The notion that those who are poor and suffering need to be punished into better performance, but those who are rich and comfortable need to be coddled into better performance.
When you're poor and you get help from friends and/or government, it's cheating and mooching. When you're rich and influential while doing it, it's networking and using resources available to you.
Racism is race prejudice plus power. Minorities do not have power, therefore they are not racist. What they have is a wholly justified dislike and fear of white people as a whole, and why not? White people haven't been particularly nice to them. Taking it personally and being offended just proves their point.
Minorities of all descriptions have been insulted enough. If they retaliate the onus is on you to show that you are not part of the faceless white majority, by at the very least acknowledging that they have a point.
Well boil away. You have a typical white male view of racism and I strongly advise you to check your privilege. Ask any black person if they feel completely equal. Why shouldn't we make recompense for our ancestors' actions? Apologising for them is the least we can do. By your reckoning we should just plaster over the unclean wound; far better to remove the infection before bandages are applied. If it is cleaned well enough no bandages are necessary.
You have absolutely no idea or apparently any urge to learn what life is like if you're black, all you've done is rant about some black guys in a games forum. You don't know what their lives are actually like; if you did you might understand why they hate white people. Black people are still victimised in many ways, regardless of any Equality legislation.
It's a good speech, I read it in high school, thanks for the link. Thing is, he's still dreaming. Example: Republican gerrymandering and Voter Identification laws mostly cause hardship to black people. MLK would not be impressed.
I won't rise to your bait and do a point by point rebuttal. That would be foolish since you have blown what I said out of all proportion, next you'll be accusing me of fomenting a race war.
In your particular life you have clearly struggled, but a white girl in the exact same position would have had it harder than you, but not as hard as a black boy, and most definitely not as hard as a black girl. You see, women earn 17.5% on average less than you for doing the same job. A black man with all the relevant skills and qualifications will be treated at the same level as a white ex-convict.
Privilege (note spelling) is not about money; it's about power. White men, as a group, hold the power. You are part of that group. Until that group moves to change the system that allows black people to be arrested at a much higher rate than white people (for example), then change is going to take a very long time. And yes, we do have to apologise to the descendants of slaves for the actions of our ancestors. Refusing to do that is pinning your privilege on your shirt.
You can't argue with stupid, I'm Hispanic and i understand the double standard of racism by minorities compared to Caucasians. The problem is that people feel like it's their right to be racist that they can solve racism by shoveling more racism on top of it. Not only that but people like jenjen who believe that racism is defined by prejudice + power which it is not and continue the cycle because they feel it's not "True Racism" or some other BS reason.
I always found the double standards in dating to be interesting. I realize it is a supply and demand issue but I always feel like the onus is always on a guy to put himself on the line from the beginning with asking a girl out, to the very end with coming up with an interesting date or being original with plans and keeping the dates looking spontaneous. It is exhausting. As I get older, it seems to be getting harder and I am unsure if that is because of my age or changing expectations of women. It may just be that I am just a poor candidate for dating. I was pursuing my education for so long, that I likely lost perspective.
It's a cultural issue, and it varies from culture to culture. I think you are describing the uniquely American culture of dating and courtship which is a strange beast to begin with. I recommend you apply a liberal dose of unemployment and travel time in multiple countries and cultures, and you probably won't feel so restricted by the cultural expectations of your home country. The rigors of courtship and dating become trivial in the light of the new perspectives and experience!
Male and female relations in general have several double standards, it feels like. But yes, it's so exhausting and a constant battle with the confidence.
Adoption, child custody, circumcision, divorce, military conscription, there's a whole lot of double standards when it comes to men and women. Men get the short end of the stick on far too many things.
Equality is equality. No matter what sex organs one happens to have been born with.
Maybe not the biggest.. But that people generally expect others to go out of their way to understand them and their feelings, whilst not really putting in any effort in trying to provide this for others.
Women want to be "equal", but don't want to be expected to pay for the date, open doors for men, lift heavy objects, etc. Many like to complain about the lack of women in certain sectors like STEM and computing, but they sure as fuck don't complain about the lack of women in jobs like Electricians, Plumbers, Coal Miners, etc.
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The notion that those who are poor and suffering need to be punished into better performance, but those who are rich and comfortable need to be coddled into better performance.
I'll add to that:
When you're poor and you get help from friends and/or government, it's cheating and mooching. When you're rich and influential while doing it, it's networking and using resources available to you.
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I always found the double standards in dating to be interesting. I realize it is a supply and demand issue but I always feel like the onus is always on a guy to put himself on the line from the beginning with asking a girl out, to the very end with coming up with an interesting date or being original with plans and keeping the dates looking spontaneous. It is exhausting. As I get older, it seems to be getting harder and I am unsure if that is because of my age or changing expectations of women. It may just be that I am just a poor candidate for dating. I was pursuing my education for so long, that I likely lost perspective.
It's a cultural issue, and it varies from culture to culture. I think you are describing the uniquely American culture of dating and courtship which is a strange beast to begin with. I recommend you apply a liberal dose of unemployment and travel time in multiple countries and cultures, and you probably won't feel so restricted by the cultural expectations of your home country. The rigors of courtship and dating become trivial in the light of the new perspectives and experience!
Male and female relations in general have several double standards, it feels like. But yes, it's so exhausting and a constant battle with the confidence.
Adoption, child custody, circumcision, divorce, military conscription, there's a whole lot of double standards when it comes to men and women. Men get the short end of the stick on far too many things.
Equality is equality. No matter what sex organs one happens to have been born with.
Maybe not the biggest.. But that people generally expect others to go out of their way to understand them and their feelings, whilst not really putting in any effort in trying to provide this for others.
Women want to be "equal", but don't want to be expected to pay for the date, open doors for men, lift heavy objects, etc. Many like to complain about the lack of women in certain sectors like STEM and computing, but they sure as fuck don't complain about the lack of women in jobs like Electricians, Plumbers, Coal Miners, etc.
Hmm. Not in my country.