Reparations

[smilesammich 10,727]

admitting you're confused seems a good start, but in the meantime, why don't you go ahead an put in your request

Edited by TBoneTX, Today, 11:52 AM.

to change scatological term in quote

why do you always edit my comments? i didn't say anything "scatological" and i have no idea wth.

do me a favor and just delete my comments in the future if you feel the urge to alter them.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

Edited by TBoneTX, Today, 11:52 AM.

to change scatological term in quote

why do you always edit my comments? i didn't say anything "scatological" and i have no idea wth.

do me a favor and just delete my comments in the future if you feel the urge to alter them.

it wasn't about anything you said..........did you understand what this meant?

"to change scatological term in quote"

[Teddy B 17,252]

That's a big steaming pile of scatology.

[smilesammich 10,727]

it wasn't about anything you said..........did you understand what this meant?

"to change scatological term in quote"

it says tbone edited my post. it isn't about understanding "to change scatological term in quote" (what important work ya'll do) i assume jayjay used the big bad c word that is scrap without the s. which is a ridiculous reason to have a mod editing posts. so..it's about tbone keeping his grubby paws away from my posts. i'm sure he'd prefer deletion anyway.

[Mista Fantastic 13]

it says tbone edited my post. it isn't about understanding "to change scatological term in quote" (what important work ya'll do) i assume jayjay used the big bad c word that is scrap without the s. which is a ridiculous reason to have a mod editing posts. so..it's about tbone keeping his grubby paws away from my posts. i'm sure he'd prefer deletion anyway.

there's a reason i stopped regularly posting here. the mods here operate under some insane requirements. its like they think they run a forum for sesame place.

[smilesammich 10,727]

there's a reason i stopped regularly posting here. the mods here operate under some insane requirements. its like they think they run a forum for sesame place.

insane and the only constant is inconsistency.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

insane and the only constant is inconsistency.

Well i have pitched the platinum plan several time. Nobody wants the warranty until the AC goes out

[smilesammich 10,727]

Well i have pitched the platinum plan several time. Nobody wants the warranty until the AC goes out

no thanks. buying in isn't really my style, i'm more a cash out sort of girl.

[Rob L 3,811]

Well i have pitched the platinum plan several time. Nobody wants the warranty until the AC goes out

Platimum? You mean I have been slogging it out with you plebes when I could be coasting on the Platinum plan? where do I send my money?

[JayJayH 546]

a. you are confused and not a little...we should not be asking Native peoples for anything when we already stole 99% of their #### - I said Indian American, not American Indian/Native American.

b. you are trying to make this sound like some sort of redistribution of wealth. When reparations were given to Japanese interment camp survivors , it was an acknowledgement of wrongs.

c. I personally dont think that reparations will ever work based on skin color. The reparations should be an apology to the descendants of slaves. I know of no scheme to sort that out.

it is not about economic justice, it is about acknowledgement of past sins by our government

admitting you're confused seems a good start, but in the meantime, why don't you go ahead an put in your request

Help me out of confusion - Please. Again, I'm wondering why this stuff is strictly skin color related. The overall debate on the far left these days is "white people owe stuff to people of color."

Do I owe a Taiwanese or Indian American making $100,000 per year anything because I'm white?

Do they owe me something as they make about 40% more than Norwegian Americans on average?

The reasons for Asian American success are as diverse that the number of countries and ethnic groups they come from. Because the immigration growth of Asians in American since 1980 has been incredible with 74 % of all Asians in American born on foreign soil, you have to factor in self selection ( the ability for the folks with the best resources and training to choose to come to the worlds best market place) as a significant factor in any study of their success ( and kids success)

In other words ( to exaggerate the effect a bit) If you land on these shores with 500k in assets and a college education your chance of success is higher (duh). Additionally if you are coming from a relatively stable political and economic country your chances of success increase exponentially. Not all folks coming from asia fit into these group, but a larger proportion do.

Certainly this group a people have distinct attitudes toward work effort and the value of multi-generational family living, but they are also less likely to identify (14% according to Pew) as Americans and choose to identify with their country of origin. Perhaps this will change over time with the generations.

Data on self selection

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1814529?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Pew Study

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans-graphics/

Japanese Americans, many of whom are 2nd, 3rd, 4th, even 5th generation have no socioeconomic disadvantage compared to white Americans. Very few Filipino immigrants to the U.S. came with 500,000 in their pockets. Self-identified "American Americans" (typically southern and Appalachian whites) are among the poorest, least educated Americans. Again, where the left has gone bananas is in their new found fascination with race and labels.

I'm not sure whether to conclude "Asian privilege" is something white folks should go in marches to protest against.. Or whether there might be some fallacy to the notion that we live in a white supremacist nation.

Edited August 15, 2016 by JayJayH

[Boiler 45,956]

Platimum? You mean I have been slogging it out with you plebes when I could be coasting on the Platinum plan? where do I send my money?

Love Platinum, have not had my posts edited.

By invitation.

Edited August 16, 2016 by Boiler

[Jacque67 7,328]

Love Platinum, have not had my posts edited.

By invitation.

I was misled by the anodized titanium black card, also by invitation only;) sob.

[Rob L 3,811]

Help me out of confusion - Please. Again, I'm wondering why this stuff is strictly skin color related. The overall debate on the far left these days is "white people owe stuff to people of color."

Do I owe a Taiwanese or Indian American making $100,000 per year anything because I'm white?

Do they owe me something as they make about 40% more than Norwegian Americans on average?

Japanese Americans, many of whom are 2nd, 3rd, 4th, even 5th generation have no socioeconomic disadvantage compared to white Americans. Very few Filipino immigrants to the U.S. came with 500,000 in their pockets. Self-identified "American Americans" (typically southern and Appalachian whites) are among the poorest, least educated Americans. Again, where the left has gone bananas is in their new found fascination with race and labels.

I'm not sure whether to conclude "Asian privilege" is something white folks should go in marches to protest against.. Or whether there might be some fallacy to the notion that we live in a white supremacist nation.

again $500k in your pocket is more hyperbole than a typical characteristic...how have Filipinos fared financially compared to other groups? ( I really do not know)

Compared to White Americans, Asians have 20 % smaller balance sheets but much more than Blacks and Latinos.does that prove any racial/ethnic characteristic ?

Nope Are you trying to prove that some races are intrinsically the cream that rises to the top? Not provable.

The question about reparations ( which I think cannot be executed) is to answer this question:

Setting aside the Native American genocide , has any American group suffered this?

Two hundred fifty years of slavery.

Ninety years of Jim Crow.

Sixty years of separate but equal.

Thirty-five years of racist housing policy

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Love Platinum, have not had my posts edited.

By invitation.

I would also venture to bet you don't try to get around the word filter. Just a hunch

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Love Platinum, have not had my posts edited.

By invitation.

I think the sums it up nicely