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[DOTR]

You posted those are the things the right needs to deal with to attract minorities.
What political policies does any of the garbage you posted represent?

.​

If you think what I wrote is garbage, it doesn't matter.

I think you and IM2 are made for each other, opposite sides of the same coin.

It's all the other guy's fault. You two have fun.
.

Mac, you're an idiot arguing a false premise. You see junior, you've bought into the right wing republican narrative that tells you anyone who opposes their racism is full of hate. You bought up MLK but I was alive when he walked the earth, you apparent weren't around. Those like you would have called him a race pimp and divider. But like those you want to be like, you take one sentence he spoke in his life and you try making that his entire existence. His ideas were so unifying and popular among all races that he was murdered in cold blood by a white man. I have 20/20 vision junior, you are blind. I've stood in the rooms fighting republicans for things to help communities of color, you've done nothing but run your mouth.

You talk a lot of shit about both sides, but what just do you expect blacks to do? Forget everything? Ignore the racism by whites that still goes on? Blame ourselves for the problems in black communities while ignoring the policies that created them? What allows you to think people opposing racism are the same as people wanting to maintain it? Do you actually believe racism is over and that people are making it up now? What allows you to believe that?

The only policies that could have ”created them ” in black communities are five decades of handouts, special privilages, block voting for democrats and attacks on the rule of law.
Black communities are what they are because they are communities of blacks who have made choices.

The easy choices.

Like the easy choice whites here make to completely deny what they have done.

Not me. I never deny what whites have done and accomplished.

 

[Mac1958]

I have no doubt that it's ambiguous to you.
.

It is ambiguous ... Because what you offered is nothing but empty talk ...

You said the right needs to stop downplaying racism ...

Okay, what political policy are you going to support that stops downplaying racism.
How are you going to establish that in legislative concerns I look towards a political party to offer?

You said President Trump needs to stop saying he doesn't know who David Duke is ...

What political policy are you going to support that stops President Trump from saying he doesn't know who David Duke is.
Would you like to change the party's primary process so that anyone who wants to say they don't know who David Duke is will immediately be disqualified.

You said white supremacists support candidates on the right ...

What political policy are you going to support that stops white supremacists from supporting the candidate of their choice?
Are we supposed to cruise the hills of West Virginia looking for white supremacists,
so we can knock on their door and tell them they have no right to vote for whomever they want?

You said we need to stop racist nit-wits from saying minorities are freeloaders ...

What political policy are you going to support that stops racist nit-wits from saying minorities are freeloaders?
If you are waiting for someone to print campaign fliers that read ...
"My mission in Congress during the next term is to make sure racist nit-wits don't say minorities are freeloaders"
It's probably going to be a long wait.






My guess is that minorities are sick and tired of your empty assed talk ...

I am not saying racism doesn't exist.
I am not saying there are not racists in either party.

I am saying that if the only actual answer you present is blowing more smoke up minorities' ass ...
I would tell you to go fuck yourself too.

.​

I've already told you: This isn't about political policy. Why are you so hung up on having government fix this?

And, again: If you don't think you have to do anything, then don't fucking do it. Quit whining to me about this.

Being of mixed race myself, and having married into another mixed race family, I expect nothing from you.
.

 

[Marion Morrison]

So what metric do we apply Joe?

~S~

How about 'Number of people killed".

63 people killed in the LA Riots.

Number of people killed in the Furgeson riots?

1.

But if you want to go back to your original claim that there were more riots under Obama than the four previous guys, even that isn't true.

List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia

As usual, JoeB131 is wrong:
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1980-2009

1980 – Miami riot 1980, May 17–19, Miami, Florida
1986 – Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois
1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot, August 6–7, New York City
1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana, In September 1988 there was a full-blown riot in which the police were forced to block off the entire neighborhood because it was out of control. Cars and businesses were burned.
1989 – Miami riot, Miami, Florida, Jan. 16, Three days of rioting breaks out in the Overtown and Liberty City sections of Miami after a police officer shoots and kills a black motorcyclist. 11 people wounded. Over 1 million dollars in damage.
1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C.
1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York
1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California
1992 – 1992 Washington Heights riots, July 4–7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community
1994 – Eastside Lexington riots, October 26, 1994, Lexington, Kentucky
1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida
1997 – North Hollywood shootout, February 1997, Los Angeles, California
2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio
2002 – Great Brook Valley Project Riots, August 18, Worcester, MA, Puerto Rican
2002 – North Minneapolis Riots, August 22, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 – Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan
2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida
2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio

