re: Where was the outrage?

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I commit crime lol?

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If you are a young black male, statistically speaking, you probably do...

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How about you stop pretending that several centuries of atrocious treatment to blacks has nothing to do with the current day plight of a lot of black people in this country

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It certainly has something to do with their societal class level and the % of blacks living in poverty.

Not sure the justification of the level of crime that black males commit though...

Let's not debate what brought your ancestors here to build a great country. Let's debate whether you and your future descendants think it's worth saving. Many descendants of slaves seem determined to destroy it.

Bear in mind that 300 years ago a worker couldn't cross the street to a new job when his boss made him mad, or draw a check for six months. While there are rich families who benefitted from being on top when this country was developed, most Americans do not have such riches.

Humans were working hard to survive back then. AA slaves faced atrocities and were ripped from their homes unwillingly. However, young black people get educated and some earn great wealth today. Every black person enjoys a high quality of life as a result of your ancestor's plight.

Slavery was bad but it didn't poison our country, racism did. No matter who perpetrates it today it is poison and it has to stop.

MLK, Jr didn't single out a race when he uttered his most speech. He not only demanded to be judged by character and not color but he also reminded blacks to realize that whites had recognized the need for equality because our futures are inextricably bound.

Bigotry and racism is worse today. We can live our lives and rarely encounter the other race except at a service counter. Racism is a wedge that both sides are driving.

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Well, then obviously my post doesn't apply to you frickwad. Now simmer the frick down

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I didn't realize I had to spell shite out for a dumb arse that can't extrapolate he doesn't fit the profile of the individuals I'm speaking about.

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Oh BOY.... I am gonna have FUN with your punk arse.....

You see? Stuff like that is exactly the problem.

There isn't white morality or black mortality, just mortality.


Furthermore, morality is era dependent. Morality today is different from the 70s.


Much less 500 years ago

Well considering that fewer blacks were living in poverty in 1959, when racism was objectively worse, means that there is some other factor at play.

The Vietnamese came to America in the mid 1970s with literally nothing but the clothes ontheir backs as they watched their country descend into complete chaos. They, in just 2 generations, are now wealthier on average than whites.

Irish were slaves same as blacks. In fact, they were used to do the jobs too dangerous for black slaves because the slaves were too valuable, and the Irish expendable. They assimilated and have roughly equal earning values to whites despite still facing serious prejudice as recent as the 1940s.

The reason blacks are poor is entitlement programs and the war on drugs which have together destroyed the family unit, the key to building wealth. The reason blacks commit crimes is because entitlement gives them just enough money toget by, but to be comfortable they have to supliment their incomes somehow. Legal work would cause them to lose their entitlements, setting them way back in the short term, so black market economic activity is their only option to gain extra money.

The African American community bought full into entitlements as a life style rather than a temporary measure of last resort. What we are seeing is the result of 50 years of bad democrat policy.

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I hear a lot of whites say blacks should just get it together and stop blaming whites for everything

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And this is true... White people did NOT tell blacks to do drugs and have kid after Kid after kid with three different men and THEN expect the government to pay their bills... ITS A FACT that Blacks commit more crimes than whites.. EVERY day in the paper I turn to crime blotter and ALL I see are pictures of blacks commiting crimes...

Honestly speaking I think the worst thing blacks could have done was integrate. MLK was under the false impression that he needed a white man to acknowledge him as being a human, accept him into his restaurant, let him drink from his water fountain, go to his schools, and view him as an equal. None of that shite mattered. What he should have fought for were tangible assets. The whole concept of civil disobedience was bullshite. Separatism is what this country needed.

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none of this shite would be happening if he wouldn't have been assassinated.

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No, none of this shite would have happened if blacks had chosen to separate and build our own communities rather than trying to assimilate into a white society. A perfect example of this separatist ideology in action was Black Wall street in Tulsa. Over 600 black businesses, and over 13k employees. And yes, I am a black man, and no I have never broken the law with the exception of a few speeding tickets. I went to college, have a good job, no kids, my own house, and I have never and will never need government assistance. I don't have to beg the white man for shite, and I think welfare has systematically destroyed some black people's drive in this country; it has made them complacent. The issue of race relations in the US will get worse before it gets better.

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I think welfare has systematically destroyed some black people's drive in this country; it has made them complacent.

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You could insert any culture /ethnicity into that sentence.

Here is my 2 cents. Focus on the people around you within your sphere on influence. Latch on to the things you have control over. Disengage from the things you cannot control. Live in the malleable present, not the unalterable past. Respect everyone deserving of respect. Provide value. Spend as much time as you can bettering yourself / your community. An opportunity (not guarantee) for success is the reward for living in our currently beleaguered country.