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sorry but Obama is not a "black man". He is half black, half white. He was brough up by white grandparents in Hawaii for christsakes
Wake me up when a guy like this guy and who is brought up in the 'hood' becomes president:
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Only read the first article. I'll get to the second one later.
Two things jump out: 1) I didn't see any suggestion that systematic or systemic racism had been cured. I did see an indication that, what might be called its effects, had been curtailed as seen in test scores. Racism isn't reducible to poor performance in school - hatred/fear/anger/etc... directed towards another race is manifested in poor performance, but isn't reducible to such. 2) the point of the second article really flies in the face of a lot of the victimization and pandering that some posters have displayed in this thread. Particularly the notion of individual dignity, not letting cir stances keep one down, etc... It is very hard to insist on individual agency, on the one hand, and decry the far-reaching, dominating (almost pre-destining) effect of structures on the other.
sorry but Obama is not a "black man". He is half black, half white. He was brough up by white grandparents in Hawaii for christsakes
Wake me up when a guy like this guy and who is brought up in the 'hood' becomes president:
Incorrect analogy. The framework of Highland Park, and Oak Cliff are apples/oranges.
On a certain level, I really don't think you and I have much of a disagreement on this topic. I suppose our divergence is philosophic because I really don't see the point (and sometimes the merit) in trying to "implement equality." And I think that's a pretty different conversation.
Where is the fake outrage?
Having been involved in one of the core studies, not only were the effects of racism countered in the test scores, the modification of the test population through the methodologies used (intense one on one, before and after school involvement, etc) were uniformly positive. Social outcomes, ie, negative interaction with "problem" children evaporated. It wasn't a cure all, but it was a of a start. We're humans after all, and we'll screw up sometimes just for the fun of it.
I agree...you can't "implement" equality. You have to cause it.
Dude looks like a Samuel Jackson starter-kit.sorry but Obama is not a "black man". He is half black, half white. He was brough up by white grandparents in Hawaii for christsakes
Wake me up when a guy like this guy and who is brought up in the 'hood' becomes president:
To a certain extent this is true (except for your typical histrionics in calling it "outrage")
I feel about black on black gang crime just like I feel about mexican drug war crime, or hillbilly cracker meth heads whacking each other...I simply don't give a .
obama is black!!!!!sorry but Obama is not a "black man". He is half black, half white. He was brough up by white grandparents in Hawaii for christsakes
Wake me up when a guy like this guy and who is brought up in the 'hood' becomes president:
that is a half truth
I find it interesting that Trill keeps talking about the day that blacks will come to gun down their white oppressors.
Is he our next mass murderer hiding in plain sight?
Will he use a pump shotgun or an M16 to complete the cliche?
This was a great discussion. Thanks CC for gettin me riled up and keeping it reasonable.
I gotta go home now and dominate a pitcher of girly drinks.
This was a great discussion. Thanks CC for gettin me riled up and keeping it reasonable.
I gotta go home now and dominate a pitcher of girly drinks.
fool that's not what i'm saying...but i guess we'll find out if i'm the next mass murderer at the next gtg
bye, unc
LA and NY are overrated since their populations are so big, so the murdur rates of those two cities ain't really that high imho.
Chicago working hard to keep top honors.
http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/1...224521821.html
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say 12 people, including a 3-year-old, were injured when someone opened fire on people in a park on the city's southwest side.
Chicago Fire Department officials said the child was in critical condition. Two other victims were also in critical condition. The others were reported in serious to fair condition.
Officer Amina Greer said the shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday at a park in the city Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Julian Harris told the Chicago Sun-Times men fired at him from a gray sedan before turning toward Cornell Square Park and firing at people in the area. He said his 3-year-old nephew was wounded in the cheek.
Police spokesman Ron Gaines says victims are being interviewed. No one is in custody.
SMH
... direct result of the soft-on-crime stance, enabling gun crime by gun fellators, NRA, gun industry.
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Yeah, I'm sure it was a legal firearm
with 300M+ guns flooding USA to great enrichment of NRA/gun industry, it's VERY EASY for bad buys to obtain guns.Yeah, I'm sure it was a legal firearm
2nd Amendment?
home/self defense?
What exactly is funny?home/self defense?
the lies and propaganda you gun fellators suck down from NRA/gun industry to justify enriching the gun industry.
the other big lie is the NRA jumping on mental illness, rather than 300M+ guns and their gun-obsessed culture, as a target to stop "(mentally ill) people killing people".
Only a small percentage of mentally ill people are violent, and even fewer are murderously violent.
But as with suicidal people, it sure helps the mentally ill become murderous, and it enables SUCCESSFUL suicides, if they have easy access to guns.
I didn't ask you any of that. I asked what is so funny about home/self defense?
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