====================================================================================

ENTER OBAMA - The Riot President

2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California
2009 – Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio
2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, Sept. 24-25, 193 arrested

2010–2017

2010 – Springfest riot, April 10, 200 police disperse crowd of 8,000 using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and bean bag rounds, near the campus of James Madison University; dozens injured. 30–35 arrested; Harrisonburg, Virginia
2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1, 250 rampage through downtown Santa Cruz attacking 18 businesses, causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. 1 arrested. Santa Cruz, California
2010 – Oakland protest riot, Nov. 5, Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California
2011 – Pennsylvania State University, Joe Paterno riot. Students riot in protest of the decision of the Board of Trustees to fire head football coach Joe Paterno. State College, Pennsylvania
2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests). Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people were arrested. New York, New York
2011 – Occupy Wall Street Oakland protests riots. October. Protesters shattered windows, set fires, and plastered buildings with graffiti. Riot police fired heavy amounts of tear gas on the protesters.
2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May. Conflict between riot police and protesters. Dozens of demonstrators clubbed and arrested.
2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. Violence erupted after multiple shootings in the neighborhood by police that included unarmed Manuel Diaz. 24 people were arrested
2013 – Flatbush Riots, March 11, Riots in Brooklyn, New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD
2014 – Ferguson unrest, Ferguson, Missouri, August 10. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer, protests erupt in the streets. Police respond with riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets.
2014 – New York, New York, and Berkeley, California – After prosecutors and a grand jury refused to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, protests erupted in New York City and other cities.
2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests, April 25–28. Days of protests break out following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. 34 people are arrested and 15 Officers injured after rioting and looting break out. Gray's funeral was held on April 27 and followed by further protests and looting. Governor Hogan had pre-emptively activated the Maryland National Guard, while the Maryland State Police had activated at least 500 officers.
2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, January–February 2016. 1 killed and several dozen arrested. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
2016 – 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11. Five people arrested and two police officers injured during a demonstration at the UIC Pavilion.
2016 – Democracy Spring rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests.
2016 – 2016 Sacramento riot, June 26, A confrontation between white nationalists and left-wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol. Ten people were hospitalized for stabbing and laceration wounds.
2016 – Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. At least 261 people were arrested in protests in New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities.
2016 – 2016 Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2016 – 2016 Charlotte riot, September 20–21, Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer.
2016 – Dakota Access Pipeline protests, 411 protesters arrested. Multiple skirmishes with police, with vehicles, hay bales, and tires set on fire.
2016 – Anti-Trump protests, Nov. 9-27. As a result of Donald Trump elected as 45th President of the U.S., thousands protested across twenty-five American cities, and unrest broke out in downtown Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. In Oakland, over 40 fires started and police officers were injured.
2017 – Anti-Trump protests at the inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20. Objects were thrown at police, businesses damaged, and a limousine was set on fire. More than 230 were arrested.


From your own link, speaks for itself. There's a few more/less on either side, but fairly accurate.

 

[BlackSand]

I've already told you: This isn't about political policy. Why are you so hung up on having government fix this?

And, again: If you don't think you have to do anything, then don't fucking do it. Quit whining to me about this.

Being of mixed race myself, and having married into another mixed race family, I expect nothing from you.
.

I don't give a flying fuck about your race ... Nor your empty assed garbage.
You're the one that is whining about shit and have no solutions with any substance.

I look towards a political party for political reasons ...
Because legislative concerns are what they are supposed to handle.

I don't look towards the government to fix anything.
You are the person that said the right needs to do something to attract minorities.
I asked you what exactly it is we need to do ... And you offered a bunch of open ended petty garbage.

If you need a political party for the purpose of holding your hand when you cross the street ... Don't hold your breath.

.​

 

[Mac1958]

I've already told you: This isn't about political policy. Why are you so hung up on having government fix this?

