I Might Be A Racist
At the risk of being called a racist, I am fed up with the whining coming from African-American groups and lobbies.For example: Michelle Obama said, "Black girls rock." Isn't that racist?
No, she's the President's wife and black.
But if I said white girls rock, I'd be called racist.
Yeah, because you're white.
That doesn't make sense.
Yeah.
With all the special privileges allowed to black people, it seems to me that if they would use these special allowences to take advantage of capitalism, some could rise above poverty, and then, most importantly, patronize those who put in the blood and sweat to create an enterprise, I believe that within a single generation there would hardly be any disparity between black and white economically. My sympathies have, over the years, diminished into disdain.
No, she's the President's wife and black.
But if I said white girls rock, I'd be called racist.
Yeah, because you're white.
That doesn't make sense.
Yeah.
With all the special privileges allowed to black people, it seems to me that if they would use these special allowences to take advantage of capitalism, some could rise above poverty, and then, most importantly, patronize those who put in the blood and sweat to create an enterprise, I believe that within a single generation there would hardly be any disparity between black and white economically. My sympathies have, over the years, diminished into disdain.
According to Critical Race Theory, racism is ingrained in white people but not in blacks. No, I'm not kidding...some people actually believe this tripe.
http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/08/accord...
I know several successful black people. They don't blame others for their own failings.
Another word they use backwards is "privilege." Being white isn't a privilege -- it's a characteristic you're born with. "Privilege" means special, favorable treatment by the
law. And these days, straight white men are about the only people who *don't* have any privilege.
But I can hardly tell you how utterly disgusted I am with the system we have today. Our president and First Lady are resentful and hateful and racist.
Young white men are discriminated against in every facet of life. Good people of color are caught in the middle. Will individualism ever prevail?
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children on busses to cross town for school, but we
have to pay for the history, forever. . their livelihoods
are enhanced by our guilt, y'know. -- j
Since white men are NOT a protected class, it seems they can be discriminated against.
It is also why a gay bakery can refuse to bake a "traditional marriage" cake BUT a straight bakery is discriminating if they refuse to bake a "gay marriage" cake.
Its idiotic (IMO)
Won't it be great to get our hands on some of those minority's set asides and affirmative action goodies?
That would soon end all the problems, passing a law against traditional marriage. Oh, but I forgot that people can still propagate without getting married, and that seems to be no big deal today. It seems a fair portion of Americans do that anyway. Perhaps that's why we're slipping into so much division in out thoughts and beliefs.
When my boys got into their 'teens, I had a greater appreciation for my parents, which is exactly what my son told me when his kids got into hormone city.
Jan, does not know
And so I ask those complainers, If your life has value, tell me the how and why of it, other than that your mother loves you.
Crickets....
I did that for 7 years and I cannot remember a murdered white person on a floor or the ground, though I photographed two white guys hanging over the county jail toilets they stepped off of.
Even the white moonshiners and bootleggers were getting along.
Over and over and over again it was always a murdered black person. I suppose that county has the same black murder rate.
Three years ago I saw blacks march in Birmingham to protest black on black murders.
Blacks in and about Birmingham are still killing each other way disproportionately to whites.
"Black Lives Matter." If you say so.
White cops, you are advised to ignore the irony.
Do you want to be called--eek!--racist for commenting on that?
by blacks, whites do not contribute as many -- yet
the importance is many times over. -- j
The thing that irritates me is blacks cannot stop complaining. Italians, Poles, Jews, you-name-it came to this country under horrendous conditions. They patronized one another and uniquely, were able to do as well as their brains and brawn allowed. True they. weren't slaves, but it's been 150 years since slavery and what? sixty years or so since segregation. Get over it already. Men, stay with your woman and child. Get educated. Very few people get to be basketball stars or hip-hop artists. And for goodness sakes, stay away from the poverty pimps like Sharpton. They are only looking to enrich themselves. They really don't give a crap about you.
