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We use fake news all the time.

I remember when we were about to invade Iraq ABC news said "Hussein could be arming nuclear weapons"

I thought to myself, yah, and he could be jacking off as well.

marcus says

Implicit bias against Black Americans can cause small behaviors, like clutching one’s purse when a particular type of young man walks by, like imagining oneself in danger just because of the color of the folks around

That's called common sense.

Macropodia says

Can we please get back to Ms. Hotness, please?

I would do her.

marcus says

What, you think an Asian woman can be hot

We need a separate thread for that, complete with pictures.

Booger says

We need a separate thread for that, complete with pictures.

I could get *ahem* behind that!

Marcus, I agree with your earlier post regarding racism and how it effects our personal perceptions of people of color. But I also think the African American community has to take personal responsibility and stop lashing out at white people. I am a light skinned Hispanic and my husband is a mix of English, German, Jewish, Hungarian, and Peruvian ancestry. But he looks like an all white male. My children also look white. Since I have moved to Oakland my view of blacks has changed dramatically despite growing up in west Fresno. I have witnessed intense hatred towards my daughter from black girls, women and even a school director. I walked in on the high school director yelling at my daughter completely worked up displaying aggressive behavior over something another student told him. (long story short: a boy likes my daughter, a black girl likes that boy who doesn't like her). That same girl was able to say whatever she wanted about Jordan and get her into trouble with this man. This same black girl actually pulled a gun on my daughter pointing it at her face. My daughter Jordan didn't report the incident for fear that worse would happen to her. The school director did absolutely nothing about the incident and denied anything took place since no witnesses would come forward. Jordan's high school counselor is a black women and also displays similar hostile traits. The minute my daughter stands up for herself against a black person they literally go berserk. It's as if they feel that white people owe them and how dare they talk to me that way. My other daughter who attended a different school had a black teacher (who was half white herself) spend classroom time whining about how her black father had to work so hard to support his family.
Now let me tell you, she is complaining to a classroom of kids who come from different parts of the world who have really seen poverty. My daughter took note that this teacher would grade the white and Asian kids especially hard.

My grandfather worked the fields his whole life and I never heard him complain. Nor did he have hate for the white man. He was a trusted employee, a Forman, and worked literally the day he died. I think everyone needs to be held to the same standard. Whites, blacks and Mexicans, Asians, everybody. And everybody should be given a chance to prove themselves. But I don't think blacks should have a right to lash out at anyone who they perceive as privileged or white because they are benefiting from this society. They need to take some personal responsibility and make necessary changes.

I'm always impressed by the attitude and accomplishments of Caribbean and African blacks in America. Used to chat with a Haitian janitor woman in Boston the year I lived there, and she was very proud of how well her kids were doing in America. She had two in medical school. They seemed to be doing just fine in spite of "racism".

And it seems like every single black African I meet in the US is happy to be here, no hate for anyone.

Bill Cosby has some very clear opinions on all this and I would not be at all surprised to find that his current legal troubles are actually a deliberate smear attack because he is not being politically correct enough:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=892020

Another thing, if you don't like white people go back to Africa. If I were black I would be grateful to be a descendant of slaves living in America. Otherwise changes are I would have been hacked to death by a machete, killed by some freaky disease, mutalated by all the ignorant cruel men that reside in that region, died of AIDS, eaten alive, and the list goes on. Be happy you are here in America and get busy living. If not GO BACK TO YOUR MOTHER COUNTRY.

Carolyn C says

Another thing, if you don't like white people go back to Africa. If I were black I would be grateful to be a descendant of slaves living in America. Otherwise changes are I would have been hacked to death by a machete, killed by some freaky disease, mutalated by all the ignorant cruel men that reside in that region, died of AIDS, eaten alive, and the list goes on. Be happy you are here in America and get busy living. If not GO BACK TO YOUR MOTHER COUNTRY.

African Americans don't want to go to Africa. They want compensation for the slavery their ancestors endured.

