Quote From: my_2angels"BLACKS SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY GET AWAY WITH MURDER, LITERALLY. THEY RAPE SOMEBODY OR TRAFFIC DRUGS AND THEY GET OFF SCOTT FREE."
Actually, if you've looked into the dynamics of the prison system at all, not only are blacks LESS likely to be found innocent for murder, but they are MORE likely to be put on death row. They are also less likely to be found innocent for other violent crimes, which is why there are more blacks in our prison system then whites.
As for the "all black shows and school," I don't know which school it is you're talking about that is "all black," but the reason that there are "all black shows" (which isn't even true, I've never seen show that is all black) is because there ARE shows in which there are few or no black people (hello? anyone ever seen Friends or Seinfeld?) and the shows on t.v. that DO have few black people in them aren't targeted towards blacks. Therefore, tv networks started up shows that are populated with mostly black characters (Girlsfriends, The Parkers, The Bernie Mac Show) to try and reach this target audience as well. It has nothing to do with racism. Your comments are ignorant and uneducated, period.
The only black people that I've ever heard cry racism (when there was no racism) were uneducated black people. Just like the only people who I've heard say "All blacks do is cry racism," seem to be uneducated. The Rev. Jesse Jackson cries racism because it gets him put into the news. (You know what theys say- No publicity is bad publicity.) He is seen as a powerful figurehead in America, especially to blacks, so when he says, "Why did you leave all these black families during the Hurricane," the undereducated follow his cry and being to say it, too, without realizing that it's not entirely true.
As for the NAACP, I think that their origin was truly to try and help blacks get a foothold in a society that has tried to keep them down. Then, activists and extremeists sort of took over and I agree that they SOMETIMES go too far.
The reason that the rebel flag is offensive to blacks is pretty obvious to most people. But you also have to look at the context in which it's being presented. A college age Southern kid with a rebel flag sticker on his car is much less offensive then a thirty or forty-something Southern "hillbilly" who rails against blacks as the root of all societies problems with the same flag on his truck. And, like I said, it's usually the under/uneducated who don't realize that it no longer holds the same meaning as it once did.
This talk about the civil war being about indultrialism is only partly true. There was more then one reason for the Civil War, and one of those reasons was to free the slaves.
Now, onto your comments about white inventors vs. black inventors. (The following is taken from the following website. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/ ) Neither whites NOR blacks built the "modern world." It was a collective feat that took the contributions of ALL KINDS of people.
Elijah McCoy (1843–1929) invented an oil-dripping cup for trains. Other inventors tried to copy McCoy's oil-dripping cup. But none of the other cups worked as well as his, so customers started asking for "the real McCoy." That's where the expression comes from.
Lewis Latimer (1848–1928) invented an important part of the light bulb — the carbon filament. Latimer worked in the laboratories of both Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) invented a shoemaking machine that increased shoemaking speed by 900%!
Granville T. Woods (1856–1910) invented a train-to-station communication system
George Washington Carver (1860–1943) invented peanut butter and 400 plant products
Garrett Morgan (1877–1963) invented the gas mask
Otis Boykin (1920–1982) invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker.
Dr. Patricia. E. Bath (1949–) invented a method of eye surgery that has helped many blind people to see.
Lonnie G. Johnson (1949–) invented the world-famous watergun, the Supersoaker
You need to open your eyes. The world is not in black and white, it is in FULL COLOR and there are wonderful things happening everyday, contributed by ALL KINDS of people. You cannot say "Why is it okay for blacks to have..." implying that all blacks use the race card without discretion (which is a "racist" comment) and then say, "I'm not racist, I have black friends!" Discrimination comes in all shapes, sizes, and yes even colors. But don't let the hype take away your common sense.
Hey, don't forget the Cosby Show. I mean who doesn't love the Cosby Show?
Charlie, a self-described racist, struggled with the fact that his daughter was going to have a biracial baby. His insensitive, hate-based thinking tore apart his family. After speaking with Dr. Phil, he agreed to spend some time learning about African-American culture. How did he do when Dr. Phil set him up to live with a black family for two days? And, Dave grew up believing he was white, but found out the family secret when he was 26 - that he was actually biracial. In an effort to heal the pain of being deceived his whole childhood, Dave went public with his story, with disastrous consequences. How can he heal and move on? Plus, Cene is biracial and says her mother accuses her of acting "too white." Should Cene have to choose a race? Share your thoughts.
