^^ You should think about what role you are playing in society, and how much better things would be without you[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM. Reason : ]
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HIT ESCAPE BEFORE READING[Edited on March 12, 2008 at 12:15 PM. Reason : My point has the potential to be valid if A) you are on pg. 1 B) the gif is re-embedded.]
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ALL BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T THE SAME.EVEN BLACK PEOPLE KNOW THIS
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3/12/2008 12:18:25 PM
ok just think about this, do you see rich blacks or middle class blacks holding up gas stations or being violent? nodo you see poor whites from trailer parks always getting in trouble, on COPS? yesso once again, let me repeat, is this a race issue or an economic issue.we all know that richer people try to keep poorer people down, and it just so happens that white had blacks start out at the very bottom of the food chain, and its a miracle that they've gotten as far as they have, but then to turn around and start making this a racial issue when whites/rich people set it all up is rediculous.
3/12/2008 12:21:51 PM
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3/12/2008 12:26:48 PM
blacks commit like 400% more crimes than whites. even if it's an economic issue.. (yes let's assume ALL blacks are poor to give you benefit of the doubt)what kind of explanation do we have for chinese and mexicans, they tend to get prosperous very quickly and don't revolt thus not landing them in the ghettos.what do you have to say about that?
3/12/2008 12:27:15 PM
negros please.you dont even know what its like growing up ghetto.ever stood in a line to buy cigarettes and bread and rice at a cheaper price ONCE A WEEK?ever stood in line and had your 5 gallon jug tied to a string so other poor folk cant cut in line, JUST SO YOU CAN GET SOME DRINKING WATER?ghetto folk grow up good. if anything, you need to get rid of the parents.
3/12/2008 12:27:45 PM
wait...mexicans dont live in ghettos?
3/12/2008 12:28:14 PM
by the way.i dont even know what we are arguing.
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3/12/2008 12:32:19 PM
yeh, how the fuck did we appear in chit chat?
3/12/2008 12:32:59 PM
cause beardawg moved it herebut my "is it not obvious that whites are ruining sports." thread was moved to trash binwhat a bitch
3/12/2008 12:34:45 PM
go find your great great grand whatever and complain. he was the one that sold youoh and they've gone through periods of slavery much longer than americans ever did.OMG MY greatX20 grandfather was a slave to the pharoah of egypt WHERES MY FREE TICKET TO EVERYTHING
3/12/2008 12:34:58 PM
is there a such thing as a black iranian?
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3/12/2008 1:15:15 PM
george washington carver did NOT invent peanut butter.
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3/12/2008 1:35:36 PM
well a lot of people agree.and that is what is sad about this land of ours.too much racism.i think only two black people have posted. i am waiting on the boss to post. Zombcraw!
3/12/2008 1:36:51 PM
Now 3 blacks have posted.but i've been called an 'oreo' many a time. so you can reduce the oreo factor from the quantity of black posters]
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I'm proud to be a black americanand I won't stand for this mockery of my people
3/12/2008 1:44:04 PM
lol i take that back ]
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3/12/2008 2:49:12 PM
oh im just saying. i know about the ghetto.just never decided to live there.
3/12/2008 2:50:58 PM
i'll accept thatnote: those that have lived in the ghetto don't exactly appreciate you talking like you are from around the way. Me for example, I used to live near raleigh blvd and milburnie rd. behind larry's for a couple years...not the worst part of town, but close enough for me to feel put out by fakers claiming ghetto cred(yes, i'm white, and no, the ghetto is not just black ppl.).
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3/12/2008 6:07:10 PM
one of the top 10 dumbest threads of all time? i'm going to vote yes.
3/12/2008 7:04:53 PM
ive been training a new coworker for the past couple weeks. he's black. and he goes to work every day and earns his money. i'm pretty sure he doesn't kill people or do anything bad. so that pretty much disproves the blacks are all terrible theory, and the theory that blacks are born at a disadvantage in america. both sides of that are full of shit. sure, poverty can breed criminals (any race)... but those people dont have to resort to crime and selling drugs and shit. almost 100% of the people who steal or sell drugs to make a living and justify it by saying there is no other way are full of shit. they CAN go get a job at mcdonalds. i know selling dope pays more than working at mcdonalds. but its not the ONLY choice they have. people (of both races) are just too lazy to take the time to make something of their life, and they love to blame their socioeconomic status for their poor choices.
3/12/2008 7:12:20 PM
We need Bill Cosby in here
3/12/2008 7:21:20 PM
this thread has hit an all time low.
3/12/2008 7:32:45 PM
sigh not everyone can get a job at mcdonalds. that is just a cop out solution to poverty. but yes, i agree that selling drugs is probably not the route to go. but it probably, sadly, seems like a viable "way out" for a lot of people
3/12/2008 8:44:02 PM
if you don't have a job, you don't want a job. trust me, i know this first hand. there was a point in time where i was job hunting and wouldnt lower my standards to fast food, and blamed it on some pending charges. but it wasnt that i couldnt get a job, i just couldnt get a job that i WANTED at the time, and i refused to swallow my pride and work a shitty job. the only exceptions are sick people. some people just want instant gratification and have a pride issue, and they won't work at somewhere like mcdonalds. anyone with an able body can get a job in fast food and make money. anyone can get financial aid for at least community college. this is even for people who have fucked up in the past and have criminal records or bad credit, etc. out of the gate, anyone can make something out of their life.how is it a copout solution?]
