Americans Would Rather Do Business With White People Than Black People

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

People of all races are racists.

Run study after study against any race versus another race and have that proven.. over and over and over again.

When I see new pointless studies stating the obvious it is just someone grinding a bias.. Hope it makes them feel better.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I would think, just the opposite would be true

We know stats are not always accurate.

13% of the population are not responsible for half the murders, the people who commit the murders are responsible, period.

Thank you. What you said is The Truth.

People would rather hold the population and race responsible than the individuals who committed the crime. This way of thinking is utterly ridiculous.

[Karee 4,191]

When I see new pointless studies stating the obvious it is just someone grinding a bias.. Hope it makes them feel better.

thnkprogress.org is probably a good indicator of an organization with a bias.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Marvin is lurking. Logging off now.

Can't help but smile when I read this. It's my day off, so wifey says no posting. Carry on, but I'm always watching

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

That makes you less like to become a crime victim, statistically speaking anyway.

Yes it does, and I am not going to jeopardize my safety to prove I am not racist

Can't help but smile when I read this. It's my day off, so wifey says no posting. Carry on, but I'm always watching

You need to man up and take control.

See ya late my wife says my VJ time is over for a bit

[Karee 4,191]

We know stats are not always accurate.

Thank you. What you said is The Truth.

People would rather hold the population and race responsible than the individuals who committed the crime. This way of thinking is utterly ridiculous.

Well you can choose to ignore a statistical fact if you want to. That way the issue will never be resolved and everyone can feel better about themselves and keep blaming it all on the racist boogeyman. That's worked so well for the past 50 years, hasn't it?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

and that point is telling. What she is missing, is I don't hold her responsible for anything nor do I associate her with any of these behaviors.However if you drilled own further, you would find that an alarming percentage of that almost 50% is committed by young black males. When your realize they are less than 4% of the population that becomes an alarming statistic. So If I avoid a street corner that has a group of young black men, in urban attire and dress, does that make me racist? I honestly don't think so. The statistical chance is so dramatically greater, then i have to take my own safety into account. Now if I avoid treat all black people different, yes.

And black people are arrested and jailed for crimes they did not commit at a higher rate as well. Many who have spent most of their life behind prison.

This does not matter. So if there were only 2 white men in the U.S., one committed a crime and the other one did not, would it be fair to hold the non-criminal accountable for the crime the criminal committed. Even if they lived in two different freaking states and didn't even know each other?

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes it does, and I am not going to jeopardize my safety to prove I am not racist

Yet you have no problem in imagining threats that probably do not exist to illustrate how dangerous young black folks are. Why? Perhaps I live in an odd place because groups of black youths on street corners is not commonplace. Could that be it? Is this really something that Americans worry about on a daily basis?

Edited to add that most crime takes place within the community that the individual is residing in. It's highly unusual for criminals to stray into neighbourhoods that they are not familiar with. That being said, not only are groups of black youths uncommon, the crimes committed by black folks tend to be against black folks because that's the type of neighbourhood they inhabit. It makes your fears about young black folks seem a bit paranoid, in my opinion.

Edited June 1, 2014 by The Truth™

[Karee 4,191]

Can't help but smile when I read this. It's my day off, so wifey says no posting. Carry on, but I'm always watching

So that's the trick. Post on the weekends. Got it now.

[Karee 4,191]

And black people are arrested and jailed for crimes they did not commit at a higher rate as well. Many who have spent most of their life behind prison.

It only makes sense statistically that if more black folks are committing crimes, that more of them would be wrongly convicted.

This does not matter. So if there were only 2 white men in the U.S., one committed a crime and the other one did not, would it be fair to hold the non-criminal accountable for the crime the criminal committed. Even if they lived in two different freaking states and didn't even know each other?

Still scratching my head trying to figure that out.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

We know stats are not always accurate.

Thank you. What you said is The Truth.

People would rather hold the population and race responsible than the individuals who committed the crime. This way of thinking is utterly ridiculous.

Janelle when has someone ever held you responsible for this our suggested it. Let me ask you a question.

Say I have something for sale on Craig List. I get a call from a reasonably well spoken middle aged black male who wants to view it. I say sure and tell him how to get to my house. Not Racist right ?

Then I get a call from a young black male, who says what up man, soon as i answer the phone, every other word is you know what I saying, curses a couple of times, so i tell him it is already sold.. is that racist- Yes on the surface but can i take the chance on my families personal safety, when he is statistically so much more likely to commit a violent crime. Sorry I have to go on instinct and common sense. It sucks it's like that but in my area I can't take the chance

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Well you can choose to ignore a statistical fact if you want to. That way the issue will never be resolved and everyone can feel better about themselves and keep blaming it all on the racist boogeyman. That's worked so well for the past 50 years, hasn't it?

