White Fear (threat of being labeled “racist” causes whites to cower to the wishes of blacks)

washingtondispatch ^ | 2/12/2002 | Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

[geege]

At my job there is a "minority" that I work with that is allowed to sleep on the job during the midnight tour......upper management is aware of this and have had several meetings about what to do... They won't fire him....I wonder why........Thank God I'm not paying him his salary........he's as useless as t*ts on a bull

[let freedom sing]

C-span broadcast the "Conference on African-American Affairs since 9/11," Saturday 2/23-- the issue of exacting reparations for slavery, by the strategy of creating "guilt" in the white conservative corporate community, were explicitly discussed. Hold onto your pocketbook-- Uncle Sam may feel a twinge of guilt on your behalf.

[Polybius]

"In 1993, 23.6 percent of births to white mothers, 68.7 percent of births to black mothers, 40 percent of births to Hispanic mothers, and 16 percent of births to Asian mothers were to unmarried women. These numbers are up 1 to 4 percentage points from 1992."

Source: Stephanie J. Ventura, Joyce A. Martin, Selma M. Taffel, T. J. Matthews and Sally Clark, "Advanced Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1993," Monthly Vital Statistic Report 44, no. 3 (September 21, 1995): Supplement.

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[TLBSHOW]

reparations for slavery No way

[Joe Hadenuf]

I understand. Its built in color protection thats given to everyone but white American males.

[goldilucky]

Yes, he is watching all that is taking place. For the time is drawing near for us to discern truth from nonsense and to decide where our loyalty lies. With the Lord or the Prince of this Earth.

[Don Myers]

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[TigerTale]

How was white majority rule overcome there, and what were the consequences?

Ahh...white majority rule? In South Africa? Either you mis-typed, or you need to pick up a history book.

In any case, as far as I can tell, the experience of South Africa has little relevance to our own racial problems. The two situations are different historically, demographically, and--in the modern state of affairs--morally.

Apartheid was an abomination, and it had more in common with Affirmative Action than with the Declaration of Independence. I prefer to stake my sacred honor on the principles of the Declaration.

[Don Myers]

"as far as I can tell, the experience of South Africa has little relevance to our own racial problems. The two situations are different historically, demographically, and--in the modern state of affairs--morally."

Saying the two cases are not relevant is like the "neo-socialists" saying the socialistic movements of the past have nothing to do with the present. If the experience of South Africa doesn't do it for you, take a brief look at the rest of Africa for wars and attempted genocide. And that includes Liberia, which was formed by American-born blacks who returned to Africa.

[let freedom sing]

reparations for slaver No way

That is the primary agenda-- and to resist, as in "we will resist" serving in the military, and serving the Bush administration, legalize drugs to keep poor blacks out of prison, and reduce 70% single-mother birthrate. "We don't make the news, we just report it."

[philman_36]

Well, that is great, but we better start becoming more visible!!
Oh, I was highly visible, to about 150-200 people, 2 in particular who proceeded to ask for identification and asked a serious of pointed questions.
And out of all of those folks only one woman had the courage to speak up and tell me, and those 2 particular people, that what I did was right.
I went home feeling much better about it all after that.

[Doc On The Bay]

It's Highly Unlikely that our species will "Go to the Stars" unless Western Culture is a LARGE PART of the "effort!"

Both the Philosophy & the Technology to accomplish this feat are Western Culture in origin!

Many "Great Minds" in the Human Race believe that we MUST "Go to the Stars," or perish as a Species.

ONLY the attitude & Technology developed by Western Civiliation will "Take Us to the Stars!"

Our "Alternative" is to "Involute, & Die!"

Pretty Stark Choice!

There is NO mention of "Race" in discussions of Humanity's "Diaspora" to the Stars!

IF we survive as a Species, WHO CARES what "Flavor" the Survivors represent!

Doc

[Doc On The Bay]

We won't "get to the Stars" because we are "White,"--They won't get to the Stars because they are "Non-White!"

IF we "Get to the Stars," it will be because we are HUMAN!

Race is IRRELEVANT!

We "Make It" as "Human Beings"--or we Fail!

Doc

[JD86]

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[rockfish59]

yes. i remember listening to sly on KDIA (i was born in san fran) and they would say 'cook sly, cook'!
i also listened to KSOL and won a stevie wonder album from them. don't know if you remember a guy who always called the station and his name was 'willie popcorn'!
i liked soul music then and then the 'summer of love' came along. good grief!!
i went to most of the concerts but never saw sly & the family stone.
saw hendrix twice in one day. he played the panhandle for free and then i went to see him at the fillmore that night.
those WERE 'strange days'!

[TLBSHOW]

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