Remind me again how many threads @TigerRagRob has started that don't have to do with Trans issues? Dude, you need help.
Wait we are comparing one community who was not part of mass slavery, jim crow laws, mass segregation and red lining but did start to immigrate to the US after these issues were resolved?The story you relate and the example you give seem to be completely unrelated. The problem your friend points out is not that he or others couldn't get into college. It was that they never try. THAT is the problem. Did he need an exception to get in school? Is that what lead to his success? It doesn't sound like it, but maybe I am wrong.
It seems the problem in the black community is much more desire/motivation rather than opportunity, based both on your friends account and general knowledge. The focus needs to be on motivating people to be the best they can be rather than settling for the govt to pay for their food/housing/etc and accepting a substandard life of merely existing.
As for the racial inequity, it has and certainly still does exist to a lesser degree. However, I think that is used to often as an excuse, when it is not really the reason.
How do you explain the greater relative success of the hispanic community? Certainly they have no advantages. The majority of their ancestors were not even here generations ago. They have no accumulated family wealth, property, etc. Yet the crime rate among that group is significantly less and income is significantly higher.
One last point to make itt. The country is always changing from what it used to be.
@scotchtiger which exact era is it you want the USA to stay permanently stuck in?
You said Kamala's politics are a "threat to America as we know." Your exact words. As I pointed out, America is always becoming different from what previous generations knew. That's the natural evolution of a free society. In 1864 you'd have been arguing that all these changes people want are a threat to the America as know. Ditto 1821, 1932, or 1958.When did I say that I want us stuck in an era?
Not @scotchtiger but I’ll answerOne last point to make itt. The country is always changing from what it used to be.
@scotchtiger which exact era is it you want the USA to stay permanently stuck in?
You said Kamala's politics are a "threat to America as we know." Your exact words.
What is threatened? What are trying to preserve, or conserve, as it were?
I don't disagree with that. But he last part is the key. The social situation. In large part, it is the black community that is damaging the black community. There needs to be encouragement within the community for people to do better. To tell them they can do better.If you have never seen it represented for you as a possibility, you don't know that it is.
It's very hard for us to understand this since as a White,Middle Class. Christian, Man, I've never faced any discrimination or barrier to entry for myself. I have never lacked for role models to represent my options. Representation matters.
I never faced Jim Crow or redlining. We have to admit that African Americans still experience the effects of Slavery and Racism. I didn't do any of it, nor did my family, but it's dishonest to act as if I don't have more opportunities and open doors due to my race and social situation.
Okay, appreciate you answering honestly. But you know that's not possible, right? It is not possible to stay stuck in any particular time period if a free society. It can't be done.
Jesus never mind. If you ever want to get serious, I'm right here.The fact that "where you end up" should be based on ability, talent, merit, achievement, etc within the bounds of equal opportunity. We should not shift to a state-supported model (ie more entitlements, more government programs, which democrats support), a model that somehow penalizes or restricts achievement (everyone should end up in the same place...), etc.
We can continue to grow as a country while maintaining core principles like personal responsibility, individual achievement, unlimited possibility and the opportunity to pursue the American Dream (not a guarantee of realizing it).
Well, the long held argument is that white people have built in advantages due to the opportunities their ancestors received that black ancestors did not even if both technically have the same opportunity today since there are no longer legal limitations based on being black like jim crowe, mass segregation, etc. You can expand the argument to current racism if you like. I don't know any white nationalist, but I would assume that thinking the white race is the superior race does not include a love of hispanics.Wait we are comparing one community who was not part of mass slavery, jim crow laws, mass segregation and red lining but did start to immigrate to the US after these issues were resolved?
What a long winded response that everyone sees as saying "pull yourself up by your bootstraps".
