[QUOTE=.Lain;47939388]more like body dismorphic disorder in action?[/QUOTE]
-I misunderstood-
[QUOTE=Tone Float;47938987][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/BenJealous.jpg[/img]
Benjamin Jealous was an earlier NAACP president.
Why do they pick presidents that look white as fuck?[/QUOTE]
It's not like the NAACP was originally or ever a completely black people organization
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Founders_of_the_NAACP.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;47939646]If [b]black[/b] neighborhoods didn't look like the heart of [b]darkness[/b], I suspect a lot of the racial prejudice in the South would start to fade.[/QUOTE]
Is that a pun or am I a horrible person?
[QUOTE=Laputa;47939815]Are you really saying transracialism is a thing[/QUOTE]
Funny thing actually. Last week, Rush Limbaugh got a call from a dude claiming to be Trans racial, from white to black. The dude could've been pulling Rush's leg, but he really took it in stride.
[QUOTE=Laputa;47939815]Are you really saying transracialism is a thing or am I missing something[/QUOTE]
no
bdd doesnt imply anything other than being cognitively upset with how you look
just saying there's more to it than wanting to be special. obviously this isn't something you do in a healthy mental state
[QUOTE=Zyler;47939869]Is that a pun or am I a horrible person?[/QUOTE]
It's a reference about Conrad's Heart of Darkness novel where a white man takes up a role captaining a steamboat down the Congo river during African colonial times. The narrator describes his journey down the cannibalistic areas of the African interior and notes the stark cruelty of both his dutch superiors and the natives, comparing how they each have their different forms of savagery.
So yeah, your observation is way less racist than the intended joke :v:
[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;47939646]Maybe where you live, but here in the South a lot of black neighborhoods are like desolate, crime-ridden wastelands. If black neighborhoods didn't look like the heart of darkness, I suspect a lot of the racial prejudice in the South would start to fade.[/QUOTE]
There's a reason for that, you know. American ghettos were created through racist social action on a large scale, not as a result of black people being unable to function in a productive manner. The reason they continue to exist is just the same. People think that ghettos are a "black" problem, when the reality is that they are primarily an economic and social problem. If we as a society pulled together to bolster the local economies of these areas, pumping money into improved education systems, security, local businesses, social projects, and general beautification and comfort of the areas, they would begin pulling out of their nosedives. Unfortunately, because so many people view the situation in ghettos as being primarily an issue with black people somehow being naturally predisposed to crime and gangs (essentially: just blaming "black culture" for a problem that was created by society as a whole), it is unlikely that American ghettos will see such attention on a large enough scale to affect major change any time soon.
It's a chicken and the egg scenario. Reversing the decay of ghettos would improve race relations, but because race relations are so bad there isn't enough call to improve ghettos.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;47938860]Did you actually read the source
She's been masquerading as a black person for a while and even her parents had to point out she was making shit up. People aren't attacking her character out of spite, they're pointing out the obvious lies she's been saying.[/QUOTE]
More like she identifies more with black people, as he has had black siblings and been around black people. Who cares? It does not hurt anything does not change who she as a person... It's like attacking someone who is man but identifies as a woman (maybe an extreme example).
This shit doesn't even need to be news, to me it looks like butthurt parents. And if I understand correctly there is legal litigation between her and her family.
Then with he position in question, it comes off as she only got the position because she was known as a black person, rather then her qualifications.
BDA, you're describing Gentrification. When that happens, it's seen as a threat to their communities.
Meanwhile, twitter is ripping her apart on the #AskRachel hashtag
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Z13vnlB.png[/IMG]
Finally another Transraccoon! Now I feel more properly represented in society.
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[QUOTE=Nikota;47940653]BDA, you're describing Gentrification. When that happens, it's seen as a threat to their communities.[/QUOTE]
Obviously I gave an oversimplified explanation of the problem. Setting aside the specific policies that are needed for a moment, the ultimate goal here needs to be producing programs and policies that make upward mobility much more realistic across the country. In today's environment, being born poor usually means [I]staying[/I] poor. This is especially true for minorities. I'm not trying to propose that wealthy people come in and rebuild the ghettos for themselves, I'm trying to say that we need to empower the lower classes with the tools, resources, and help needed to improve things from the ground up.
In my opinion, some of the more specific actions we need to consider in order to achieve this goal include restructuring our predatory healthcare and insurance system, tossing away financial policies that fund public school facilities based on performance, placing a greater emphasis on training our police forces in public relations and community outreach, rethinking our lower-level judicial system so that it is more fair and efficient and less focused on simply raising revenues from fines and petty criminal charges, and re-imagining our "War on Drugs," to name a few things. That's only the tip of the iceberg. This is a huge issue. For the time being, the first and most crucial step towards fighting poverty is for people to simply accept that [I]things need to be done,[/I] and racism is a huge roadblock towards that effort. Prejudice and ignorance causes people to draw unfair and inaccurate links between race and crime, completely ignoring the much more important link: [I]POVERTY[/I] and crime. This leads to the real problems being swept under the rug, because it's easier to blame black people than it is to accept that there's something deeply wrong with the way that this country treats its economic lower class.
