re: Maybe we can all agree... There is a culture problem... It's not racism.

Great post Tuscaloosa, we don't agree on much but we do on everything you said.

I'd like to add that had myself, or some other self proclaimed conservative said the exact same thing we would have indeed been labeled racist by some around here.

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All of that has to do with a culture that has developed - particularly in the south

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Not limited to the South. See L.A., Chicago, NYC, Detroit...etc.

One of the things I see as a cultural pattern/problem across parts of the white, black, and Latino subcultures is one of entitlement and of a shocking disregard for the well-being of others around them. Manifests in selfishness, unwillingness to be held accountable by anyone, a sort of chip on the shoulder combative attitude that can be seen when someone doesn't feel they are getting their "needs" met, a greatly exaggerated belief that their personal motives, attitudes and actions are right, good, pure - and anyone who thinks otherwise or disagrees is wrong, bad, the enemy and unworthy of the slightest courtesy; even including a ridiculously toxic level of political partisanship.
Bumper stickers:
I'm ok, you're ok.
I don't get mad, I get even.
You deserve a break today.
Have it your way.
Any of these sound familiar?
They can be telling indicators of a societal loss of respect, civility, and community - accompanied by a strong strain of undue self-aggrandizement.

A black poster got mad at me yesterday bc I said I wanted to congratulate black guys I see with their wife and kids eating at restaurants that I'm at with my family.
You just don't see it very often.
It's bc what you just posted.


That's the biggest problem in the black community.
Family unit is damn near non existent.

unfortunately externalities are a real problem...that is, the few f-ing it up for the many

it's the problem with racism and it's the problem in the muslim community

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A black poster got mad at me yesterday bc I said I wanted to congratulate black guys I see with their wife and kids eating at restaurants that I'm at with my family. You just don't see it very often. It's bc what you just posted. That's the biggest problem in the black community. Family unit is damn near non existent. This post was edited on 3/16 at 9:13 am

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I called you out because it's a trash thing to do.

So if you saw a white single mom eating, would you go up and tell her how she is destroying your culture since the family unit is so important?

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I said I wanted to congratulate black guys I see with their wife and kids eating at restaurants that I'm at with my family

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and you don't think that was really condescending?

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current African American culture is a direct result of slavery, which was founded on racism.

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Are you also speaking of the same Tribe leaders that sold their own people to the British for money?

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72% of black children being born to single parents is the biggest issue here IMO.

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It is but you're not supposed to point out that little fact........cause you know.........you're now on record for being a racist, even though you probably aren't.......

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How and what exactly about this is actually culture?

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Prison culture?

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A black poster got mad at me yesterday bc I said I wanted to congratulate black guys I see with their wife and kids eating at restaurants that I'm at with my family. You just don't see it very often.

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WTF? Why do you think this is an okay thing to do? That'd be like me going up to you and saying "Hey, I noticed you didn't call me a 'n-word' and threaten to hang me from a tree. My family and I just wanted to come thank you in person."