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If I was a black person in America


vegas giants said:
Why should anyone be grateful for a history of murder, torture and discrimination for hundreds of years?
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‘Strange Fruit’ A collector’s ‘pickings’ recall days of barbarism; BLACK HISTORY MONTH

FOR THE PAST 20 years or so, I’ve scoured the South in search of old photographs, folk art, quilts, handmade furniture, carvings and other collectibles. I’m a “picker,” a pe…
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"...This message was written on the back of the photo:


"Warning

The answer of the Anglo-Saxon

Race to black brutes who Would attack the Womanhood

of the South."

From Reconstruction through the 1930s, lynchings were a frequent occurrence in the South, although they happened in many other parts of the country, too. Only six states have not recorded lynchings: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont...."

black vets tell `the whole story' of segregation in world war ii​

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Feb 18, 2000 — Black patrons at base movie theaters could sit only in the first few rows ... on military buses for German prisoners of war, who were white.

in African American Letters during World War II - jstor​

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by M Reiss · 2004 · Cited by 6 — American home front and is widely accepted to the present day. ... The article shows how the German prisoners of war, in particular, became icons of the in.

In WWII, the US Treated Nazi POWs Better Than Black Troops​

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Jul 28, 2020 — The preferential treatment of Nazi POWs told Black troops that they were fighting for a country even as that country fought against them.

Lives of German Prisoners of War and African Americans in ...​

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by C DeLucca · 2018 · Cited by 1 — They [German POWs] were given passes to town when black soldiers were confined to the area and did not have their privileges.” Reiss also.

German prisoners of war in the United States - Wikipedia​

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Prisoners had friendly interaction with local civilians and sometimes were allowed outside the camps without guards on the honor system : 104, 223 (Black ...
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Can't change history. In the here and now everyone has equality of opportunity. Chinese, Irish etc in America faced all tne discrimination post slavery blacks did and they have done rather well for themselves.
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There are none so blind as those unwilling to see. Please provide any economic measurement that shows Americans that are black equal to Americans that are white...
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Can't change history. In the here and now everyone has equality of opportunity. Chinese, Irish etc in America faced all tne discrimination post slavery blacks did and they have done rather well for themselves.
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It's not equal opportunity when some people start with a huge advantage gained from generational wealth earned by discrimination
 
Stealers Wheel said:
Oh yeah, the South wanted all those former slaves to have full voting rights, just like they did during the Civil Rights Era. Revisionist much?
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Well, see, the reason WHY southerners wanted to count slaves as whole people was because of one reason:

Increase their number of members of Congress.

Nothing like taking advantage of one part of the population, even though slaves couldn't vote.
 
I've explicitly stated slavery was an unforgivable evil around the world. That said, today's blacks in America are here instead of Ghana because of it. Question is if they could turn back the clock and make it so somehow slavery in America never happened knowing that would mean they would be dirt poor in Ghana today would they opt to change history?
 
vegas giants said:
It's not equal opportunity when some people start with a huge advantage gained from generational wealth earned by discrimination
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Who started with a huge advantage? Every new group of immigrants faced decades of discrimination.
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Who started with a huge advantage? Every new group of immigrants faced decades of discrimination.
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White people in this country were able to build generational wealth earned from discrimination


Deny that
 
mrjurrs said:
There are none so blind as those unwilling to see. Please provide any economic measurement that shows Americans that are black equal to Americans that are white...
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You are confusing equality of opportunity with equality of outcome of that opportunity. A common error of those with a Marxist leaning
 
vegas giants said:
White people in this country were able to build generational wealth earned from discrimination


Deny that
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Some yes others no. My mom grew up in a coal company town. My dad on a share cropper farm.
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Can't change history. In the here and now everyone has equality of opportunity. Chinese, Irish etc in America faced all tne discrimination post slavery blacks did and they have done rather well for themselves.
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To even try to assert that the rich, middle class and poor (regardless of their race/ethnicity) have the same opportunities is simply nonsense. The terms ‘generational poverty’ and ‘silver spooners’ exist for (statistically valid) reasons.
 
I'm remarking about your motivation to create this thread in the first place. It seems needy.... seeking a perverse, "pat on the back"... Why do it?

The Politics of White Anxiety | Boston Review​

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Oct 23, 2020 — Trump is the latest in a long line of politicians who have leveraged the fear of white voters. A new path forward must address the ...

