The Peak

[Torete 121]

Honestly, I don't even know what your post says. Can you speak English?

Consider ESL classes if you're having such a hard time. Inference isn't your strong suit is it?

[Sousuke 1,214]

Consider ESL classes if you're having such a hard time. Inference isn't your strong suit is it?

I use actual words. I'm not sure what you are using in the previous post but they weren't words. I don't have time to spend time trying to interpret what you are trying to say.

[Torete 121]

I use actual words. I'm not sure what you are using in the previous post but they weren't words. I don't have time to spend time trying to interpret what you are trying to say.

Pray tell which actual words you're having such a difficult time understanding? You apparently have enough time to read my posts...expend some energy and time...it's good for your brain.

[GandD 5,966]

I use actual words. I'm not sure what you are using in the previous post but they weren't words. I don't have time to spend time trying to interpret what you are trying to say.

Pray tell which actual words you're having such a difficult time understanding? You apparently have enough time to read my posts...expend some energy and time...it's good for your brain.

Stop.... now.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Pray tell which actual words you're having such a difficult time understanding? You apparently have enough time to read my posts...expend some energy and time...it's good for your brain.

So tired of all the excuses...fuh kuck in deal with things once and for all.

I don't even see a complete sentence above....

[smilesammich 10,727]

Which means we should ignore this notion of structural discrimination and focus on the real problems.

unless you believe that structural discrimination is a real problem that should be addressed.

i know that structural discrimination is a real problem. like i said, i hear racist stuff pretty often. i witness discrimination within the construct of social hierarchy in my daily life. i know it exists and i consider myself lucky to be white. that's a pretty horrible way to feel, i suppose, but i'm being honest.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Stop.... now.

Sorry, I had hit send before seeing this.

[Torete 121]

Stop.... now.

Sorry boss...I'll stop.

[-relo- 105]

Honestly, I don't even know what your post says. Can you speak English?

Torete said: suck it up buttercup. quit dwelling on the past, its not changing. you're responsible for your future.

[Torete 121]

Torete said: suck it up buttercup. quit dwelling on the past, its not changing. you're responsible for your future.

Yup.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Torete said: suck it up buttercup. quit dwelling on the past, its not changing. you're responsible for your future.

Tell that to the people so still believe blacks should be shackled, practice hiring discrimination, kill unarmed kids, practice redlining, etc.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

But I thought all the hate was because of the color of your skin. But I guess that does not apply to blacks from Africa or the West Indies. Hmmm

It is. You keep saying black from Africa or the West Indies. I've talked to Africans who were adamant they be classified as African or from whatever province they hailed from. Think about Charlie Theron. By definition, she's an African American. Why doesn't she identify as such?

No one outside of black people want to be called black, there is a difference.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/the-financial-consequences-of-saying-black-vs-african-american/383999/

But if it was known that “Black" people were viewed differently from “African Americans,” researchers, until now, hadn’t identified what that gap in perception was derived from. A study, to be published next month in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found that “Black” people are viewed more negatively than “African Americans” because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status. As a result, “Black” people are thought of as less competent and as having colder personalities.

What do they want to be classified as then?

Whatever country they come from. Cameroonian, Nigerian, etc. Black people are specifically American born people of African descent.

Personally I find African American wrong since we don't classify white people as European American.

[Torete 121]

It is. You keep saying black from Africa or the West Indies. I've talked to Africans who were adamant they be classified as African or from whatever province they hailed from. Think about Charlie Theron. By definition, she's an African American. Why doesn't she identify as such?

No one outside of black people want to be called black, there is a difference.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/the-financial-consequences-of-saying-black-vs-african-american/383999/

But if it was known that “Black" people were viewed differently from “African Americans,” researchers, until now, hadn’t identified what that gap in perception was derived from. A study, to be published next month in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found that “Black” people are viewed more negatively than “African Americans” because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status. As a result, “Black” people are thought of as less competent and as having colder personalities.

Whatever country they come from. Cameroonian, Nigerian, etc. Black people are specifically American born people of African descent.

Personally I find African American wrong since we don't classify white people as European American.

As do I.

In the words of Rodney King, "Can we all get along?" Sadly, it won't be in my lifetime...or ever.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Note that I said similar hardships which will of course start a debate about whether the hardships below are truly equal to slavery I'm sure, but I believe the two I mentioned as a generation are equal.

The first is Japanese Americans post 1941. They were placed in concentration camps, they had their property confiscated and they started at zero starting in 1945 whilst facing lingering racism related to war demonizing. They recovered very quickly.

The second is the Jewish population that survived genocide and then came to the US only to face antisemitism. They also recovered very quickly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

The Commission's report, titled Personal Justice Denied, found little evidence of Japanese disloyalty at the time and, concluding the incarceration had been the product of racism, recommended that the government pay reparations to the survivors. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act, which apologized for the internment on behalf of the U.S. government and authorized a payment of $20,000 to each individual camp survivor. The legislation admitted that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership."^[17] The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion in reparations to 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned and their heirs.

Looks like the US did the right thing here. But for some reason, this never applied to black people or the ones who their heirs.

Jewish people continue to thrive here. But I think this is due to having their own identity and closely knit communities. And Germany did pay them reparations and give them land.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

As do I.

In the words of Rodney King, "Can we all get along?" Sadly, it won't be in my lifetime...or ever.

I can, but I know from experience that my skin color speaks louder than my actions ever will.

What folks don't get is, all we want is to be treated like everyone else, no better or worse.