Similar to the bondage of slavery? What are some of the similarities?Well, the long held argument is that white people have built in advantages due to the opportunities their ancestors received that black ancestors did not even if both technically have the same opportunity today since there are no longer legal limitations based on being black like jim crowe, mass segregation, etc. You can expand the argument to current racism if you like. I don't know any white nationalist, but I would assume that thinking the white race is the superior race does not include a love of hispanics.
My point being that people in those groups now. particularly the last few generations, have similar disadvantaged starting points(not being white) and disparate outcomes. Tell me what inherent advantages you think the hispanic community has NOW over the black community? How is their starting point more advantageous?
I don't disagree with that. But he last part is the key. The social situation. In large part, it is the black community that is damaging the black community. There needs to be encouragement within the community for people to do better. To tell them they can do better.
Also, it's hard to argue there are no successful black people. I don't think I have ever been in a town where there are no successful, educated black people. There are examples no matter where you live. More in some areas, for sure. How many kids go through school and never see a black teacher/guidance counselor/administrator? Particularly schools with large minority populations. Would more examples help? Sure it would, but to say they have no examples or reason to believe it is possible is disingenuous.
Care to address the difference between the black and hispanic communities? Do you think the hispanic community has some generational wealth/privilege advantage? If so, what is it? If not, why the disparate outcomes?
Okay fine but other than that?One difference is that the Hispanics came here by choice, in most situations to avoid Death at home. Africans.....
And my middle class....for lack of better classification......relatives in England and Germany are quite happy with their socio economic lives.And so will expansion of entitlements, government dependence, focus on everyone "ending up in the same place" and the general societal view from the left's nominee. I see that as a major threat to the America we know.
Fun story. I was in Europe last week and spent time with folks from a couple of different EU countries. I know them well, we spent a lot of time together, out for drinks, etc. They were quite clear that the EU model of state support impacts their level of motivation, risk taking and general approach to work. There is also significantly less ability to materially improve your station in life (ie you may move from middle class to upper middle, but that's about it).
Sure tell her that, or better yet just keep telling yourself that. I guess she was crying because she's happy in your mind?She isn't suffering. Jesus Christ, grow up. The only person I'm laughing at is you.
Holocaust victims suffered. Ukrainian citizens are suffering right now. Suffering traumatizes people, often for lifeSure tell her that, or better yet just keep telling yourself that. I guess she was crying because she's happy in your mind?
I am talking about black and hispanic people that are alive. Is that not what we were talking about? Opportunities for people that are, you know, alive right now? Not sure why I have to spell it out, but what advantages do hispanic people have over black people that are currently living?One difference is that the Hispanics came here by choice, in most situations to avoid Death at home. Africans.....
my side lives it also moron. Do you think we live on a different planet? Your side doesnt acknowledge that they are the cause of it all. My side ended slavery, my side pushed the civil rights act. My side isnt Republican, its conservative. Im a Reagan Democrat. From the 60's thru the 90's there was a large number of conservative Democrats. They got push out of the Democrat Party after the 1994 election and into the Republican party. Thats when the big switch really happen. Now its the Republicans that are the party of the blue collar and the Democrats the party of the wealthy. The fact you acknowledge something and do nothing to fix what you did is even a bigger crime...But hey you still can just keep projecting like always. After all you only acknowledge the struggle once every 4 years...I've never once tried to claim I know the struggle. The difference between my side and yours is that we acknowledge it.
I have specifically said people living NOW. Either you can't read or are being intentionally obtuse to avoid answering the question.Similar to the bondage of slavery? What are some of the similarities?
All of this, and any like ethos, is reverse engineered to sound like something other than what it really is.
No just pointing out your hatred of women...Also why do you hate trans people so much? Every time somebody talks about a pedo story you claim its trans...Remind me again how many threads @TigerRagRob has started that don't have to do with Trans issues? Dude, you need help.
You can't separate the past from the present in a vacuum. I'm ignoring it because it's just as racist drivel the 4th time you said it as it was the first time.I have specifically said people living NOW. Either you can't read or are being intentionally obtuse to avoid answering the question.
