Discussion: Racism - Part 2

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I used racial comparisons because that's the dynamic in the States. If you want non-racial examples then look at the caste system in India, or ethnic and tribal differences in all of Africa, or religion in Europe. If a specific population is racially homogenous they'll find other areas of distinction. Your inclination for histrionics and drama makes it difficult to have a reasonable conversation. I'm not sure how you leap from me explaining, rather objectively, how human nature operates, to me implicitly condoning racial discrimination.
and for the people who are on the crappy end of that dynamic theyre going to complain and protest and call it out when it happens. You are implicitly condoning it if your argument is its something thats just a function of how people interact therefore you may as well just learn to deal with it and live with it. That being the case stop complaining about it or even calling it out because its not even the thing you think it is. Meanwhile they still have to live with the crappy end of that dynamic.

- but alright. And again, as I asked in previous post a outline your operational and policy related changes that you suggest to achieve the result you want.
YOU haven't outlined any operational and policy related changes. But here's a simple one..DON'T DO THAT CRAP! its the same thing you say to a child when they behave badly and lack decent fellowship rules. Adults SHOULD be able to follow the same kind of rules laid down for children.

So whats YOUR policies meaningful change?? I'll wait.


A single piece of research now counts as "the truth"? In that case my statements should be "the truth" since I've quoted people who use multiple sources and studies , by your logic?
I rebutted your source with my own..again because YOU can't handle that doesn't mean its less valid.


The point is that there are groups that have gone through the same kind of treatment and they have managed to extricate themselves from their bad circumstances - which serves to prove that the environment an individual or group finds themselves in isn't necessarily the greatest contributor to a person's circumstances or the achievement of their goals.

You seem to have difficulty understanding a logical argument meant to illustrate a principle versus using a specific case to invalidate another specific case. That's not what I'm doing. I'm using the example to illustrate a logical argument. Your premise seems to be that until the environment changes no improvement can be made? My argument is a person's environment plays a significant role but it's not an absolute.

What would be far more constructive is if you outline what precise changes both by black America and American society need to be made to achieve the outcome you're looking for, or is your suggestion that as soon as external factors change that black Americans will mostly become as prosperous as everyone else?

Youre example of jews isn't a very good one since they didn't extricate themselves from anything. You pointed out that jews pretty much got their asses kicked almost everywhere they went from the middle east to eastern europe and in recent history was well on the road to extermination if it weren't for the help of others namely the US to literally create a state for them and prop them up financially for strategical reasons. If that didn't happen you wouldn't be using them for your example. Your point that

The environment an individual or group finds themselves in isn't necessarily the greatest contributor to a person's circumstances or the achievement of their goals and...

A person's environment plays a significant role but it's not an absolute..

Can be knocked down using your example of jews. Considering it took a world war, the literal destruction of nazi germany and half of europe and the creation of a state in the middle east to change their circumstances pretty much illustrates the point that until the environment changes no improvement can be made. So jews didn't extricate themselves from anything..they got help and a lot of it. But the "bootstraps" narrative is typical of people who make the arguments you're making even when its not true.

Also that last line black Americans will mostly become as prosperous as everyone else? is just straight trolling and BS since everyone else in america isn't prosperous. But thats the narrative that people like you use to set up this dynamic that blacks are the only ones who are having these issues so its blacks vs everyone else in america...meanwhile native americans are fighting the government as we speak for issues pertaining to thier lands and mexicans have their issues and statistically in many ways are similar to blacks in many issues and the list goes on but somehow it always boils down to black vs white with the sub narrative of blacks are the only ones complaining.
 
They literally have a video of this guy shooting him in the back.

Jury remains deadlocked in ex-South Carolina cop's murder trial

Jurors were deliberating for a third day in the case against ex-North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager, 35. His shooting of 50-year-old Walter Scott after an April 2015 traffic stop, captured in a bystander's cellphone video, intensified debate in the United States over racial bias by police.

The jury foreman said one member of the panel was the holdout.

"I cannot in good conscience consider a guilty verdict," that juror told state Judge Clifton Newman in a note, adding, "at the same time, my heart does not want to tell the Scott family that the man who killed their son, brother and father is innocent."
 
"I can't say the man is innocent, but I also can't consider a guilty verdict"
 
If this a**hole gets off because some idiot doesn't see shooting a man in the back as he runs away and tampering with the scene afterwards to be crimes warranting a guilty verdict....
 
and for the people who are on the crappy end of that dynamic theyre going to complain and protest and call it out when it happens. You are implicitly condoning it if your argument is its something thats just a function of how people interact therefore you may as well just learn to deal with it and live with it. That being the case stop complaining about it or even calling it out because its not even the thing you think it is. Meanwhile they still have to live with the crappy end of that dynamic.


YOU haven't outlined any operational and policy related changes. But here's a simple one..DON'T DO THAT CRAP! its the same thing you say to a child when they behave badly and lack decent fellowship rules. Adults SHOULD be able to follow the same kind of rules laid down for children.

