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Meanwhole in the real world black people do suffer discrimination as well as other minorities like the gays, the Native americans, some working class whites, left handers, dyslexics etc etc.
because there aren't enough white people with the cojanes to stand up and say "thats racist" thats why we have a black history month, the NAACP, and various other organizations that say "Blacks Only"
poor white people are profiled in stores, as are adolescents of any race.
my mother in law was a hard worker. she'd often go to stores before going home, still dressed in her work clothes, which would be less than presentable. she was even arrested in a store and her belongings searched, for no other reason than she looked too poor to be in their store. when they found out she was actually the owner of a successful restaurant and had just been cooking there (thus the appearance), they were apologetic. but before then, they were out for blood.
it isn't race. it's financial bracket. guarantee it. if they assume black person in their store is poor, they'll get same treatment as poor white people. they want black people's money just as much as white people's money. money is money.
since my bout with brainstem encephalitis, 5 days in a full blown coma, diabetes and breast cancer, i've become somewhat of an eyesore. if i go to the store with hubby, they always check our money to be sure it isn't counterfeit. if he goes by himself to the store, they never check his money. so even looking less than attractive, can get ya profiled.
Never mind Empire he also believes if you call someone a name or insult them and they sock you you will also get in trouble even though you didn't initiate physical contact. He was taking up for the black guy in the Epic Beard Man thread as well.
For acting a fool on public transportation? Too men past their prime acting a fool on public transportation? Yes, they are [both] wrong as they both should have diffused the situation and let it die down.
Based on the video it can actually go either way. The old man could actually have been at fault. The black guy could have been at fault. Should the older man be allowed to defend himself, again, we have to look at the law and see if he was justified, and in order to do that, we need to see the rest of the footage. If the previous footage ever turned up, and it was found that the old man was in violation of violating the codes I previously listed, he could be hit with a “wobbler” and charged with other crimes. Much of the same can be said for the black guy.
Listen, I’m looking at it from two perspectives. From a street perspective, especially being from the Bay Area, the black guy turned it physical. However, also being from the bay, and knowing how people in the bay act, again, from the street perspective the white guy had an a** kicking coming. The problem is the black guy failed to deliver. Now from a legal perspective, one which I’m within my right to view it from (since I went to school and majored in law enforcement and corrections) things are up in the air and we have to go back to what started the altercation. The black guy could have thrown the first punch, but legally, the white guy may have caused the black guy to throw the punch and could be hit with a wobbler. Do you see the difference now?
In fact i bet Empire can even justify the white girls having to share their 1st place spot.
Dont let him fool you he most definitely believes white people have to pay for the sins of their forefathers.
He also believes in modern day white privilege. I guess he never lost a job to someone of another race due to affirmative action. I doubt he is even caucasian.
No even though im more skilled and qualified for a job a african american will get it because the company has to meet a certain quota. So much for that white privilege. I sure wish i knew where it was id line up for it.
Of course Al Sharpton or JJ will not say anything they make their money off of so called racists whites. They dont or cant believe in racists blacks.
But im sure had this been a square dance competition and a black group entered it and won then had to share 1st place with a white group everyone would scream racism.
I love all people but until people can stop thinking the outcome or reason for everything has to do with race nothing will change
Yuo can not bring up the "what would you do" clip as proof of anything. It is a dramatization. Producers of a show set up a situation and hire actors to play out an extreme situation to monitor people's reaction. The women shopping and the women being racist are paid actors.
People don't get involved because it isn't there problem. They think "somebody else will help." It happens all of the time.
There have been cases where people were murdered while dozens of people listened to them scream. They all thought somebody else would call. This is a well documented social phenomenon. It is taught in introductory sociology classes every semester.
Originally posted by EMPIRE
reply to post by Frankenchrist
For centuries blacks were denied history and deprived of their heritage. This is why you have black history month. Moreover, for centuries white americans were stealing and pillaging from other cultures...hmmm...that is how this country was founded right? Right. In addition, for thousands of years Europeans have been doing the same thing, only one European empire still exists and still corrupts the Earth.
Get over it and go eat your chips.
[edit on 28-2-2010 by EMPIRE]
Sure sounds to me like you are harboring a lot of spite for what our forefathers did.
Nations, countrys of all nationalities have been stealing and pillaging from other cultures since recorded history not just whitey.
You are pretty pompous because even though just about everyone in the threads you post in disagree with you you still think you are right.
What a supercilious person you are.
empire
i'm concerned that there have been some very unsavory people in politics that are using the race issue to inflame people against each other, so they can social engineer us to the point of lunacy.
i sincerely believe they are using the media, particularly, to break up the people. the closer we get to having an unified front, regardless of race, the more it seems these trouble makers are working against it
i also don't believe the white race is lucifer. my research keeps pointing to some kind of reptilian-mammalian or amphibian-mammalian hybrid for the serpent and his seed.