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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3120269" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>First let's acknowledge that terrible things happened in the past. Then let's acknowledge that things have greatly improved. And let's say that there are White people living today who didn't own slaves or enforce Jim Crow laws and aren't responsible for that happening. I'm not Black, can't begin to know the pain they feel knowing their grandfather was lynched, or the apprehension they feel when pulled over by a police car. But I do know if a Black man in the 1940's showed attention to a White woman walking by he could get himself beaten or murdered. In what are considered the most racist corners of the country today, such as Alabama, a Black man can have a relationship with a White woman, even marry her, and no one is lynching him, burning a cross in his yard, blowing up his church. Things HAVE progressed. I worked for a Black senior mgr in AZ that I'd go to war for. Blacks have worked hard, gotten the education, made a good life for themselves and their families. And no one is denying them the right to do so.</p><p></p><p>But the flip side of this is the victim mentality that is pushed by people like Al Sharpton. Everything and everyone is against them, they can't get a fair shake, they're owed for past sins. I'm a large white guy, and based on too many reactions to me over the years from blacks, I get the feeling they look at me and see all of the pain and persecution of 400 years. I've had black cashiers act like it pained them to wait on me countless times even though I smiled and said hello. And often this was just after they very cheerfully waited on a Black customer. The anger and distrust is real, and this constant dredging up of past sins is a major factor, if not the major factor. Race relations won't move forward as long as blacks believe in their hearts that White America is out to hurt them, especially the police force. The facts don't support this myth. More than 90% of all Black murders happen at the hands of other Blacks yet many Blacks sincerely believe that it's Whites doing most of the killing, especially White cops. And White liberals exploit this fear to get the Black vote. And Black leaders like Al Sharpton exploit it to get rich.</p><p></p><p>Is there racism going on out there? Of course. Are there racist cops? Of course. Is there a systemic persecution of Blacks going on to keep them in their "place?" No. And something else to consider. Blacks do have a right to be concerned anytime there's a killing involving a White cop and a Black. The White cop represents "the system." But extrapolating that into distrust and overt anger towards whites, as well as the constant beating of whites' heads about past injustice, breeds anger amongst whites. Just as we see a rise in groups on the Left like Antifa, who've carried out riots causing extensive damage as well as having attacked numerous people physically including reporters, we're also seeing a rise in white hate groups who see themselves being threatened by minorities and liberals. An economy with too many young men out of work and the constant drone of racism being leveled against them breeds anger. The thing polarizing us more than anything else is advocates of economic change, wanting a switch from capitalism to socialism, are using racism as a wedge to divide us. With much of the media on their side they paint a picture that one side embraces, and the other side is seething with resentment over. What's the endgame? To destroy capitalist America by any means possible? When the Soviet Union collapsed I thought we had a bright future. It never occurred to me that some of our own citizens were upset that it collapsed and decided to work behind the scenes to further what they consider the utopian ideal world. The groundwork has been laid in our universities and in our poorest precincts. And our business leaders certainly have contributed by pushing so many out of the middle class, taking such a large proportion of the economic pie for themselves.</p><p></p><p>So when we're going off about racism and economic injustice, just remember we're pushing ourselves ever closer to a precipice that leads to violence, possibly civil war down the road. And we're the instruments of those who are working to that end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 3120269, member: 24302"] First let's acknowledge that terrible things happened in the past. Then let's acknowledge that things have greatly improved. And let's say that there are White people living today who didn't own slaves or enforce Jim Crow laws and aren't responsible for that happening. I'm not Black, can't begin to know the pain they feel knowing their grandfather was lynched, or the apprehension they feel when pulled over by a police car. But I do know if a Black man in the 1940's showed attention to a White woman walking by he could get himself beaten or murdered. In what are considered the most racist corners of the country today, such as Alabama, a Black man can have a relationship with a White woman, even marry her, and no one is lynching him, burning a cross in his yard, blowing up his church. Things HAVE progressed. I worked for a Black senior mgr in AZ that I'd go to war for. Blacks have worked hard, gotten the education, made a good life for themselves and their families. And no one is denying them the right to do so. But the flip side of this is the victim mentality that is pushed by people like Al Sharpton. Everything and everyone is against them, they can't get a fair shake, they're owed for past sins. I'm a large white guy, and based on too many reactions to me over the years from blacks, I get the feeling they look at me and see all of the pain and persecution of 400 years. I've had black cashiers act like it pained them to wait on me countless times even though I smiled and said hello. And often this was just after they very cheerfully waited on a Black customer. The anger and distrust is real, and this constant dredging up of past sins is a major factor, if not the major factor. Race relations won't move forward as long as blacks believe in their hearts that White America is out to hurt them, especially the police force. The facts don't support this myth. More than 90% of all Black murders happen at the hands of other Blacks yet many Blacks sincerely believe that it's Whites doing most of the killing, especially White cops. And White liberals exploit this fear to get the Black vote. And Black leaders like Al Sharpton exploit it to get rich. Is there racism going on out there? Of course. Are there racist cops? Of course. Is there a systemic persecution of Blacks going on to keep them in their "place?" No. And something else to consider. Blacks do have a right to be concerned anytime there's a killing involving a White cop and a Black. The White cop represents "the system." But extrapolating that into distrust and overt anger towards whites, as well as the constant beating of whites' heads about past injustice, breeds anger amongst whites. Just as we see a rise in groups on the Left like Antifa, who've carried out riots causing extensive damage as well as having attacked numerous people physically including reporters, we're also seeing a rise in white hate groups who see themselves being threatened by minorities and liberals. An economy with too many young men out of work and the constant drone of racism being leveled against them breeds anger. The thing polarizing us more than anything else is advocates of economic change, wanting a switch from capitalism to socialism, are using racism as a wedge to divide us. With much of the media on their side they paint a picture that one side embraces, and the other side is seething with resentment over. What's the endgame? To destroy capitalist America by any means possible? When the Soviet Union collapsed I thought we had a bright future. It never occurred to me that some of our own citizens were upset that it collapsed and decided to work behind the scenes to further what they consider the utopian ideal world. The groundwork has been laid in our universities and in our poorest precincts. And our business leaders certainly have contributed by pushing so many out of the middle class, taking such a large proportion of the economic pie for themselves. So when we're going off about racism and economic injustice, just remember we're pushing ourselves ever closer to a precipice that leads to violence, possibly civil war down the road. And we're the instruments of those who are working to that end. [/QUOTE]
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