And, again: If you don't think you have to do anything, then don't fucking do it. Quit whining to me about this.

Being of mixed race myself, and having married into another mixed race family, I expect nothing from you.
.

I don't give a flying fuck about your race ... Nor your empty assed garbage.
You're the one that is whining about shit and have no solutions with any substance.

I look towards a political party for political reasons ...
Because legislative concerns are what they are supposed to handle.

I don't look towards the government to fix anything.
You are the person that said the right need to do something to attract minorities.
I asked you what exactly it is we need to do ... And you offered a bunch of opened petty garbage.

If you need a political party for the purpose of holding your hand when you cross the street ... Don't hold your breath.

.​

I've played this game many times: "Gee Mac, what should we do to attract minorities?" I lay out a few clear (and obvious) examples, and the response is always the same: "Oh, NO WAY, we're NOT gonna do THAT".

Okay. Don't. Figure it out yourself.

Good luck.
.

 

[BlackSand]

1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana, In September 1988 there was a full-blown riot in which the police were forced to block off the entire neighborhood because it was out of control. Cars and businesses were burned.

The Cedar Grove riot was wicked stupid ...

White teenaged girl tries to buy cocaine in the hood, gets robbed, pulls out a gun, starts shooting, hits a bystander ...
gets arrested, is charged with second degree murder, and the hood goes into riot mode.

Stores burned, others looted, folks throwing bottles, rocks and bricks ...
Police chief has a brick thrown through the window ... Shots to the back of the car (no injuries) ...
The police and fire department back up, seal off 7 blocks ... And let the people riot until they got tired.

.​

 

[BlackSand]

I've played this game many times: "Gee Mac, what should we do to attract minorities?" I lay out a few clear (and obvious) examples, and the response is always the same: "Oh, NO WAY, we're NOT gonna do THAT".

Okay. Don't. Figure it out yourself.

Good luck.
.

The problem we are having is not that I say your ideas don't work.
The problems is there is nothing in your ideas that you can actually apply to any kind of policy a political party could support.
Your problems are with people not party policy.

I am not saying you are an uncaring or irresponsible person that comes up with bad ideas.
I am saying you are trying to blow smoke up someone's ass if you think your ideas amount to anything other than talk.

.​

 

[Mac1958]

I've played this game many times: "Gee Mac, what should we do to attract minorities?" I lay out a few clear (and obvious) examples, and the response is always the same: "Oh, NO WAY, we're NOT gonna do THAT".

Okay. Don't. Figure it out yourself.

Good luck.
.

The problem we are having is not that I say your ideas don't work.
The problems is there is nothing in your ideas that you can actually apply to any kind of policy a political party could support.
Your problems are with people not party policy.

I am not saying you are an uncaring or irresponsible person that comes up with bad ideas.

I am saying you are trying to blow smoke up someone's ass if you think your ideas amount to anything other than talk..​

If that's true, it's because people will choose not to try.

I can't make that happen.
.

 

[BlackSand]

I've played this game many times: "Gee Mac, what should we do to attract minorities?" I lay out a few clear (and obvious) examples, and the response is always the same: "Oh, NO WAY, we're NOT gonna do THAT".

Okay. Don't. Figure it out yourself.

Good luck.
.

The problem we are having is not that I say your ideas don't work.
The problems is there is nothing in your ideas that you can actually apply to any kind of policy a political party could support.
Your problems are with people not party policy.

I am not saying you are an uncaring or irresponsible person that comes up with bad ideas.

I am saying you are trying to blow smoke up someone's ass if you think your ideas amount to anything other than talk..​

If that's true, it's because people will choose not to try.

I can't make that happen.
.

Try what?

You keep saying empty crap.
You keep saying we need to try something ... What exactly is it we need to try?

You keep talking about racists and what they do ...
What do you want me to do (or as a party) to make those people stop?

.​

 

[Mac1958]

I've played this game many times: "Gee Mac, what should we do to attract minorities?" I lay out a few clear (and obvious) examples, and the response is always the same: "Oh, NO WAY, we're NOT gonna do THAT".

Okay. Don't. Figure it out yourself.

Good luck.
.

