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re: Alternative view points: “the game is rigged for white people”
Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:53 am to The Pirate King
Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:53 am to The Pirate King
I guess having a black president wasn’t such a big deal after all
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Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:54 am to The Pirate King
It's actually rigged for Asians if we want to apply the same metrics they use to prove white privilege.
But I don't want to muddy up their outrage narrative.
But I don't want to muddy up their outrage narrative.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:56 am to Displaced
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whites had a helluva head start,
This is kinda hard to argue against.
Only if you're into collectivism and the entire tribal thing.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:56 am to The Pirate King
A successful person strikes out In baseball and he says I have to train and work harder. A failing person says that the umps hate him. It’s internal locus of control versus external locus of control. Failing people blame everyone BUT themselves. Successful people get to work.
Black Americans have adopted the view that life happens to them and they aren’t driving the bus. Meanwhile black African immigrants and immigrants from everywhere prove them wrong every day. That’s what happens when your racial ethic becomes victimhood.
Black Americans have adopted the view that life happens to them and they aren’t driving the bus. Meanwhile black African immigrants and immigrants from everywhere prove them wrong every day. That’s what happens when your racial ethic becomes victimhood.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 9:56 am to Centinel
What about all the Vietnamese who immigrated to the US in the 60’s and 70’s and came here with nothing? They didn’t have a head start, but they had 2 parent households that put a big emphasis on hard work and their kids’ education.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:00 am to fallguy_1978
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Nothing is rigged now though and it hasn't been for a long time. If anything, being a member of a minority group is an advantage in many cases. It's why Elizabeth Warren claimed to be an Indian.
Do you think it being rigged in the past has no lasting effects on today's people? Honest question.
Because I could see how some of it would. Especially for something like redlining or the War on drugs (which was not that long ago and one could argue is still alive)
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:01 am to Displaced
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whites had a helluva head start,
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This is kinda hard to argue against.
Don't people say humans came out of Africa? Based on that I would argue that blacks have had a head start.
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Our species is an African one: Africa is where we first evolved, and where we have spent the majority of our time on Earth. The earliest fossils of recognizably modern Homo sapiens appear in the fossil record at Omo Kibish in Ethiopia, around 200,000 years ago. Although earlier fossils may be found over the coming years, this is our best understanding of when and approximately where we originated.
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Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:01 am to Hazelnut
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Do you think it being rigged in the past has no lasting effects on today's people
Some, yes. All? No.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:02 am to The Pirate King
I feel like I'm on another planet.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:02 am to Hazelnut
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Do you think it being rigged in the past has no lasting effects on today's people? Honest question.
The lasting effect you're referring to has nothing to do with being rigged in the past and everything to do with a certain set of policies put in place in the late 1960s by a certain President.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:05 am to stout
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Go to the trailer parks and tell all of those people they are poor for no reason. They apparently weren't lucky enough to get the secrete password to white people Pleasantville.
Somehow this point is frequently overlooked. There's a TON of poor white people. It's a socioeconomic class this, not a race thing. shite culture perpetuates shite culture.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:10 am to The Pirate King
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The system is built for whites to prosper and that same system is built for blacks to struggle.
The two communities that have been "helped" the most by the government (system) over the last four decades are the poorest, Native Americans and blacks.
Is this just a coincidence?
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:11 am to The Pirate King
Want proof that "Black Privilege" is a real thing:
Just look at the number of Black people saying racist things on Social Media and NOT being doxxed, banned or having their lives ruined.
Just look at the number of Black people saying racist things on Social Media and NOT being doxxed, banned or having their lives ruined.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:13 am to The Pirate King
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We could careless if whites are listening. Nobody is blaming you. The system is built for whites to prosper and that same system is built for blacks to struggle. The game is rigged and whites had a helluva head start, but you mediocre failures are to ignorant to admit the truth.
I get sick of hearing these fricking cry babies! White, black, pink, purple, red, whatever color your skin..... stand up as a people, and change it.
Believe me, I am not an expert on matter.. but when I hear Martin Luther Kings speeches, he never blames others for problems. He encourages his followers to take responsibility and change things.
The only things stacked against blacks is what they allow to be. Quit looking at the problem and crying about it. Behave responsibly, stop blaming others, fix problems with black families, list is long.
Become the solution, not the problem. Blaming others for ones situations NEVER SUCCEEDS. IT ONLY PERPETUATES YOUR PROBLEMS.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:14 am to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
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The two communities that have been "helped" the most by the government (system) over the last four decades are the poorest, Native Americans and blacks. Is this just a coincidence?
It is as plain as can be.
I would have used an old cliché, but it would be offensively triggering to those without noses.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:17 am to RedPop4
Friend of mine has son didn’t get into med school cuz he white. Great grades but they still slot for gender and race.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:20 am to Displaced
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This is kinda hard to argue against.
It’s just a theory. And it’s wrong.
Comparison studies have been conducted between African American groups who were descendants of slaves in America, and second generation black American populations who emigrated to the US from the Caribbean Islands.
These 2nd generation black populations were generally viewed by teachers, police, and the everyday casual observer as indistinguishable from African American populations, and yet, they outperformed the mean of both black and white students in public schools and have better measurable outcomes on things like home ownership, employment, two-parent homes etc.
Where is the systemic racism? Why isn’t it holding them back?
This post was edited on 6/8/20 at 10:22 am
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:23 am to stout
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Go to the trailer parks and tell all of those people they are poor for no reason. They apparently weren't lucky enough to get the secrete password to white people Pleasantville.
I agree. Do you know how out of touch it is to suggest all white people are middle class suburban two parent households?
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:24 am to LSUJuice
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Go to the trailer parks and tell all of those people they are poor for no reason. They apparently weren't lucky enough to get the secrete password to white people Pleasantville.
Somehow this point is frequently overlooked. There's a TON of poor white people. It's a socioeconomic class this, not a race thing. shite culture perpetuates shite culture.
This is true.
I'd actually even argue that most people that would be called "racist" are actually just "classist" and hate trashy poor people (trailer parks and ghettos) and are okay with middle and upper class white and black folks.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:37 am to The Pirate King
White male born and raised by single parent or crappy family situation going to crappy inner city school has it tough. There are no minority scholarships awaiting him. It requires a higher score getting in to top tier universities. It requires higher scores to get into med school. It is easier to be fired from your job for underperforming as a white male.
White privilege only applies to being luckily born into a stable home with disposable income to let you see the world and get a good education. Does racial profiling exist. Yes. Do minorities still face racism yes. That racism is only by a small amount.
The oppression thing is somewhat of a farce. The easiest way for anyone to get a leg up on society is to join the military if you are healthy.
White privilege only applies to being luckily born into a stable home with disposable income to let you see the world and get a good education. Does racial profiling exist. Yes. Do minorities still face racism yes. That racism is only by a small amount.
The oppression thing is somewhat of a farce. The easiest way for anyone to get a leg up on society is to join the military if you are healthy.
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