I get caught up in it many times, because I see the highly ignorant BLM protesters, I see racist attacks on mentally ill white kids, I hear about the knock out came, you hear white racist on this board rally about blacks, you see La Raza calling for a purge of whites, etc. I get caught up in it at times because everything is caught on video and video brings out powerful emotions. The media exploits it and makes it seem more prevalent then it is. They prey on the emotions and bastardize them to their advantage for ratings.
But is it reality? I don't see it on my personal experience. Examples
1. About 2 weeks ago I took my son to a Blackhawks game. We got out around 10:00ish. He loves claim strips and shrimp for a place called the Shrimp House (on Diversy for you Chicagoans - awesome place try it). We went in place we were the only white people surrounded by Blacks. Some people sparked up friendly conversations about the game (since we both wore Hawk's jerseys). We were there for roughly 30 mins and felt safe the entire time.
2. My son's best friend on his hockey team is a gigantic black kid (seriously he is 11 and over 6 foot, 6'1 maybe 6'2). When I drop my kid over for a play date I usually stick around for a little and have a beer or two with the father. My daughter has a similar black friend (although she is adopted to lesbian white parents). But I will admit most of my kids friends are white.
3. My best friend at work is Mexican (born in Mexico and came here legally). I regularly hit happy hours with him and we are taking out kids paintballing in a few weeks. I prefer him over many of my white colleagues.
4. Go to any part of the North side of Chicago, loop or Rivernorth (however there are parts of the south side are definitely dangerous to everyone including Blacks) and you see people of all races, black, white, brown and yellow, going about their business, interacting with one another and mostly in harmony.
Point is the media stirs many emotions and for some reason wants to make America to appear to be in the verge of a race war. But when you sit back and look at your personal experiences and take the media emotion out of it, you probably see a different picture? I know I do. I guarantee the racist on the board, black or white, live in a mostly homogenous environment and only get their views on other races from TV and the media!
And yes I view myself as a right leaning strong anti-illegal immigration Trump supporter.
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But is it reality? I don't see it on my personal experience. Examples
1. About 2 weeks ago I took my son to a Blackhawks game. We got out around 10:00ish. He loves claim strips and shrimp for a place called the Shrimp House (on Diversy for you Chicagoans - awesome place try it). We went in place we were the only white people surrounded by Blacks. Some people sparked up friendly conversations about the game (since we both wore Hawk's jerseys). We were there for roughly 30 mins and felt safe the entire time.
2. My son's best friend on his hockey team is a gigantic black kid (seriously he is 11 and over 6 foot, 6'1 maybe 6'2). When I drop my kid over for a play date I usually stick around for a little and have a beer or two with the father. My daughter has a similar black friend (although she is adopted to lesbian white parents). But I will admit most of my kids friends are white.
3. My best friend at work is Mexican (born in Mexico and came here legally). I regularly hit happy hours with him and we are taking out kids paintballing in a few weeks. I prefer him over many of my white colleagues.
4. Go to any part of the North side of Chicago, loop or Rivernorth (however there are parts of the south side are definitely dangerous to everyone including Blacks) and you see people of all races, black, white, brown and yellow, going about their business, interacting with one another and mostly in harmony.
Point is the media stirs many emotions and for some reason wants to make America to appear to be in the verge of a race war. But when you sit back and look at your personal experiences and take the media emotion out of it, you probably see a different picture? I know I do. I guarantee the racist on the board, black or white, live in a mostly homogenous environment and only get their views on other races from TV and the media!
And yes I view myself as a right leaning strong anti-illegal immigration Trump supporter.
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