OMG: 1000 posts here I come...

[InChiefsHeaven]

Well, wuttamess, while I don't think you are going to get to 1k posts you've achieved a good goal here. In my case, as I mentioned, I saw this when I was a kid. And even then I pretty much got it. In my long hair metal days, I'd be followed around in grocery stores because I looked like trouble. The difference is, I could cut my hair, change my clothes and be model citizen, whereas a black person, or Hispanic or what have you, cannot do that. Fat people can lose weight, but women are women (unless they reeeeeally want to make that change, that's a whole other thing). So, while I realize that I'll never LIVE that life, I can say that I have an understanding of it.

Now here's the rub. It goes on everywhere. I remember during the LA riots that the largely black mobs were attacking Oriental owned businesses (Korean specifically if I remember right). If black people, who should KNOW better, are capable of such atrocities, it sort of contributes to the attitudes of some white people who say Hey, if it ain't right for us to do, it ain't right for you to do.

I'm not saying that YOU are saying it's right, but it's a lot deeper I think than just understanding what it's like to be picked on.

Anyway, I try not to see all black people through the same lens, same as any other people. I don't always pull it off. But at the end of the day, I know I don't hate anyone. For me, that's probably as good as it'll get.

[wutamess]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

If black people, who should KNOW better, are capable of such atrocities, it sort of contributes to the attitudes of some white people who say Hey, if it ain't right for us to do, it ain't right for you to do.

I wasn't really looking for 1k posts... I just couldn't think of a better thread topic to grab peoples attention and bring awareness to it.

I'm a huge proponent of self responsibility and not blaming others for your problems.

However, you got my and the video's point of how it's a little unbalanced on what we have to do to get the same standards of life that a lot of white people take for granted because it's more of the norm and expected.

[MOhillbilly]

WUTA, do you have a negative stereotype of me? After you seen the picture of my family did this reinforce your stereotype?
your comment in the faces and names thread makes me wonder because i believe you have left the same comment on two diffrent occasions in the same thread.
That and the meltdown you had awhile back, still dont know wtf that was about...you know the one where you likeded me to BD...

[wutamess]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

WUTA, do you have a negative stereotype of me? After you seen the picture of my family did this reinforce your stereotype?
your comment in the faces and names thread makes me wonder because i believe you have left the same comment on two diffrent occasions in the same thread.
That and the meltdown you had awhile back, still dont know wtf that was about...you know the one where you likeded me to BD...

Dude... my perception of you is of a redneck like Hog Farmer. Not that there's anything wrong with that (seriously). I don't have any negative personal feelings towards you or BD. These are just discussions and we tend to have disagreements but it never goes any further than that with me.

Matter of factly, I forgot all about the BD comparisons and discussions we've had but I see how you might think I'd be picking on you after seeing your pic. I'm just now putting that 2 & 2 together.

It was more of your name and I sometimes get you confuse with Hogfarmer. That's a funny dude to me the way he's always talking about pig sperm and shit.

You're looking too deep into my view of you. Nothing's personal. I have no problems with you as I realize we all have opinions and are free to express them wrong or right even though you're wrong.

Now stop defending the killer pit bulls.