Prejudice and poverty feed on each other. Reducing prejudice will help reduce poverty. Reducing poverty will help reduce prejudice. That's the point I've been trying to make.
[QUOTE=draugur;47940942]Finally another Transraccoon! Now I feel more properly represented in society.[/QUOTE]
i love subtle racism
[QUOTE=.Lain;47941836]i love subtle racism[/QUOTE]
It's a reference to that LMAO pics post.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;47939999]There's a reason for that, you know. American ghettos were created through racist social action on a large scale, not as a result of black people being unable to function in a productive manner. The reason they continue to exist is just the same. People think that ghettos are a "black" problem, when the reality is that they are primarily an economic and social problem. If we as a society pulled together to bolster the local economies of these areas, pumping money into improved education systems, security, local businesses, social projects, and general beautification and comfort of the areas, they would begin pulling out of their nosedives. Unfortunately, because so many people view the situation in ghettos as being primarily an issue with black people somehow being naturally predisposed to crime and gangs (essentially: just blaming "black culture" for a problem that was created by society as a whole), it is unlikely that American ghettos will see such attention on a large enough scale to affect major change any time soon.
It's a chicken and the egg scenario. Reversing the decay of ghettos would improve race relations, but because race relations are so bad there isn't enough call to improve ghettos.[/QUOTE]
And people don't undertand why Reagan is so hated by inner city denizens.
[editline]12th June 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Nikota;47940653]BDA, you're describing Gentrification. When that happens, it's seen as a threat to their communities.[/QUOTE]
What happened in New York and Chicago in the 60s was not gentrification and neither is what happened to properties after Katrina.
[QUOTE=kilerabv;47941884]It's a reference to that LMAO pics post.[/QUOTE]
a subtly racist lmao pics post
[QUOTE=kilerabv;47941884]It's a reference to that LMAO pics post.[/QUOTE]
great
[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;47939646]Maybe where you live, but here in the South a lot of black neighborhoods are like desolate, crime-ridden wastelands. If black neighborhoods didn't look like the heart of darkness, I suspect a lot of the racial prejudice in the South would start to fade.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what south you live in but here in south mississippi the black neighborhoods look just like the white neighborhoods
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.445691,-88.87545,3a,75y,143.43h,76.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shmsQBKdbATdOfPr-Yt5EAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
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[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429774,-88.975499,3a,75y,165.46h,62.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXgbgU3teG_JD4rlH8Mgd7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.41018,-88.902093,3a,75y,155.73h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbGX4myVydHzMM3FrmWbQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429452,-88.959976,3a,75y,345.89h,65.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbkrCbMEbsv86OA2Mslf3Dw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
bet you can't guess which is which
before you accuse me of cherry picking, that's my own neighborhood, my cousin's neighborhood, and 3 of my best friends' neighborhoods
[QUOTE=butre;47942367]I don't know what south you live in but here in south mississippi the black neighborhoods look just like the white neighborhoods
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.445691,-88.87545,3a,75y,143.43h,76.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shmsQBKdbATdOfPr-Yt5EAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.478571,-88.94502,3a,75y,199.84h,72.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scL6Kx2owxPR7MmeNG8bm3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429774,-88.975499,3a,75y,165.46h,62.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXgbgU3teG_JD4rlH8Mgd7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.41018,-88.902093,3a,75y,155.73h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbGX4myVydHzMM3FrmWbQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429452,-88.959976,3a,75y,345.89h,65.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbkrCbMEbsv86OA2Mslf3Dw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
bet you can't guess which is which
before you accuse me of cherry picking, that's my own neighborhood, my cousin's neighborhood, and 3 of my best friends' neighborhoods[/QUOTE]
Its almost as if your income-bracket matters more than your race, sex or religion.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;47942395]Its almost as if your income-bracket matters more than your race, sex or religion.[/QUOTE]
2 of the 5 are income based housing, 1 is low rent and the remaining two are middle class.
[editline]12th June 2015[/editline]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.431411,-88.977311,3a,75y,154h,74.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUQDQY56fQ4xi4-vJaEEbGA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
here's the neighborhood two of my rich friends live in.
hint, neither of them are white
[QUOTE=butre;47942367]I don't know what south you live in but here in south mississippi the black neighborhoods look just like the white neighborhoods
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.445691,-88.87545,3a,75y,143.43h,76.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shmsQBKdbATdOfPr-Yt5EAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.478571,-88.94502,3a,75y,199.84h,72.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scL6Kx2owxPR7MmeNG8bm3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429774,-88.975499,3a,75y,165.46h,62.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXgbgU3teG_JD4rlH8Mgd7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.41018,-88.902093,3a,75y,155.73h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbGX4myVydHzMM3FrmWbQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429452,-88.959976,3a,75y,345.89h,65.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbkrCbMEbsv86OA2Mslf3Dw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
bet you can't guess which is which
before you accuse me of cherry picking, that's my own neighborhood, my cousin's neighborhood, and 3 of my best friends' neighborhoods[/QUOTE]
Well, in a lot of neighborhoods of the past, things were segregated so non-Whites always got the short end of the stick. They got forced into shitty housing simply because they were actually denied entry into the nicer housing.
