^^ sorry douche when I originally read your ramblings it was on my cell where didn't see find print. Either way you are not going to convince me there is some special conspiracy to hold the black man down or that in the modern day self responsibility is a silly thing conservatives drone about and there is always someone else to blame like you imply
7/26/2015 2:20:39 PM
Huh? I just asked if you found a source for that graphic. You dumb, DUR. [Edited on July 26, 2015 at 2:37 PM. Reason : GG for babbling like a crazy person tho]
7/26/2015 2:36:24 PM
Dental's article was pretty interesting in the beginning. I always wondered why black Dominicans were so adamant that they weren't black.
7/26/2015 2:39:13 PM
Perhaps they didn't want to be identified by " hood" culture
7/26/2015 2:42:38 PM
No, it's more interesting than that. And I feel kinda stupid for assuming it was all self-hate.
7/26/2015 2:46:21 PM
The shade of someone's skin has a serious affect on how they perceive themselves and others. I live in a neighborhood that is mostly Caribbean and each island has a very distinct identity. I think areas with many different ethnic groups allows people to be very specific with their identity. Being Dominican doesn't mean the same thing in NYC as it does in NC. Also people are pretty awful to each other.
7/26/2015 3:30:16 PM
^^
7/26/2015 3:34:20 PM
Found on reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3en8w5/til_during_wwii_a_riot_broke_out_between_american/Apparently during WWII, white american soldiers were pretty good about exporting racism to at least a few places where they were stationed.
7/26/2015 4:06:21 PM
^^This was my favorite part:
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7/26/2015 7:22:46 PM
I don't have to show my ID when I vote...oh...wait!
7/26/2015 7:27:16 PM
I'm with you in large part, but I will say that even today there are a lot of people who literally have no chance. When you are raised by someone who has never held down a job, your dad is in prison, no one cares if you go to school, and the only people you ever see who have any money are gang members you're not likely to make a good run of things.It's tough to get out of those situations, not impossible, but difficult, especially when you're way more likely to be locked up for something that a white kid in the subarbs might not be (like simple possession of pot). That's why things like big brothers/big sisters and the like are so important, that's why we need to end the war on drugs.If you're born in Baltimore to a single mom on welfare who was herself raised by a single mom who lived on the dole that way of life may be all you're really exposed to in person.
7/26/2015 9:55:22 PM
False. Black people are just inherently lazy. Their ancestors had it really easy in Africa with the warm climate, and they passed on all their laid-back, lazy genes back in the day.I hate to admit it, but it's science.Also, all the black professionals you know are only there due to affirmative action. And the ones who seem to be working around the clock to stock shelves, run the registers, move and deliver everything, care for children and the elderly, cook and serve food...you know, basically do everything that keeps daily life together...they're all robots. The government just makes black people board night buses in various uniforms at 5 AM to keep up the illusion that they actually work.
7/26/2015 10:28:39 PM
7/26/2015 10:39:04 PM
To add on to my post above. If you think that blacks are dumb, lazy, and criminals then just admit to it so we can move on. I can stop wasting my time convincing you that inequality exists. You will hold on to your prejudice regardless of how many facts and stats I throw at you. Oh, and a really good video that points out the inequality between black and white: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTcSVQJ2h8g[Edited on July 26, 2015 at 11:17 PM. Reason : a]
7/26/2015 11:13:52 PM
Dude, they definitely think they're lazy and dumb. That's what they've been on about this whole time.They repeatedly pointed out that people have agency, discrimination is against the law, and then asked WHY outcomes for Africans Americans are still generally worse than those for other groups.You and a thousand other people have answered their question, and they've ignored you.But Latin Americans face even more hardship, and they find ways to be successful...so WHY can't African Americans do the same?!?!And then you all answered that, and they ignored you.They're not really asking why--the "why" question isn't actually a question. It's a statement: black people or black culture are inferior.
7/26/2015 11:37:39 PM
^damn... you're right.Here I was thinking there was some communications issue, but it's just plan ol' early 20th century racism.[Edited on July 27, 2015 at 12:14 AM. Reason : ]
7/27/2015 12:13:42 AM
Thank god you all finally figured it out Just Kidding
7/27/2015 1:06:49 AM
7/27/2015 1:14:10 AM
But but but JCS the grandparents of the poor blacks still stuck in the ghetto were denied houses in 1946........
7/27/2015 1:27:22 AM
7/27/2015 12:12:00 PM
in his defense...
7/27/2015 12:32:05 PM
How does the PC liberal camp feel about requiring birth control for women on welfare and food stamps? I can be understanding of the struggles and cycle of poverty but my empathy is inversely proportional to the dn/dt, rate of change, of them having children over time.