So whats YOUR policies meaningful change?? I'll wait.



I rebutted your source with my own..again because YOU can't handle that doesn't mean its less valid.




Youre example of jews isn't a very good one since they didn't extricate themselves from anything. You pointed out that jews pretty much got their asses kicked almost everywhere they went from the middle east to eastern europe and in recent history was well on the road to extermination if it weren't for the help of others namely the US to literally create a state for them and prop them up financially for strategical reasons. If that didn't happen you wouldn't be using them for your example. Your point that

The environment an individual or group finds themselves in isn't necessarily the greatest contributor to a person's circumstances or the achievement of their goals and...

A person's environment plays a significant role but it's not an absolute..

Can be knocked down using your example of jews. Considering it took a world war, the literal destruction of nazi germany and half of europe and the creation of a state in the middle east to change their circumstances pretty much illustrates the point that until the environment changes no improvement can be made. So jews didn't extricate themselves from anything..they got help and a lot of it. But the "bootstraps" narrative is typical of people who make the arguments you're making even when its not true.

Also that last line black Americans will mostly become as prosperous as everyone else? is just straight trolling and BS since everyone else in america isn't prosperous. But thats the narrative that people like you use to set up this dynamic that blacks are the only ones who are having these issues so its blacks vs everyone else in america...meanwhile native americans are fighting the government as we speak for issues pertaining to thier lands and mexicans have their issues and statistically in many ways are similar to blacks in many issues and the list goes on but somehow it always boils down to black vs white with the sub narrative of blacks are the only ones complaining.

I ask you to tell me what you'd like to see change since you're saying things are broken and you ignore it and return to the question me...? Alright. You're all over the place man, hopefully things improve, I'm not putting anymore energy or time into a brick wall.
 
If this a**hole gets off because some idiot doesn't see shooting a man in the back as he runs away and tampering with the scene afterwards to be crimes warranting a guilty verdict....

Some kind of way he deserved it. He did something! He gave him the eye and then ran away!


Unreal! It's crazy how some people can justify some crap. *see Chaseter's post above* :whatever:
 
If this a**hole gets off because some idiot doesn't see shooting a man in the back as he runs away and tampering with the scene afterwards to be crimes warranting a guilty verdict....
He's not gonna get off. It's only gonna take a little longer to convict him.
 
If this a**hole gets off because some idiot doesn't see shooting a man in the back as he runs away and tampering with the scene afterwards to be crimes warranting a guilty verdict....

...it will be business as usual.
 
If this a**hole gets off because some idiot doesn't see shooting a man in the back as he runs away and tampering with the scene afterwards to be crimes warranting a guilty verdict....

They're actually bringing whether the cop was scared into the equation as if that would justify shooting someone in the back and framing them.
 
I ask you to tell me what you'd like to see change since you're saying things are broken and you ignore it and return to the question me...? Alright. You're all over the place man, hopefully things improve, I'm not putting anymore energy or time into a brick wall.

I didn't ignore the question I said the dominant group needs to stop doing that crap (discrimination, racism/sexism etc). Its direct and to the point.

Thats ALWAYS been the demand. And I'm not all over the place I'm rebutting your points for point.

You say there are groups that extricated themselves from their situation - I say thats not true and those groups got help. Hell even Martin Luther King pointed that out:

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"At the very same time that America refused to give the Negro any land, through an act of Congress our government was giving away millions of acres of land in the West and the Midwest, which meant it was willing to undergird its white peasants from Europe with an economic floor."

"But not only did they give them land, they built land grant colleges with government money to teach them how to farm. Not only that, they provided county agents to further their expertise in farming. Not only that, they provided low interest rates in order that they could mechanize their farms."

"Not only that, today many of these people are receiving millions of dollars in federal subsidies not to farm, and they are the very people telling the black man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. And this is what we are faced with, and this is the reality."

"Now, when we come to Washington in this campaign, we are coming to get our check."

MLK - 1968

Now you want to check out of the debate because you can't answer the question you posted. Thats so wussy.
 
I didn't ignore the question I said the dominant group needs to stop doing that crap (discrimination, racism/sexism etc). Its direct and to the point.

Thats ALWAYS been the demand. And I'm not all over the place I'm rebutting your points for point.

You say there are groups that extricated themselves from their situation - I say thats not true and those groups got help. Hell even Martin Luther King pointed that out:

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"At the very same time that America refused to give the Negro any land, through an act of Congress our government was giving away millions of acres of land in the West and the Midwest, which meant it was willing to undergird its white peasants from Europe with an economic floor."

"But not only did they give them land, they built land grant colleges with government money to teach them how to farm. Not only that, they provided county agents to further their expertise in farming. Not only that, they provided low interest rates in order that they could mechanize their farms."