So you think 50 years is enough time for an entire race to overcome decades of oppression. Got to love your ideology. And even with institutionalized racism and racist policies people like you continue to ignore the progress of black people.

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Inventor Invented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer ^[6][7]Andrews, James J. 1930–1998 Mathematician Put forth the Andrews–Curtis conjecture in group theory with Morton L. Curtis, still unsolved ^[8] Bailey, L.C. 1890–1976 Inventor Wind Powered Clothes Dryer. ^[9]Ball, Alice Augusta 1892–1916 Chemist Extracted chaulmoogra oil for the treatment of Hansen's disease(leprosy). ^[10]Banneker, Benjamin 1731–1806 Mathematician

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Farmer Wooden clock (1753). Assisted in survey of the original boundaries of the District of Columbia (1791). Authored almanac and ephemeris(1792–1797) ^[11]Banyaga, Augustin 1947– Mathematician Work on diffeomorphisms and symplectomorphisms ^[12]Janet Bashen 1957– Inventor

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Rotary engine patent #478,271 dated July 5, 1892

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Educator Invented "Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels". Second African-American woman to receive a patent. ^[21]Berry, Leonidas 1902–1995 Gastroenterologist Gastroscope pioneer ^[22]Bharucha-Reid, Albert T. 1927–1985 Mathematician

Statistician Probability theory and Markov chain theorist ^[23]Black, Keith 1957– Neurosurgeon Brain tumor surgery and research ^[24][25]Blackwell, David 1919–2010 Mathematician

Statistician First proposed the Blackwell channel model used in coding theory andinformation theory; one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem, which is a process that significantly improves crude statisticalestimators. ^[26]Blair, Henry 1807–1860 Inventor Second black inventor to issue a patent

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Boahen, Kwabena 19xx– Bioengineer Silicon retina able to process images in the same manner as a living retina ^[29][30]Boone, Sarah 1832–1905 Inventor Ironing board allowing sleeves of women's garments to be ironed more easily ^[31][32][33]Bouchet, Edward 1852–1918 Physicist First African-American to receive a Ph.D. in any subject. Received physics doctorate from Yale University in 1876. Bowman, James 1923–2011 Physician Pathologist and geneticist; Professor Emeritus Pritzker School of Medicine; first tenured African-American professor at the University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences. ^[34][35]Boykin, Otis 1920–1982 Inventor

Engineer Artificial heart pacemaker control unit. ^[36][37][38]Brady, St. Elmo 1884–1966 Chemist Published three scholarly abstracts in Science and also collaborated on a paper published in Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. ^[39]Branson, Herman 1914–1995 Physicist

Educator Protein structure research ^[40][41] Brooks, Charles 1865– ? Inventor^{[citation needed]}Street sweeper truck and a type of paper punch^{[citation needed]} Brooks, Phil 19xx– Inventor^{[citation needed]} First U.S. Patent for a disposable syringe^{[citation needed]}Henry Brown 1832– ? Inventor Invented fire safe ^[42] Burr, John Albert 18xx– ? Inventor Rotary-blade lawn mower patent ^[43] Cardozo, P. William 1905–1962 Pediatrician Sickle cell anemia studies. In October 1937, he published "Immunologic Studies in Sickle Cell Anemia" in the Archives of Internal Medicine; many of the findings are still valid today. Carson, Ben 1951– Pediatric Neurosurgeon Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University

First surgeon to successfully separate craniopagus twins ^[44]Carver, George Washington 1865–1943 Botanical researcher Discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless vegetables and fruits, principally the peanut ^{[45][46][47][48]} Chappelle, Charles WardCharles W. Chappelle (1872-1941) 1872-1941 electrician, construction, international businessman, and aviation pioneer Designed long distance flight airplane. C.W. Chappelle was the only African-American to invent and display the airplane at the 1911 First Industrial Air Show held in conjunction with the Auto Show at Grand Central Palace in Manhattan in New York City. C.W. Chappelle was also the president of the African Union Company, Inc. ,^[49][50][51]Chappelle, Emmett 1925– Scientist and researcher Valuable contributions to several fields: medicine, biology, food science, and astrochemistry Clark, Mamie 1914–2005 Psychologist Conducted 1940s experiments using dolls to study children's attitudes about race. Clark, Kenneth 1917–1983 Psychologist First Black president of the American Psychological Association ^[52]Crosthwait, David, Jr. 1898–1976 Research engineer Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

Received some 40 U.S. patents relating to HVAC systems. Dabiri, John 1980- Biophysicist Expert on jellyfish hydrodynamics and designer of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish. Daly, Marie Maynard 1921–2003 Chemist First black American woman with a Ph.D. in chemistry. Dean, Mark 1957– Computer scientist Led the team that developed the ISA bus, and led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processorchip. ^[53][54][55]Drew, Charles 1904–1950 Medical researcher Developed improved techniques for blood storage Du Chaillu, Paul 1831–1903 Zoologist

