SBUffalo Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/jackie-robinson-statue-vandalized-with-racial-slurs-and-swastikas/ Just disgusting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Oh, hai thur PPP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf Sandwich Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 They will NEVER go away. Sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 They will NEVER go away. Sadly. yeah? Well, will folks like ya'll go to PPP when this goes there and there is actual conversation on "racial battles?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 A couple of jackass kids doesn't exactly equal "racial battles". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 A couple of jackass kids doesn't exactly equal "racial battles". Except we don't know who is responsible. The race situation in the U.S. has improved but anyone would be hard pressed to say racism is still not rampant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Except we don't know who is responsible. The race situation in the U.S. has improved but anyone would be hard pressed to say racism is still not rampant. Racism is rampant everywhere there are races. It's not uniquely American. Most places in the world, it's far more virulent. Ask a Tutsi, Hmong, Bantu, or almost any minority of an Asian country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanGuzman Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Racism is rampant everywhere there are races. It's not uniquely American. Most places in the world, it's far more virulent. Ask a Tutsi, Hmong, Bantu, or almost any minority of an Asian country. Yes Racism exists elsewhere, (I'm not sure if you're making a point or just an observation..... But the simple fact that racism exist elsewhere, doesn't absolve us from trying to eliminate it from our society. As an NFL fan I'd like to see the NFL change Washington's offensive team name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBUffalo Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Yes Racism exists elsewhere, (I'm not sure if you're making a point or just an observation..... But the simple fact that racism exist elsewhere, doesn't absolve us from trying to eliminate it from our society. As an NFL fan I'd like to see the NFL change Washington's offensive team name. Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Yes Racism exists elsewhere, (I'm not sure if you're making a point or just an observation..... But the simple fact that racism exist elsewhere, doesn't absolve us from trying to eliminate it from our society. It does, however, absolve us from flagellating ourselves as a society in the destructive belief that we're somehow uniquely evil and backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Yes Racism exists elsewhere, (I'm not sure if you're making a point or just an observation..... But the simple fact that racism exist elsewhere, doesn't absolve us from trying to eliminate it from our society. As an NFL fan I'd like to see the NFL change Washington's offensive team name. Timmah! Seconded. TIMmah! TimMAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) We will never be fully free of racism until we get control of the oily Italians and drunk Irish!!! And the Dutch. Edited August 8, 2013 by The Poojer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Proof racial battles aren't history yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 It does, however, absolve us from flagellating ourselves as a society in the destructive belief that we're somehow uniquely evil and backwards. We still have a long way to go to catch up with all those sophisticated European nations. You know, the ones that can't finish a futbol game because theres too many bananas on the pitch and where the fascist party remains credible, and in some nations quite popular, in modern politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) It does, however, absolve us from flagellating ourselves as a society in the destructive belief that we're somehow uniquely evil and backwards. (Yes I will resurrect the famous) But...but...but...We had slavery! Yes, and the people who say that are either Europeans, or are heavliy influenced by Europeans. Europeans talking about slavery...when they are the ones that instantiated it in the New World , never mind their entire colonial history, is the definiton of hypocrisy. Anybody who supports socialism, anybody who supports Communism, and, anybody who says the government has been a positive influence in the lives of African Americans? Either blatant hypocrites, or simply too dim to understand history, objectively. EDIT: How could I forget? Excuse #1 for why Communism fails, is also extremely racist: "Communism failed because those 3rd world peole don't know how to run it properly and aren't capable of doing the things it requires. IF we ran it in the US, it would work great" Ask a Ukranian about slavery...but, be prepared to be there for an hour. Ask a Korean about China. Or better, naively ask your Chinese project manager if he is Korean(because his last name is the same as your mammasan's was when you were living in Korea)...and see what happens to your next 5 weekends. The fact is that INGORNANCE of the rest of the world, and how it really is, drives the dopey conclusion that: "we're somehow uniquely evil and backwards". Edited August 8, 2013 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 But the simple fact that racism exist elsewhere, doesn't absolve us from trying to eliminate it from our society. how does a society go about completely eliminating it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 how does a society go about completely eliminating it? Some form of ethnic cleansing, usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 It does, however, absolve us from flagellating ourselves as a society in the destructive belief that we're somehow uniquely evil and backwards. Sure, let's just ignore it here because it happens somewhere else also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Sure, let's just ignore it here because it happens somewhere else also. I'll take "things no one said" for $1000, Alex. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 how does a society go about completely eliminating it? The answer is: a society doesn't. Individuals do. Example: When I hear somebody say something racist, because it's "safe" to, in an elevator of just white guys? I have a choice. I can ignore it. I can say something like "hey I don't need to hear that". Or, I can laugh. The first 2 don't help me work-wise. Saying something may cost me. But, I'm not a pansy, so, I have said something, every single time, and that includes clients. I haven't been rude, obnoxious or judgemental. I've simply framed it as: "I'm not sure you saying that helps you professionally." If it's a personal setting, then it's "I'm not sure saying makes you the person you want to be". Yeah, it's a mind F. Good. As intended. The answer here is: white racism is not a problem that is going to be solved by not white people. Does anybody really think that Al Shapton et al is going to make any sort of real difference, by calling for unrest and justifying violence? No. If it is solved by anyone: It's going to be solved by white people, in the elevator, in the pisser, and in the backyard. It's not going to be solved by Al Sharpton making sweeping genralizations or other black people on TV howling nonsense. All that does is make the next guy in the elevator say "why bother? If Al Sharpton is goning to call me a racist no matter what I do, then where's the upside for me?". The reason Al Shapton et al do what they do? They aren't interested in "society going about completely eliminating it". It means more payoffs, more extortion from corporations, and more power for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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