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originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
originally posted by: Deny Arrogance
a reply to: Benevolent Heretic
96% of the students at Mergenthaler Vo-Tech are black.
www.greatschools.org...
Great. Did the OP know that? I don't think so. My point isn't that they weren't black, my point is that people ASSUMED they were and ASSUMED this incident was racially motivated, which I'm not at all sure it was.
It MAY have been. Black people, as a race, are as flawed as white people are. Lord knows plenty of white thugs have taken out black people because of their race. But assuming so much about a situation that we don't know much about is just stupid. I just want people to THINK... Maybe that's asking too much...
I have to go make muffins.
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: TechniXcality
I don't have racial frustration.
What I have is an ability to empathize. I have an ability to understand environmental and cultural influence. I have the ability to delineate individuals from their race, music, ideas and address them as people with compassion.
Stop the God awful rhetoric.
originally posted by: OrionsGem
a reply to: chuck258
OP Thanks for posting this. I have friends of all colors. What happened with this family is unacceptable and I believe may or may not have been racially motivated.
I can speculate tho that because the family was white and refused to move to the back of the bus, they were thought of as acting superior or better than the other races present on the bus. I believe this is where the anger came from...lets not forget that being forced to the back of the bus was a big deal for a while with african american folks.
Perhaps this is where the anger originated from the bus driver?
I can tell you this: Racism is the most ignorant thing in the world.
I myself am a white eastern european. Today I was walking my dog and came across 3 black highschool kids who were sitting on a bench. We exchanged hellos and proceeded to introduce ourselves and ended up having a really cool discussion on conspiracy's on the coming world war, chem-trails, etc. Turned out to be some really cool intelligent kids.
I guess what im trying to say that all races have their bad apples but being a racist is super duper ignorant no matter if your black or white, yellow or purple. Whats inside is what counts, we all have to get out there and interact with each other, and we will soon quickly realize we all have the same loves, fears, dreams. We are all the same folks.
OG
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: NavyDoc
Show me how your perspective is solving the problem?
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: NavyDoc
Yeah that's obviously working. I mean having millions of people In prison is already working right?
Oh wait..
originally posted by: LDragonFire
a reply to: NavyDoc
Racism exists and is a big problem in America. At least 15% of any race will be racist, its unavoidable. This does seem like a racist type of attack to me. Why is it that you deny race being a issue when its white vs others but its a race issue when its others against whites?
Why even use the term race baiting? I think much of the hatred towards Obama is because he is black, but when its called out its race baiting.
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: NavyDoc
Worse then what?
Worse then putting millions of people in prison?
Worse then obviously not solving the problem? Your solution, it's already not working. But let's just keep plugging away and praying.
originally posted by: NavyDoc
But you are one of those people who insist that only one group can be racist and everything another group must be racist. You call any criticism about Obama "racist." You are one of the biggest players of the race card on this site. You are part of the problem.