Strategist says

African Americans don't want to go to Africa. They want welfare.

Fixed.

If they are compensated then they should be required to go back to Africa. They can't be trusted to be fair civil citizens. Keep in mind a don't believe that all black person are not civil. But there are a good amount that display this discusting attitude that has contributed to the advancement of racism. I do not believe in racism. But I understand why some people have hate towards blacks. It's usually because of a bad personal experiences.

I don't think Liberals were prepared for the Conservatives to roll over on Civil Rights. That was not the outcome they were hoping for.
They wanted race war and civil strife so they could save the day with Marxism. Still to this day the Liberals keep fucking Black people over economically and socially, trying to instigate a race war.
By blaming it all on the White conservative cracker, that wants nothing more than to see everyone successful and getting ahead and a leg up. It's the Liberals with their labels and divisions that make damned sure they don't.

I'm starting to think there's a lot to this White Privilege and White Guilt, coming from the Left. It is real but it is theirs and Theirs alone. Projecting their flaws on to others is their coping mechanism.
Perhaps Liberals should atone for their actions in using Blacks for cover and as a patsy for their Commie schemes.

Have you tried those 4 day wax treatments?
Carolyn C says

My grandfather worked the fields his whole life and I never heard him complain.

Tenpoundbass says

I'm starting to think there's a lot to this White Privilege and White Guilt, coming from the Left. It is real but it is theirs and Theirs alone. Projecting their flaws on to others is their coping mechanism.

That makes the most sense of anything you've posted recently. People do tend to project their flaws and sins onto others. Conservatives would like to see blacks be happy, productive, friendly members of the community. Leftists want blacks to be angry anti-social outcasts who produce nothing but problems for conservatives.
I'm glad the country is done with Leftism for now.

rando says

always impressed by the attitude and accomplishments of Caribbean and African blacks in America.

They are different; they also use affirmative action to their advantage. If you go through Harvard, 7/10 of "African Americans" come from these cohorts.

Also, they are overwhelmingly not coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, yet the scores are still more than 100 points below Asian candidates

Bill Cosby thing blew up because of Hannibal Buress. Allegations had been around for years.

Still most of those women probably took the quaaludes on their own accord

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/who-is-hannibal-buress-and-why-did-he-call-bill-cosby-a-rapist/?client=safari

MMR says

Bill Cosby thing blew up because

Because he was brave enough to say that young Black people need to get real and start being self sufficient.

Buress broke it open, yes.

But Buress' comedy bit was inspired by Cosby's position that blacks need accountability in their community. The black community did not welcome this message coming from a black man worth $400M.

So yes, Patrick is correct above.

Carolyn C says

But I don't think blacks should have a right to lash out at anyone who they perceive as privileged or white because they are benefiting from this society.

I totally agree with you, and that story was surprising to me. One thing I wondered about it was whether part of the issue was simply personality and culture, that its the perceived aggressiveness or hostility. Having experienced different schools as a teacher and student teacher I'll share an observation. Adults yelling at students in a school that has a high black poulation is not unusual at all, where as yelling at white, asian, or especially latino kids is considered very rude and inappropriate. That is, as a cultural difference, black kids respond to (and respect) that kind of intensity, where it would be considered over the top and rude especially with Latino kids. You have probably seen videos of a classroom situation with a male teacher diffusing a fight situation by getting in their face (of mae black students)very intensely.

Is it possible that was what you were seeing in that situation? That is more a cultural difference or habit as to how that lady interacts with all children, rather than a black versus white thing? Obviously I wasn't there, and I'm not saying that was the case. Just posing the question as a possibility. Otherwise it's surprising, becasue in schools, most people are going to make a conscious effort to treat students the same. AS for the bit about grading some students easier, that's really sad if it happens, and also would be surprising. A black teacher essentially holding white kids to a higher standard ? Bizarre if true.

Tenpoundbass says

You mean leftist conservatives. See
Leftists and Social Justice Warriors are Conservatives.