White Privilege

[Iceaxe]

LMAO... well this attack by #FakeNews CNN didn't go over as planned....

CNN legal analyst Areva Martin accuses David Webb of ‘white privilege’ before learning he’s black

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-legal-analyst-areva-martin-accuses-david-webb-of-white-privilege-before-learning-hes-black

Climb-Utah.com

[twotimer]

I think we might be seeing more of this...them spiraling out of control.

[rockgremlin]

LMAO... well this attack by #FakeNews CNN didn't go over as planned....

CNN legal analyst Areva Martin accuses David Webb of ‘white privilege’ before learning he’s black

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-legal-analyst-areva-martin-accuses-david-webb-of-white-privilege-before-learning-hes-black

Climb-Utah.com


After being corrected, Areva then goes on to cast the blame on her crew for "providing her wrong information." Yeah - I'm pretty sure her crew didn't sit her down in the pre-meeting and tell her that her guest is a white man.

The comment section is hilarious.

"150 years later...and it's still someone else's fault."

"Another news day at CNN - talking trash without knowing the facts."

"...do they ever take personal accountability for their own actions?"

[Sombeech]

oof

If I were him, I would have let that woman rant as long as possible, going on and on and then dropping the bomb.

[Sombeech]

If your argument falls apart when Race is not a factor, do you have an argument?

[BasinCruiser]

If your argument falls apart when Race is not a factor, do you have an argument?

Careful. With questions like that, you'll make intersectionalists heads blow around the world. "If your argument falls apart when (enter favorite oppressed identify group here - race, gender, gender preference, religion, etc., etc.) is not a factor...."

[twotimer]

I'm sure glad I was born white...or at least an ethnic looking Italian type dude. White privilege? Sure it exists. The colored people that are all bent about it just need to play a bit of catch up.

[Scott Card]

If your argument falls apart when Race is not a factor, do you have an argument? I believe the answer is, there was never an argument to begin with.

[BasinCruiser]

White privilege: Where you can be banned from an event because you’re white but have a hair style that some members of a different race has worn before.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/17/white-comedian-barred-comedy-nights-cultural-appropriation-dreadlocks/

[rockgremlin]

White privilege: Where you can be banned from an event because you’re white but have a hair style that some members of a different race has worn before.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/17/white-comedian-barred-comedy-nights-cultural-appropriation-dreadlocks/


Well, it's Montreal so what'd you expect? Libtard capitol of the world.

[rockgremlin]

Someone answer me this:

Why wasn't Michael Jackson condemned for cultural appropriation for trying to change his skin color from black to white?

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11128/111283198/5169065-michaeljackson.jpg

[Sombeech]

because hee hee

[twotimer]

I think he was trying to turn himself into a white woman. Like a white version of Dianna Ross.

BTW...the documentary "This Is It" is really good. That guy had a lot of talent.

[BasinCruiser]

White privilege = being of the only race that a black professor can say that some members of need to die, and fighting that race requires a skill, and still keep his job.


http://theredelephants.com/georgia-professor-says-white-people-may-die-fighting-white-people-skill/

[rockgremlin]

A recent instance of "White Privilege" cropped up in my life. It's maddening when people say stupid things to get attention from strangers on the internet. It's even more maddening when the things they say are bold faced lies. Without further ado...

Story Time:

Recently a co-worker of mine quit to pursue a different job. She was a 28 year old Indian girl from Pennsylvania. Very smart -- I accidentally stumbled into her personal file one day -- a Master's degree Magna Cum Laude in Hydrogeology from WVU. In addition to her big brain, she was also fun to have around. Good personality, and was outgoing and funny. But she frequently complained that her boss got on her nerves. Well, her boss also happened to be my boss, and I can see why she complained -- he is a bit of a micro manager, and has the ability to rub people the wrong way. I don't think he intends to be a jerk -- I think his narcissism shines through unbeknownst to him. He's one of those people who think other people adore them but in reality they get on most people's nerves. He got on my nerves too, but mostly just for petty stupid crap. After completing her first year, she approached the boss about a raise. That's where the wheels fell off. He was pretty adamant that it most likely wasn't going to happen, and he was almost condescending about it. She confided in me for a lot of things and we got to be pretty good friends, so I heard about everything the boss said and did because she complained to me about him often. I think most of her complaints were warranted, but nothing and I repeat nothing was inappropriate about his conduct or demeanor. He was just a jerk boss who was obligated to toe the company line.

