I get it, you don't know what I'm saying. No, that's not what I'm saying. I moved to another point bouncing off those detectives to police as a whole, regardless of race. And no, it shows select moments of the case. You have no idea what you don't see.
So, you don't believe we can learn anything by studying it? That explains a lot.
So, you don't believe we can learn anything by studying it? That explains a lot.
Comments like this are exactly why discussions on race are futile. People - like you - who are uninformed have decided to remain uninformed. The fact is that there is an ample amount of research to support Boo's point. I've posted large amounts of research on similar topics. The bottom line is that the vast majority of research on race supports what Boo is saying and not what you are saying. But, you've constructed a reality in your mind where that research is automatically biased so that you can maintain your worldview. Nothing will convince you that you are wrong. You've decided what is truth regardless of the evidence. So let's everybody stop pretending that this is an actual debate and you and ChrisL are actually capable of integrating new information into your worldview. You aren't. All this is an exercise in confirmation bias, nothing more.studies that were created to prove the points you agree with?
Oh, so now you're saying that the entire police organization in America is somehow corrupt and racist? Black people do NOT commit crimes; they're just set up by the cops? ALL of those times? This is rational to you?
Yes you do know what happens because they also have update special shows that show the court case too with the evidence presented, testimony, etc.
You do make wild leaps. And no, even with updates you don't know what you miss.
I made no such claim. There is no conspiracy that I know of. Again, it is part of the culture, the conditioning.
Comments like this are exactly why discussions on race are futile. People - like you - who are uninformed have decided to remain uninformed. The fact is that there is an ample amount of research to support Boo's point. I've posted large amounts of research on similar topics. The bottom line is that the vast majority of research on race supports what Boo is saying and not what you are saying. But, you've constructed a reality in your mind where that research is automatically biased so that you can maintain your worldview. Nothing will convince you that you are wrong. You've decided what is truth regardless of the evidence. So let's everybody stop pretending that this is an actual debate and you and ChrisL are actually capable of integrating new information into your worldview. You aren't. All this is an exercise in confirmation bias, nothing more.
I agree with that and I think it's a symptom of changing racial dynamics. In the past, if black people spoke openly about how pissed they were about racism and how white people treated them, they would be beaten, raped, lynched or killed. Hell, black men couldn't even LOOK at a white woman without getting hurt - speaking about their dislike and distrust of white people was just crazy (for the most part). But now, with such overt anti-black racism considered unacceptable in most of society, black people have started speaking out more about the resentment and animosity they've always felt. This means that white people now have a group of people talking back to them that didn't before which causes a lot of white people to keep their racial opinions to themselves.I don't know, but I think black Americans have come to a point that they voice their dislike/racist views of whites more openly than whites who might be more "closeted" racists, whites who talk the nice talk but when it comes to it (their daughter dating/marrying a black man for example) they revert to how racist they really are. I just do not know.
you calling me uninformed is a gut splitter. maybe we should start a poll.
Comments like this are exactly why discussions on race are futile. People - like you - who are uninformed have decided to remain uninformed. The fact is that there is an ample amount of research to support Boo's point. I've posted large amounts of research on similar topics. The bottom line is that the vast majority of research on race supports what Boo is saying and not what you are saying. But, you've constructed a reality in your mind where that research is automatically biased so that you can maintain your worldview. Nothing will convince you that you are wrong. You've decided what is truth regardless of the evidence. So let's everybody stop pretending that this is an actual debate and you and ChrisL are actually capable of integrating new information into your worldview. You aren't. All this is an exercise in confirmation bias, nothing more.
You can't be serious. Those are dedicated, good and thorough detectives. Now you are saying that these black detectives are victims too? OMG, I think this seriously could be a mental illness.
Aren't you getting a bit personal?
Here's the problem with your argument. It boils down to "black people need to hurry up and get over the past at the pace that I approve of." That's ridiculous. Historically, groups who have been seriously oppressed hold on to resentment for generations, particularly when the people in their own generation try to shame them for feeling such resentment. The fact is, you don't get to tell black people that slavery doesn't mean much because it was a long time ago. You don't get to tell black people how they should perceive racism. That you and others think you have a better handle on how black people should feel about how racism - current and historical - impacts them is a huge part of the problem in race relations today. People have been questioning black people's feelings on racism forever. To continue to do that and not simply say, "I get it" and stop there continues the problem.Here is the problem I see:
African Americans were given a raw deal. I get it.
However is there anyone alive today who was a slave or owned a slave?
I feel like some use this as justification for their bad behavior. Times have changed.
There are over 110,000 African American families that have an annual income of more than 1 million a year.
