Your momma umm… I meant mother may have taught you well as a Christian, but you obviously weren’t listening. Grab one of your Bibles and look up Matthew 5:38, and you will see when Jesus spoke of “an eye for an eye” he wasn’t speaking of it as the right thing to do, he was giving that as an example of what NOT to do. If you look at the next verses (39-44) he speaks of turning the other cheek, blessing those who curse you, and if he takes your coat, give him your cloak also as things you should do.As for what my mother did teach me, she raised me as a Christian. Therefore, I learned that one principle of fairness and justice was "an eye for an eye". What that means is that when one person does a wrong then the authorities can enforce retribution by inflicting on that person what they inflicted upon someone else. More literally, if one man takes another man's eye out, then the victim has the right to take the eye from the assailant as justice, and authority will enforce that.
I’m an atheist, and even I know that!
I said nothing about the tech field; I spoke of blacks and browns at the professional level, and I said nothing about even representation; I only said they exist. Try responding to what I said rather than making stuff up.Thanks for your anecdote, but unfortunately for you anecdotal evidence doesn't mean anything. Perhaps you have something that backs up your anecdote? That's something I'll take more seriously.
As for me being wrong, you're wrong. I'm correct. Here's a report from the Brookings Institute that backs up what I'm saying:
Black and Hispanic underrepresentation in tech: It’s time to change the equation
I don't know your experiences, and you don't know mine; so there is no way either of us can answer that question. However; I believe black, white, short, tall, male, female, gay, straight, etc. there will always be times when what makes you unique will be a disadvantage, and there will be times when it is an advantage for you. My problem is with those who claim their group is the only group that is okay to discriminate against, and the other groups have all the advantages.So you think that neither you nor I have any privileges over each other in life?
Why don’t you come down Rosecrans ave in Compton California and see just how far your “white privilege” will get cha there! They’ll do a Reginald Denny on ya. Yeah I may get harassed by the police when I go there, but at least I’ll live! Can’t say the same for you.Come to my office in midtown Manhattan and I can easily show you.
Unfortunately; I’m sure you would.I would laugh so hard at white people who try to tell me what you proposed! I wouldn't have any problem with that! LOL
If you recognize whites experience racism, why did you say in your last reply; that would you laugh so hard at a white person who told you of his experiences?I never said that whites are the only racists, so I don't know where you get that idea from.
You live on the East Coast, I live on the West Coast. I can’t speak of your experiences only mine. If I go to an economically oppressed, high crime, violent neighborhood, I am subject to harassment by the cops (more often than not; black cops), followed in the stores, and all the stuff people complain about. When I go to a middle income low crime, safe neighborhoods, I am treated the same as anybody else. This tells me it is more of an economical issue not a racial one.I never said that white people have all the privileges. That's what I meant when I said you don't understand the difference between "privilege" and "privileges". White people have an overall privilege in life. I don't get treated the same (negative) way as my black and hispanic friends when I go through life dealing with different stores, eateries, cops, etc. I've seen it, and my friends have told me about it, and those same friends and I have seen it and talked about it together on many occasions that we've gone out and it's happened.
So you believe that you get treated exactly as any white person in general society? That's great if you do get treated the same; but do you really believe that? You believe that you and I can spend a day in liberal New York City and everywhere we go we'll be treated the same way by everyone? LOL, wow.
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