Posted By vranged on 06/26/2008 4:30 PM




That's the most easily disproven thing you've ever typed. You've seen egami and I go at it when we disagree. It's the content, i.e. yours is usually ignorant and dumb.

Good try though, Corky.

Posted By turducken on 06/26/2008 4:22 PM




This was exactly my point in bringing up Shaq rapping about a 'white boy.'

Call an older black man a boy and see how he reacts.

Posted By egami on 06/26/2008 1:36 PM




Do you mean because of their perceived "victim" status in society?

There is little question that is one avenue that blacks have that whites don't. Obviously whites can't use their status to perpetuate racism, but that just comes with the nature of reality.

Had it been blacks who had enslaved whites then it'd be our race who had a subset of people using our status as a way to launch their own racist agenda.

I am not saying it's right. I am not saying that it's justifiable. But I can tell you that in todays society which race I'd rather be despite that issue...I'd still choose being white.

I saw a little website the other day that was selling some sort of occupational help guide. All the little icons were white people.

Look at the advertisement at the top of the forums that reads "Find Your Graduating Class" it'll have 3 white girls.

How many political leaders, CEO's and large figures in this country are white? Most.

When's the last time you saw "Dick and Jane" book you read to your kids have colored kids? Few.

We live in a "white" world. So, yeah, on one hand it they do it, but on the other hand there are still a LOT of reasons for a well-minded, non-hateful person of color to feel slighted.

Again, that doesn't justify it...and it doesn't justify what the media does, it's just the reality of the situation though.

Posted By egami on 06/26/2008 8:08 PM




What's your point? The word has no parallel connotation to whites.

Posted By vranged on 06/26/2008 9:22 PM

Being white will never be a disadvantage.

Posted By Omahan on 06/26/2008 9:26 PM


It is in Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, Philidelphia, Atlanta and many other major cities. Especially in Baltimore...many professionals here are black, i.e., doctors, lawyers, etc. It trickles down and you see the small business owners are black.

Being white in Baltimore can put a person at a great disadvantage in many facets of living for sure.

Being white in Baltimore can put a person at a great disadvantage in many facets of living for sure.

Posted By IrememberDukester on 06/26/2008 8:54 PM
Egami,

Sorry to break the bad news to you but if you would take the time to study the historical events involving slavery in not only this country but other areas of the world, "whites didn't initally enslave blacks"

BLACKS DID IT TO THEMSELVES, ONE TRIBE CAUGHT THE OTHER MUCH LIKE YOU OR I WOULD TRAP A COMMON ANIMAL AND SOLD THEM TO SLAVE TRADERS WHO IN SOME INSTANCES WERE ALSO BLACK, IN FACT THE EARLY WHITE SLAVE TRADERS WHERE NOT AMERICANS OR CAME FROM AMERICA.

You really have to stop carrying this cross that you evidently bear, make out a check to the United Negro College Fund if that makes you sleep better.

Posted By Crit40 on 06/27/2008 9:01 AM


Just to be clear, why is it a disadvantage to be white in Baltimore?

I'm not going to put words in your mouth, so I guess I'm giving you the opportunity to respond, but I gathered from you post that if you lived in Baltimore, you have a greater chance of having a black doctor, black lawyer, or black grocery store owner......and I'm just wondering how that is a disadvantage to a white person.

Posted By Crit40 on 06/27/2008 9:01 AM


Just to be clear, why is it a disadvantage to be white in Baltimore?

I'm not going to put words in your mouth, so I guess I'm giving you the opportunity to respond, but I gathered from you post that if you lived in Baltimore, you have a greater chance of having a black doctor, black lawyer, or black grocery store owner......and I'm just wondering how that is a disadvantage to a white person.

Posted By Omahan on 06/27/2008 3:19 PM


Here's a real life example: One of our neighbors has a bachelors degree but still only works in offices for companies mostly as a high paid executive secretary that coordinates and just generally does the "flunky" work for the big guy.

This lady's husband does very well and so they are not hurting for cash. Anyways, she recently has been home often and I inquired to her while mowing that maybe she should get a job.

She didn't smile and informed me that she had in fact lost here job in Baltimore. She had been placed in a position that she felt she was railroaded out of a job.

She is white and her bosses are black. She had heard from a reliable co-worker that there had been conversation mentioning her being replaced by a "sister." (a black woman)

She told me the company was probably 80% African American employees and that the few Caucasians that worked there rarely got promoted.

She got canned because she is white in Baltimore.

I'm not going to overkill this type of scenario as I don't believe it is as rampant in other places.

Here it is common...good thing Washington DC is so close. Government jobs are solid and pay well. Most people that live near us have government jobs & getting paid well to do little.

My reference to Baltimore having professional blacks is to say that blacks are in charge in Baltimore more than in some cities.

They make the decisions that whites make in the midwest. Like who is mayor, who is going to get the contract, who is going to get a boost from the sly, etc.

Posted By egami on 06/27/2008 9:11 AM




So, just to get this straight, it's their fault that we were bringing slaves to the US.

Gotcha.