agitate their own divisive agenda and some have rushed to try and use what happened to make a broader indictment of "White" Americans, but don't feed into it. You don't need to agree with many of the posts here, but I highly doubt if a Black cop shot a white teen in your neighborhood under fuzzy circumstances, you would not welcome posts talking about how "Fed Up" Black people are. What's needed is intelligent refution, not meeting divisiveness with divisiveness. |
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Re: Sorry, People; RW/Conservative America is Still Racist |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Aug 29 14:50:25 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, People; Liberal America is Still Racist, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 28 08:16:35 2014. " ...because any high school graduate can answer those questions. "So will you ever answer....Mr. Moron. |
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Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Aug 29 14:50:54 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Aug 28 06:40:14 2014. Not before you did. |
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Re: Sorry, People; Liberal America is Still Racist |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Aug 29 14:53:21 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, People; RW/Conservative America is Still Racist, posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Aug 29 14:50:25 2014. Because he's supposed to know the answers, Mr. Racist Idiot. Unless he didn't graduate high school? |
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"Bill O'Reilly: I'm a Black American and I want the privilege and equality YOU HAVE!" |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Aug 29 15:22:14 2014, in response to Re: Sorry, Black People; White America is Still Racist, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 27 19:40:02 2014. The first points are being posted to display why there are no privileges for Black Americans. If you have succeeded in life, it does not mean anything because White America will still look down on you because of the color of your skin. These examples prove that point. Has Bill O'Reilly ever been stopped by a cop or handcuffed because he was mistaken as a criminal? no.....never will. Has he ever walked in a neighborhood where he was challenged because of the color of his skin did not match the local residents in the area? no..never. Mr. O'Reilly lives in Plandome, NY where most if not all his neighbors are White like him. He talks about how he grew up working small jobs here and there before he became successful in the media. That right there is PRIVILEGE as he had OPPORTUNITIES that people of color may not have.--------------------------------------------------------------------- http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/08/lapd-charles-beck-nate-parker-kametra-barbour-oprah-forest-racial-profiling/ Charles Belk and Other Unbelievable Incidents of Racial Profiling Posted by UPTOWN on Aug 28, 2014 A producer was arrested and detained for six hours on Friday because he seemingly fit the description of a black male bank robber. Charles Belk, 51, had a planned a night of fun at a pre-Emmy’s party when he was stopped and arrested by police around 5:30pm in Los Angeles. He was taken to the station and detained without being allowed a phone call or given an explanation of why he was arrested. The Harvard-educated producer spoke out on Facebook about the unfortunate incident. After missing the party and finding himself in a situation that people usually only hear about, Belk realized that being tall, black, and bald had its repercussions. He loosely resembled the suspect who was also tall, black, and bald – and the LAPD took advantage of this. He took to his wall and wrote: “All they saw was someone fitting the description. Doesn’t matter if he’s a ‘Taye Diggs BLACK,’ a ‘LL Cool J BLACK’ or ‘a Drake BLACK. I was ‘tall,’ ‘bald’ a ‘male’ and ‘black,’ so I fit the description.” Belk has produced many films, and helped coordinate at least four NAACP Image Awards. He received a degree in electrical engineering from University of Southern California and a MBA from Indiana University. He also completed a certificate program in Executive Leadership at Harvard. With these credentials, robbing a bank was hardly on Belk’s mind. The LAPD has since apologized for the mishap, but have said that they were only following procedure – although it took them over six hours to view the tapes and realize that they had caught the wrong guy. Belk isn’t the only recent instance of racial profiling. From children being held at gunpoint to celebs like Nate Parker being confronted by the police, here are some examples of what happens when you’re just going about your daily business – and happen to be black. On August 20, actor Nate Parker was en route to Ferguson, MO to protest police treatment following the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown. He was pulled over by San Marino police on the grounds he was talking on his cell phone and live tweeted the situation. Kametra Barbour and her four young children were held at gunpoint on August 9 by police in Forney, Texas after being mistaken for another vehicle. The mother was handcuffed in front of her kids and police approached the children in the car with guns drawn. The policemen later apologized. Oprah Winfrey told viewers about a case of racial discrimination during a trip to Switzerland in 2013 for her pal Tina Turner’s wedding. When Winfrey asked a Zurich store clerk to see a $38,000 Tom Ford bag behind a glass, the clerk told her “No, it’s too expensive.” Earlier this year, Rashid Polo recorded himself being racially profiled at local store. His vine videos show white employees following him around different areas of the market. Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker was falsely accused of shoplifting at New York City’s Milano Market in February, 2013. The actor stopped in at the deli to buy some yogurt when a store employee patted him down in front of other customers and employees. ------------------------------------------------------------------ From the NYTIMES.COM: Bill O’Reilly and White Privilege Charles M. Blow August 27, 2014 Is white privilege real? Not according to Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly. This week O’Reilly debated the issue of white privilege with a fellow host and then returned to the topic the next day with this doozy of a statement: “Last night on ‘The Factor,’ Megyn Kelly and I debated the concept of white privilege whereby some believe that if you are Caucasian you have inherent advantages in America. ‘Talking Points’ does not, does not believe in white privilege. However, there is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in our society than whites do.” It is difficult to believe that those three sentences came in that order from the same mouth. Why would it be harder for blacks to succeed? Could interpersonal and, more important, systemic bias play a role? And, once one acknowledges the presence of bias as an impediment, one must by extension concede that being allowed to navigate the world without such biases is a form of privilege. That privilege can be gendered, sexual identity based, religious and, yes, racial. When one has the luxury of not being forced to compensate for societal oppression based on basic identity, one is in fact privileged in that society. O’Reilly even trotted out the Asian “model minority” trope to buttress his argument, citing low unemployment rates and high levels of income and educational attainment for Asians compared not only to blacks but to whites. Whenever people use racial differences as an argument to downplay racial discrimination, context is always called for. What O’Reilly — like many others who use this line of logic — fails to mention (out of either ignorance or rhetorical sleight of hand) is the extent to which immigration policy has informed those statistics and the extent to which many Asian-Americans resent the stereotype as an oversimplification of the diversity of the Asian experience. A 2012 Pew Research report entitled “The Rise of Asian Americans” found: “Large-scale immigration from Asia did not take off until the passage of the landmark Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Over the decades, this modern wave of immigrants from Asia has increasingly become more skilled and educated. Today, recent arrivals from Asia are nearly twice as likely as those who came three decades ago to have a college degree, and many go into high-paying fields such as science, engineering, medicine and finance. This evolution has been spurred by changes in U.S. immigration policies and labor markets; by political liberalization and economic growth in the sending countries; and by the forces of globalization in an ever-more digitally interconnected world.” Following the publication of the Pew report, the news site Colorlines spoke with Dan Ichinose, director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center’s Demographic Research Project, who was critical of some parts of the Pew report, but seemed to echo the role immigration had played. Colorlines put his response this way: “The more complex and far less exciting explanation for Asian Americans’ relatively high rates of education has more to do with immigration policy, which has driven selectivity about who gets to come to the U.S. and who doesn’t, said Ichinose.” Much of the African-American immigration policy came in the form of centuries of bondage, dehumanization and unimaginable savagery visited on their bodies. And that legacy is long and the scars deep. O’Reilly mentions this in his rant, as a caveat: “One caveat, the Asian-American experience historically has not been nearly as tough as the African-American experience. Slavery is unique and it has harmed black Americans to a degree that is still being felt today, but in order to succeed in our competitive society, every American has to overcome the obstacles they face.” But this whole juxtaposition, the pitting of one minority group against another, is just a way of distracting from the central question: Is white privilege real? In arguing that it isn’t, O’Reilly goes on to raise the seemingly obligatory “respectability” point, saying: “American children must learn not only academics but also civil behavior, right from wrong, as well as how to speak properly and how to act respectfully in public.” Then he falls back on the crux of his argument: “Instead of preaching a cultural revolution, the leadership provides excuses for failure. The race hustlers blame white privilege, an unfair society, a terrible country. So the message is, it’s not your fault if you abandon your children, if you become a substance abuser, if you are a criminal. No, it’s not your fault; it’s society’s fault. That is the big lie that is keeping some African-Americans from reaching their full potential. Until personal responsibility and a cultural change takes place, millions of African-Americans will struggle.” No, Mr. O’Reilly, it is statements like this one that make you the race hustler. The underlying logic is that blacks are possessed of some form of racial pathology or self-destructive racial impulses, that personal responsibility and systemic inequity are separate issues and not intersecting ones. Continue reading the main story Write A Comment This is the false dichotomy that chokes to death any real accountability and honesty. Systemic anti-black bias doesn’t dictate personal behavior, but it can certainly influence and inform it. And personal behavior can reinforce people’s belief that their biases are justified. So goes the cycle. But at the root of it, we can’t expect equality of outcome while acknowledging inequality of environments. Only a man bathing in privilege would be blind to that. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From the Huffingtonpost.com: Bill O'Reilly Is STILL Denying White Privilege Exists The Huffington Post | By Catherine Taibi Posted: 08/27/2014 10:17 am EDT Updated: 08/27/2014 2:59 pm EDT Ah, nothing says "The O'Reilly Factor" like opening up a segment with this: "White Privilege: That is the subject of this evening's 'Talking Points Memo.'" The Fox News host had a heated discussion with Megyn Kelly Monday night about the concept of "white privilege," during which Kelly defended the idea and the evidence that supports its existence. But apparently O'Reilly still wasn't convinced, because he was back at it Tuesday night with another important announcement. "Talking Points does not, does not, believe in white privilege," he said. In case you didn't catch that one, don't worry, here it is written out for you:  O'Reilly went on to drop some statistics about unemployment and how Asian Americans have a lower unemployment rate than White Americans so really we should be talking about "Asian privilege." "There is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in our society," he argued. "Even whites do. But the primary reason is not skin color. It's education and not only book learning." O'Reilly has been talking about the idea of white privilege for months now, denying that it's real but also making it known that he is "exempt" from white privilege because he once worked in an ice cream shop. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill O'Reilly: The truth about white privilege http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2014/08/27/bill-oreilly-truth-about-white-privilege |
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