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There are questions as to WHO wrote it but it makes alot of sense.
You,Phart, may not realize it but this is racist. He's saying that because African Americans have roots in slavery, they will never be "equal to the white man".
And show me exactly what is racist about stateing the obvious.
Sadly the black people were taken from their homeland and brought here with out education, and once free, had no trades,no way of supporting themselves except the jobs they had already done as slaves. Now generations later, with the 14 th amendment, and many other legal measures,are they equal yet?
Are they? and if not considered equal,by who's fault?
25 seconds, never looked at it this way before.
at least watch most of it to get the point of the video
Just being nice to people you meet, makes both your days a little bit better.
What was it that never looked at this way before?
What was the point of the video according to you?
Amazing. Instead of demanding things ,burning things, stealing things ,harming others, he worked a good job for a living and treated his customers well. And they remembered it.
Instead of idolizing crooks and rappers and ball players ,why can't the black people look at men like this as a positive example and follow it? That is most of my point.
I had never looked it this way but i get delivery's and the ups man is similar in the way he works. I tend to trust him more than others because of his actions but in the big picture i had not thought about it the way this video presented it
It's actually ridiculous that some white people are surprised when a black man is just being nice to customers. That's a normal thing. Maybe they are not nice to people that show their hate and fear, the moment they ring the doorbell. Maybe Buddy Brown's family was a bit different, didn't show immediate distrust and contempt, and treated Robert like an actual person. Friendliness is answered with friendliness and that's how you build relationships.
It's even more ridiculous that you think he's an exception and the rest are all 'demanding things ,burning things, stealing things, harming others'. You just accused me of racism, when I said something about Candice Owens, one specific black person, but you think it's not racism, when you say being nice is an exception from the rule of black people 'demanding things ,burning things, stealing things, harming others'.
Read the definition of 'racism' and tell me how that makes any sense.
Candice Owens is a cunt and a grifter for white racists, and saying that is not racism, just because she's black. Saying black people, in general, are 'demanding things, burning things, stealing things, harming others', that's racist.
"Instead of idolizing crooks and rappers and ball players ,why can't the black people look at men like this as a positive example and follow it?" (also racist)
The large majority of black people are exactly like Robert, just trying to keep their heads above water, making long hours and not making a lot of money,
just like the majority of white Americans, but paid on average 30% less.
Being a FedEx employee is not 'working a good job for a living'.
A FedEx delivery driver makes between $11 - $26, and on average: $17.
An average of $17/hour is $35,360 annually. Just enough for rent and food.
How can he pay for a decent education for his kids?
And then he got shot, in a rough neighborhood, just sitting in his truck.
Probably his own neighborhood, when making $35,360 annually.
Maybe by a cop, who wanted to know why he was sitting there, and Robert made
'one wrong move', which was just getting his license and registration out of the
glove compartment. Because, many black people die like that.
Buddy didn't tell us how Robert died. Would he have told us, if a cop shot Robert?
17 a hour ,damn, that is way more than I ever made on the job,and I kept my bills paid.
Sure,I don't drive a Maserati but but I didn't do without needs.
You budget your "needs" with your primary income, then work side jobs for the "wants".
Due to our marketing and such in the US, everyone is mindcontrolled into thinking they have to have a Iphone 17 2 days before it comes out into the market.they have to wear the latest styles in shirt and shoes,400$+ nike tennis shoes.
When common sense tells you to go the Salvation army and get last months styles in like new condition for a 10th of the price,and a 40 dollar pair of shoes is plenty.
By the way, salary is just 1 aspect, look at the PAID HOLIDAYS< up 3 weeks vacation soon after start,etc
Health coverage!Salary is only a small part of a jobs benefits, IF you work at a good company
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$17/hr is not great. It barely pays the bills and leaves very little, if any, for a college education. I’d say you’ve settled with what your circumstances brought you. That’s not what most people want.
Stop whining about the overtime and work it, put the extra in savings. Take a second job instead of playing video games all day on sunday, do SOMETHING yourself to improve your situation instead of holding your hand out and whining like a little baby You just might get nothing but some cheese to go with your whine.
Or what about this guy?
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He owned 63 people.A black man OWNED 63 people? why don't we hear about this guy during black history month?????
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At least she picked a name that fits the movie like a glove.
A black person that speaks words out of rhythm from the rest may NOT be a grifter. They could have actually USED the education they were GIVEN to study ,and understand where the real problems are.
But it's racist to call her out on that, because she's black?
Racist means judging one person on generalization about their race.
I'm judging her on her own behavior, not on generalization about her race.
You are judging a 16 year old black boy, that you don't know,
by generalization about his race. That's racism!
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Most of my in-laws are discriminating to a varying degree.
And now my dad is 80 years old and declining mentally a bit more,
I hear him say pretty racist things sometimes, that he never said before.
I think it is associated with fear. People get more fearful when they get older,
but lots of people buy in to the constant fear-mongering too. And sorry to tell you,
but that fear-mongering is very fucking prevalent in the US.
You're legal system punishes way harder than mine.
That means I would have much more reason to be afraid.
The word fear is misused alot in these situations.
