You see, the problem is not with being born black; it's being raised white.
I actually kinda agree with this, but for a completely different reason. and this is from experience.
we are raised to treat everybody equally, martin luther king said judge not by the color of the skin, but by the character.
yet in their community they are taught by their parents and community, that they can never be as good.
because they are not white. while their peers that escape the bonds placed on them.
prove they can do just as well, and better. then anyone else, regardless. (labeled sellouts and uncle toms and worse. by those who choose to remain enslaved to their known community)
that is a cycle that has to be broken with in their community.
no out side influence will be able to change it.
Daunte's mother is white and I'm not going to pretend that white trash can do any better of a job of raising a child then a black person, or that color played a factor in any of what happened in this case. It's the black people playing the race card on these cases trying to push a social agenda on people. As far as black people being raised white is similar to the saying it's easy to take somebody out of the ghetto, but it's hard to take the ghetto out of somebody. Look what they did to the native Americans when they tried to take the Indian out of them in boarding schools. However at one time all nationalities had to adapt to assimilate, some did better then others. Most of what drives the current issues of black people is pop culture. Movies, music, peers, BLM, propaganda, poor parenting leading to future poor parenting, poor money management, disrespect. The black community has to address these problems, giving them hand outs to do so will only lead to more hand outs and abuse. Change the "black culture" what they see in movies, listen to in music, their image that they need to be gang bangers, then maybe they can fit into the American fabric. They say they want "equal rights" but to them that means the rights of whites+ special rights to fit them= black rights. To me that does not add up to "equal".
LOL.. I wonder if you take the time to understand what you write.. while I agree with a lot of what you wrote. the way you wrote can be viewed as offensive by those who actually lived it.
I said I speak from experience, because I shared a similar back ground, of being called white trash, white bread, gringo (no it is not just a term meaning a white person, it is a slur)( this H word for whites was blocked so I edited to remove it), red neck, hick ECT...
I could just as easily have been trapped by believing it was "THE MANS FAULT" that I had to live the way I did. because I was just like others that was raised not knowing better. it was not until I left the fields of california, and started working at a nursery, that I learned.. different.
yes, it is hard letting go of what you know to be true. when you find out that it was all a lie. it takes time to come to terms with it. and some people never fully make the adjustment.
I dont know his mother, she could be a verry decent person who did the best she could. I'm sure she probably did.
for all I know she came from a good home in a good neighbor hood. but was taught that women were inferior, and her job in life was to be a good wife and raise kids.
even people that meant well in the 60's and 70's . did not understand they were causing harm. Martin Luther King taught us to rise up and show our worth as equals regardless of skin color.
while others in the movement taught that we should hate back, and blame others for holding us back and to blame what we are, not who we are for our failings.
so that we could be trapped and be able to be controlled through that hatred and miss trust.
people that are not taught to recognize their victory's will never achive them, and people who dont study their history. are doomed to repeat it.
and if your not part of the solution, your part of the problem.
^^^^Richards response^^^
My, reply,
First off if I ever offend anybody they should send me their address so I can send them a participation award and some coloring books to make up for it. I a very busy and sometimes cut my thoughts short, don't have the time or space to write a book here. When people participate in the forums they have to be willing to say "I don't mind annoying people" read that again as "I don't mind annoying people" meaning people are not always going to be pleased with what you post and you will not agree with everything others post, that just part of life.
Janish said " the problem is not being born black, it's being raised black". We need to figure out how much is learned actions and how much is natural instinct. The common thing in most of these cases is the "fight or flight" reaction. Is this part a black person's natural trait, dna? Or is this something that is learned? If Daunte would have simply showed up for his court case he would have not had anything to run from, that is not saying he would not of still attempted to run. In the Ahmad Arbury case if the had chosen the flight option instead of fighting some redneck with a gun he probably would still be alive. As we seen in the Kyle Rittenhouse case is not wise to fight with somebody with a gun. Whites have been domesticated for much longer than most ethnic groups, is the tribal instinct stronger in those groups? That not racist, it's science and nature. When they say "all men are created equal" there is nothing farther from the truth, everybody has their own DNA, mental challenges, different sizes, different needs, we need to understand these things for ourselves and others. So how much is learned and how much is in the genes? It's known that many blacks are raised by single mothers, but many whites are too, so how much is in the raising of the children, how much is DNA, and how much is learned thru the community, media, and culture?
How "black" does somebody need to be "black"? Daunte was half white and raised by a white mother, that makes me question what part is the way somebody is raised and how much DNA influences ones being? Are the black genes more prominent? Or were these things learned by living in the community he was in? These are the questions that are not being talked about as black people are blaming white people for all their problems. Obama is also half black and half white, so was he the first "black" president? He was raised by a white mother and at age 10 moved to Hawaii to have his grandparents raise him. So environment was a factor, had he been in a different environment where would he be now? We will never know, but it leads to both DNA and environment being factors in how people turn out. So there really isn't a short term solution to the problem, and not sure how many are really willing to stick to long term solutions.
If anybody ever has the ability to watch the original uncut movie "Clerks" they should. The main character is also named Daunte, he goes out of the way for his employer, community, and friends and at the end of the day he gets his head blown off by some crack head over just enough money to buy another rock. In my comparison Kim Potter is the Daunte from this movie whom had her life taken away by some thug (the Daunte she shot). You can do all the right things in life and have some loser take it all away from you in a split second. People think criminals only affect the person they victimize, but the harm they cause to society is much larger from the money of law enforcement, court, and jail, the mistrust of the community, the loved ones of them and the victims they hurt. Just one criminal can affect so many people.
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dust4fun
on Thu 02/24/22 09:15 PM