For the most part, that isn't occurring in places like my city. However, because that was practiced in the past and the people are already in their "designated" areas, minorities have a harder time getting out of the rut they inherited.
The reason this isn't universally true is because some places are more progressive and fortunate than others. Inheritance of wealth is also the major component.
[QUOTE=kilerabv;47941884]It's a reference to that LMAO pics post.[/QUOTE]
that makes it not racist
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;47938570]So why do we even still need the NAACP?[/QUOTE]
The fact that even the NAACP can't get a black leader might be an indication...
(That was mostly snark, there's no indication that this woman has done anything but good work from what I've been able to find)
[QUOTE=Zeke129;47942619]The fact that even the NAACP can't get a black leader might be an indication...[/QUOTE]
Factoring in somebodies race when choosing to employ them is racist.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;47942619]The fact that even the NAACP can't get a black leader might be an indication...
(That was mostly snark, there's no indication that this woman has done anything but good work from what I've been able to find)[/QUOTE]
When you have to explain you're joking, it's a bad joke.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47942677]When you have to explain you're joking, it's a bad joke.[/QUOTE]
Uhhh
I was clarifying that I wasn't attempting to insult this woman, not that it was a joke.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47942677]When you have to explain you're joking, it's a bad joke.[/QUOTE]
that's not true. some people are dumb as fuck and have no humour
[QUOTE=butre;47942367]I don't know what south you live in but here in south mississippi the black neighborhoods look just like the white neighborhoods
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.445691,-88.87545,3a,75y,143.43h,76.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shmsQBKdbATdOfPr-Yt5EAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.478571,-88.94502,3a,75y,199.84h,72.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scL6Kx2owxPR7MmeNG8bm3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429774,-88.975499,3a,75y,165.46h,62.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXgbgU3teG_JD4rlH8Mgd7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.41018,-88.902093,3a,75y,155.73h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbGX4myVydHzMM3FrmWbQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/@30.429452,-88.959976,3a,75y,345.89h,65.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbkrCbMEbsv86OA2Mslf3Dw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/url]
bet you can't guess which is which
before you accuse me of cherry picking, that's my own neighborhood, my cousin's neighborhood, and 3 of my best friends' neighborhoods[/QUOTE]
I think even Albania has better roads than that.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;47942712]I think even Albania has better roads than that.[/QUOTE]
the main roads are better. they very rarely repave roads in residential areas around here.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47942498]Well, in a lot of neighborhoods of the past, things were segregated so non-Whites always got the short end of the stick. They got forced into shitty housing simply because they were actually denied entry into the nicer housing.
For the most part, that isn't occurring in places like my city. However, because that was practiced in the past and the people are already in their "designated" areas, minorities have a harder time getting out of the rut they inherited.
The reason this isn't universally true is because some places are more progressive and fortunate than others. Inheritance of wealth is also the major component.[/QUOTE]
It's not just pre-civil rights conditions we need to consider, either. Ghettos as we know them in the US started forming during the mid and late 1900's, with much of the worst damage done during and after the civil rights movement.
In a nutshell, de-industrialization set the stage by hurting the economy and making urban residential areas less attractive for wealthy families. Weakened the foundations, so to speak. Then, MLK did his groove thang, and emboldened black Americans began moving into those urban areas, because despite the economy having taken a downturn, these were nice and central places that had previously been off-limits to them.
White people and housing boards weren't allowed to kick folks out based on their skin color anymore, but racism was fresh and strong, and they certainly didn't want to live next to black people if they could help it. So, as new black people moved in, the established white people moved out. As they did, they took their businesses and economic power with them, dealing a fatal blow to the already damaged local economies. White Flight, "there goes the neighborhood." Property values plummeted, businesses died, jobs dwindled. The economy was shattered and poverty set in.
And we already know what poverty brings. Desperation. Crime, drugs, violence, prostitution, gangs, you name it. When people have nothing, they'll resort to whatever they need to do to get theirs. After a while, it becomes a self-fulfilling cycle.
That's why most ghettos are in cities, and usually in or around old industrial areas, or the suburbs bordering them. That's what's up with Saint Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, etc. Fixing these problems requires a huge and unified effort, because once things have been allowed to fall as hard as East Saint Louis and the like, they are long past the point of any hope of a natural economic recovery.
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