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re: Racism in Louisiana...
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:19 am to StrongSafety
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:19 am to StrongSafety
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Yes but i tend to view racism through the use of force and power toquote:
legislate and impose discrimination on people based on their race.
doesn't affirmative action discriminate?
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:24 am to kengel2
Immnot going to deny the racism that exists outside the south ...
But to ignore all the blatant attempts by southern To overthrow our govt and to commit treason against our great union all so they could treat their brother and fellow country man like a piece of sh_t is just asinine.
Shall we forget where reconstruction was birthed? Or where George Wallace galvanized a region? Or who ushered us into our more regrettable war, mainly over "states rights"? Or the home of the worlds most prisons per capita...in the freest nation on earth? Land of the boom of private prisons, where we profit off human containment? Land where we gerrymand to death to disenfranchise voters? Home of the poll tax and literacy tests? Home of busing desegregation? Home of voter ID laws, outlawed by the Supreme Court in the 1960s after the Civil rights out, but then immediately ushered back into existence the very min Justice John roberts said southern states don't need their elections to be FEDERALLY monitored? The home of FEDERALLY monitored elections because we couldn't trust OURSELVES to not disenfranchise our own brothers?
You gotta be kidding me
But to ignore all the blatant attempts by southern To overthrow our govt and to commit treason against our great union all so they could treat their brother and fellow country man like a piece of sh_t is just asinine.
Shall we forget where reconstruction was birthed? Or where George Wallace galvanized a region? Or who ushered us into our more regrettable war, mainly over "states rights"? Or the home of the worlds most prisons per capita...in the freest nation on earth? Land of the boom of private prisons, where we profit off human containment? Land where we gerrymand to death to disenfranchise voters? Home of the poll tax and literacy tests? Home of busing desegregation? Home of voter ID laws, outlawed by the Supreme Court in the 1960s after the Civil rights out, but then immediately ushered back into existence the very min Justice John roberts said southern states don't need their elections to be FEDERALLY monitored? The home of FEDERALLY monitored elections because we couldn't trust OURSELVES to not disenfranchise our own brothers?
You gotta be kidding me
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:26 am to StrongSafety
Not to say the north doesn't have its problems.
But we have ours SOLELY BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS.
Time to accept the truth. That's the only way to fix the problem if you want to
But we have ours SOLELY BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS.
Time to accept the truth. That's the only way to fix the problem if you want to
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:28 am to StrongSafety
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Shall we forget where reconstruction was birthed? Or where George Wallace galvanized a region? Or who ushered us into our more regrettable war, mainly over "states rights"? Or the home of the worlds most prisons per capita...in the freest nation on earth? Land of the boom of private prisons, where we profit off human containment? Land where we gerrymand to death to disenfranchise voters? Home of the poll tax and literacy tests? Home of busing desegregation? Home of voter ID laws, outlawed by the Supreme Court in the 1960s after the Civil rights out, but then immediately ushered back into existence the very min Justice John roberts said southern states don't need their elections to be FEDERALLY monitored? The home of FEDERALLY monitored elections because we couldn't trust OURSELVES to not disenfranchise our own brothers?
were you alive for any of this?
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:28 am to Topwater Trout
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doesn't affirmative action discriminate
In a literal sense maybe, but that would imply that minorities and whites have equal footing , opportunities and similar historical and presen day implications.
That's 100% not true. So no it's not discriminate IMO
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:31 am to bhtigerfan
Grandparents were prejudice in the not as capable a race type of way. My mother is the type that locks her door when a black man is approaching her car door. I honestly don't know of an instance where my dad displayed racism in front of me. He taught me to judge people by their personal actions. My best friend dated a black girl and I do remember another friend being taken back when he found out about it. After a day or two he was past it. It's strange to me though that the majority of my black friends in (Catholic) High School are the ones shouting white privelege now. Same kids who were popular in a majority white school and had every opportunity every one else did.
My generation was told to study, work hard, and do the right which would result in success. Sometimes, that isn't enough and you fail like the one who never put in any effort. There is a period of time where that shocks you and I guess I understand it being easy to join in when society tells you there is a specific reason for that. Most just learn that life isn't always fair.
My generation was told to study, work hard, and do the right which would result in success. Sometimes, that isn't enough and you fail like the one who never put in any effort. There is a period of time where that shocks you and I guess I understand it being easy to join in when society tells you there is a specific reason for that. Most just learn that life isn't always fair.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:31 am to dallastiger55
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This sounds really bad but having lived in LA and other parts, the black people in LA are very different
I think this is an important point. And it isn't even just black people in general, but it is a large percentage of our black population. I work downtown and take Main Street all the way from downtown to N. Acadian every day. Drive down that street any day of the week at any time of the day, and most houses have someone on the porch or in the yard hanging out. You have to wonder how so many able-bodied people have that much free time. This is the case in most of north BR. That street is one of many.
As someone else mentioned, there is a lot of hatred towards white people here in BR as well. This was the case long before the Alton Sterling/Gary Chambers era. I can't tell you how many times I've been shoved into, cut in line, etc. by a black person (usually women).
Just look at your experiences in grocery stores or fast food places. It is very normal for us to just accept that we are going to be spoken to like shite. This rarely happens to me in CA, NY, etc.
I don't think this is unique to Louisiana alone, but I think it definitely put the racism here into perspective. And I say that as a huge lefty liberal. I am very defensive when it comes to racism and it is not okay at all to me. But being raised here and seeing black culture here does help me understand why some people feel the way they do. I don't approve of it, but I see the cause/justification they have.