3/12/2008 8:54:05 PM
i just think its a lot easier said than done and the assertion sortof dehumanizes the actual experiences people are going through. like...its so easy to say "oh you are poor, just work" but its different when you find out that specific person's situation. i mean not all people are good, i get that. and just because your life is rough doesn't mean you have to sell drugs...i get that as well. but if i was some 16 year old kid whose mom was a crackhead and didn't give a fuck about me and i was trying to help my little siblings and go to highschool etc, i feel like maybe i'd be looking for an easy way out too. and ok that is wrong but i know if everything was going against me i probably wouldn't be super optimistic. and i don't think anyone can get financial aid for college etc. if you have parents that are so uninvolved in your life, who is going to help you? who is going to point you in the right direction and make you aware? and i guess that just goes to the education system. i guess i just feel like there are too many factors to make such a generalization. if that makes sense. i'm sure you are going to say it doesn't, though and, as a side note, i also don't like when people make the job argument for homeless people. poor people, i get. homeless people...how are you going to walk into a fast food place as a homeless person and get a job. where will you shower? how will they call you? how will you get there? money for uniforms? i think in reality it is harder than we'd like to think. it seems easy---you are homeless, get a job. but i think it may be hard to break the cycle. and you can throw homeless shelter out there, but if you look up statistics on shelters you will see a lot of shelters have to turn people away for overcrowding etc. i think there is just a disparity between the idea and reality. that is all.
3/12/2008 9:24:11 PM
you do realize there are homeless shelters right. and job help organizations. here in greensboro, i can think of 2 such places off the top of my head:greensboro urban ministry&joblinksthe urban ministry will feed you, give you somewhere to shower, and put clean clothes on your back. they will also arrange free public transportation for you to get to mcdonalds to apply.joblinks actually works directly with places like fast food joints to help people with the exact problems you mention for the homeless person. they allow people to make calls and faxes, they'll take messages for you, they'll do fucking anything to help people. they give out gas vouchers to people who claim they cant come in cause they cant afford gas. they'll buy bus passes for you as wellfor every excuse out there, there is already a solution. there's no excuse. i know its hard, especially for homeless people. but not many people were born homeless. at all. so basically if they're homeless they likely made a series of bad choices to begin with... and even if they are homeless, there's nothing holding them back from getting a minimum wage job. which is enough money to get off the street. people just dont want any part of it if its not instant. i spend a couple hours a week working with people who are just entering rehab... and a lot of them are the same way, they WON'T get a job... and its because theres no instant money. its amazing how many of them stay working if they can make it a week or 2 till the first payday. but most of them only last a day or 2, if they even get a job to begin with. its a real problem. people straight up refuse the help, but still make excuses. "OHHH I DONT HAVE MONEY FOR GAS." "but joblinks will buy you gas" - "well i dont have any good clothes" - "goodwill has decent enough clothes to go into mcd's" - "well i cant work day shift"etc etc
3/12/2008 9:33:13 PM
Why are we talking about homeless?You can be poor and still have a job and be working.Also, there have been countless studies that show that blacks have a harder time getting a job, despite the same credentials, as whites. So even if they are trying to get a job, they ARE at a disadvantage because of skin color. I don't know how you can say blacks aren't at a disadvantage in the US, because this is what the research has shown. People are negatively prejudiced against black people.And you can't say black people brought this on themselves, because anyone can look back at history and see this is how it's always been. Blacks are successfully working against the grain, when it comes to equal rights.The problems entirely stem from the Jim Crow days, as a result of slavery. You can say it's the culture, but how did the culture develop? Blacks were forced by the government to be poor and uneducated for a good hundred years after being "freed," what do you think that's going to do to a culture? Make them happy and motivated? But, as a community, they are making tons of progress. Also, expectations play a HUGE role too. When people and society (and threads like this) tell blacks that they are a certain way, or that they are being judged, it causes them to almost subconsciously live up to the stereotype. There was a study at Stanford where 2 groups of blacks were given a test where one group was told it correlated to actual ability relative to other students, and another told it was just a study. The blacks that thought they were being judged did much worse, where the other ones did just as good as the whites:
3/12/2008 10:28:52 PM
Chit chat is growing up
3/12/2008 10:36:14 PM
Another interesting theory that's not directly link to race is the flynn effect:
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3/12/2008 11:07:27 PM
^ I've always had this crazy theory that if someone like Bill Gates or whoever picked a ghetto or inner city somewhere, and fixed people's houses up for them, inside and outside,and planted flowers and stuff, that it would have a domino effect throughout the society. The reason being that it would force them to actually have pride in their neighborhood and homes, instead of just resigning to live in a ghetto, and this feeling of pride would carry over to other areas too. Same thing for trailer parks and stuff.
3/12/2008 11:16:25 PM
[quote]the fear of a black man's dick[quote]niggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
3/12/2008 11:34:56 PM
^^fact is it takes not material things but something inside to go right for them to do betterthe way i see the black before civil rights were alot more disciplined and had respect for themselves and otherssomething along the way went wrong, im not sure hwat though
3/12/2008 11:40:40 PM