Group that created list "Pitfalls of working with White People" received government funding.
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[url]http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/20/group-that-listed-pitfalls-of-working-with-white-people-received-doj-grants/[/url]
[QUOTE]An organization that published a list of 29 “Pitfalls of Working With White People” that was circulated at a diversity conference earlier this year received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Daily Caller has learned.
Beyond Diversity Resource Center, based in New Jersey, is listed as a partner organization for the White Privilege Conference which was held in Madison, Wisc. in March.
One of the “pitfalls” listed on the Center’s pamphlet, published by the website Progressives Today, is that white people “ask stupid questions”.
The diversity group, which claims that it “works to build a society that honors individuals because of their cultural differences”, wrote on the pamphlet that whites “benefit financially off the backs of people of color.”
White people “are arrogant”, they “say something stupid” and “get too friendly too fast,” the diversity center’s pamphlet claims.
The organization has published several books on diversity and racism including “The Anti-Racist Cookbook” and “The Great White Elephant”.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The White Privilege Conference, which partnered with the Beyond Diversity group, has been exposed recently for some of the statements made by conference attendees.
[I]“The longer you are in the tea party, the more racist you become,”[/I] said one speaker at the conference, whose statements were captured by conservatives outlets who infiltrated the event.[/QUOTE]
Ok.
Are they really that stupid, or are they trying to make a point of some sort?
your links are broken btw
Neither link leads to the article it seems.
bunch of goddamned peckewoods all of them fucking honkeys
also yer links r broke
Working sources
[url]http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/20/group-that-listed-pitfalls-of-working-with-white-people-received-doj-grants/[/url]
[url]http://www.progressivestoday.com/radical-group-that-listed-pitfalls-of-working-with-white-people-received-over-550k-in-doj-grants/[/url]
[quote]“The longer you are in the tea party, the more racist you become,” said one speaker at the conference,[/quote]
This is literally true though?
jeez white people get offended easy
why can't they take a joke
this is political correctness gone mad
This such a phony outrage, getting upset over a single (somewhat tounge-in-cheek, from the sound of it) pamphlet circulated by a sizable organization on the grounds that the US government has given that organization money. Even if someone is adamant that the baby needs to be thrown out with the bathwater with regards to this group, there are a million more far more egregious uses of taxpayer money to get up into arms about (like the 1.5 TRILLION dollars spent on a fighter jet [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDSiwqM2nw"]that can't do anything[/URL]) but getting white people offended about what minorities are doing is a a much, much more effective way of drumming up ad revenue on your news website.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;44877082]jeez white people get offended easy
why can't they take a joke
this is political correctness gone mad[/QUOTE]
No, this group is fucking retarded.
[quote]The diversity group, which claims that it “works to build a society that honors individuals because of their cultural differences”[/quote]
[quote]White people “are arrogant”,[/quote]
[quote] they “say something stupid"[/quote]
[quote]and “get too friendly too fast,”[/quote]
[quote]is that white people “ask stupid questions”.[/quote]
A group that claims to honor individuals for their cultural differences yet at the same it happily stereotypes white people in a very negative way.
The entire list can just be pinned on any one person regardless of skin color. I know enough a lot of people with other skin color than white (and also a bunch of whites) where parts of that list fit in.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;44877163]No, this group is fucking retarded.
A group that claims to honor individuals for their cultural differences yet at the same it happily stereotypes white people in a very negative way.[/QUOTE]
I just think it's funny how fp always complains about people getting offended easily, except when it's white people/men on the other end
it's especially the case on wacko conservative sites, like the only sources listed here
case in point: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1394602&p=44840757&viewfull=1#post44840757[/url]
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[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;44877163]
A group that claims to honor individuals for their cultural differences yet at the same it happily stereotypes white people in a very negative way.[/QUOTE]
No, haven't you heard you can't be racist towards white people?
Remember when it was about being equal? Yeah we should totally work to do a new civil rights movement because speculation of things I heard on the internet.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;44877163]No, this group is fucking retarded.
A group that claims to honor individuals for their cultural differences yet at the same it happily stereotypes white people in a very negative way.[/QUOTE]
Well first off let's establish that you're not reading the pamphlet yourself, you're reading a bunch of out-of-context quotes as relayed through a news article structured to induce outrage.
That's the thing I've noticed, there is absolutely no limit to the credulity which white people and the news media can have when appraising the intent of the words and actions of minority members. Stephen Colbert (or an intern of his, at least) can pretend to say something racist to satirize racists and everybody gives the statement the benefit of a doubt and acknowledges the irony or sarcasm behind what was said but then when people read partial-quotes from a pamphlet from a diversity group relayed second hand they instantly assume that it's all 100 percent serious and intended in complete bad faith to denigrate all white people.