White Anxiety, and a President Ready to Address It - The New ...​

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Jul 20, 2019 — A large if not majority share of white voters, and a majority of Republicans, say this change will threaten American customs and values — a ...
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Some yes others no. My mom grew up in a coal company town. My dad on a share cropper farm.
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Many many yes. If they did not inherit money they could go to college and become a professional or open a successful business. Much much much harder for a back person to do that
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Some yes others no. My mom grew up in a coal company town. My dad on a share cropper farm.
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Did either ever fear being lynched or being pulled over by police for, "driving while black"?

I had a black friend, since passed, about 70 years of age when he shared with me in the late 1990s that he was raised in Florida and had lived in NY state for many years. He was the only black member of the largest volunteer fire department in the county and
was at the time the fire commissioner of that district, overseeing the chief of that department who had succeeded him in that
role before he was elected commissioner.

He said he had never returned to the south since leaving as a young man because the memories of the humiliation and frustration
of living under segregation in the 1930s and early 1940s influenced him to avoid the region permanently.

He died suddenly not long after our conversation and I attended his funeral. His casket was delivered to the cemetery on top of
the newest piece of firefighting equipment of the department. Ironically, he had submitted the specifications for the purchase of that truck and negotiated the price of it and delivery terms with the manufacturer.

Hundreds, including all of the volunteers and their families attended the cemetery service. The only blacks present were of his family. He couldn't choose the color of his skin or where he was born and raised, but he distanced himself as best he could from the early consequences of the random hand he was dealt.
 
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Chainsawmassacre said:
You are confusing equality of opportunity with equality of outcome of that opportunity. A common error of those with a Marxist leaning
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Equal opportunity huh? You mean like in education?

So if opportunity is equal you must have another reason why you couldn't provide an economic measurement that shows blacks on the same level as whites. Care to share?
 
vegas giants said:
Why should anyone be grateful for a history of murder, torture and discrimination for hundreds of years?
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Because it's history. The facts of the matter are that some histories, regardless of how miserable, atrocious, or terrible, sometimes have resulted in good things coming from them.
 
Choice is different. Environment is different. Cultures are different.

Care to provide me with why Asians score so much higher than white folks? Why they get into all the top tier schools and everyone else suffers?

When you take out personal choice as a factor why outcomes are different, you are right, everything should be equal ...

 
Cope said:
Because it's history. The facts of the matter are that some histories, regardless of how miserable, atrocious, or terrible, sometimes have resulted in good things coming from them.
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No one should be grateful for the horrific histories their ancestors were forced to endure.


My god that is barbaric
 
vegas giants said:
No one should be grateful for the horrific histories their ancestors were forced to endure.


My god that is barbaric
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Good thing no one said that. Please don't quote me if you are just going to go with making up things your mind comes up with and then refer them to me.

They aren't grateful for the things they endured, they are grateful for the good things came from them.
 
Has it occurred to you that maybe...just maybe...if the world HADNT raped, pillaged, and enslaved the African continent (it's a continent with a multitude of countries and cultures, fyi), it WOULDNT look like it currently does?
 
Nothing good comes from slavery, murder and discrimination.


The idea is barbaric
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
You are confusing equality of opportunity with equality of outcome of that opportunity. A common error of those with a Marxist leaning
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No, you are confused. You think opportunity in America is equal when it is not.
 
• Asian-American students’ academic achievement is the result of conscious choice, not genetic determination.
• Asian-American students’ academic excellence tends to mask their psychological problems, and thus we must work to acknowledge, identify, and address these problems.
• Asian-American students’ academic excellence comes at the cost of other skills and knowledge, thus we must understand the costs and realize Asian-American students are not excellent in all areas

(PDF) How Good are the Asians? Refuting Four Myths about Asian-American Academic Achievement

PDF | On Jan 1, 2009, Yong Zhao and others published How Good are the Asians? Refuting Four Myths about Asian-American Academic Achievement | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Am I to assume from your post that economic outcomes for Americans that are black is based solely on their choices? That you believe choices made by racial groups are the sole determinant of their economic status?
 
The absolute fact remains that black Americans DO succeed, on roughly the same level as whites...where they dont reside in the rat infested rat run shitholes that the democrats have created. 60% have achieved middle and upper income status...as long as they dont live in those shitholes. Tragically...where they DO live in those shitholes you have situations like they have found in Baltimore...a city completely governed by democrats for 6 decades...where they cant find a single student in their entire school district that can pass both a basic English and Math competency exam.
 
Source for your economic claim.
 
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