Is political correctness to blame for lack of coverage over horrific black-on-white killings in Amer

Originally posted by Alxandro
I heard a black say one time that blacks can't be racists, had a straight face when he said it too.
Given that, it's possible some blacks may actually think that black on white crimes are not possible.

What is the name of that river in Egypt?

I was married to a black man. He and his family were some of the racist people I've ever met. I was never accepted into the family by a lot of them. I was never treated any where near as bad as the victims of this particular crime, which I am extremely glad for. My husband did want to set fire to me though for leaving toothpaste in the sink. Not sure it was race related though. I dunno the motive. But his family was extremely racist. I recall once that during this funeral meal they had I was refused anything to eat or drink because I'm white and was made to leave the church.

Blacks can most definitely be racist. I wasn't racist, but after being married into that family, I am very cautious who I talk to. It was quite a learning experience.

Originally posted by EMPIRE
What I’ve said is the white race, as a whole, has not taken responsibility for past transgressions.

The problem with this statement is that the white race, as a whole, is NOT responsible for those past transgressions. Specifically slavery, since that seems to be what you're alluding to.

Hundreds of thousands of white people died, in part to help rid this country of such an evil practice. By the way, they were successful in case you missed it...

You would be very hard pressed in this day and age to find many people who agree with such an abhorrent, ignorant mentality, and with each successive generation we move even farther from the past in that regard.

So, if you're expecting to see the "white race" as a whole, take responsibility for the past, then you're wasting your time and showing a bit of your own ignorance towards the "white race".

reply to post by EMPIRE


YOU don't think I'm "WORTHY" of an in depth response?

WOW, that is some ego you have. I feel kind of sorry for you because so many people are piling on, but you bring it on yourself.

I am not a beneficiary of slavery, but I have paid for what my family has never done nor benefited from, through affirmative action.

I listen, I have heard all of these arguments many times, and shot them down for the nonsense they are.

You avoid responding because the beliefs into which you have been indoctrinated are based on large distortions of history, which are easily proven to be wrong when examined. From our debates on this subject in the past, you have been forced to face this reality. Your response has been to wrap yourself into a kind of cocoon of egoism. Eventually you will emerge from this a better man. It is process we all go through.

Here is the reality. The only people who benefited from slavery were the wealthy elites. The ancestors of these same people established the academic requirements which you wisely followed to gain opportunity for yourself in life. Now that you have your sheepskin, do your own research, and work on revealing the truth.

Empire and others,

There is a concept taught in public schools and colleges that we must atone for everything and anything which comes down the non evolutionary
pipeline. That this is non evolutionary is obvious as it is nothing more than guilt led to the extreme.

Some peoples, by Drama techniques, feel entitled to put this onus of guilt, concealed under the terms "White Privilege and White Race," onto others...this is entitlement. It is emotional rape of others by entitlement.
This is what is passing for the moral ethical high ground today..both in politics and public education. It is thinly concealed racism while attempting to paint others as racist by stereotyping. All under the guise of socially straightening out what is wrong with this country.

The problem is that many of these so called racist caped crusaders are now in political office ...either by election or appointment. They are bent on wealth redistribution without RISK redistribution. All this means is that wealth will be consumed but not replaced.

People are not as a whole interested in such mental rape or being dragged into such an emotional train wreck. If I want to be subjected to drama queens 24/7 I will turn on the television or put in a movie.

You are seeing here the trend line in political correctness as stated by the OP of this thread. You are seeing where it is going by entitlement principles run amok.
It is confusion...run amok..yet attempting to post itself as the moral ethical high ground. It is neither.
I have no interest in an investment in such confusion. No one will make me feel guilty for this view. I owe no one on this because of who or whom I am.

Thanks,
Orangetom

[edit on 20-10-2009 by orangetom1999]

I think EMPIRE has been called a racist in this thread no less than 20 times and he/she had yet to commit the offense, once. This is like that thread some guy started a couple of days ago where he thought he was proving that the Democrats or “Liberals” are always playing the “race card. “

I pointed out to him that his own little poll showed the Republicans playing the race card 200,000 more times than the Democrats. I haven’t seen hide or hair of that thread since.