The problem we are having is not that I say your ideas don't work.
The problems is there is nothing in your ideas that you can actually apply to any kind of policy a political party could support.
Your problems are with people not party policy.

I am not saying you are an uncaring or irresponsible person that comes up with bad ideas.

I am saying you are trying to blow smoke up someone's ass if you think your ideas amount to anything other than talk..​

If that's true, it's because people will choose not to try.

I can't make that happen.
.

Try what?

You keep saying empty crap.
You keep saying we need to try something ... What exactly is it we need to try?

You keep talking about racists and what they do ...
What do you want me to do (or as a party) to make those people stop?

.​

Good gawd. Okay, here you go, a short version:

First...

• Admit that traditional racism is still widespread.
• Admit that conservatives have, for too long, downplayed and/or ignored it.
• Call out those who make the situation worse, for example, the time Trump pretended to not know who David Duke is.
• Pro-actively, not defensively, go after white supremacist and separatist groups
  
• Condemn (actual) racist comments whenever they pop up (here on USMB would be a start).
• Stop telling minorities that they're lazy freeloaders.
• Stop mocking and ignoring and downplaying issues that are important to minorities.
• Demonstrate that you're making a sincere effort to understand the perspective and priorities of minorities.
  
• Reach out to minority groups, one by one, with the above message.

Then...

• Invite minority people and groups to public conversations, in which each "side" must admit their mistakes and collaborate
  
• Demonstrate that you can take and act on criticisms as well as give them
• Demonstrate clearly, for a change, that you want to identify and expand on areas of common ground
• Stop waiting for the other "side" to be the adult in the room first

Off the top of my head.
.

 

[Unkotare]

You posted those are the things the right needs to deal with to attract minorities.
What political policies does any of the garbage you posted represent?

.​

If you think what I wrote is garbage, it doesn't matter.

I think you and IM2 are made for each other, opposite sides of the same coin.

It's all the other guy's fault. You two have fun.
.

Mac, you're an idiot arguing a false premise. You see junior, you've bought into the right wing republican narrative that tells you anyone who opposes their racism is full of hate. You bought up MLK but I was alive when he walked the earth, you apparent weren't around. Those like you would have called him a race pimp and divider. But like those you want to be like, you take one sentence he spoke in his life and you try making that his entire existence. His ideas were so unifying and popular among all races that he was murdered in cold blood by a white man. I have 20/20 vision junior, you are blind. I've stood in the rooms fighting republicans for things to help communities of color, you've done nothing but run your mouth.

You talk a lot of shit about both sides, but what just do you expect blacks to do? Forget everything? Ignore the racism by whites that still goes on? Blame ourselves for the problems in black communities while ignoring the policies that created them? What allows you to think people opposing racism are the same as people wanting to maintain it? Do you actually believe racism is over and that people are making it up now? What allows you to believe that?

The only policies that could have ”created them ” in black communities are five decades of handouts, special privilages, block voting for democrats and attacks on the rule of law.
Black communities are what they are because they are communities of blacks who have made choices.

The easy choices.

Like the easy choice whites here make to completely deny what they have done.

“They”?



???

 

[BlackSand]

Good gawd. Okay, here you go, a short version:

First...

• Admit that traditional racism is still widespread.
• Admit that conservatives have, for too long, downplayed and/or ignored it.
• Call out those who make the situation worse, for example, the time Trump pretended to not know who David Duke is.
• Pro-actively, not defensively, go after white supremacist and separatist groups
  
• Condemn (actual) racist comments whenever they pop up (here on USMB would be a start).
• Stop telling minorities that they're lazy freeloaders.
• Stop mocking and ignoring and downplaying issues that are important to minorities.
• Demonstrate that you're making a sincere effort to understand the perspective and priorities of minorities.
  
• Reach out to minority groups, one by one, with the above message.

Then...

• Invite minority people and groups to public conversations, in which each "side" must admit their mistakes and collaborate
  
• Demonstrate that you can take and act on criticisms as well as give them
• Demonstrate clearly, for a change, that you want to identify and expand on areas of common ground
• Stop waiting for the other "side" to be the adult in the room first

Off the top of my head.
.

Oh ... So you want us to talk about it ...

