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Racism doesn't exist
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12/09/17 01:42 AM
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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12/17/17 09:49 PM
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Shapiro never said that racism doesn't exist. Careful F1! You could burst the bubble that fergie have lived in all these years. If that's fergie's bubble, then it needs bursting. How can a person be an adult anywhere in the world and not say racism doesn't exist and not live in a bubble? What we can say is that today's racism is nothing like the racism of the past when it was part of not only America's legal system, but that apartheid was legal in South Africa and Rhodesia, and slavery was still legal in the Muslim world. It's fair to say that progress has been made, but the job isn't complete (and I'm not sure it ever will be, considering human nature). (I haven't been around for a while, so if there's some backstory that I'm missing, I'm sure I'll be told about it soon enough.)
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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Fairly dissappointing reading the comments, the reason I called this "Racism doesn't Exist"', was initially to draw attention to the post, but mainly a call to arms for black people, believe it or not, who might have watched the video I posted and reinforcing the fact that institutional racism DOES NOT exist in the US...Violence and poverty is, in the main, a cultural epidemic, and now especially within the black community - I will post mainstream facts to confirm this, although its fairly obvious. There is a CLASS system in the US, which there always has been and will be, but class is completely dictated by money, not race, hence the Trump reaction after the American public getting used to Obama. The "class" system is something the US doesn't talk about, and arguably is quite naive about, however, it's something the UK suffers from, and it's nothing to do with race, it's always been money orientated. I would say though, that the inner city black youngsters in the U.K. have adopted their US counterparts beliefs in drug dealing, gangs, and even down to their quasi American accents..it would be a huge problem if not for the gun laws here.
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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12/21/17 03:25 AM
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@Fergie
The attention you were seeking was misguided within the title alone. There's no telling how many actual members of the BB is actually Black since the predominantly membership are readers ( Lurkers). As for active interactions it's just me ( Born & Raised Black American) & a handful or less.
Your knowledge on America's history is limited by mainstream information. You have to look beyond that and read deeper to understand my country's institutional rascism/discrimination. We actually do discuss classism and how it's woven within bigotry.
Black Lives Matter, the title shouldn't be taken bluntly ( This been explain numerous times) , focus is on their website. The violence and poverty have always been address in the Black community and there are various networks that stay proactive in that isdue. Also the same can be said for the rest of the communities in my country. Mainstream news don't focus on them that much because of a certain theme called Ratings.
International criminal society tend to influence each other based on mainstream media. UK youths just like Australia, South Africa, & others find appeal in the delinquency in the U.S while the same could be said for U.S youth fascination with Cartels, Mafias, & etc. The criminal element in poverty neighborhoods worldwide will always gravitate to the most lucrative rackets. It's been proven time and time again.
Being that your from the UK , I strongly recommend receiving your American news/history/information from various sources.
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If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spend the night with a mosquito. - African Proverb
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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12/24/17 08:14 PM
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This is what is known as a straw man. You're literally arguing against a fictional character. What do you mean? This video is a character of a racist Trump supporter. It's a caricature, not real. It's some guy trying to fight racism by portraying what he thinks a racist sounds like. People like this are not the norm, they are very rare. Most white people just want to get by and make a living. We could frankly care less about race. In my mind, the only people keeping up the racism thing are people who make a good living off of it. Without "racism", the benefactors of this hustle would stand to lose quite a bit of money. Let me ask you something BlackFamily, where do you rank the economy in terms of importance to you?
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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Let's give you the fact that there are racists out there. But where does that rank in the problems of the black community? In the top 5? top 10? Above or below the epidemic of black on black violence? Above and below the very common corporal punishment visited on black children ( http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/1...cal-punishment/)? The lack of reading and spoken word parents provide to their children ( https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/10/american-kids-are-starving-for-words/381552/)? How about the lack of fathers ( http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/360990)? The lack of interest in valuing education? Spreading fairy tales about whitey and sharing parody videos is not going to help solve the core issues that exist in the black community today.
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Should probably ask Mr. Kierney. I guess if you're Italian, you should be in prison. I've read the RICO Act, and I can tell you it's more appropriate... for some of those guys over in Washington than it is for me or any of my fellas here
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Re: Racism doesn't exist
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12/25/17 12:45 PM
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@ fatdomgamiello36
I disagree with your statememt. Bigots aren't rare their quite common. The reason that "character" verse is expressed in such fashion is a reflection of dialougue used by real people ( both in private/public & online like here). Yet i agree with you on the fact people on opposing sides are profiting on division.
Economy ranks at the 2nd most important to me. Gonna have to agree to disagree on that. I think we'd all be better off if we sought policies that create prosperity for everyone, not just targeting specific groups. If we all prosper, everyone can be lifted up. Maybe I'm biased, because I grew up in a place where there are very poor white people. I'm sure its the same in Mississippi, you got poor everybody, black, brown and white. I know Trump is not a perfect guy. He's an old guy who makes politically incorrect comments, but I think he truly wants to see the country prosper. I think we'ere headed in the right direction.
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