re: Armstead weighs in - This is how it’s done

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Armstead weighs in - This is how it’s done

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We can just stop doing this. These people who are mad at AK, Thomas, and Jenkins, and pretended to hate Kaepernick because of the flag and military, it’s all because they hate the message. That’s what this is all about.

What we have is a bunch of racist white people who think black people are full of shite. It doesn’t matter that Armstead handled this better than others in your opinion, because the issue is the message.

Colin Kaepernick could have taken a knee in his own yard, these same people would still be mad, cause their problem is with the message. Using the flag and military was just subtle, coded racism by people who hate the message.

All the people who complain that Brees should be allowed to speak his opinion, which isn’t the issue, 100% also hated Thomas, AK, Jenkins, and Jordan before any of this because of them speaking their opinions. Because they hate the message. Jenkins is being called a lefty fascist by people who support a wannabe dictator.

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We can just stop doing this. These people who are mad at AK, Thomas, and Jenkins, and pretended to hate Kaepernick because of the flag and military, it’s all because they hate the message. That’s what this is all about.

What we have is a bunch of racist white people who think black people are full of shite.

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live in The Texas Hill Country. I have very little reason to leave my bubble. I live here for a reason.

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Beautiful area. Out of sight out of mind. You aren’t harming anyone until you inject yourself & push back for no reason other than insecurity

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There is no injustice targeting blacks.

There is no systemic oppression.

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It's amazing that people really believe this.

Is it as bad as some people say it is? No. But there is definitely a discrepancy.

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You think that they are predominately the ones on the lower end of society and wealth because they are just losers in life as a whole?

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Their IQs are lower on average. They have a higher percentage of fatherless households. They commit more than their fair share of violent crimes. Is it racist to point out any of this? Actually, I don't care what your answer to that question is so don't waste your time.

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They are poor because they have multiple children out wedlock, have the highest rate of fatherless homes of any race in the world, and do not value education. I could go on, but I suspect I am wasting my time.

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I think there is some truth to that. But do you ever consider that those issues are a result of being continuously held down by a system? If you go to public school funded by property taxes, then you will go to a shitty, underfunded school if you are poor. If you are attending an underfunded school, your chances of improving your intelligence and your awareness overall, significantly decrease. You also severely limit your future earning potential. Well, maybe your parents can instill values in you to overcome that right? Cool. Well what if your parents are uneducated and don't know any better either because of their lack of education for the same reason? or better yet, because when their parents were kids, you had segregated schools (which I think we can agree was racist).

I get there's a level of personal accountability. I really do. I am not saying that we should give people a pass for their individual wrong choices in life. But is it such a crazy idea that we could improve the system that is doing them no favors either? Maybe if we improve the system, they will be able to break that cycle that you mentioned.

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You didn’t give any examples that indicated systemic racism you said blacks are poor and then made the assumption that it is related to racism.

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Also, I still don't think you understand this chart or you just haven't explained well why you dismiss it as evidence.

If a black person works hard and receives an advanced degree, why is he, on average making $500k less than a white person with an advanced degree? You can't point to the flaws you pointed to in your last post. Because these people presumably "did it right" and didn't do that shite that you mentioned.

I assume you will point to varying types of "advanced degrees" as your reasoning. But, assuming that even is the case, does that really account for a difference THIS large across all advanced degrees? Or is there something else at play.

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It sounds like what you’re saying is blacks are incapable of success unless we, whites in America, give them the right kind of help. Very racist.

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I am saying that any faction of people that are caught in the cycle that black people are caught in would be, as a group, much less capable of having the same success as those outside of that cycle.

Whereas it sounds like you are saying the cycle is their fault in the first place because they have always been too dumb to realize they are hurting themselves. Which actually is very racist.

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I assume you will point to varying types of "advanced degrees" as your reasoning. But, assuming that even is the case, does that really account for a difference THIS large across all advanced degrees? Or is there something else at play.

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A white MD is going to outearn the frick out of a black african studies phd. You need to compare apples to apples if you'd like to try to make a point.

ETA: I have friends that are married and both with advance degrees in social work. I make more than them combined with just a BS. You can't just assume all degrees are equal