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white privilege
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Trauma on December 09, 2004, 11:05:08 PM ---Man, you're such a whiner, you're always looking to blame your problems on someone else, and in today's society, that's just pathetic. Everyone has obstacles in front of them, rise above. Besides, you're doing pretty good, you're in school, you have goals, nothing's being denied to you that wasn't denied to me, so just drop the crap already.
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Actually, after seeing all the shit that was talked in the Nas topic in another thread, I figured I start with square one with everybody. I think we all need to clear up every single racial thought, prejudgements, everything, just clear it all out. Instead of fearing what we'll hear, I think it's time to finally get everything out, have a good, educated talk about our feelings on race, and see how each side looks at race and the what is out there. I think you are one of the main people I was thinking about, but I don't know how far we'll get, but I do want to try. In fact, one thing I've always wanted to have is just a straight up thread with just us two, clearing everything out. I mean everything we disagree on, and why and the hell are you so mad. I mean you are just an angry bitter person. I wish to get past all that and understand you, and CWalker, and everyone.
7even:
What about affirmative action, for instance? All this bitching about white people making other people's life hell in society is getting on my nerves. If a white boy gets a job when you don't, many won't even consider the possibility that he's better. Some people are so fast with pulling the race card and blaming others instead of trying to improve themselves, which leads to a vicious circle.
*Jamal*:
--- Quote from: 7even the Harbinger on December 10, 2004, 05:15:09 AM ---What about affirmative action, for instance? All this bitching about white people making other people's life hell in society is getting on my nerves. If a white boy gets a job when you don't, many won't even consider the possibility that he's better. Some people are so fast with pulling the race card and blaming others instead of trying to improve themselves, which leads to a vicious circle.
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Actually in Germany there have been many instances of Germans getting the job over the foreigners, even if the foreigner was more qualified for the job. This was in the 80s/90s... I don't know about now.
Don Seer:
when i stayed in germany on a school trip the indian kids would get treated funny by germans... and when we wandering around the city centre a ginger kid got harassed by an old man with a walking stick just for being a red head.. LOL!
the only black person we saw while over there was a complete nutter and kept shouting "mc hammer" at us.. and yeah he did have parachute pants on.. no lie..
*Jamal*:
Personally, I don't care about any of these "privileges" people talk about. I don't think a person's race holds him/her back from being successful in America. However, I do believe that a child part of a poor family that lives in a poor neighborhood, has a huge impact on that child's potential of being "successful" in the future. There is a small percentage of these people (those who grow up in poor economic neighborhoods - "ghettos") that make it, and big props to them. It's not just minorities because a white person who grows up in these conditions has just as much (or little) of a chance at making it as the black or hispanic kid.
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