I do when I talk to magas & maga sympathizers.my side lives it also moron. Do you think we live on a different planet? Your side doesnt acknowledge that they are the cause of it all. My side ended slavery, my side pushed the civil rights act. My side isnt Republican, its conservative. Im a Reagan Democrat. From the 60's thru the 90's there was a large number of conservative Democrats. They got push out of the Democrat Party after the 1994 election and into the Republican party. Thats when the big switch really happen. Now its the Republicans that are the party of the blue collar and the Democrats the party of the wealthy. The fact you acknowledge something and do nothing to fix what you did is even a bigger crime...But hey you still can just keep projecting like always. After all you only acknowledge the struggle once every 4 years...
Like I said, when you know you are full of it and have no logical argument, you just resort to name calling bc that's all you have. I expect nothing less from someone like you.You can't separate the past from the present in a vacuum. I'm ignoring it because it's just as racist drivel the 4th time you said it as it was the first time.
Tell me next that the civil war was only about states rights.Like I said, when you know you are full of it and have no logical argument, you just resort to name calling bc that's all you have. I expect nothing less from someone like you.
No just pointing out your hatred of women...Also why do you hate trans people so much? Every time somebody talks about a pedo story you claim its trans...
I am talking about black and hispanic people that are alive. Is that not what we were talking about? Opportunities for people that are, you know, alive right now? Not sure why I have to spell it out, but what advantages do hispanic people have over black people that are currently living?
Give me a specific example of that impact on current populations here.Their families and entire history is dictated by the way they got here. To act as if Slavery and then Jim Crow doesn't have lasting impact is really naive.
Give me a specific example of that impact on current populations here.
That was not the discussion we were having. Slavery unquestionably played a huge role in the civil war.Tell me next that the civil war was only about states rights.
So do you want to acknowledge at all that this boxer is actually a cisfemale from birth? Or are you just going to keep being horrible in every conceivable.No just pointing out your hatred of women...Also why do you hate trans people so much? Every time somebody talks about a pedo story you claim its trans...
Jim crowe laws no longer exist. How is this a disadvantage compared to the hispanic community? Do they both not have the same opportunity for home ownership now? Did the hispanic community somehow benefit from jim crowe laws?I did. Jim Crow laws. Redlining. The practice of redlining has had massive impact on African Americans by denying them the chance to own a home. Hone ownership is the single best way to get a family out of poverty.
🤣 and here come the questionsJim crowe laws no longer exist. How is this a disadvantage compared to the hispanic community? Do they both not have the same opportunity for home ownership? Did the hispanic community somehow benefit from jim crowe laws?
Jim crowe laws no longer exist. How is this a disadvantage compared to the hispanic community? Do they both not have the same opportunity for home ownership now? Did the hispanic community somehow benefit from jim crowe laws?
So do you want to acknowledge at all that this boxer is actually a cisfemale from birth? Or are you just going to keep being horrible in every conceivable.
Alright, that was pretty vitriolic. I'm not perfect.
All that article does is address differences from WHITE people. Not for nothing, many of the areas included in the study probably had a significant % of hispanic population as well. Which further supports my assertion.Read the article/study I linked. Are you just willfully trying to ignore facts?
Also, why are you comparing those two communities? Why not Asian Americans, Why not Indian Americans?
All that article does is address differences from WHITE people. Not for nothing, many of the areas included in the study probably had a significant % of hispanic population as well. Which further supports my assertion.
We could easily use other communities like Asian communities, but he outcomes would be even more disparate. I chose the hispanic community bc the majority of that community came here with nothing and would have no advantage of possible generation favoritism/wealth that white people have. Yet they still seem to do vastly better despite not having any built in advantage over the black community that the white community enjoys.
Wokeness / leftwing liberal's have now push biological women back as 2nd class.
They're weirdWeird take in a case about a biological women. She is intersex and has both chromosomes. This isn't some choice she made.