I also pointed out how people get so angry because others don’t accept, or just be quiet when they are pointing out their “truths.”
The fact is they simply are not telling the truth even though they believe they are.

Their agenda is to make a lie the truth by repeating it.

The flaws in their beliefs are pointed out to them time and time again but they are like those three monkeys when it comes to their prejudices.

The facts are:

Blacks are not more violent or predatory than Whites. The Propagandist always want to point to “statistics” to prove something. But the honest man just looks around him—looks at what has gone on before; what goes on today.

But an even more potent way to get at the truth is to just ask the people of the world.

Who do they most fear? Who do they believe to be the biggest threat to not only their lives, the lives of their children—but the whole species of man.

And they will tell you.

If blacks were so violent and racist, a handful of Whites could not have taken over all of Africa, and walked the land like kings and queens for 300 years. A racist people of millions will never let such a tiny “other” survive five minutes trying to drink from their water fountains. Blacks by nature, are the opposite of racist, but if you kick and abuse a hound dog long enough he will eventually start to growl and bite.

Fact two:

Blacks are not a criminal race.

Again, to get at the truth, just ask somebody. Not other Blacks, but honest people—even honest people who are racist to the core, but has experienced life as so many Blacks do—who have been hungry, who knows what it is to live in a land of plenty and you have no hope of ever getting anything more than the basics.

Ask an honest Mafiosa, or anybody else who has clawed to survive; has known real deprivation …why he thinks there’s more crime among the poorest people. Turn out the lights, close the door, make sure none of his friends are around and ask him. See if he mentions anything about race.

During the 1800’s—when white men were hungry-- the murder ratio in the U.S.(west) per population, was 15 per 100,000 citizens. It has never been more than 8 per 100,000, during the worse murder sprees in the inner cities. And during that time(1800’s) a man could ride for days and never see another face. In the inner city you can’t turn around without somebody being in your face, so you never get a chance for your insane angry moments to past harmlessly, before there’s someone for you to lash out at.

I don’t say that to make excuses for a violent perpetrator. Nobody hates them more than me.

But violent perpetrator only describes about 00000.1 percent of Black people, any where, where they are not being manipulated by whites to fight among themselves.

But all those studies about the reason for crime were done back in the sixties after the Watts riots, so honest intelligent people know what the main cause of crime is. It’s funny how people are always writing new books with new statistics, but nobody ever talks about THOSE statistics that shows that crime is mostly due to poverty—especially in rich societies.

Fact three:

Black people and “Liberals” are not defending criminals when they challenge this campaign to cast the Black race as a criminal one. They are contesting a lie. Nobody gives a damn about protecting a predator.
The fact is; if there is a criminal race, it is the white or light one.
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The fact is; if there is a criminal race, it is the white or light one. And not just Anglos or Europeans.

The Arab slave trade makes the European one look like a tea party. And in that one, tens of millions were tortured and slaughtered. Among the white Arabs you wouldn’t even know there was a Black slave trade because they just used and killed all the black slaves.

White people do seem to be more law-abiding when there is structural, and a strong enforcement of laws. But that’s only because as things are, they have less reason to risk crime, and they are more afraid of the consequences of getting caught. But whenever they are given permission or immunity to prosecution by TPTB, to indulge their nature, the earth becomes awash with blood.

Thinking people know that. That’s why they refuse to let people point at the mote in someone else’s eye when they have a rafter in their own, and all of history, to this very day, bears witness to the nature of white people. Whites are a dangerous, dangerous race, and they terrify even themselves.

Before they branched out and found the Indigenous to dump their psychopaths on, European history is nothing but a 500 year long bloodbath.

That ‘s not statistics, but history written by Whites, themselves.
Is that all whites? Not by far. But the earth bears witness that you cannot let them run free with their delusions of themselves. You have to challenge them with truth and yes—you have them make them accept their guilt because they cannot feel it on their own. In the U.S., in particular. Look at their money. Look at the statutes they erect all over their land…Nothing but a glorification and idolization of genocidal murderers, enslavers, and serial killers.

I can go on, but I hate engaging in this kind of racial discussion and I only do it sparingly, and only then because I believe it’s necessary sometimes. Be a long time before I do it again, though