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originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Its been born into poverty and not been given a chance from the start that causes the behavior your talking about. White people can and do act the exact same way when exposed to the same circumstances.
I was born into poverty. Dad ran off, single working mom, raised by grandmother.
So you were raised in a working class family, not really what I had in mind when I said raised in poverty.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: Bundy
Christ this is bordering on comical at this point
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: mikecheque
Thank you for your post.
People are People --- they are not a group think. Although people do occasionally choose to come together to support various causes.
I do not believe for a second all the citizens of Ferguson support the rioting and destruction of their town. I'd bet some are pretty pissed off about it.
Unfortunately, as said: "If it bleeds, it leads".
originally posted by: undo
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
i like you, i really do, but i don't think you're following thru with your observations. what i mean by that is, your life experience has given you valuable observations (working with the poor and minorities in social programs), and though you appear to commiserate with them, it's only thru your own "experience". typically, that's really the best way to approach our own problems, but when it's someone else's issue, we can't look at it thru our own experience any more and expect an unbiased result.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
Except that they aren't doing nothing , that's just it. They are and do...
They protest. They petition officials. They hold signs. And yet people like you and the above poster seem to think they never do anything...
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: undo
True to a point but here's the issue
Looting , destroying, burning, assaulting people , threatening other people, reporters etc. are not acceptable no matter how you were raised.
The passing off of their behavior as "well they are frustrated". Could be used in the same situation w police brutality and their conditions going into hostile neighborhoods
That doesn't make it right on EITHER end. And is not a valid excuse for either group of individuals
originally posted by: undo
I'm not making excuses for people. i'm just of the opinion that we are all products of our life experiences, our innate personality (which has nothing to do with a person's tendency to steal) and our environments. these things are entirely out of our control, similar to being born male or female. the only way we can change them is to be aware of their effect on us and how it may modify us as human beings. the narrative doesn't need to drift that far to the left, to realize it's an issue every person on the planet has to struggle with.