From what I see blacks can mostly freely enter dominate white area (e.g. Trump rally) and have no issues, but I avoid dominate black areas.
No kidding! Blacks can go pretty much anywhere. Whites, not so much. My sympathy is over.
So I’m NOT going to think, I’ll just react emotionally and assumed everything is racism because that is how I have been programmed since birth.
TYPICAL....I wonder if the gets worked up if his fast food order is wrong??
Copy that. Every little thing that goes wrong is always put down to racism.
Sometimes even black people can be a$$holes and be treated as such, not because of the color of their skin, but because of the content of their character.
The democrats have deliberately and intentionally racheted up hatred and suspicion among blacks for whites, and among Hispanics for “Anglos.” Then the dems taught them to blame their failures on Whitey or those Anglos, absolving them of any responsibility for their actions.
He should try being a white kid at a majority black public high school. Or maybe a white person on the Subway in Brooklyn late at night. Or a suburban white woman driving through the South side of Chicago with a flat tire on a Saturday evening.
The exact same possibilities exist - only much higher.
I believe that the preponderance of racism in our country comes from black people and that most of those blacks reside in our large cities.
Are there people out there that have it in for them? Maybe. But do not jump to that as your first conclusion.
To be frank, most people do not care about you at all.
The younger generation, for all of their foibles, are not as racist as those prior. They do not see race. (unless they are black and you are a white person driving through the ‘hood)
In other words, those who believe "racism" is always a possibility, will always find it...
“avoid dominate black areas”
It was a real unintended benefit when pretty much every mid to large city now all a have MLK boulevards........an area White folks know for sure to steer clear of if atcall possible.......no telling how many lives have been saved. 😏
“..We made eye contact after a few seconds.....
Still seething,..”
I understand the point you’re making, and it’s a helpful reminder not to presume too much too quickly or always jump to the same conclusions.
But, there seems as though a small piece of the story is missing.
...made eye contact... (then suddenly) Still seething.
What race message did XiaoBidementia send at the Howard graduation the other day ?
-fJRoberts-
One other thing; put the damn cellphone away when you are driving. Don't pull it out until you get to your destination, and even then you may not want to use it if it diverts your attention from the people you are interacting.
Every six months, my wife’s employer brings in the same black DEI HR advisor to lecture on the latest “wokey-ism”. On her most recent visit, last December, Miss “She/Her” Victim told an anecdote of how she’s constantly “profiled” as a black woman, saying “Every time I go sit at a table in a crowded restaurant, the White ladies see me and then move their purses away from me.”
My blunt, very conservative mixed race wife stopped her cold in her tracks and said “You know, as a woman with a large purse who goes out a lot, it’s just habit for me to move my purse out of the way, to create more space for other people. I feel badly that you’d think that about me.” Of course, the HR toad bristled and moved on.
Her managers are mostly proggies but, because of my wife, the conservatives there have learned to speak up at the Exec meetings. Astonishingly, they are listened to - and only scorned by one snotty lefty, usually behind their backs in true coward form.
After studying and working for years, many black Americans are obviously middle class or better. But they are annoyed that they don’t get recognition for that achievement. The salt on the wound is when they are lumped together with poor, under-educated blacks, as if they had not spiritually and culturally evolved way beyond them, making all their work for nought.
I knew a young man in the military, whose father was a very senior NCO, and raised him with an iron hand. His speech was precise, street language and cursing was prohibited, and he got the grades he needed to eventually easily get a professional job someday.
He had also become very intolerant of street talking slackers, who he regarded as dragging all black people down.
Just went to my daughters Masters degreen ceremony this weekend and was forced to listen to a speaker telling me all about white prejudice and how she proved herself despite it.....
(I say forced, because I didn’t want to miss my daughters recognition and my wife would have flayed me alive.)
I sat and stewed for a bit and then realized just how over it all I am. I looked around - you could tell nearly everyone’s eyes had glazed over having heard the same thing on and on and on for years. There wasn’t anything new in the speech - certainly nothing about the graduates - it was just another oh, poor me, poor us speech that didn’t inspire.
I realized I had worked with a lot of folks like that - they can certainly identify a problem but rare is the one the who can actually fix it or is even willing to try.
Then I got to thinking of one of my favorite quotes from Teddy Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
And remember that quote I was calmed and smiled knowing that I can persevere and then celebrated my daughter’s accomplishment that much more.
The author has the wrong focus. The reality is that Black on White violence is greater than the other way around. Black on Black violence is much greater yet. These basic realities should be the author’s concern.
A liberal Democrat judge that lets a Black thug goes free is no friend to justice, America, or to the Black community. The thug will return to his Black neighborhood and prey primarily on Black people.
Justice should be color blind. That it is not, only works to the advantage of Black thugs and to the detriment of honest Black Americans.
It’s the same with ‘the patriarchy’. It’s so easy to convince people that they’re oppressed. People are quick to give excuses and anything they can hide behind, especially if it’s repeated through the media early and often, is used as an excuse when they fail.
Black people are being led to believe cops are out hunting them. If they get pulled over they should be fearing for their lives - ‘white supremacy’ is everywhere!
I recall hearing a female college student, when asked about ‘the patriarchy’ existing, answering, “oh yeah, it’s EVERYWHERE, I JUST WASN’T AWARE OF IT BEFORE COMMING TO __COLLEGE__”.
SMH.
White girls bleed alot...
Enough said