If the world worked like the Leo's think it should , there would be no fire trucks because fire would be illegal and if lightning struck a dog house, the entire city would go up in flames while the citizens roasted marshmallows.
But if the risks of the world are keeping you from living, that's fear.
Even if we had no emotions at all, it would still be preferable to have a fire department, to reduce destruction, suffering and waste.
I know the world is changing and not for the better. I don't fear that.
I try to change it for the better and prepare for the worst, with moderation.
I won't let that control my life, because I understand that I can only play a minuscule part in it. I still have a responsibility as a human being to do what I can, but as a human I also have a right to live my only life well on this earth. It's a balance.
That's still better than being ignorant on purpose and being selfish by default.
I know you believe in responsibility, because you hate lazy people.
But laziness is not just being unwilling to work.
Being unwilling to think and care is also laziness.
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B lank
L ooks
M atter!
Have the people found world peace now that Aunt Jemima is no longer on the syrup bottle?
Has any one noticed any positive changes now that the Indian girl is gone from Land O lakes butter?
what did all that commotion accomplish in the long term?
To me,it just indicates how industry caves to pressure from people with nothing better to do that fuss and complain about things that are harming no 1.
OH and did you notice the factory the Jeep Cherokee was built in has closed DOWN? Possible no More Cherokee's? All because of a few grouchy Indians. Hell, now who will even think about the Cherakee that the name is not out there at ALL? Erasing themselves from the world.
We used to have the 'moorkop', translation; 'moor head'.
(The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.)
They are not gone, they are just called 'Bossche bollen' or 'chocoladesoezen' now.
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And we used to have 'negerzoenen', translation; 'nigro kisses'.
They are called 'Buys Zoenen' now.
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I even had to search for the old name of 'moorkop', because I forgot.
We still have 'jodekoeken' (Jew cakes). let's clench to the bigotry they still allow us.
I'm sure a black guy would be allowed to register the brand 'Cracker-Crackers', right?
If you think people's life is affected more from some products getting a new name,
than from e.g. abortion being banned, you really have a screw loose.
'Uncle Ben' clearly refers to the history of black people being slaves.
That's not 'black heritage', funny guy, that's a reminder or even a celebration of their enslavement. Their real 'heritage' has been taken away from them by force.
But you obviously decide for them what their 'heritage' is, so why would they have any voice in the matter?
Do you think black people would complain if you wanted to change the name of 'Redneck Relish'? If you don't like that 'heritage', you are free to have it changed.
But other than that example, I see not many products referring to the whiteness of white people or to the horrible poverty of white workers in history. Are Sugar Glazed Doughnuts being called 'White Chicks', because they are white and have a hole? Then, why think of a Muslim's head, when there is a chocolate pastry on your plate? When 'they' changed it, I just thought: 'OK that's fair.'.
In any case, it's just big corporations deciding to change their branding, because it makes them look bad. If they decided that changing the brand name would hurt them, no number of letters from black people would ever persuade them to change it.
I made a joke saying that 'THEY still allow us', but there is no government deciding that companies need to change the names of the products. It's just public pressure from consumers. You can call that 'woke', but I call it just a tiny sign of progress.
It doesn't help anyone, but at least it shows some awareness.
Birth control is next on the chopping block. It's not about 'saving unborn babies', it's about control. If your side wanted to save babies, there are better ways. Making abortion illegal doesn't actually reduce the number of abortions. It only creates more abortion across borders and illegal abortions. Woman who cannot afford to be pregnant, the hospital costs or caring for a child, are not suddenly able to afford it, when you eliminate abortion legally. You just turn them into victims and apparently you prefer to turn them into criminals too. How about reducing the actual reason for abortion; poverty and people needing to work more and more to keep themselves afloat. Did you know that parents in the US rate their quality of life much lower than childless people? In many other modern countries that's the other way around.
Those countries have less working hours and better childcare. Just saying.
Childless people can put that money towards a better home,car,retirement.
In all the typing you do ,you never mention PREVENTION of child birth by acting responsibly.
That cost NOTHING .And has no negative affect on quality of life.
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And you, Tecsan, what's with the thumb up? Are you so jaded too?👿
Less important, but still important for me, is what it means to society and the world to create this extra person.
For most people it's a choice. And that choice is made while considering many factors, like 'Would I be a good parent?', 'Do we have a stable relationship?', 'Is there a genetic disorder in our families?', 'Is it fair to a kid, to put them into this fucked-up world?', 'Do we have room in our house for a kid?', 'Can we afford a kid?', 'Can I get through those nights of interrupted sleep?', 'Who takes care of the kid, when we both need to go to work?', etc..
We made the decision to not have kids. There are some regrets, but not enough to regret the decision. We are happy the way we are.
Kids now throw the parents in the rest home at the first chance they get ,sell off everything and disappear.
Only good thing, hopefully their kids will do the same so they can rot in the nursing home and think, "damn I put mom and dad thru this" and die with a guilt conscience.
One of my most precious memories was when my daughter, 7 at the time, was in a first grade play singing Quack Quack Waddle Waddle. Or, when my Dad died, my youngest son held his hand telling him how much he loved him. Or when my oldest broght me a daisy for my birthday because " he didn't have enough for a rose".
