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You know what's unfair?If a black guy commit a crime against white people, it's a simple crime.If a white guy commit a crime against black people, it's racist.If a black officer shot a white criminal, it's not such a big deal.If a white guy shoot a black guy, it's racist.An example of this was when some white officer shot down an immigrant (forgot his nationality) in Montral, some days after, a whole lot of immigrants from there "protested" and began smashing police cars, store windows (as well as robbing the stores) set fire in the streets, etc.I wonder if the same thing would've happen if it was the other way around. Probably not.Also, I like how a thread about Charas' staff strictness turned to a discussion about racism and such.
Well it's true. <<...And it's usually ignorant people who abuse the hate crime call. I mean, yeah there are actual cases where a hate crime is involved but not all the time.
Something that has always bugged me, is that fact that EVERY ETHNIC GROUP is allowed to feel proud of themselves except white guys.Im a white german candian male.
I don't like black-power or brown-power or girl-power or male pride either. I'd rather everyone take pride in who they are as a person and what they can do than their skin color or chromosome.And for the record...Dr. King made some undeniable contributions but was hardly a flawless figure. His bio is peppered with plagiarism, racy remarks, infidelity, and violence. The Straight Dope has a page on it, and it can be trusted since Cecil is about as liberal as you can get.As for the special treatments...Yeah, it's vexing if a black or Hispanic minority gets accepted to a college over me if I'm more qualified. That would chap my hide to be sure. But the bulk of minorities receive no such special treatment, and while I can't really know about the prevalence of this, I'm sure they all have a bit of discrimination to reckon with.And I'm still waiting for my special treatment.
Holy crap, this is possibly the most articulate charas conversation this year
You know what else sucks? Gay pride.I'M PRETTY SURE NORMAL GAY PEOPLE DON'T RUN AROUND HALF NAKED LIKE GIANT EXAGGERATED FAGGOTS. Yeah, **** you mardi gras.We need straight pride.Big parade with no confetti, boring floats and many couples walking around in business suits and normal people clothes.THAT'LL SHOW THE GAYS.
And it came out of a Trymaker topic too!Conversely...If there's a white serial killer, it's a serial killer.If there's a black serial killer, it's oh god, more black crime.
And it came out of a Trymaker topic too!
Conversely...If there's a white serial killer, it's a serial killer.If there's a black serial killer, it's oh god, more black crime.My mom heard about the shooting in New York and recalled the V-Tech killer. "What is wrong with Orientals these days?" she asked. I reminded her that most serial killers are white. No one will ever ask what's wrong with white men though. White men are normal, everyone else is different.When I was younger, my stepmom heard about the Andrea Yates case where she had a bout of postpartum depression and murdered her children. "That's why we can never have a woman president," she said. "Women can just snap like that. They're not stable." I was pretty young at the time, so I didn't remind her that men are responsible for the vast, vast majority of violence, and far many more a dad has offed his kids than a mom. But men are normal, women are different. If a dad murders his kids, that's a tragedy; if a mom murders her kids, it's a tragedy and a trend.I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.
Ah, but THAT would be racism.Yeah, I've heard that kind of things too. But from people intolerant toward immigrants and such.One thing that need not to be forgotten is that even though the racist excuse is over-used, it is still true sometime.
If a black officer shot a white criminal, it's not such a big deal.
I general I'd say I agree 98% with Grandy's post above.