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shiki
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the younger ones is the group of people I was talking about.
And as far as how many instances in 63 years do you need? Obviously only 2.
The stupid "Black in America" thing.....
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the younger ones is the group of people I was talking about.
And as far as how many instances in 63 years do you need? Obviously only 2.
BOP
Well-Known Member
Get a room, you two!
Dupontster
Would THIS face lie?
bcp
In My Opinion
thank you., what could I have been thinking.Fixed....After all this is a racial thread....
queencity28
New Member
hey, if anyone didn't feel you on this post, i did. and you touched on an excellent point.....you can't change how people think or perceive others. so let them live in their little ignorant worlds and move on. as the generations go by, the ignornace will (hopefully) die off and maybe our grandkids kids can focus on more important things than a strain of DNA that just so happened to tint their skin.
how lucky are those who have beautiful brown skin. i tell my kids every day, you'll never have to lay in a tanning bed like mom does.
and really, no need to worry about black and white much longer. look around. the hispanic population has taken over. soon they will be the majority.
how lucky are those who have beautiful brown skin. i tell my kids every day, you'll never have to lay in a tanning bed like mom does.
and really, no need to worry about black and white much longer. look around. the hispanic population has taken over. soon they will be the majority.
queencity28
New Member
Hey Old Man, I commend you for your honesty. I understand where you are coming from. The young ones, albeit from any race, are scarier nowadays. Just like anything though, there are good kids out there. And instead of complaining about the youth, more people should get involved and show these kids how life should really be. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs....those are the people that are really out there trying to connect with these kids and break down stereotypes.
The reality is that the world is changing pretty rapidly. People either accept it or they don't. Those that hate others because of how they look....they're the ones that have it the worst because they are missing out on creating relationships with some really good people.
GSXR_MOE
Adding Diversity to SOMD
I agree, people will judge you by the way you are dressed.... That is the world we live in... But imagine for a moment if you had to wear that torn up t-shirt every where you went, Imagine if you had to wear those old shoes everyday of you life....................... And you can't change...
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
Guess what I can't change my skin color......... but people treat me different because of it..The same way that guy discriminated against you because he thought you couldn't afford one of his boat, is the same way many blacks are treated everyday of our life. The actions of individuals in a specific race do not define every one in that race... That my friend is the definition of a racist....
IHDU
Does it really matter?
It is really that difficult people?...to look someone in the eye and give them a "hey hows it going", instead of a discriminating stare? I have always had good success getting along with everybody, and stricking up conversations with people that "society deems innapropriately dressed". I just dont understand why some people make life so friggin hard..
By the way, I am white with some tattoos, I drive an American Ironhorse Chopper style motorcycle. Sometimes I go riding with my friend who is black, who owns a crotch rocket, and wears baggy pants.
By the way, I am white with some tattoos, I drive an American Ironhorse Chopper style motorcycle. Sometimes I go riding with my friend who is black, who owns a crotch rocket, and wears baggy pants.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
That would be congress
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outlawrc
Member
Not all "whites" feel or act the ways you have discribed, however, you have placed your self in the same judgemental society that you are Biatching about by making these statements.One: I have been black, in America long before CNN ( Clinton News Network ) decided to take an interest in it, and make a national story out of it. I don't need to watch TV to expierience what I have lived everyday for 35 years. I think it's all because of this Obama Bull$hi.., and not because anyone really gives a damn. Much like the people on this thread, and on this post.
When I first started reading the forums here on SOMD, I argued with a lot of you and realized that no matter what I typed, I just wouldn't win. So now, I pretty much have adopted the same attitudes that I have been shown throughout the years, and sit back, do my thing, and to hell with the rest.
If you don't care, why should I?
I started out with, " I walk through the mall with baggy jeans a baseball cap on backwards and a .45 tucked in my pants, with a shirt over it. Next to it in a pocket, I keep a gold shield, cause I have been a cop for over 13 years. The way I am received in the area by white people makes my skin crawl". I wish that you could have seen some of the most pathetic, pi$$ poor excuses that I received for peoples' actions.
People, justifying your horrible actions towards other human beings makes you just as ignorant and stupid as you preceive them to be. I am shocked to learn that most people haven't learned or understood this yet. Alot of people I chat with on here, and some of the posts that I received were from people who realized that that wasn't good, said it was just the way they were raised, and would make an effort ( for themselves ) to work on it. Because they realized that if they didn't start to change themselves, they would never have an impact on the world. For those people, I commend them.
( for the record, I always dressed like that out of uniform. Just the way I felt comfortable )
I severely dislike Barrack Obama. I disagree with every word that comes out of the man's mouth. I am black, and will not vote for him, come november, and neither will my wife. ( so she says, but she has never given me a reason to doubt her ) I may not know everything, but I do know this, when Obama gets elected president, and it will happen, there are going to be alot of white people in southern maryland with their bottom lips poked out, and their shoulders slumped, scratching their heads and saying to themselves, " how did we let a black man become president?" I won't be happy, but I'll be proud. And there are going to be alot of changes made in this country.
To all the racists, bigots and haters out there I say this, your parents failed. Your community failed. They didn't raise a nice, upstanding, ( possible ) christian individual. Instead they raised a monster attempting to judge a person by the color of their skin, and the actions of a select few, rather than improving on their own lives, and improving their own outlook on society.
To everyone else, I applaud you. The world is diverse and different. WE KNOW, there are white people abusing the system, as much as there are black people taking drugs and robbing liquor stores. We know that Washington is full of white people, who have done nothing, and continue to do nothing for our entire country, as much as there are black people filling the inner cities and walking around under the overpasses with their hands out. All nationalities have sterotypes and misnomers associated with them. But we look past them. We understand that if the world is going to get better, we have to start HERE with us, and then move forward.
