Rich white woman claims parts of America aren't safe

[SnakeBoy]

If she says 'Texas', then she's generalizing, because peeps would quickly run to point out Austin as an exception and mecca of hipsterism...

You can't win that battle, tbh... but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be talked about.

Yeah if she generalizes then she loses and if she names specific unsafe areas they will be predominately minority communities and she'll be a racist.

[ElNono]

Yeah if she generalizes then she loses and if she names specific unsafe areas they will be predominately minority communities and she'll be a racist.

All I'm saying is that you don't need to name specific cities or states to be aware that there are stronger racial tensions in some areas than in others. Race in this country has been historically a wedge issue, even much after the civil rights act. That is indisputable.

We should face racial disputes/arguments head on if we're to get past them. Denying it exists or avoiding engaging in them is just kicking the problem forward.

Heck, Fox knows race baiting sells, that's why we're engaging in it, and as it's been the case, it's a well known polarizing subject.

[ElNono]

by some measures, Austin, TX is the most segregated major city in the US.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politic...-about-austin/
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/02...ed-metro-area/

Four of the ten most segregated cities in the US are in Texas:

https://www.citylab.com/life/2015/02...cities/385709/

Austin's African_American population is declining:

http://projects.statesman.com/news/economic-mobility/

Well, there you go. If she names Austin, then it's because it's the nerds that are racist...

It completely misses the mark, IMO. I'm sure she would rather be on a country where the color of your skin really didn't affect people interaction or opinions. Who wouldn't?

[Nathan89]

What country is that? The countries without free speech so they bite their tongue in fear of being jailed?

[ElNono]

What country is that? The countries without free speech so they bite their tongue in fear of being jailed?

We should use that right, don't you agree? Despite the disagreements?

You can always do worse: that's no consolation or a justification not to want to improve.

[AaronY]

meanwhile

[sickdsm]

I'm not discrediting your thread based on how you got the article, I'm saying it's a stupid thing to care about at all and especially from the specific source you quoted.

The discussion over Pixel's newsfeed could have stopped after one or two posts if you wanted it to.

By letting you make rediculous assumptions.


I'm not jerking off to old actress photos while mass watching Fox.


I'll pointing out the irony of a"let them eat cake" liberal elite being TOTALLY out of touch with the America everyone else knows.

[sickdsm]

meanwhile

What happened in 06?

[boutons_deux]

What happened in 06?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/12/crime.rate/

[DMC]

She ought to leave. She should go somewhere where there's not so much racism like Africa or Mexico China or Japan

[Trill Clinton]

her fears are valid

[Spurminator]

I'll pointing out the irony of a "let them eat cake" liberal elite being TOTALLY out of touch with the America everyone else knows.

No one else is concerned for the safety of their children in America?

[sickdsm]

her fears are valid

This is unprecedented prior to the last election? Those places and people are scattered all over for everyone.

[sickdsm]

No one else is concerned for the safety of their children in America?

No one that I know thought life was all gumdrops and lollipops suddenly become woke to the thought that maybe a white guy probably wasn't welcome in certain Urban areas or a black kid would get shot for holding some Skittles.

You don't believe racism existed in that sense 5,10,30, etc years ago?

[Spurminator]

No one that I know thought life was all gumdrops and lollipops suddenly become woke to the thought that maybe a white guy probably wasn't welcome in certain Urban areas or a black kid would get shot for holding some Skittles.

You don't believe racism existed in that sense 5,10,30, etc years ago?

From the brief FOX Insider snippet you provided, I don't see where she said any of that. Did you read the Elle Magazine interview? Did she suggest this is a new phenomenon and that everything was gumdrops and lollipops before? Did she have kids 10-30 years ago that she would be concerned about back then?

Here's how interviews work. When the interviewer asks the interviewee about her personal feelings on a topic, she gives an answer, and that answer is printed. Then, usually, FOX News prints some story about it because their readers love getting angry about celebrities not named Ted Nugent or Stacey Blue or Hank Williams Jr. or whatever that Duck Dynasty guy's name is.

It's not like Charlize Theron called a press conference to discuss her new feelings on race in America. She answered a question and you started a thread to congratulate yourself for being more in-tune with American racial concerns.

[Nathan89]

her fears are valid

White men get the police called on them for being with their children, at the park, or helping lost children and all I hear is "white male privilege" from the idiots. I guess they should fear living in the US as well. The only people these things don't happen to is women tbh.

[Pavlov]

White men get the police called on them for being with their children, at the park, or helping lost children and all I hear is "white male privilege" from the idiots. I guess they should fear living in the US as well. The only people these things don't happen to is women tbh.

You're the real victim here, whitey.

[Nathan89]

You're the real victim here, whitey.

Just pointing out facts. Thanks for your racist nonsense.

[Pavlov]

Just pointing out facts. Thanks for your racist nonsense.

The fact is you want desperately to be the victim.

Thanks for your racist nonsense.

[Nathan89]

The fact is you want desperately to be the victim.

Thanks for your racist nonsense.

Offering perspective is not being the victim.

[Pavlov]

Offering perspective is not being the victim.

I don't think you are actually a victim. You just really want to be one for some weird reason.

[boutons_deux]

Of course, racist Fox News pushes this article, and your ST racists pile on

[Nathan89]

I don't think you are actually a victim. You just really want to be one for some weird reason.

I didn't claim to be a victim. I was offering counter perspective to show why that person was wrong. I never brought myself into the conversation. I never talked about my personal experience. You are just being an idiot.

[sickdsm]

From the brief FOX Insider snippet you provided, I don't see where she said any of that. Did you read the Elle Magazine interview? Did she suggest this is a new phenomenon and that everything was gumdrops and lollipops before? Did she have kids 10-30 years ago that she would be concerned about back then?

Here's how interviews work. When the interviewer asks the interviewee about her personal feelings on a topic, she gives an answer, and that answer is printed. Then, usually, FOX News prints some story about it because their readers love getting angry about celebrities not named Ted Nugent or Stacey Blue or Hank Williams Jr. or whatever that Duck Dynasty guy's name is.

It's not like Charlize Theron called a press conference to discuss her new feelings on race in America. She answered a question and you started a thread to congratulate yourself for being more in-tune with American racial concerns.

r.

CH: You’re raising two children of color. Obviously, coming from South Africa, you know a lot about racial inequality, but what are your thoughts on Black Lives Matter and our current climate?

CT: Being raised during the apartheid era in South Africa made me so hyperaware of equality and human rights. Of course, I have two black kids, but that was always something I was passionate about. I don’t even know how to talk about the last year under our new administration. But racism is much more alive and well than people thought. We can’t deny it anymore. We have to be vocal. There are places in this country where, if I got a job, I wouldn’t take it. I wouldn’t travel with my kids to some parts of America, and that’s really problematic. There are a lot of times when I look at my kids and I’m like, If this continues, I might have to [leave America]. Because the last thing I want is for my children to feel unsafe


From Elle.


Or would you prefer another source with a backstory behind it?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ildren-1102563


Sounds pretty similar.

[sickdsm]

Of course, racist Fox News pushes this article, and your ST racists pile on

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ildren-1102563


Your move.