You don't actually think the party needs to do anything policy wise.
You think we should start an outreach program that isn't based in legislative concerns.

If you are still wondering why the right isn't attracting more minorities ...
It's because the minorities don't give a shit what you say ... What you do will always mean more.

If you think I am waiting for minorities to come to the table ...
I am laughing at your ass at the table with those who have already found their way.

Some of the best and most influential capitalists in this country as far as minorities are concerned ...
Are those in the Hip-Hop industry ... They know the bullshit they have been fed by the race pimping industry.

When they sing songs about the ghetto ... And the politicians that keep them there ...
They aren't talking about anyone I voted for.
When they talk about run down schools ... And the garbage they are taught that pollutes their minds ...
They aren't talking about anyone I voted for or any policy I support.

When they make millions, create opportunities for other minorities ...
And escape the endless cycle of victimhood ... They aren't pissed at the people I voted for.

They are leaving your ass behind ...

.​

 

[Mac1958]

Good gawd. Okay, here you go, a short version:

First...

• Admit that traditional racism is still widespread.
• Admit that conservatives have, for too long, downplayed and/or ignored it.
• Call out those who make the situation worse, for example, the time Trump pretended to not know who David Duke is.
• Pro-actively, not defensively, go after white supremacist and separatist groups
  
• Condemn (actual) racist comments whenever they pop up (here on USMB would be a start).
• Stop telling minorities that they're lazy freeloaders.
• Stop mocking and ignoring and downplaying issues that are important to minorities.
• Demonstrate that you're making a sincere effort to understand the perspective and priorities of minorities.
  
• Reach out to minority groups, one by one, with the above message.

Then...

• Invite minority people and groups to public conversations, in which each "side" must admit their mistakes and collaborate
  
• Demonstrate that you can take and act on criticisms as well as give them
• Demonstrate clearly, for a change, that you want to identify and expand on areas of common ground
• Stop waiting for the other "side" to be the adult in the room first

Off the top of my head.
.

Oh ... So you want us to talk about it ...

You don't actually think the party needs to do anything policy wise.
You think we should start an outreach program that isn't based in legislative concerns.

If you are still wondering why the right isn't attracting more minorities ...
It's because the minorities don't give a shit what you say ... What you do will always mean more.

If you think I am waiting for minorities to come to the table ...
I am laughing at your ass at the table with those who have already found their way.

Some of the best and most influential capitalists in this country as far as minorities are concerned ...
Are those in the Hip-Hop industry ... They know the bullshit they have been fed by the race pimping industry.

When they sing songs about the ghetto ... And the politicians that keep them there ...
They aren't talking about anyone I voted for.
When they talk about run down schools ... And the garbage they are taught that pollutes their minds ...
They aren't talking about anyone I voted for or any policy I support.

When they make millions, create opportunities for other minorities ...
And escape the endless cycle of victimhood ... They aren't pissed at the people I voted for.

.​

Great, thanks.
.

 

[tigerred59]

Listen, by the time white women began closing their legs to dark meat, every white house hold in this country, including the Trumps, racist white cops and the Rosanne Barrs will have a negro in it...so relax, we got this!!

 

[BlackSand]

Great, thanks.
.

If you want to thank me ...
Perhaps I can point you towards someone who can give you a better understanding regarding the matter.

Look up Sonnie Johnson's Corner ...
She's a black conservative and gives every indication she knows why the right has problems attracting minorities.

She may piss you off ... But she's right most of the time.
The first thing you may notice is that you don't have a clue what you are talking about ...
And mainly because you are talking about the way things have always been done ... And failed.

.​

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

[snipped] “The dominant logic of the post-Reconstruction era held that the real problem wasn't white racists, but carpetbaggers and meddlers from up North who'd elevated illiterate blacks above their station. The white Southerner, presumably, had no existential objection to blacks, they just didn't want to live next door to them or have an illiterate and morally degenerate population electing their politicians. To this Washington, and much of black America, said Fine. Cease fire. You let us be, we'll let you be.”