Jan
of a rich person in the 60s, or beyond! . my ambition,
when I was growing up, was to make $25k a year
like engineers did. . now, that's poverty!!! -- j
p.s. I am 66, now.
in a very nice neighborhood. . sold it for $100k a
few years ago. . nothing like inflation to make things
seem to increase in value. -- j
p.s. see the smoke coming out of my ears?
I was the only female in a class of 106 in dental school, and I was 19, and looked about 16 when I started. I was in the top 1/3 of the class, and a lot of people had trouble with that.
When I was a senior, I was called to the office of the head of oral surgery, who proceeded to tell me that a patient just died because I neglected to give his full medical history. I burst in to tears, after which he told me that none of it was true, that he was just testing me, as he didn't feel a woman was tough enough to be a dentist, and I just proved him right.
Well, for the first time I got angry at being treated like that. I told him that if he called any student in to his office and told that person a patient just died because of his neglect, and they don't cry, he'd better kick that student out.
Fast forward, and I apply for a job at a teaching hospital. The man doing the hiring was the head of oral surgery. He called his counterpart at my school and said, I don't think a woman can do this job. The oral surgeon at my school said, THIS one can.
So ain't life amazing? I was just glad to have the job. I learned a lot!
skill are people with knowledge and skill -- they can
do a job and should be paid the s a m e.
I spent 20 years as one kind of manager or other,
from small engineering group to 121-person dept....
when we hired a female engineer for less than a male,
I asked why, and made noise. . never Too Much Noise,
but noise. . it helped at least one top-notch female
engineer;;; I know.
the story which you told, above, is a great one, and
I want to thank you for relating it. . when a manager
or professional encounters an emergency, they had
better turn into a machine-like character and Get It Done.
but when it's too late, like in your story, emotion is
necessary to begin getting over it -- IMHO. . grieving
starts that process, right?
we also helped to elect Joni Ernst. . her pig-surgery
ad was wonderful, so she got the $100 Joe Wilson
honorary "You Lie!" award (Joe got the first one),
and we went from there.
that's good -- "THIS one can!" -- j
When several people said to me, "But you're so pretty, you can get a husband. Why are you in dental school?"
I sure never understood this attitude. I am perfectly fine with handsome men in high positions! :)
cleverness, but she leaves me with painful bruises, too. -- j
reliance, integrity ... there are things other than raw
animal attraction. . my wife and I met and joined
forces because of freedom, not to end it!
and maybe Mitt Romney was too much a gentleman
to make a "seductive" presidential candidate, but
he's handsome. -- j
officer at ~$6500/year with increases steadily to
nearly twice that in 4.1 years, and then I took a cut
to leave active duty and take an engineering job for
about $10k -- in '75. . but then, I stayed ahead of
inflation for quite awhile. . . not now, though, as a
retarded citizen! -- j
p.s. Emma, I call my dentist Mac, as everyone
at my childhood church does -- his middle name
is MacDonald. . doctor Mac, as a joke.
It's OK to be a pissed off white guy, but let's not cross the line.
from Green Bay -- Wisconsin, I assume. -- j
you call one black person your close friend.
you use bleach liberally.
this could go on forever. -- j
p.s. Thank You, Jeff Foxworthy!!!
Nothing could be further from the truth. Divide and conquer is the strategy to gain power. Thus everyone who opposes him is a racist. And with the media on his side, he'll never get called on it.
We need a better communication plan. Ayn, some R&B? Milton, a rap song?
The easy path is so easy...until some many on the path increase gravity!
Does that pertain to anything?
Your comment reminds me of an old joke, however, you may need to be Jewish to understand it.
Q: How can you tell a Jew from a gentile?
A: By the cars they drive. The Jew drives a recent model as expensive as he can afford. The gentile drives a white station wagon filled with jars of mayonnaise.
[credit to Foxworthy]
I exclude those who have worked and made it and include those who comprise the majority of the moocher roles. It isn't a color thing. It's a work ethic thing.
All I could do was shake my head.