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Anthropologist Explorer who was the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. Identified as white throughout life, but his mother was a Réunionnaismulatto. Settled in America and considered it his country by adoption. The full aspects of his ancestry were not uncovered until 1979, and are still little known today. Easley, Annie 1933– Computer scientist Work at the Lewis Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ^[56][57]Ejeta, Gebisa 1950- Geneticist Won the World Food Prize in 2009 for his major contributions in the production of sorghum. Ejigu, Kitaw 1948–2006 Systems engineer Worked for NASA as a system engineer and space research scientist ^{[58][dead link]}Ellis, Skip (Clarence) 1943– Computer scientist First African American with a Ph.D. in Computer Science

Software inventor including OfficeTalk at Xerox PARC ^[59][60]Ezerioha, Bisi 1972– Automotive engineer Drag racing engineer and driver Ferguson, Lloyd Noel 1918–2011 Chemist

Educator Chemistry doctorate, first received (1943, University of California, Berkeley) ^[61][62][63]Fryer, Roland G., Jr. 1977– Economist

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Inventor Amputee self-feeding device ^[72][73]Hall, Lloyd 1894–1971 Chemist Haile, Sossina M. 1966- Engineer Work on fuel cells Haile-Selassie, Yohannes 1961- Paleoanthropologist Codiscoverer of the Australopithecus garhi and Ardipithecus kadabbaspecies, as well as the Ardi and Kadanuumuu remains. One of the world's foremost authorities on early hominins. Immigrant from Ethiopia. Harris, James A. 1932–2000 Co-discovered Rutherfordium (element 104) and Hafnium (element 105) at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory ^[74]Hawkins, Walter Lincoln 1911–1992 Scientist Inventor at Bell Laboratories ^[75]Hodge, John E. 1914–1996 Chemist Holley, Kerrie 1954– Research computer scientist at IBM Co-creator of Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture, SOMA and the Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM) Jarvis, Erich 19xx– Neurobiologist Duke University neuroscience bird songs studies. ^[76][77][78] Johnson, Isaac 18xx– ? Inventor Held patent for improvements to the bicycle frame, specifically so it could be taken apart for compact storage. ^[79]Johnson, Lonnie 1949– Mechanical engineerNuclear engineer

Inventor Invented Super Soaker while researching thermal energy transfer engines; worked with NASA. Holder of over 80 patents ^[4][80]

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Researcher Organ transplantation pioneer, particularly renal transplant research and surgery.

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Draftsman

Expert witness Worked as a draftsman for both Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. He became a member of Edison's Pioneers and served as an expert witness in many light bulb litigation lawsuits. Invention of the Water closet is also said to be invented by Lewis. ^{[97][98][99][100]}Lawson, Jerry 1940–2011 Computer engineer Designer of Fairchild Channel F, the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console ^[6][101] Lee, Raphael 1949– Surgeon

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Fluoride Chemist Manhattan Project, worked with Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi Renfroe, Earl 1907–2000 Orthodontist ^[113][114]Rillieux, Norbert 1806–1894 Engineer

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[Karee 4,191]

Holy wall of text Batman!!

Please point out where I ignore the progress of black people. When your done failing in that endeavor, stop putting words in my mouth.

Edited June 1, 2014 by Karee

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Janelle when has someone ever held you responsible for this our suggested it. Let me ask you a question.

Say I have something for sale on Craig List. I get a call from a reasonably well spoken middle aged black male who wants to view it. I say sure and tell him how to get to my house. Not Racist right ?

Then I get a call from a young black male, who says what up man, soon as i answer the phone, every other word is you know what I saying, curses a couple of times, so i tell him it is already sold.. is that racist- Yes on the surface but can i take the chance on my families personal safety, when he is statistically so much more likely to commit a violent crime. Sorry I have to go on instinct and common sense. It sucks it's like that but in my area I can't take the chance

Of course I wouldn't meet anyone that talked in slang regardless of their color. The original article talked about showing their skin color only.

Sure, as a black person many people hold me responsible for what other black people do all the time. That's why we constantly have to hear this 13% of the population 50% of the crimes mess because people like to use this crutch as an excuse to discriminate against black people as if 13% of the black population is committing crimes.

[Peikko 1,575]

It only makes sense statistically that if more black folks are committing crimes, that more of them would be wrongly convicted.

Still scratching my head trying to figure that out.

The wrongly convicted issue is a concern. There are many possible reasons for it, not least that black people are often badly represented. This says more about the justice system than it does about racism to me though. I am sure in the past there were lots of wrongful convictions based on irrational fears of black people, but I don't think that's the most commonplace reason now. I think the mos common reason is poor representation in a system that is rather flawed in how it presents criminals in court.