This post was edited on 2/24/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:32 am to Topwater Trout
The voter ID laws and the gerrymandering goes on everyday. So yes so some of it
And IMO you didnt have to live through it to it feel it's lingering effects?
Would a kid born to a crack fiend not have felt the implications of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagans admittantly racist drug enforcement policies? I could argue that baby's kids kids feel It too.
And IMO you didnt have to live through it to it feel it's lingering effects?
Would a kid born to a crack fiend not have felt the implications of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagans admittantly racist drug enforcement policies? I could argue that baby's kids kids feel It too.
This post was edited on 2/24/17 at 10:36 am
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:36 am to LSUcjb318
haven't read the thread, but i can only speak from my own experiences that racism in LA isn't just relegated to one specific grouping, it comes from all over.
growing up where i did, i had never even heard the word 'asian' before until some white kid called me that in the 6th grade. I didn't realize it was supposed to be some derogatory term until I asked others what it meant. Same school year, i was called some crazy ching chong asian bullshite by a few black kids that i really didn't feel like standing up to and getting my brains beat in afterwards. It's obvious that those kids grew up not thinking much of vn immigrants, it's likely what their parents taught them at home.
I was told that my people had more advantages than real Americans bc we didn't pay any taxes...on anything and everything. Yeah, that's kinda fricking false.
regarding marriage outside the race, i had 2 sisters that married white dudes and i can tell you that my pops was strictly against it, until he realized that his daughters would hate him forever if he pulled some shite like trying to break it up. He only cares about their happiness, and now with grandkids, he wouldn't have it any other way. I don't think he's racist, but more of a traditionalist. I think we get too wrapped up in trying to pin labels on supposed racists that we forget that some people just haven't been exposed to these experiences, so they reject it at first.
There's alot of ignorance out there, too much of it...but it's not just here, it's everywhere.
growing up where i did, i had never even heard the word 'asian' before until some white kid called me that in the 6th grade. I didn't realize it was supposed to be some derogatory term until I asked others what it meant. Same school year, i was called some crazy ching chong asian bullshite by a few black kids that i really didn't feel like standing up to and getting my brains beat in afterwards. It's obvious that those kids grew up not thinking much of vn immigrants, it's likely what their parents taught them at home.
I was told that my people had more advantages than real Americans bc we didn't pay any taxes...on anything and everything. Yeah, that's kinda fricking false.
regarding marriage outside the race, i had 2 sisters that married white dudes and i can tell you that my pops was strictly against it, until he realized that his daughters would hate him forever if he pulled some shite like trying to break it up. He only cares about their happiness, and now with grandkids, he wouldn't have it any other way. I don't think he's racist, but more of a traditionalist. I think we get too wrapped up in trying to pin labels on supposed racists that we forget that some people just haven't been exposed to these experiences, so they reject it at first.
There's alot of ignorance out there, too much of it...but it's not just here, it's everywhere.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:37 am to StrongSafety
I was born in 1980 so I didn't have anything to do with any of that, I'm not denying it didn't happen because we all know it did, it's just hard for me to apologize for something I didn't do. I was raised right and I'm trying my hardest to raise my children the same way because it all starts at home.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:43 am to StrongSafety
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but that would imply that minorities and whites have equal footing
when you force companies/universities to hire/accept lesser qualified individuals based on skin color it's discrimination
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:50 am to StrongSafety
Would a kid born to a crack fiend not have felt the implications of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagans admittantly racist drug enforcement policies? I could argue that baby's kids kids feel It too.
I agree with you on that, the war on drugs was and continues to be a failure. It played a big role in destroying the nuclear black family.
I agree with you on that, the war on drugs was and continues to be a failure. It played a big role in destroying the nuclear black family.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:52 am to dallastiger55
I really notice the difference in blacks in LA when I come back for work and go to a gas station or fast food. The service is unreal and the people literally are incompetent and lazy
It's amazing y'all ever get roadwork done.
It's amazing y'all ever get roadwork done.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:58 am to LSUcjb318
@LSUcjb318 It was Jones street jr high you guys were bussed to
Posted on 2/24/17 at 11:48 am to MuffMan
Imo, blacks are all racist, some more concentrated than others....they act like you owe them something because of slavery..the majority are on welfare and we pay for it, never got appreciated for that by them....have heard blacks call whites the Isis of america... lol
Define irony.....most blacks are democrats......white democrats consider you to be a under class that they control, fyi, when slavery was abolished....democrats voted in Congress to continue slavery....
Define irony.....most blacks are democrats......white democrats consider you to be a under class that they control, fyi, when slavery was abolished....democrats voted in Congress to continue slavery....
This post was edited on 2/24/17 at 11:52 am
Posted on 2/24/17 at 11:52 am to LSUcjb318
my mother is the worst. she's hispanic, so it makes me laugh.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 11:56 am to gizmothepug
brah, i don't think you know how to use those quote things
Posted on 2/24/17 at 12:05 pm to LSUcjb318
Maybe you have a problem with tolerance?
Maybe you can't understand racism and why it's useful?
You should accept racism.
Maybe you can't understand racism and why it's useful?
You should accept racism.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 12:14 pm to Mung
Nope. I thought I had it figured out, guess not.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 12:20 pm to Thacian
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Imo, blacks are all racist, some more concentrated than others....they act like you owe them something because of slavery..the majority are on welfare and we pay for it, never got appreciated for that by them....have heard blacks call whites the Isis of america... lol
Define irony.....most blacks are democrats......white democrats consider you to be a under class that they control, fyi, when slavery was abolished....democrats voted in Congress to continue slavery....
You sound very uneducated sir. That's unfortunate.
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