Singer Lauryn Hill Blames Slavery For Not Paying Her Taxes

[houstonwhodat]

It never ends does it?

http://hiphopwired.com/2013/05/08/la...es-on-slavery/

“I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,” the New Jersey native told U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo.“I had an economic system imposed on me. Someone did the math, and it came to around $600 million. And I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt?”

[KC native]

Originally Posted by exterminator

Chinese and Vietnamese people come to this country with nothing and can't speak English. Within a couple of years they own restaurants, nail salons and laundries.

Indian people come here with nothing and also can't speak English. They go on to get degrees, become engineers and their children win spelling bees.

IT'S CALLED WORK ETHIC.

This is not a blanket statement, but more often than not it seems that some black communities are content with letting the government fund their lives.

So what does that make them? Slaves to the government. They complain about slavery yet they participate in it willingly.

JFC You are a ****ing dip shit. The people that start businesses have the means to start them. Banks don't give loans to people with no means to repay them.

India has a high rate of English fluency due to the British colonization years and Western dominance of international business.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

[Sannyasi]

Originally Posted by exterminator

Chinese and Vietnamese people come to this country with nothing and can't speak English. Within a couple of years they own restaurants, nail salons and laundries.

Indian people come here with nothing and also can't speak English. They go on to get degrees, become engineers and their children win spelling bees.

IT'S CALLED WORK ETHIC.

This is not a blanket statement, but more often than not it seems that some black communities are content with letting the government fund their lives.

So what does that make them? Slaves to the government. They complain about slavery yet they participate in it willingly.

This is an example of self-selection bias. The kind of people who are going to travel half way across the globe to a foreign country to try to find success are going to be very determined people.

[ThaVirus]

Take a look at the contact situations between the different racial and ethnic groups in this country:

Blacks- Taken from their homeland and forced into slavery.

Native Americans- Conquered and basically eradicated. What little remained were forced onto reservations.

Various Asian ethnic groups- Came to the country willingly looking for a better life.

Middle Easterners- Came to the country willingly looking for a better life.

I don't think its a coincidence that black and Native Americans are experiencing similar economic issues while Asians and Middle Easterners have had quite a bit more success.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Take a look at the contact situations between the different racial and ethnic groups in this country

I'm still trying to figure out what you mean here...

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I don't think its a coincidence that black and Native Americans are experiencing similar economic issues while Asians and Middle Easterners have had quite a bit more success.

Stupid, ****ing STUPID comparison.

What about the Irish, Germans, and Jews?

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by KC native

JFC You are a ****ing dip shit. The people that start businesses have the means to start them. Banks don't give loans to people with no means to repay them.

India has a high rate of English fluency due to the British colonization years and Western dominance of international business.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

Nope.

[ThatRaceCardGuy]

Originally Posted by loochy

Ha ha you know you are in the wrong on a race issue when even THATGUY thinks you are crazy.

You're an idiot.

[Garcia Bronco]

Everybody is in a group and hates the other groups. Sounds like high school.

[notorious]

Lauren Hill and this thread need to impale themselves on an AIDS tree stump.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Take a look at the contact situations between the different racial and ethnic groups in this country:

Blacks- Taken from their homeland and forced into slavery.

Native Americans- Conquered and basically eradicated. What little remained were forced onto reservations.

Various Asian ethnic groups- Came to the country willingly looking for a better life.

Middle Easterners- Came to the country willingly looking for a better life.

I don't think its a coincidence that black and Native Americans are experiencing similar economic issues while Asians and Middle Easterners have had quite a bit more success.

SOLD into slavery.

Let's not pretend that Indians weren't violent and weren't involved in fighting with and against the British..

you know why SOME blacks still struggle? SOME blacks refuse to forgive, and can't move forward.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by stevieray

SOME blacks refuse to forgive, and can't move forward.

Like Dante Hall.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

You're an idiot.

1.) I thought we were on the same side on this issue.

2.) I'm very proud of you for using "you're" instead of "your."

[KC native]

Originally Posted by stevieray

SOLD into slavery.

Let's not pretend that Indians weren't violent and weren't involved in fighting with and against the British..

you know why SOME blacks still struggle? SOME blacks refuse to forgive, and can't move forward.

Stevieray the authoritative source on black Americans

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

Bumps the same guy who thought Android and Microsoft were the same thing.

FYI, here's Bump's reference to Andoid = PC(microsoft)

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...43#post7994543

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by stevieray

SOLD into slavery.

Let's not pretend that Indians weren't violent and weren't involved in fighting with and against the British..

And with each other.