Zone1 An Illustration of What is Meant By "Privilege"

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"You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

Lyndon B. Johnson

This quote is from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University, delivered on June 4, 1965. The speech is commonly titled “To Fulfill These Rights.”

In this landmark address, Johnson argued that civil rights laws alone were not enough—true equality required active efforts to eliminate the lingering effects of racism and pov7erty. This speech laid the groundwork for affirmative action and marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. civil rights policy.

 

[BackAgain]

"You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

Lyndon B. Johnson

This quote is from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University, delivered on June 4, 1965. The speech is commonly titled “To Fulfill These Rights.”

In this landmark address, Johnson argued that civil rights laws alone were not enough—true equality required active efforts to eliminate the lingering effects of racism and pov7erty. This speech laid the groundwork for affirmative action and marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. civil rights policy.

I believe it was also Lyndon who expected the N-word vote to be in the Democrap Party pocket.

 

[gtopa1]

"You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

Lyndon B. Johnson

This quote is from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University, delivered on June 4, 1965. The speech is commonly titled “To Fulfill These Rights.”

In this landmark address, Johnson argued that civil rights laws alone were not enough—true equality required active efforts to eliminate the lingering effects of racism and pov7erty. This speech laid the groundwork for affirmative action and marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. civil rights policy.

You don't win by hobbling the field so that your preferred mob WIN!!

Greg

 

[Concerned American]

You don't win by hobbling the field so that your preferred mob WIN!!

Greg

The fact of the matter is, the field was hobbled SIXTY years ago. Only a group that enjoyed this PRIVILEGE would still be complaining that it wasn't enough. Another whining post by one of the board's racist bigots.

 

[Seymour Flops]

"You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

Lyndon B. Johnson

This quote is from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University, delivered on June 4, 1965. The speech is commonly titled “To Fulfill These Rights.”

In this landmark address, Johnson argued that civil rights laws alone were not enough—true equality required active efforts to eliminate the lingering effects of racism and pov7erty. This speech laid the groundwork for affirmative action and marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. civil rights policy.

I hope you don't think that is original. Just a weird fictionalized version of the "take steps forward or backward" activity common at sensitivity training.

It makes sense when dealing with school children. They cannot help their circumstances.

If this is an accurate action figure of their father:

If their mothers refuse to work to take care of them, and they live on the dole and are too lazy to sign up for the free lunch program. If they have no healthy food because their parents use SNAP benefits to by cokes, powder sugar donuts, hot cheetoes, and use their cash benefits for cigs and beer, they should get as much help as the school can provide in our requirement to be both teacher, and organizational parent substitute.

But, having gotten such help from the school, and pushed through to a diploma that they may or may not be able to read, it is up to them to adopt their parents' way of life, or get out and work for a living.

Such whiny messages as that activity sends harm them, not help them.

Would the race have been more fair if they did not start running from different spots? Would it be fair that the winner would be a man who is far better shape than the men and women he competes against?

As I tell my students "fair" is something that comes to town once a year. Don't worry about fair, focus on getting as much out of life as you can by working for what you want.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

There is no hampering of any race in the United States and hasn't been for decades.
There will always be "individual" racists in all nations, including the United States, with some nations being more racist than others.
There is absolutely "no" occupation in the United States that doesn't have blacks working in, managing, or owning them. Only the Presidency lacks a black and there was one for the maximum two terms and as blacks only comprise 14% of the overall population, another black president won't likely be voted in for a while, as we still have other races (Hispanics, Asians, Latinos). Eventually, there will be another though and as long as he or she is pro-Constitution and its Bill of Rights, that will be good.
As far as any group being "kept down," just ditch the inner-city negative culture.

 

[IM2]

The fact of the matter is, the field was hobbled SIXTY years ago. Only a group that enjoyed this PRIVILEGE would still be complaining that it wasn't enough. Another whining post by one of the board's racist bigots.

Privilege is whites like you whining about the field being hobbled because others who weren't white were given the same opportunity. The same people who have enjoyed preferences for 249 years are now trying to tell others that 60 is long enough. Another whiny post from one of the real bigots here.

 

[Leo123]

I believe it was also Lyndon who expected the N-word vote to be in the Democrap Party pocket.

Yeah, funny how Democrats sweep their own racists under the rug.

 

[IM2]

There is no hampering of any race in the United States and hasn't been for decades.
There will always be "individual" racists in all nations, including the United States, with some nations being more racist than others.
There is absolutely "no" occupation in the United States that doesn't have blacks working in, managing, or owning them. Only the Presidency lacks a black and there was one for the maximum two terms and as blacks only comprise 14% of the overall population, another black president won't likely be voted in for a while, as we still have other races (Hispanics, Asians, Latinos). Eventually, there will be another though and as long as he or she is pro-Constitution and its Bill of Rights, that will be good.
As far as any group being "kept down," just ditch the inner-city negative culture.

Your white opinion on matters doesn't mean anything. Reality is what we black folks deal with not your white fantasy you use to try bsolving yourself or denying the continuing problem. We aren't taking about other nations and so:

Historically, according to Shawn Rochester in his book “The Black Tax, The Cost of Being Black in America” blacks have lived with the 2 percent rule. The 2 percent rule holds that blacks have been restricted to 2 percent or less of all things that are important to wealth accumulation in America. Right now Rochester’s 2 percent rule for blacks is in effect in these fields: Investment and Business Financing, CorporatenLeadership, Education, Media, Medicine, Law, Financial Services,nAgriculture, Residential Real Estate, and businesses such as Information Technology, Finance and Insurance, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Oil, Gas and Mining, Utilities and Wholesale Trade.