Yes, we did spent sleepless nights and terrifying days when they ended in the hospital for some reason or another. Or how we had to give up a vacation because one of them needed the money for some field trip to Disney with their class. My first son caught us unawares. He wasn't planned and we didn't have insurance. The delivery surgeon demanded all money up front. We decided to have the other two, why? Because they are such a joy nothing compares to it.
People make decisions in life because of many reasons. There are valid reasons not to have children. Your reasons don't cut it.
Now, a personal belief and I don't expect agreement on this. A woman that goes through life without giving birth at least one time is a terrible waste of a woman.
On the one hand, children are expensive, so they diminish the ability to spend money on luxuries and other quality of life expenses.
On the other hand, children are an enrichment of your life (non-financial).
That creates a balance of perceived happiness. It's not all about the money.
On average most Americans perceive that balance as negative, while people in other modern countries perceive that balance as positive. That is the result of very large studies.
So why is that? Do Americans care more about money than children, than people in other modern countries? Or are Americans just poorer, so children affect their ability to afford luxuries more, than people in other modern countries?
Or is it just way harder to have children in America than in other modern countries?
It can only be either of those three options. But logic suggests it's probably the third, because American parents get almost no support from their government, while people in other modern countries do.
Eh? balance? I doubt it.
I have sadly watched the very opposite of happiness brought on to parents by their kids.my former girlfriends brother is a fine example of the opposite. Since he was 12 ,he has been a fire bug, since 14 a dope head, and has been in and out of rehab and hospitals for many years. He is in his 40's now and in prison. Some happiness and continuation of family he brought. No fault of the parents, they tried their damnest ,the punk is no good and waste of good air.
I do not have the patience to be a parent. Discipline is impossible now. I can't handle screaming children, keep quite. When in a restaurant, you eat, not scream and squirm and throw shit.But what few parents even flinch when that happens, liberal parents go hating on them for not allowing the child to exspress it's self. Just crazy shit.
I'm sure some kids are just born broken, but for the most part horrible children just seem to born, by great coincidence, with horrible parents.
Whatever parenting strategy you use, that liberal approach with freedom, love and patience or that conservative tough love with discipline, I'm sure you agree that it takes TIME. If both parents need to work full-time, to provide a home and food, what time do they have left for parenting? Do you think it matters that they can do more than just feed them and put them to bed in the evening?
I'm sure you do, because you think women need to be at home to raise kids.
Well, sorry, but your broken economy provides wages to about half the American families, that are too low for just father to go to work and mother to stay at home.
It could be fixed with free or cheap childcare, so hopefully they can raise those kids to not grow up as criminals, or your economy could provide higher wages for all those families, so one full-time job would suffice to provide a home and food.
Or do you say that about 50% of American couples shouldn't have children?
Your ideas don't provide solutions, but you keep complaining about the problems.
What happened? it worked fine for decades for most people. The man went work,the mother stayed home with the kid.
1 problem was people wanted "More" and thought it was ok to toss the kid in a day care play pen and send the wife to work. Which means MORE transportation cost, finer clothes for her to wear in public on the job, and other expenses that go along with working. So a good portion of what she makes pays for her job to be done with the kid.
Solution. Live with in your means. If you can afford 1 child, have 1 child, NOT 7. If you can only afford to buy a single wide mobile home on a acre,then don't buy a 300,000 $ home and starve the kid.
Live within your means.
The idea was that parents SHARED the parenting. The problem was that women were fully dependent on men, to take care of them. Would you like to be fully dependent on someone else, to take care of you? No, you even think that's what 'socialism' does and you want to be completely independent. So, why aren't women allowed to want some independence too? Why only men?
But you're correct that this resulted in wages going down so hard, that now both parents need to work. But that's not the women's fault, that's capitalism's fault, for exploiting the new 'working capital' (that's how they call people).
It massively increased profits, but they started sharing even less.
"Live within your means." I agree, but for a lot of people that's 0 children
and a one bedroom apartment or studio, while both working full-time
(and sometimes multiple jobs).
If you were happy with him, I would start to worry.
wouldn't be so bad if the blacks weren't bullied, or the blacks didn't bully whites ,but sadly it happened in my school days.
If you ever thought desegretion actually worked, just look at the neighborhoods. Still to this day heavily divided as far as color.
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What happened? Did he fall up the stairs and hurt his head?
Sounds like at 1 time he wanted to put criminals in jail?
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He blocked the first woman to be nominated to the supreme court. What the video and read the words.
Biden is not completely innocent of discrimination. He definitely supported racist policies too. Some liberals might strategically forget that and fully supported Biden, after being told by the media 24/7 that he was the 'safe candidate', but for most and especially for progressives, Biden was just the 'lesser evil'. Remember how Bernie Sanders had massive rallies, with parks and football stadiums, filled with supporters? Did you see those for Biden?
But that wasn't the point. Biden was way less popular.
People were just dumb enough to listen to the media again.
So his racism is just something coping people took for granted.
In any case, racism is only a reason to vote for Trump, if you like it.
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