Hopefully things will get better people. Under Obama, I don't see it. But I have been wrong before. I don't live in SOMD anymore, but it still feels like home to me. I wish you all the best, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the tornadoes decide to jump over that part of the world for the rest of the year.
Now, as far as a "black man" as president, I as a white person am actually waiting for the day that this happens to be able to realize actual change in this country. But not Obama, I simply don't trust his everday changes in his stances. I feel he is just a puppet for the dems.
Pushrod
Patriot
If your one of the people who wear your loose pants hanging half off your @ss, black or white, I look at you like your the village idiot.
Walking around with your handgun tucked in your waistband without a retention holster or in-band holster is idiotic also and I wouldn't brag on it. I would think that being a cop you would know better than that. It is a safety issue, pull it out of your waistband one time and it gets caught on a zipper or button, you will be real unhappy!
Everything else you said...
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doubt_me
Guest
One: I have been black, in America long before CNN ( Clinton News Network ) decided to take an interest in it, and make a national story out of it. I don't need to watch TV to expierience what I have lived everyday for 35 years. I think it's all because of this Obama Bull$hi.., and not because anyone really gives a damn. Much like the people on this thread, and on this post.
When I first started reading the forums here on SOMD, I argued with a lot of you and realized that no matter what I typed, I just wouldn't win. So now, I pretty much have adopted the same attitudes that I have been shown throughout the years, and sit back, do my thing, and to hell with the rest.
If you don't care, why should I?
I started out with, " I walk through the mall with baggy jeans a baseball cap on backwards and a .45 tucked in my pants, with a shirt over it. Next to it in a pocket, I keep a gold shield, cause I have been a cop for over 13 years. The way I am received in the area by white people makes my skin crawl". I wish that you could have seen some of the most pathetic, pi$$ poor excuses that I received for peoples' actions.
People, justifying your horrible actions towards other human beings makes you just as ignorant and stupid as you preceive them to be. I am shocked to learn that most people haven't learned or understood this yet. Alot of people I chat with on here, and some of the posts that I received were from people who realized that that wasn't good, said it was just the way they were raised, and would make an effort ( for themselves ) to work on it. Because they realized that if they didn't start to change themselves, they would never have an impact on the world. For those people, I commend them.
( for the record, I always dressed like that out of uniform. Just the way I felt comfortable )
I severely dislike Barrack Obama. I disagree with every word that comes out of the man's mouth. I am black, and will not vote for him, come november, and neither will my wife. ( so she says, but she has never given me a reason to doubt her ) I may not know everything, but I do know this, when Obama gets elected president, and it will happen, there are going to be alot of white people in southern maryland with their bottom lips poked out, and their shoulders slumped, scratching their heads and saying to themselves, " how did we let a black man become president?" I won't be happy, but I'll be proud. And there are going to be alot of changes made in this country.
To all the racists, bigots and haters out there I say this, your parents failed. Your community failed. They didn't raise a nice, upstanding, ( possible ) christian individual. Instead they raised a monster attempting to judge a person by the color of their skin, and the actions of a select few, rather than improving on their own lives, and improving their own outlook on society.
To everyone else, I applaud you. The world is diverse and different. WE KNOW, there are white people abusing the system, as much as there are black people taking drugs and robbing liquor stores. We know that Washington is full of white people, who have done nothing, and continue to do nothing for our entire country, as much as there are black people filling the inner cities and walking around under the overpasses with their hands out. All nationalities have sterotypes and misnomers associated with them. But we look past them. We understand that if the world is going to get better, we have to start HERE with us, and then move forward.
Hopefully things will get better people. Under Obama, I don't see it. But I have been wrong before. I don't live in SOMD anymore, but it still feels like home to me. I wish you all the best, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the tornadoes decide to jump over that part of the world for the rest of the year.
Well said.
Okay, wait a minute.
Ever turn on your TV and watch "black" entertainment? Ever hear a gangsta rap? Ever see how "mainstream" black entertainers present themselves? They have a lot in common with your basic Baltimore street thug. And they revel in it, calling it a "culture".
If you are a nice looking black person who is clean and decently dressed, I double-dog guarantee that no white person will look twice at you. But if you walk around sagging and projecting a tough guy attitude, watch the white folk cross the street to avoid you.
Since blacks are a minority, most white people don't know huge groups of them personally - they'll know the black guy they work with, or the black guy who lives next door. And they will tell you that *this* black guy isn't like the others - you know, the ones he sees on TV and in the news after they've viciously beat someone on a city bus.
So racism is a circle and there is plenty of blame on both sides.
As far as Barack Obama goes, most people I've talked to don't really care that he's black - they care that he's a Socialist. If it were Mike Steel up there, white Republicans would vote for him in a second and it would be the leftwing blacks screaming their heads off.
thurley42
HY;FR
I would say in Tomahawk and BCP's examples it is more about the socio-economic impression they are giving off more than race. We live in a judgemental society...and i'm sure that everyone feels the differences in the way they are looked at and treated when they go somewhere in work attire or church clothes and when they go somewhere to get something in the middle of a house project, or leaving the gym.
Does it make it right..no, but i think it is more of a economic status thing and people are quick to throw the race/gender/ethnic card at it. In a perfect world we'd all be judged on our behavior..which alot of people need work on that one as well...
Does it make it right..no, but i think it is more of a economic status thing and people are quick to throw the race/gender/ethnic card at it. In a perfect world we'd all be judged on our behavior..which alot of people need work on that one as well...