[quote]Professor X wrote:
DS 007 wrote:
And what responsiblity do black leaders have here?
Black leaders? Like Martin Luther King Jr.? What blacks do you know of that truly consider most of the public faces jumping for media attention to be “leaders” of an entire race of people? That was your first mistake. Let’s see what others you make.
Is there any culpability for blacks in this? Profiling exists for two reasons: 1.) Racist cops who are prejudiced against blacks, 2.) Young black males commit an inoridnately high percentage of crime (especially violent crime).
Wait a second, you either want to get rid of “labels” or you don’t. Why would the color of certain criminals matter at all to someone trying to get rid of “labels”? What an odd route to go down for someone so opposed to hypersensitivity of race. My “culpability” is to MYSELF. My responsibility as an American Male is to MYSELF. Until you can stop relating my skin color to the negative actions of others, you are a freaking hypocrite claiming you no longer want such “hypersensitivity” to race.
Profiling is exactly that. You are harrassed because you fit a profile. Young. Black. Male.
Gee, thanks for pointing that out. It does nothing to explain why young black doctors are seen as no different in the public eye as young black criminals. It does nothing to explain why this type of prejudice is accepted in society as a whole but then many want to turn around and cry about the use of “black american” in a sentence. Get rid of one and the rest will follow. Stop harassing me for my skin color and the labels will no longer be useful.
As for needing to know where you’ve been to know where you are going? Don’t agree. I agree when speaking in individual terms. But not in terms of your ‘race’ or ancestors. When you think in those terms you can only limit yourself.
Bullshit. That is like a rich man claiming that he doesn’t understand why poor people are so fixated on money. If it is something you have never lost, of course it is a nonissue to you. It was never taken from you. Your identity has been ingrained in your entire family line from recipes your mothers uses to how your father has learned to deal with life from his parents. It is a cycle unbroken barring some tragedy in your ancestry. That means you don’t see the significance simply because it is something that never caused a break in the chain in your family history. The question is, are you insightful enough to give credit to it. [/quote]
X, why are you so lit on this subject JFC, family history my ass, pick a hundred random people off the street in almost any community, I would bet that less than 1/3rd could find their own heritage with a roadmap, and a tutor, Black White, Asian , WTF ever, the country YOU, live in now was multi-cultural and Multi-racial a long assed time before anyone on this board got, here, How many generations of your own family has lived here, I would bet more than a few, enough, to get over the whole ancestor search shit, one race or another has been fucked over for the duration of the world, that is the world, get over it … as for profiling, WTF, are you insane, if my town has a 70% White Majority and 60% of the crime is committed by young white males, guess who will be profiled then, Sorry dude, but every time someone on this board brings up Race esp. Black race, you always come off sounding like yoiu have lost your best friend and don’t know how to deal with it,