Eric Holder: American Greatness never really existed

[OldWiseGuy]

Oh, but it is!
(Racist)
Try pretending that you have heard this spoken TO YOU.


Dr King had a set of speeches lamenting how “the Negro community” was forever being told, “just a little while longer!”

People are done waiting.

Waiting for what exactly? Everything they need to succeed is right here, right now. What's the problem?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Help, I hope. Take a look at OWG's posts, for instance. I don't conclude that he is a racist on the basis of his remarks here. But those remarks are similar to remarks made by actual racists and have much the same effect on people who read them as if he was an actual racist. Don't you think he should know that?

Perhaps the problem is that you and others have become so sensitized to the issue that any criticism, no matter how well intended, is taken as racism. Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Perhaps the problem is that you and others have become so sensitized to the issue that any criticism, no matter how well intended, is taken as racism. Nothing could be further from the truth.

You once told me that the reason Windsor, Ontario is so much better than Detroit was Detroit had so many Black People.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I'm actually not interested in some White Savior gallantly trotting in like a knight on white horse to come to the rescue of minorities. In fact, I find that very annoying and extremely arrogant on the part of the white person. Native Americans, African Americans and other minorities don't need white people coming into their communities and telling them what they need to do with their own lives or how they should live their lives or how they should feel about the racial injustices committed against their own people and their ancestors. They don't need white people telling them to get over it and move on.

Here’s What a White Savior Is (And Why It’s the Opposite of Helpful)

Holding up the Mirror: Recognizing and Dismantling the “White Savior Complex”

Kipling would agree.
"The White Man's Burden": Kipling's Hymn to U.S. Imperialism

 

[OldWiseGuy]

You once told me that the reason Windsor, Ontario is so much better than Detroit was Detroit had so many Black People.

I would have to revisit that thread in order to comment accurately.

 

[PeachyKeane]

I would have to revisit that thread in order to comment accurately.

The forgotten

 

[W2L]

Im poor, been drug addicted, but i dont blame others for it.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

The forgotten

I think what I said in that thread is valid. What is the point your are aiming for?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Im poor, been drug addicted, but i dont blame others for it.

How did you recover from your addiction? Just curious.

 

[PeachyKeane]

I think what I said in that thread is valid. What is the point your are aiming for?

I'm sure you do. Why would you say it's not racist?

 

[W2L]

How did you recover from your addiction? Just curious.

Got tired of being poor. I pray too.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I'm sure you do. Why would you say it's not racist?

Facts are color blind.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Got tired of being poor. I pray too.

Same here. I got tired of being sick all the time from smoking. Took years and lots of prayer to finally quit.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Got tired of being poor. I pray too.

I meant did you quit on your own or did you have (human) help?

 

[PeachyKeane]

Facts are color blind.

Not when those 'facts' are opinion and pertain to the color of one's skin.

Windsor's black population is around 7000 or about 3 percent!

Detroit's black population nearly 1,000,000 or about 85 percent!!

There is no universe where these are remotely comparable!!!

I am a black man from Detroit. Why is there no universe where I could be remotely comparable to a person from Windsor?

Have you considered that people like me say your comments are racist because your comments are indeed racist?

 

[W2L]

I meant did you quit on your own or did you have help?

No help, just determination to stop wasting money on drugs.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Not when those facts pertain to the color of one's skin.



I am a black man from Detroit. Why is there no universe where I could be remotely comparable to a person from Windsor?

Have you considered that people like me say your comments are racist because your comments are indeed racist?

It isn't necessary for you to personalize those statistics. How do you explain the difference between those cities?

 

[Speedwell]

Waiting for what exactly? Everything they need to succeed is right here, right now. What's the problem?

The "they" in your post and the fact that it isn't true.

 

[PeachyKeane]

How do you explain the difference between those cities?

What differences?

Are you suggesting that the only way to explain those differences is the amount of melanin in their inhabitants' skin?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

The "they" in your post and the fact that it isn't true.

Are you saying that education and opportunities don't exist for minorities? Isn't minority employment at record highs?