If frogs had wings ...If "keep your eyes on the prize" is a black mantra, what is the prize?
Could you be more specific on who "they" are and what "they" aren't doing to your satisfaction?Perhaps if they focused on opportunities.
Its easy to look from a state of opportunity, to tell others that they haven't properly utilized their options.
An excellent and succinct description of racism.It's a matter of time I agree. We have been over our enslavement in Egypt for about three thousand years now, they only 150 from ours. It takes time to get used to being free.
That said they didn't exercise the 'exodus' option as we did, so there's that.
All kidding aside they are trying to make an Afro-centric culture work in a Euro-centric country. That's tough sledding. It's been suggested that they need to 'turn white' (metaphorically of course) in order to succeed. I think there's some truth to that. Our culture and values have brought us along quite well. That door is open to all who live here.
An excellent and succinct description of racism.
If I had school aged kids and the school had a "White history" month, you had better believe I'd opt them out.Can my kid opt out of white history? SMH.
Yes, slavery is over, Jim Crow is over and discrimination is illegal. Black people are perfectly free now to act like white people. It's not our fault if they don't want to.Well, it IS "BLACK" history month, which means it's racist, by definition. The US constitution was founded on the rights of the individual, regardless of race, sex, etc. i.e. you don't "focus" on the accomplishments of people based on their race - or sex. You focus on their accomplishments on their merit.
So in that sense we are a meritocracy. And meritocracies are the cultures that climb to the top every time.
Maybe a few of them could try it in Japan and see where it goes.It's a matter of time I agree. We have been over our enslavement in Egypt for about three thousand years now, they only 150 from ours. It takes time to get used to being free.
That said they didn't exercise the 'exodus' option as we did, so there's that.
All kidding aside they are trying to make an Afro-centric culture work in a Euro-centric country. That's tough sledding. It's been suggested that they need to 'turn white' (metaphorically of course) in order to succeed. I think there's some truth to that. Our culture and values have brought us along quite well. That door is open to all who live here.
Well, it IS "BLACK" history month, which means it's racist, by definition. The US constitution was founded on the rights of the individual, regardless of race, sex, etc. i.e. you don't "focus" on the accomplishments of people based on their race - or sex. You focus on their accomplishments on their merit.
So in that sense we are a meritocracy. And meritocracies are the cultures that climb to the top every time.
I don't know what you mean by "act like white people". Do you mean they should buy Perry Como records?Yes, slavery is over, Jim Crow is over and discrimination is illegal. Black people are perfectly free now to act like white people. It's not our fault if they don't want to.
Yes, slavery is over, Jim Crow is over and discrimination is illegal. Black people are perfectly free now to act like white people. It's not our fault if they don't want to.
Do even white people still buy Perry Como records? No, that was more of a dig at OWG for his "euro-centric culture" remark.I don't know what you mean by "act like white people". Do you mean they should buy Perry Como records?
You are getting very good at describing racism.
I think you nailed it on the "merit" card. But regarding overpopulation, I think the opposite is happening. The pill changed everything way back in the 1960's. We don't have an overpopulation problem. The opposite is true, hence the hand wringing in Japan. Western civilization depends on growth for its very survival. And the lack of population growth is why there is a fight to open our borders to "anyone" and why Europe is letting in so many "refugees" from the middle east. They need to bolster their population and "grow the economy" through population increase via immigration - legal or otherwise. Heck, it's why we were letting "anyone" in to Ellis island back in the day. We had a whole frontier to populate.One wild card is overpopulation.
Potential for success divided by overpopulation equals a lot of potential for failure. Thus merit becomes even more important.
Right. And you are very good at describing what you see. The problems you describe--people thinking that there are "problematic subcultures" or thinking about the US as a "euro-centric country" lie at the very heart of racism.Observation isn't racism. In the words of Klem Kadiddlehopper: "I calls 'em the way I sees 'em."