You don't correct broad brush painting (racism) with other broad brush painting (majorities always pick on minorities.)
I don't know if it was addressed in the thread so far, but I think one of the strikes against many minorities is the inability or unwillingness to conform to the social mores of the majority.
Looking at who immigrates to this nation, it seems those who conform to the social standards do well. Those who cannot or will not don't do well.
Once cannot look at just one variable to judge what is going on. There are many minority groups who immigrate here, knowing full well they are not the majority, who do well, if not better than their contemporaries in the majority who are born here.
So it's more than simply a racial issue. It's also an issue of what each population is doing with respect to fitting in with the population.
I'm not saying there are not racist whites. I'm simply saying that blacks and others who refuse to stop living in the 1860's, claiming they are still oppressed may be erecting many of the roadblocks they claim prevent them from succeeding in US society.
Borrowing from the parlance today, it was the 1 percenters who owned slaves and that was ended in the South years before the Civil War. So chances are, few whites here are related to anyone who owned slaves and with the exception of a few Saudi Princess' who were caught with slaves, I don't think anyone alive in the US today is or ever has been a slave owner.
I for one am weary of the attempt to shift the blame to me and my generation for the continued "black struggle."
We had the Treyvon Martin case, but where is the outrage over black on black crime which kills hundreds if not thousands for every white killing a black? That's not the white man keeping folks down. The black community is doing that to itself.
Having 16 different kids with 16 different "baby daddies" is another white man keeping the black man down? Not hardly. Dropping out of school, another white man keeping the black man down?
Oh, and sagging. We totally made that up to see if folks would fall for it. Looks like that worked too.
Sarcasm aside. My point is, the time is past for blaming white folks and blaming racism for where the black community finds itself today. Other groups have figured out how to succeed in America.
Final point. Who sold the slaves to European slave traders? African tribes did. They sold rival tribe members to the traders. Imagine, blacks selling other blacks into slavery.
I have no white guilt over this. I'm saddened that many continue to point fingers at others instead of spending the time, treasure and energy needed to address their own issues.
I may not know what it means to be black, but I also don't know what it means to be an oppressive, bigoted white slave owner. I resent that folks would paint with a broad brush and try to blame me for their choices.
I've worked with talented and hardworking folks of all creeds, races, colors, genders and faiths.
Success or failure is not due to any of the descriptive factors mentioned in the previous sentence. Success or failure is due to hard work, perseverance and if it's long lasting, good character.
Those who are racist may deny themselves the most talented and pay the consequence by not being able to compete against those they dismissed due to such superficial descriptive factors.
Those who play the victim card may deny themselves access to many opportunities by not adopting the characteristics that lead to success.
This is true, regardless your race, color, creed, gender, faith or sexual orientation.
Originally Posted By: TrevorS
I was listening to the professors explanation of the behavior rather than jumping to biased conclusions.
It was surprising to see the lack of calling police period and the differential rate between the two groups of kids. It tells us that the majority of people don't get involved while there is a significant minority who seem to react if criminals are black.
There are plenty of other videos in the same series. You can see similar rates of apathy in other situations. You also find a few people who defend people on the end of racist behavior.
Again, I don't see why people link evidence of racism against black kids with examples of racism against whites.
Both are wrong but the fact is that on the whole, racism against black people is worse, purely due to the numbers and they belonging to the minority. Majorities always pick on minorities.
For me, an analogy of this would be getting up here and complaining about rates of domestic violence or sexual harassment against women and the response being that women do it to men also.
