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what do you mean, darrin?
try to be specific.
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what do you mean, darrin?
try to be specific.
Do you think she answered the girl's question?
do you have anything to say... that might even slightly resemble something specific?
Cowardice of his convictions. Darrin has strong opinions, but hates to say what they are.
the contentless scoffing of the OP is very typical
Self indulgent country we live in.
We could stand to have actual stress.
Drake college student isn't privileged because she's not white?
O.K.
I don't care about Clinton's response (or non response to be fair to OP) - the question offends me due to its pointlessness.
Why is it cut short? Where's the end and the second example? Why tie "white" to privilege?
Anyone, no matter the race, benefits from being born into a family that's economically stable OR emotionally nurturing (and neither precludes the other). Those migrant kids benefit from being born into an emotionally nurturing family and even though they might not be better off financially than others they are probably better off overall than families where there is money but no love.
What I object to is using race as a means to divide. When I look at Lebron James - do I say "Darn, what it must be to be born with such a body and talent" and envy him because he was or the money he has earned because of it? Should I use race and inject envy because blacks are genetically more suited (run faster, jump higher) to basketball than the typical short, skinny Asian? And aren't there millions of POOR white people who aren't privileged?
That he lies and misrepresents as a matter of course doesn't help. I get that he often must simply not read and it's his incompetence but he dissembles and deceives when caught.
It was a touching story about how she took care of the migrant children while their parents worked the beet fields.
What your experience with migrant workers, antichrist?It was a touching story about how she took care of the migrant children while their parents worked the beet fields.
she used to be an advocate for (poor) children, "It Takes A Village", but she has been on the board of welfare queen Wal-Mart that pays poverty wages (to parents of poor children)
What does Darrin ever mean?
I've never seen a thread starter so consistently terrified to explain what he's on about.
Why does it have to MEAN anything? Maybe I just enjoy watching an awkward response to an asinine question.
you gotta admit, that's an accurate definition of white privilege.It was a touching story about how she took care of the migrant children while their parents worked the beet fields.
Can someone fill me in on how a Hispanic-American could reasonably point to "whitey" for his/her position in life? I really don't see a cause for it, like I do with African-Americans, who can point to an almost three century period in American History where, because of oppression & inequality by Whites, they had no/we allowed no cultural traditions conducive to individual success (i.e. literacy, education, family etc.), and were essentially thrown into the fire of a society, as free & equal for the first time, that values those traditions only about 50 years ago.
I'm genuinely interested in what their beef is, and if it's fair or not, with whitey. Is it more of a cultural issue? Cubans are largely responsible for building up one of the biggest markets, in Miami, in the U.S. I know a lot of successful Cubans, and not too many poor ones. I know a lot of successful Mexicans, but a lot of poor ones, too. I might be ignorant (if I am then educate me), but the biggest issues I see with Mexican-American culture (of which btw I've been immersed with heavily, to mostly positive effect, my life), that has made its way here for a lot Mexican-Americans are:
Alcohol/partying by adolescents.
Their girls are horny as , great lays, good-looking...and will you, encourage you to them, raw...
For real tho, "bad decision-making" like teenage pregnancy, early drinking, etc. stem from the same thing: I quoted "bad decision making" because teenage pregnancy, in poorer (where most immigrant families come from) parts of Mexico and probably South America in general, is not necessarily unwelcomed: in those parts, a new addition to the family brings further together/strengthens the family bond, which in regions where there is such huge discrepancy b/w rich & poor, and hardly any potential for upwards mobility, family is all you've got. Well, aside from drinking, screwing, soccer and religion. But education doesn't matter as much to poor Mexicans & South Americans because in a lot of those countries, in the poor areas, well they don't even have access to decent, if any education due to unfair & discriminatory appropriation of Govt. funds.
So they don't have much of a tradition of learning, either. But they DO have a strong family bond, and I really think that that puts them on far more equal playing field to Whites compared to African-Americans. A strong family tradition, kept away from Blacks for centuries by Whites, is the most important predictor of a kid's level achievment as an adult.
I think Democrats' endorsement of Hispanic-Americans to use White Privilige as an excuse is dishonest and can have potentially harmful, and in the worst case, disastrous consequences for Hispanic-American culture. When I see a first generation Hispanic-American who's been here for 20 years and STILL can't speak an intelligible word of English, I think of the opportunities he/she has SQUANDERED. When, I see SECOND generation Hispanic-American who can't speak an intelligible word of English, I think of the opportunities he/sh has SQUANDERED. And I've come across much too many of them--not because I can't understand or I'm offended by them, because I can communicate just fine in Spanish, but because they're squandering away opportunities for themselves & their children. That, and other cultural behaviors they've brought over that don't belong here if one wants a fair shot at making good for yourself, like excessive drinking & particularly drinking at a such young age, teenage pregnancy, and lack of educational concern, are what's hurting them. The prescription is not blaming White Privilege, it's self-analysis as a culture, or risk becoming a culture of blame & govt. dependence.
it is for a lot of whites because fathers are non-existent in the black family household.
Having kids isn't unusual in populations that have primarily agrarian economies....but it's easy to confuse Mexican immigrant issues with Mexican-American issues......Mexican immigrants are generally very hard working and depending on where they grew up, fairly well educated....Mexican Americans, in general, don't give the priority to education that other cultures necessarily do, even Mexican culture...at least, not in numbers.....perhaps that is more a symptom more of living in poverty than being a minority in America....For real tho, "bad decision-making" like teenage pregnancy, early drinking, etc. stem from the same thing: I quoted "bad decision making" because teenage pregnancy, in poorer (where most immigrant families come from) parts of Mexico and probably South America in general, is not necessarily unwelcomed: in those parts, a new addition to the family brings further together/strengthens the family bond, which in regions where there is such huge discrepancy b/w rich & poor, and hardly any potential for upwards mobility, family is all you've got. Well, aside from drinking, screwing, soccer and religion. But education doesn't matter as much to poor Mexicans & South Americans because in a lot of those countries, in the poor areas, well they don't even have access to decent, if any education due to unfair & discriminatory appropriation of Govt. funds.
Agree with the above. The Cuban Americans I know here in Miami are very successful. They have an extremely strong family bond. When we go to REGULAR season (not playoffs, not the Finals) soccer games, every grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin turns up - no matter how cold it gets (the parking is atrocious). And the Cuban lady who I go to to dye my hair for the past 15 years still speaks no English and doesn't need to. She has a thriving hairdressing business set up in her garage and no one speaks English.
And the white privilege topic is out there. Yesterday, my son's classmates were talking about it in class. The teacher (who is white) said nothing although she's always got lots to say about climate change. The difference between the blacks and hispanics is the strong family bond. It's possible to lift oneself out of poverty with hard work but it's near impossible to do so without the role models/nurturing family to teach you how to do so. We should be looking at the breakdown of the family and continued government dependency.
"It's possible to lift oneself out of poverty with hard work"
bull . upward economic/social mobility in USA is declining, is now less than it is in Europe.
10Ms of people work hard in 1 or 2 ty jobs, and see no way to upward.
Even people with somewhat decent jobs are again going into serious debt, average credit card debt is over $10K, and their real income continues to decline.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 01-13-2016 at 04:39 PM.
boutons, you sound like Trump (i.e., "The American dream is dead...").
Would you consider voting for him? He is quite popular and the prospects for his candidacy are only growing.
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