We have had an African American president, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice, Senators, Congressman, Presidential Candidates in both parties, An African American chairman if the Republican Party.
Their are very successful Doctors, Lawyers, Generals, movie stars, artist, athletes.
There is opportunity for an African American to join any sector of our society that they choose (as indicated above).
Most of the racism I have seen or experienced was from those African Americans who fall under the middle class and seem to think everyone else is at fault for their problems.
Well, when you refuse to reassess your assumptions, all new information has to be fit in to the pre-existing narrative.
Great point! That's exactly what he does!
the liberal goal of more and more government power is fueled by creating a balkanized America. That requires them pushing "minority" rights in order to try to weaken the majority's culture and standing
Here's the problem with your argument. It boils down to "black people need to hurry up and get over the past at the pace that I approve of." That's ridiculous. Historically, groups who have been seriously oppressed hold on to resentment for generations, particularly when the people in their own generation try to shame them for feeling such resentment. The fact is, you don't get to tell black people that slavery doesn't mean much because it was a long time ago. You don't get to tell black people how they should perceive racism. That you and others think you have a better handle on how black people should feel about how racism - current and historical - impacts them is a huge part of the problem in race relations today. People have been questioning black people's feelings on racism forever. To continue to do that and not simply say, "I get it" and stop there continues the problem.
I agree that some people like to constantly push this racial division. Could also have something to do with Pres. Obama and his policies. So when you say you hate his policies, some people can accuse of being a "racist" and "hating" Obama. :roll: I seriously don't put that past some people. Talk about brainwashing.
Here's the problem with your argument. It boils down to "black people need to hurry up and get over the past at the pace that I approve of." That's ridiculous. Historically, groups who have been seriously oppressed hold on to resentment for generations, particularly when the people in their own generation try to shame them for feeling such resentment. The fact is, you don't get to tell black people that slavery doesn't mean much because it was a long time ago. You don't get to tell black people how they should perceive racism. That you and others think you have a better handle on how black people should feel about how racism - current and historical - impacts them is a huge part of the problem in race relations today. People have been questioning black people's feelings on racism forever. To continue to do that and not simply say, "I get it" and stop there continues the problem.
Why are you taking away the agency of black Americans by comparing them to other groups? Different groups deal with similar - but not identical - problems differently for a variety of reasons. Jewish people, "boat people" and African immigrants have dealt with different systems of oppression, different histories and different problems in the United States. Dismissing the problems of black Americans by pointing to other groups is, again, telling black Americans how to feel based on how YOU think they should feel. That's not your place and for you, as a white man, to act like it's your place perpetuates the same dynamics of racial power that created racial problems in this country in the first place. You're a white dude explaining to black people how they ought to feel about racism. That's literally what white people have been doing to black people for centuries. It's time to stop because it makes you the problem.why does a group that was subjected to genocide and was persecuted for centuries and make up 2% of our nation have more than 40% representation on the US Supreme court, have huge overrepresentation at the top schools, the senate, medicine and law? why have the children of BOAT PEOPLE produced more Ivy Phi Beta Kappas and US SErvice academy valedictorians in the 30 years they have been here than blacks have in over a century?
it might be due to many reasons but I also note AFRICANS who come to this country do far better than american blacks even though its hard to fathom that a racist white is going to distinquish between a guy from Nigeria vs someone whose great great great grandparents came from there
Post them.
Why are you taking away the agency of black Americans by comparing them to other groups? Different groups deal with similar - but not identical - problems differently for a variety of reasons. Jewish people, "boat people" and African immigrants have dealt with different systems of oppression, different histories and different problems in the United States. Dismissing the problems of black Americans by pointing to other groups is, again, telling black Americans how to feel based on how YOU think they should feel. That's not your place and for you, as a white man, to act like it's your place perpetuates the same dynamics of racial power that created racial problems in this country in the first place. You're a white dude explaining to black people how they ought to feel about racism. That's literally what white people have been doing to black people for centuries. It's time to stop because it makes you the problem.
You confuse an objective study that starts with no assumptions and makes conclusions based on the facts vs the stuff we often see from propaganda sources-they start with a premise they want to support and tailor their studies to prove their premise correct.
an example is well known in the anti gun literature. an anti gun doctor wanted to prove having a gun in your home was dangerous. He concluded that if you had a gun in your home you were X times as more likely to be killed than if you didn't. However, in the 350 or so cases he 'studied' only 6 involved houses where the homeowners had guns. the other 340 or so cases involved killings where the killer brought the gun to his victim's home and shot them. This dishonest doctor claimed that was a home with a gun in it which was technically true but was completely dishonest.
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