"Not only that, today many of these people are receiving millions of dollars in federal subsidies not to farm, and they are the very people telling the black man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. And this is what we are faced with, and this is the reality."

"Now, when we come to Washington in this campaign, we are coming to get our check."

MLK - 1968

Now you want to check out of the debate because you can't answer the question you posted. Thats so wussy.

:funny: This was never a debate, debates actually have a purpose. You want to whine and put responsibility for your circumstance on someone else and then when someone asks you for the exact ways you would do this, like specific education or socioeconomic plans you would recommend you tell them to come up with it themselves. I'm starting to think you don't actually want things to improve so much as you want to blame others ad infinitum. It's odd you keep quoting things from the past like America is exactly the same today was it was 60-200 years ago, someone's a little out of touch with reality,

"Get them to stop that crap"; fantastic operational policy.
:lmao: Enjoy the rest of your "debates" and the circumstances never changing.
 
Some kind of way he deserved it. He did something! He gave him the eye and then ran away!


Unreal! It's crazy how some people can justify some crap. *see Chaseter's post above* :whatever:
Care to point out which post?
 
It's been hard to keep track of which situation belongs to which police shooting.

If because he had a warrant out, stolen car, and ran from the police - that deserved a death sentence? Sure he was an idiot, but the cop shouldn't have killed him for running. Ideally we should have citizens that comply and such a shooting wouldn't even take place. Even if a citizen decides to runaway but is not putting cop life in danger, there just isn't justification to shoot.
 
I haven't read up on this case and don't know if the suspect had a weapon or not and what crime he was a suspect of. If they did not have a weapon then fatal shooting is never justified. If they are a suspect of a serious offense like murder or armed robbery and aren't complying, you can see how the situation would be tense and might lead to a fatality for a suspect or cop. It's never a bright idea to not comply when weapons are drawn. From a bird's eye view, both are at fault but one paid with their life. If the cop acted incorrectly then they deserve to pay with time served. I can empathize with a cop wanting to protect their life. I can't empathize with a criminal wanting to get away. (Outside of the facts, which I don't know here).
 
We need to be at a point where people just comply, and if any disagreements handle it lawfully. There is a mistrust from some cops who have gone too far, ironically because most cases someone didn't comply. No excuse for shooting someone that is of no threat to your life. I do wonder though if we can get to a point where in society people just give police a chance to sort out a situation and not take off or even attack the cop to get away. It never ends well.
 


I disagree that most white people do not comply. I've rode with some white people with personalities of joking and showing off... but not when it comes to a cop encounter. When pulled over, very "Yes sir" and overall polite attitudes with cops. I think what also helps is parents who teach young drivers growing up the responsibility to have: id/registration/insurance. I think that helps give an impression of less red flags to the cop. Especially if were joking around, driving a bit sketchy and getting pulled over for being an idiot teen (friend Mike). :D
 
white people don't have to comply to stay alive. you don't get it.
 
Watch the video. Don Lemon says that white people mouth off and don't comply to officers regularly. I don't think so.
 
:funny: This was never a debate, debates actually have a purpose. You want to whine and put responsibility for your circumstance on someone else and then when someone asks you for the exact ways you would do this, like specific education or socioeconomic plans you would recommend you tell them to come up with it themselves. I'm starting to think you don't actually want things to improve so much as you want to blame others ad infinitum. It's odd you keep quoting things from the past like America is exactly the same today was it was 60-200 years ago, someone's a little out of touch with reality,

"Get them to stop that crap"; fantastic operational policy.
:lmao: Enjoy the rest of your "debates" and the circumstances never changing.

oh we're supposed to be solving the worlds problems here??:whatever::whatever:

please show the posts and threads in this forum that came up with a solution to the socio/political issues in our country today? I'll wait.

and you STILL haven't posted YOURE operational policies for solving discrimination and racism in america...

:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Dylan Roof murdered 9 people in cold blood and the police took him to Burger King

This murderer wearing a badge shot someone in the back ON VIDEO, lied about it, and a jury can't return a verdict

FOH about "just comply and you'll be fine"
 
They're actually bringing whether the cop was scared into the equation as if that would justify shooting someone in the back and framing them.

How was the victim framed? I haven't looked at the video for some time but thought it did show him struggling with the officer. That doesn't justify the shooting but I don't see where "framing" comes in.

I've never been able to figure out why Scott ran at all. His crimes were those of non-payment of child support and contempt of court. Is doing time on those sort of charges worse than the possibility of being killed while resisting arrest?
 
How was the victim framed? I haven't looked at the video for some time but thought it did show him struggling with the officer. That doesn't justify the shooting but I don't see where "framing" comes in.

I've never been able to figure out why Scott ran at all. His crimes were those of non-payment of child support and contempt of court. Is doing time on those sort of charges worse than the possibility of being killed while resisting arrest?

the officer gave an official statement saying the victim attacked him with a weapon and that he killed him in self defense

the video directly contradicts that
 
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