You say blacks are 14 percent of the population to excuse your racism, but if not for white racism blacks would represent more than 2 percent in these occupations today. Then there's this reality:

Blacks are 13 percent of the American people, but have 4 percent of the wealth. This again is the result of white racism. Your emotions do not carry weight in this discussion, and your belief about things based on you not ever living as a black person and who has never faced the daily grind of white racism means you need to start listening to us instead of believing that your opinion is the authoritative one just because your skin is pink.

 

[IM2]

Yeah, funny how Democrats sweep their own racists under the rug.

It's funny how the Republican party of overt racism is trying to gaslight people.

 

[MarathonMike]

I believe it was also Lyndon who expected the N-word vote to be in the Democrap Party pocket.

LBJ was a diabolical genius when it came to real "Systemic Racism". What a horrible turn our country took when JFK was killed and we got LBJ.

 

[BackAgain]

It's funny how the Republican party of overt racism is trying to gaslight people.

Look at IQ2 bitch about an alleged violation of his patented racism.

 

[Leo123]

Yeah, funny how Democrats sweep their own racists under the rug.

Yeah hide under the rug like one William Ellison, a black cotton gin maker, blacksmith, former slave who became a major planter, owned 68 slaves. There were 3,775 black slaveholders by 1830. Some black slaveholders could own the services of white indentured servants.

Slavery was indeed a big part of society and agriculture. Before us, indians (native Americans) had slaves from other tribes. There is slavery today in China and other places around the world. America is the only country to obliterate institutional slavery. Democrats couldn't care less. Their mission is to 'Get Trump' before he uncovers their Marxst schemes and their racist-to-the-core beliefs.

Did Black People Own Slaves?

For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers

www.theroot.com

 

[IM2]

Yeah like one William Ellison, a black cotton gin maker, blacksmith, former slave who became a major planter, owned 68 slaves. There were 3,775 black slaveholders by 1830. Some black slaveholders could own the services of white indentured servants.

Did Black People Own Slaves?

For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers

www.theroot.com

And in that same article it stated that 97 percent of the slaves who were owned were owned by whites. And when you read the actual tally of black slaveowners you find that Ellison was an extreme case. Most blacks owned less than 5, and the majority of black slaveowners purchased wives/husbands, children, or other relatives. So once again we see the same state dumb ass white racisttactic.

Blacks didn't breed white slaves for labor, and indentured servants weren't slaves. So again drop the dishonesty and face your history in this country white man. Because this is 2025 and blacks didn't enact Jim Crow laws.

 

[luiza]

You don't win by hobbling the field so that your preferred mob WIN!!

Greg

You most certainly do .

That is standard for Deep State who use the excellent strategy of always winning by backing both sides or cleverly wrecking the chances of the less useful one .
See using Harris as an obvious example .

The only downside is getting caught when you are then forced to eliminate the opposition .
Fortunately Sheeple are Stupid and Gullible and take any old garbage as true if it is stamped , Official .

 

[Dragonlady]

I believe it was also Lyndon who expected the N-word vote to be in the Democrap Party pocket.

And???? Do you have a point with this post.

That's the whole point of creating programs to help people, you know. It wins their votes. Intelligent voters will actually price the promises and see how the platform would affect their taxes and income.

Politicians who promise tax cuts are generally lying. Service fees for things that were previously covered by taxes replace the actual taxes, and those fees end up being higher (administration costs of collecting the fees), than the taxes you save.

Take garbage pick up. It used to be covered in property taxes. Now you need administration to keep track of the fees chargeable to each household, and to invoice and collect those fees. That's staff and those are expenses you didn't have, when garbage pickup was included in taxes. This increases the costs for garbage pickup, making it more expensive than it was included in taxes.

 

[IM2]

And???? Do you have a point with this post.

That's the whole point of creating programs to help people, you know. It wins their votes. Intelligent voters will actually price the promises and see how the platform would affect their taxes and income.

Politicians who promise tax cuts are generally lying. Service fees for things that were previously covered by taxes replace the actual taxes, and those fees end up being higher (administration costs of collecting the fees), than the taxes you save.

Take garbage pick up. It used to be covered in property taxes. Now you need administration to keep track of the fees chargeable to each household, and to invoice and collect those fees. That's staff and those are expenses you didn't have, when garbage pickup was included in taxes. This increases the costs for garbage pickup, making it more expensive than it was included in taxes.

Many Americans don't get that. There are countries that pay what we consider high taxes, but what they are doing is paying for the services they get that we end up paying more for out of our pockets.

 

[MarathonMike]

And in that same article it stated that 97 percent of the slaves who were owned were owned by whites. And when you read the actual tally of black slaveowners you find that Ellison was an extreme case. Most blacks owned less than 5, and the majority of black slaveowners purchased wives/husbands, children, or other relatives. So once again we see the same state dumb ass white racisttactic.

Blacks didn't breed white slaves for labor, and indentured servants weren't slaves. So again drop the dishonesty and face your history in this country white man. Because this is 2025 and blacks didn't enact Jim Crow laws.

You are making progress, at least now you ADMIT Black people DID own slaves. But you say "That's OK because it was usually less than 5". WTF????? Talk about moving the goal posts!!! BAHAHAAHA