Party trumps Racism?

[CHIZZY]

how about generations of victim mentality? If all you knew was "it\'s whitey\'s fault", then what would motivate you?

[Paul2]

In my opinion,

why the poor are still poor may have to do with that their parents are poor to begins with.  Say if you come from a poor family, you have a higher chances of being poor in the future as you grow to adulthood and have a job.

Part of it have to do with upbringing, poor neighborhood, and dangerous and dirty place they lived in.  Also, if your parents graduate high school or college, than their kids have a higher chances of graduating hs and college too in the future.

I believe it\'s more challenging for poor kids to be successful than middle class and rich kids because of the place they were raise.  This apply to all races, not just one specific race.

[CHIZZY]

I grew up poor. We were denied welfare (which was a last-ditch effort, as my father refused to do it until we had no choice. This was in 1980, when he was laid off from GM for 5 years...) What did we do? we raised chickens and traded them to other local farmers for cabbage and milk and corn, etc. We didn\'t steal things from people.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by CHIZZY
I grew up poor. We were denied welfare (which was a last-ditch effort, as my father refused to do it until we had no choice. This was in 1980, when he was laid off from GM for 5 years...) What did we do? we raised chickens and traded them to other local farmers for cabbage and milk and corn, etc. We didn\'t steal things from people.

I pimped you out and you made lots of money that way.

[clips]

Originally posted by hyper
I don\'t think that\'s true. That black people perceive they are at a unique disadvantage is what holds them back. Racism applies to all minorities. Nothing prevents a black student from acing the SATs, climbing up the GPA ladder, or writing good college essays. He has only to judge where his priorities lie and apply the drive. It may be harder for black people to attain the highest positions in his chosen profession, as it is for all minorities, but that does not explain their poor performance in education. You did not want to discuss this clips, and I know as an outsider I may be making unqualified assumptions, so I apologize in advance.

chizz, hyper and paul....like i stated earlier this has been done a million times there\'s a thread floatin\' around here about what bill cosby said about afri americans..and for the most part he\'s right. i don\'t blame the white man for holdin us back and i also stated it\'s possible for afri americans to be succesful...as far as poor test grades that applies to the individual and this is across the board....you make it sound as if the majority of afri americans get poor test scores....all i\'m sayin is that racism still exists and even when you have that degree it will always be twice as hard for african americans...that\'s just a fact...i\'ve mentioned in another thread that some afri americans need to stop depending on the gov\'t for everything and get off their ass and get a job....some people are just lazy period whether they\'re black or white...

White ppl don\'t understand shit about black people. All they do is judge off of stereotypes. They know nothing. They get a couple of black friends and think they can relate to any black person.

All white ppl do is judge and sterotype. It\'s a shame. And sellout has nothing to do with being successful. It\'s more on the line where clips is coming from. It\'s the one\'s that act like they are so much better than those that are from when they came from.

You say do the math. You do the fucking math. Just because you live in a suburban nieghborhood you think that there aren\'t millions of poor white trash living off food stamps? GTFOH pisses me off the way some ppl talk about culture of people they don\'t know shit about.

[Evi]

White ppl don\'t understand shit about black people. All they do is judge off of stereotypes. They know nothing. They get a couple of black friends and think they can relate to any black person.

Blanket statements don\'t help arguements.

All white ppl do is judge and sterotype. It\'s a shame.

You\'re creating a stereotype. Again...blanket statement.


I do understand the ignorance that\'s bothering you though. I see it every day. :/


Times have changed. I still can\'t believe things were the way they were back in the days of Rosa Parks...and it\'s sad to see that ignorant racist fucks are still running rampant in our society. I remember when I was walkin\' with my buddy, and this old guy screamed at my friend "get out my neighborhood you damn nigger". We then proceeded to throw rocks at his windows...and then we ran to his house to play some video games. Fun times, I tell ya. We had to walk by his house every day because it was on the path. It sucked. A lot of racist shit happened in my high school too, and when I moved Senior year, there was a lot of racism against Native Americans. I just can\'t believe some of the stuff I hear people say to each other.

GTFOH pisses me off the way some ppl talk about culture of people they don\'t know shit about.

I know what you mean. My dad is surprised how offended I am whenever there\'s some sort of racial comment made by someone. If his friends say something, I get up in there face about it...I don\'t care how much older they are than me, they\'re being stupid asses.

some people are just lazy period whether they\'re black or white...

That\'s what a lot of people seem to forget, unfortunately. Some people just don\'t know any better.

Quddus, you say whites don\'t know shit about blacks but I\'m sure you have the whites perfectly figured out.  I\'m also sure you\'re never racist towards white people.  See where I\'m going with this?