7/27/2015 12:42:22 PM
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7/27/2015 1:19:15 PM
^^ No one is forcing any woman to accept welfare and/or food stamps. Plus if you are on the government dole you obviously are not capable unassisted of supporting your family at its given size. You are more than welcome to have 10+ kids and not be on government assistance. Unless you are on Al Sharpton's payroll, I don't see how you can think it to be acceptable to have the tax-payer subsidize low income families brooding litters of children. Plus this is a major cause for the "cycle of poverty" with stronger correlation than the supposed conspiracy against black people that many of you go on about.In Colorado they actually had a pilot program of giving free IUD's out to under-privileged women including teens funded by a trust from a deceased women back in 2008 (could be off a year or two). Over the next few years there was a statistical positive correlation of the this program and a reduction in not only high school drops outs, new recipients of foodstamps/welfare, BUT ABORTION RATES! Funding ran out for this program during the past fiscal year. You'd think democrats and right-wingers alike would be eager to renew the program. YET, the republicans in Colorado shelved the proposed program due to it encouraging immoral behavior and using tax payer money to sponsor sex before marriage.[Edited on July 27, 2015 at 2:32 PM. Reason : a][Edited on July 27, 2015 at 2:32 PM. Reason : d][Edited on July 27, 2015 at 2:33 PM. Reason : a]
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7/27/2015 3:10:16 PM
Yes 100% free.So on an application can an employer tell if you are a high school graduate versus have a GED. If so I could definitely see candidate discrimination between the two even if in theory the degrees are equivalent and even if one is not supposed to knowingly discern between the two.I don't assert that it is right or wrong but it would be naive to think it would not matter.[Edited on July 27, 2015 at 3:18 PM. Reason : a]
7/27/2015 3:16:12 PM
this motherfucker over here telling us what's naive
7/27/2015 3:24:37 PM
^^ Glad we agree on something. Thanks to the ACA this could become a reality soon.Regarding job apps, many that I have seen make no discernment between high school and GED. For example, most fast food job applications simply show "High School Diploma / GED" as one question and the only response needed is "Yes" or "No." Nothing on the app requires one to specify which was earned.
7/27/2015 3:29:02 PM
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7/27/2015 5:14:49 PM
So you're argument to this point has been that if someone breaks through the government-defined poverty wage then they are no longer in poverty. OK, I agree with you. If someone makes $11,771 then are no longer in poverty. Congratulations on proving that point. What's the relevance of that to the discussion on inequality in America and the growing wealth divide between black and white?
7/27/2015 5:26:43 PM
7/28/2015 10:07:58 AM
^ so you took that to mean the actual poverty wage threshold? OK I guess I should have clarified my statements then. Just because you make $11,771 doesnt mean you aren't poor. You cant build wealth and you cant take advantage of many of the opportunities that those with wealth have. So you could be right in saying that remaining below the government-defined poverty line (based on wages) is a choice. What I am saying is that remaining poor (as in: living paycheck to paycheck, worrying about how to get food or get to work, stressing over paying rent each month) is not a choice. No one wants that life. So going back to my original point, why are blacks disproportionately struggling to get out of being poor? Why are they unable to build wealth at the same rates as whites? And that's where the history of black oppression and the current environment of inequality and bias comes into play. And you are suggesting these are not issues anymore? [Edited on July 28, 2015 at 1:25 PM. Reason : a]
7/28/2015 1:22:34 PM
http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/qtr215/currenthvspress.pdfI haven't been following this discussion, but here's yet another cyclical factor. Both housing prices are rising steadily, and rent. If you have a group of people who never had wealth to begin with, and continue to be deprived of wealth, they're going to be pushed farther behind in terms of housing. This is going to lead to poorer education choices, worse jobs, worse neighborhoods, and even bigger feeling of disenfranchisement and unrest.A non-racial factor is "millennials". We have less resource than our parents, and are going to be increasingly less able to purchase homes than they were.This means that as our parents die out, banks seize their properties, or they are sold to people with wealth to clear debts, white American's biggest stores of wealth will start to pool into smaller amounts of people, growing inequality for everyone. I guess one way to make things fair for blacks is to make whites poor too, but that doesn't seem like the best way to handle this...
7/28/2015 1:59:18 PM
the federal poverty level is a poor metric to use in the context of your discussion, living wage* would be much better (*I think in NC that's around $10/hr for 2080 hours per year)
7/28/2015 2:00:22 PM
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7/28/2015 3:54:18 PM
I hear you, but your personal anecdotes don't always mean that much on a national scale.
7/28/2015 3:56:15 PM
7/28/2015 4:15:26 PM
you don't really have to look that hard to find racism why are you insistant on racism not being a factor despite loads and loads of evidence?
7/28/2015 6:59:40 PM
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55b67572e4b0074ba5a576c1?White kids treated differently than blacks... Nothing we didn't know, just more evidence.^ Because it means he would have to change his own behaviour, or he would have to support rules asking people to change theirs.
7/28/2015 7:14:06 PM
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7/28/2015 9:55:32 PM
while just now watching someone speak on poverty, they stated that the number of homeless American schoolchildren is 1.3 million. I'd never heard that, so I googled that number to confirm:http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2014/0923/Record-number-of-homeless-children-enrolled-in-US-public-schools-videoone would have to think that would have a significant impact on ones education, no?
7/28/2015 10:15:26 PM
If only the racist government stopped forcing poor people to have children at age 15.
7/28/2015 10:41:04 PM