To IM2, disagreeing with the idea that we should give reparations to Northern blacks, who enjoyed a free college education courtesy of the gocernment, is “attacking black people.”
It's perfectly legal to be an asshole too, but that's not something that most people would aspire to be or become.
You are so blinded by your own attitudes about race you are incapable of seeing anything else it seems. Black people in this country are a small minority with 100% equal rights and opportunity for those who prepare themselves to be ready for it. But whites have been just as unwelcome in all black communities and are not considered for any position of power in most predominantly black countries.
White women have benefitted the most from Affirmative Action. Also white women have been complicit in racism.. Emmitt Till and countless other black men have been beaten oor killled because a white woman lied about beiing harmed by black men. Whites have started riots and burned down black communities because a white woman falsely accused a blackk man of assaulting her.. Three of the most serious days of Amerrican domestic violence was cauused because a white woman in OKC lied abut a black man assaullting her.
The reason racism won't go away is because people like IM2 and you won't allow it to go away. The reason racism won't go away is because black people are shamed if they 'act white' meaning dressing, speaking, conducting themselves as mainstream Americans. The reason racism won't go away is because of leftists demanding black people see themselves as victims and demanding white people see themselves as innately racist. The reason racism won't go away because there are too many black and white leaders who profit mightily from racism and aren't about to let that get away from them.
There is no hypocrisy when we are talking about the actual racism of Jim Crowe and your outrage at what a Harvard president, who happens to be Black said. What she said was indefensible but what does her being Black have to with anything and how is that equivalent to Jim Crowe?
I have not benefitted one whit from affirmative action. Not in any way whatsoever.
There have been no Jim Crow laws approaching 60 years now. 60 years. There aren't all that many people still living who even remember experiencing the Jim Crow laws. At some point you have to allow society to accept that the old problems were fixed and allow people to proceed on their own ability and merit.
So the rich will pay slightly more than half of the reparations which will come from all general revenue, not just income taxes. Do you hate the rich so much that you are willing to cut off your nose to spite your face?
I’m going to take issue with one thing I see repeated and that is the demand that Blacks should be culturally White. They should use White names, use White hairstyles (despite a radically different hair type) and assume White modes of dress (which is what exactly). The US has always been a multicultural nation with big differences among the “white” cultures. Much of what we call “Black culture” grew from the African slave cultures, slavery, segregation, a unique American culture that developed in parallel to the White cultures they were excluded from. Why should that be rejected?
I guess the quote went right over your head. I AM in the arena and have sustained numerous ass kickings yet I'm still in it fighting.
The problem is that Jim Crowe is in living memory as is the violence towards Blacks in the Civil Rights era. Acknowledgement of those wrongs and possible reparations isn’t demanding that they remain victims. The Jews have a saying: never forget. Never forget what was done in the Holocaust. Yet no one accuses them of remaining victims. Reparations to the Japanese Americans were made 43 years after internment ended. Discussion of reparations for Blacks is not new, but of course tbe longer it is dragged out, the fewer survivors remain.
Black people who want to enjoy the best the American dream has to offer should see themselves as Americans, not black people, not white people, not anything other than people. Skin color should be of no more importance than eye color or hair color. ALL people whatever their heritage, country of origin, ethnicity, race or whatever should be taught/encourage to educate themselves and dress, speak, conduct themselves for success.
If her parents were born into slavery, they were infants in 1865. If they were born in 1865, they would be 100 in 1965. Infants or toddlers weren’t affected by slavery to any great extent. I knew my Comanche great, great grandmother when I was very young, she died in her low hundreds in about 1955. She didn’t know her exact age, but she was old enough to vaguely remember the immediate post ACW years. Your great great aunt couldn’t have memories of slavery.
It is still trespass, it’s just unlikely that the law would be enforced against a white. Now you are just being stubbornly stupid for nor admitting that you made a mistake.
No crap Sherlock.
No, the reason racism won't go away is because there are still so many white (and other) racists in the United States who believe it's perfectly fine to be a racist as long as nobody catches you doing things that are detrimental to the rights and wellbeing of Black Americans.
Reparations were given to all surviving Japanese Americans who were interned. No one was excluded because they received a free college education. No one was excluded because they became wealthy and successful after they were released. None of that mitigates the wrong that was done or the violations of their civil rights based on their race. I strongly suspect that when Germany did reparations they likewise did not exclude those who became successful or benefited from any government programs. So why does it matter when it comes to Blacks?