I think I'm more offended that "White Privilege Conference" is a thing.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;44877213]I just think it's funny how fp always complains about people getting offended easily, except when it's white people/men on the other end
it's especially the case on wacko conservative sites, like the only sources listed here
case in point: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1394602&p=44840757&viewfull=1#post44840757[/url]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8COLvl3.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I don't think people here are really offended. More like "why is this a thing and why does it get funding?".
why is this a thing and what was the funding for
[QUOTE=Kljunas;44877416]I don't think people here are really offended. More like "why is this a thing and why does it get funding?".[/QUOTE]
the entire reason people are upset about the funding is because they joked about white people
e.g.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;44877163]No, this group is fucking retarded.
A group that claims to honor individuals for their cultural differences yet at the same it happily stereotypes white people in a very negative way.[/QUOTE]
also the comments in the sources are all complaining about racism
I'd really like to point out that calling someone a person of color is pretty fucking stupid, every single person in the world's skin color is somewhere on the color spectrum, I'm a person of color too you know, I'm white.
[QUOTE=jokoman;44877712]I'd really like to point out that calling someone a person of color is pretty fucking stupid, every single person in the world's skin color is somewhere on the color spectrum, I'm a person of color too you know, I'm white.[/QUOTE]
what kind of complaint is this
it's a specific term about specific people (everyone who isn't white) that's been around for a very long time
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;44877710]the entire reason people are upset about the funding is because they joked about white people
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So if they are joking why do they deserve federal funding?
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;44877778]So if they are joking why do they deserve federal funding?[/QUOTE]
I never said anything about any groups deserving funding
I'm just saying that fp and conservative sites can be really hypocritical
you can't complain about political correctness and people being offended one second then act offended and cry racism as soon as white people are joked about
one speaker at the conference said that racism didn't exist before 1681
man would they be sore if they found out about my favourite medieval arab scholar Ibn Khaldun
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;44877234]Well first off let's establish that you're not reading the pamphlet yourself, you're reading a bunch of out-of-context quotes as relayed through a news article structured to induce outrage.
That's the thing I've noticed, there is absolutely no limit to the credulity which white people and the news media can have when appraising the intent of the words and actions of minority members. Stephen Colbert (or an intern of his, at least) can pretend to say something racist to satirize racists and everybody gives the statement the benefit of a doubt and acknowledges the irony or sarcasm behind what was said but then when people read partial-quotes from a pamphlet from a diversity group relayed second hand they instantly assume that it's all 100 percent serious and intended in complete bad faith to denigrate all white people.[/QUOTE]
Is this bit of information painting a better picture of the kind of conference this was?
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44877814]one speaker at the conference said that racism didn't exist before 1681
man would they be sore if they found out about my favourite medieval arab scholar Ibn Khaldun[/QUOTE]
Remember kids, it's only racism if it's white people oppressing colored folk!
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;44877767]what kind of complaint is this
it's a specific term about specific people (everyone who isn't white) that's been around for a very long time[/QUOTE]
Of course it is, and it's obviously stupid, I'm as colored as everyone else on this planet, the only way you could possibly be a person of color, is to have green, purple, or some other outrageous color,
[QUOTE=jokoman;44877838]Of course it is, and it's obviously stupid, I'm as colored as everyone else on this planet, the only way you could possibly be a person of color, is to have green, purple, or some other outrageous color,[/QUOTE]
you're taking it way too literally
[QUOTE=jokoman;44877838]Of course it is, and it's obviously stupid, I'm as colored as everyone else on this planet, the only way you could possibly be a person of color, is to have green, purple, or some other outrageous color,[/QUOTE]
we should use a new term, like "coloured person"
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;44877778]So if they are joking why do they deserve federal funding?[/QUOTE]
Does having a sense of humor when discussing racism and privilege mean that everything they have to say is automatically made invalid?
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;44877832]Is this bit of information painting a better picture of the kind of conference this was?[/QUOTE]
What does this even mean? Are you asking me to wonder if the presence of this pamphlet indicates that this was secretly a meeting of white-hating minorities? No, I don't think it does...
i am a white cis male and i am a terrible person
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;44877912]
What does this even mean? Are you asking me to wonder if the presence of this pamphlet indicates that this was secretly a meeting of white-hating minorities? No, I don't think it does...[/QUOTE]
Was referring to Sobotnik's bit of info about the kind of conference this was.
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