Do you believe the US has truly dealt with Racism?

Nothing - one way or the other. Our neighborhood drug house - which is just down the street is run by white people - I have never seen anyone of any other race there.
 

applecruncher said:
Exactly how did Obama's actions set back "gains" against racism? :confused:
Oh - never mind - (political).
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In my eyes he flipped the script from the pre-civil rights days. The civil rights movement was for and pretty much created equal rights. Obama pushed for Black privilege where Blacks are ALWAYS the victim (and in the right) no matter the facts or circumstances; and if need be it is okay to just lie about what actually happened, call vile names to and threaten anyone that dares dispute it, and repeat the Black privilege "view" over and over until it "becomes a fact"... at least to Blacks. It is called propaganda and it is dangerous when misused to extremes. It is what the klan did as well in their heyday, just the roles were reversed. Instead of lynching we have mobs looting, beating folks up, destroying property, killing people, etc... or the threat of it. In some ways it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. Now if Blacks being racist instead of Whites being racist is okay with you, then you won't have a problem with it. However I have a problem with it and I also think as was previous stated that "O'bama's action set back gains against racism".
 
So here's a test to see if you are a racist. A Black family buys the house across the street. And then another Black family buys a house down the street. What do you feel?
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Why should I feel anything in particular, based on someone's race? As someone has pointed out, this isn't the 1950's any more.

In my community (55 and over), we have a lovely mixture of all races and ethnic groups. Although I don't like to generalize, I will say that the black neighbors are the friendliest, nicest people I have ever had as neighbors. And if one ever comes along who isn't that way, so what? They are just people!

Here's a better test to see if you are a racist. Recently I was thinking about some neighbor that I only knew slightly, thinking what a nice man he seemed to be and a talented singer in our shows, and I realized that I didn't remember what color he was!
 

I can't speak to specifics about racism in America but I would make this observation: as long as we continue to see headlines like this one, racism has not been fully dealt with.

Doug Jones hires African-American chief of staff

The article goes on to say that he is the only Democrat senator to have a black COS and notes that there are 2 Republican ones. You can count their number on the fingers of one hand and still have two left over.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018...n-american-chief-of-staff-dana-gresham-320117
 
Warrigal said:
I can't speak to specifics about racism in America but I would make this observation: as long as we continue to see headlines like this one, racism has not been fully dealt with.

Doug Jones hires African-American chief of staff

The article goes on to say that he is the only Democrat senator to have a black COS and notes that there are 2 Republican ones. You can count their number on the fingers of one hand and still have two left over.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018...n-american-chief-of-staff-dana-gresham-320117
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It shouldn't even be such an issue that the race of the person is SCREAMED in a headline.

:banghead:

So many people just.don't.get.it.
 
applecruncher said:
It shouldn't even be such an issue that the race of the person is SCREAMED in a headline.

:banghead:

So many people just.don't.get.it.
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It will be a good day when most people think this is a very odd headline. I suspect that most people today would not even pause long enough to react to it. I wouldn't have if it were not for this thread that has (temporarily at least) raised my consciousness.
 
Warrigal, I don't know if you're familiar with the TV series "Mad Men" (about the advertising industry in the 1960s). Elsewhere I posted a couple of videos.

In one episode a partner of the ad agency says something to the effect that he's tired if hearing about civil rights. He asks "Why aren't (coloreds) satisfied yet?" A forward thinking account executive answers "Because Lassie can stay at the Waldorf and they can't."

Look at post #27 in this thread.
https://www.seniorforums.com/showth...had-With-Racism/page2?highlight=Pete+campbell
 
Great line, isn't it?

It brings to mind the late Nat King Cole who was excluded from hotels where he was performing. He always seemed to me to be such a gentle, decent man and it broke my heart to think how he must have felt with each exclusion.
 
How anyone could think that God would create different levels of human beings....humans unequally created to each other is nuts. Ahhh, racism, and bigotry, the poisonous creation of insecure people who seek ways to see themselves as being superior creations.
 
Elsie said:
How anyone could think that God would create different levels of human beings....humans unequally created to each other is nuts. Ahhh, racism, and bigotry, the poisonous creation of insecure people who seek ways to see themselves as being superior creations.
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People are equal under the law in this country and a few others. However, they're unequal in every way possible outside of that.
 
Big Horn said:
Scream racism all you like, folks. Whites are worn out with that same sorry excuse for crime, for welfare, and for an angry refusal to practice civilized behavior. We rarely talk about it or write about it, but what do you think our longing for the past is about?
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Well what is the White man's excuse for killing his family, killing his pregnant wife, committing serial murders, killing blacks just for the hell of it? Is killing people in your family for insurance money civilized behavior? Is dragging a man behind a car until he comes apart because he is Black civilized Behavior? Is killing two white girls because one dated a black guy and the other one found no problem with it civilized behavior? I think not and there are thousands more examples of white people who do not act in a civilized manner! So you need to check your racist rhetoric. Racism is alive and well in America. You are living proof! There are more Blacks who go to work every day, live normal lives in decent neighborhoods than those who live in "ghettos" & commit crimes. Many of us work harder than you've ever worked and are more successful than you'll ever be.
 
The definition of racism has changed a bit over the years. As I said before by somebody's definition, most everybody is a racist. There are those that have played the race card for their own benefit with much success over things that were clearly not racist and that has had the effect of changing the definition and making nearly everybody a racist by somebody's definition. Our society has put much effort into correcting the past practices of racism (and in some cases may have overcompensated?). Wanting to live in a safe environment is not racism and you don't have to be white to be a racist. I'm not sure what the definition of racism is anymore as it seems to change by individual circumstances and is not applied the same way to different races by those doing the judging... often it seems those calling someone else a racist it the real racist IMO. LOL
 
dpwspringer said:
The definition of racism has changed a bit over the years. As I said before by somebody's definition, most everybody is a racist. There are those that have played the race card for their own benefit with much success over things that were clearly not racist and that has had the effect of changing the definition and making nearly everybody a racist by somebody's definition. Our society has put much effort into correcting the past practices of racism (and in some cases may have overcompensated?). Wanting to live in a safe environment is not racism and you don't have to be white to be a racist. I'm not sure what the definition of racism is anymore as it seems to change by individual circumstances and is not applied the same way to different races by those doing the judging... often it seems those calling someone else a racist it the real racist IMO. LOL
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"LOL" ?? :rolleyes:

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another. That has never changed. Shrugging and saying everybody is racist (which is not even close to true) is just another way of justifying hateful, discriminatory behavior.

As far as those "safe" neighborhoods that you and another member talk about...........

Dr. William Petit lived in a "safe" neighborhood in Connecticut. That didn't stop 2 WHITE guys from breaking into his house, beating him, forcing his wife to withdraw $15,000 from his bank account, then raping and murdering his wife and 2 daughters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders

btw, regarding that "civilized" behavior referenced in a post upthread:

Ted Bundy
John Wayne Gacy
Richard Speck
Timothy McVeigh
Jeffrey Dahmer
David Berkowitz
Charles Manson
Aileen Wuornos
The 3 men in Jasper, TX who dragged James Byrd to his death

^^ Civilized ....pffft. "LOL" indeed.
 
Thankyou dpwspringer your well thought on views on racism.
 

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