His idea or plan did not work out because he dismissed one essential truth. Southern Whites hated blacks. They did not want blacks near them, close to them, within any proximity of them. They did not want blacks succeeding, all they wanted was for blacks to get out of the way and return to slavery. He paid no attention to how much southern whites did not like the fact blacks were free. Like todays black conservative, Washington looked past the rhetoric whites kept on speaking, the laws and polices they passed and thought that perhaps if we accept things that eventually we will gain our respect. Eventually if we do it this way, the racism will end. That if we just leave them alone and do what we do, if we just ignore the racism they won’t bother us and we won’t bother them.

This is the logic being used by the OP as he talks about how both sides need to do something.

So what happened to Washington? He made the Atlanta Compromise.

"The Atlanta compromise was an agreement struck in 1895 between Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, other African-American leaders, and Southern white leaders.[1][2] It was first supported, and later opposed by W. E. B. Du Bois and other African-American leaders.

The agreement was that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law.[3][4] Blacks would not focus their demands on equality, integration, or justice, and Northern whites would fund black educational charities."

Atlanta compromise - Wikipedia

There ya go, an agreement that accepts both sides have a problem so we agree to terms.

"Essential elements of the agreement were that blacks would not ask for the right to vote, they would not retaliate against racist behavior, they would tolerate segregation and discrimination, that they would receive free basic education, education would be limited to vocational or industrial training (for instance as teachers or nurses), liberal arts education would be prohibited (for instance, college education in the classics, humanities, art, or literature."

And the result?

"In retrospect, this was a grievous error. In point of fact, whites actually did have an existential objection to black people. Their beef wasn’t that illiterates and moral degenerates might get too much power. Quite the opposite. ****Their beef was that blacks would prove to not be illiterates and moral degenerates, and thus fully able to compete with them***. To see this point illustrated, one need only look at the history of race riots in the South. When white mobs set upon black communities they didn’t simply burn down the “morally degenerate” portions—they attacked the South’s burgeoning black middle and working class and its institutions. They went for the churches, the schools and the businesses."

"You must understand the chilling effect this had to have on black people. To actually concede to all the racist propaganda out there, and then to be rewarded by hooligans burning down your community must have been psychologically devastating.".

Thank you IM2 for posting this invaluable and very enlightening piece on the history of racism in the U.S. I don't remember learning about the Atlanta Compromise in school yet your posting explains so much that I've previously been unable to articulate only sensed and have experienced.

To concede something that is guaranteed to you under the U.S. Constitution in exchange for needed protection only to be betrayed....

 

[BlackSand]

Thank you IM2 for posting this invaluable and very enlightening piece on the history of racism in the U.S. I don't remember learning about the Atlanta Compromise in school yet your posting explains so much that I've previously been unable to articulate only sensed and have experienced.

To concede something that is guaranteed to you under the U.S. Constitution in exchange for needed protection only to be betrayed....

Sorry you have had bad experiences ...
What can I possibly do to repair the damage?

Please don't suggest we need to talk about it ...
Talk is cheap ... And I want to know what I can do to assist you.

Or ... You are more than welcome to come along with me ...
And we can build something better together ... That doesn't have anything to do with Atlanta in 1895.

What I am trying to do (among other things) is help find a cure for breast cancer ...
You want to help?

.​

.​

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The Psychocrats are all of the things that they profess to oppose.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The Democrats make politics about race because they are racist.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Sorry you have had bad experiences ...
What can I possibly do to repair the damage?

Please don't suggest we need to talk about it ...
Talk is cheap ... And I want to know what I can do to assist you.

Thank you. Oftentimes a mere acknowledgement that damage has been done even if not by the person expressing the sentiment can make a difference.

At this point I'm not exactly sure if the solution is an amendment to our current laws which would move the focus from what the perpetrator was trying to accomplish instead to the actual damage caused by their adverse action(s)/behavior. Solutions along these lines would be a good first step, in my opinion.

Or ... You are more than welcome to come along with me ...
And we can build something better together ... That doesn't have anything to do with Atlanta in 1895.

What I am trying to do (among other things) is help find a cure for breast cancer ...
You want to help?

I'm not sure how I could be of assistance but I was watching with amazement a news story on a woman whose cancer was completely cured by her own cells that were extracted, modified and reintroduced into her system. Everyone seems really excited that this could be a major breakthrough so yes I'd definitely be interested in learning more about how you plan on going about this.