So she quit to go work for a company that offers more $$$. Good for her. She wasn't here for very long anyway. She was hired three months before me, and hadn't even completed 18 months when she quit. We stayed in touch for a little while after she quit and eventually we just fell out of touch. And then out of the blue a coworker sends me this Instagram message that she dropped the other day about the supposed "atrocities" that she endured while she was working here beside me. I was appalled. All lies. Lies at the expense of my boss in order to exalt her and proclaim her triumph over racial discrimination in the workplace. I worked RIGHT BESIDE HER the entire time she was employed, and she never whispered a word of this to me or HR or anybody....wanna know why? Because it's all bullshit. Everything she claimed in the post was made up poppycock. She just couldn't pass up an opportunity to play that racial card, and perpetuate that White Privilege stereotype even if it meant making up fables to do it.

BUT WHY? Why make up lies to further the racial divide in our society? For fake internet points? For more views or more shares on a stupid internet platform? Is her life really that pathetic?

She is part of the problem with our society today. We should be striving to come together and bridge the racial gaps that might exist in our society. But it's pretty hard to succeed when there's people out there spreading nonsense and hogwash around just to get the approval of their peers.

Here's her IG message. Check it out. :facepalm1:


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And then the congratulatory posts there at the end. :roll: Makes me sick.

[uintafly]

Funny. I think people like to post this stuff to fit in with the social media mob. I like the "never let a white man dictate your potential" comment. lol. I guess I live by a similar motto, but I replace white man with anyone.

[BasinCruiser]

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[BasinCruiser]

Satire?

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Sadly, I believe this was written and meant to be taken seriously.

[twotimer]

Satire?

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Sadly, I believe this was written and meant to be taken seriously.I like number 10 especially...

And I'll freely admit it. So kiss my ass.

[Iceaxe]

Why voluntarily give up your white privilege? To me that makes about as much sense as giving up your health, wealth or happiness.

I don't see beautiful people voluntarily disfiguring themselves to allow ugly people the same advantages.

Why is it OK to use your intelligence to get ahead but not your white privilege? Last time I watched and NFL game I didn't see any black athletes hamstringing themselves to give the slow, short and fat white kid a chance.

Liberal's are dumbf**ks...

/End Rant

YMMV

[BasinCruiser]

Why voluntarily give up your white privilege? To me that makes about as much sense as giving up your health, wealth or happiness.

I don't see beautiful people voluntarily disfiguring themselves to allow ugly people the same advantages.

Why is it OK to use your intelligence to get ahead but not your white privilege? Last time I watched and NFL game I didn't see any black athletes hamstringing themselves to give the slow, short and fat white kid a chance.

Liberal's are dumbf**ks...

/End Rant

YMMV

They put out these messages to: 1) Make people believe that WP actually exists, and 2) Make them feel guilty about it through manipulation.

[BasinCruiser]

Comifornia: Let's scrap the Pledge of Allegience because of 'white nationalism'.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11805

[Iceaxe]

This is my white privileged view of the world today. They can try an take it from me, but they better bring a sack lunch and a couple friends because it's going to be an all day fight...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190129/b4e903313915257ade1ee2db5a874bd8.jpg

[Iceaxe]

White privilege is awesome....

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[twotimer]

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Yep...this will be my reveling in WP in just a few days. I'll be in Hawaii for the whole of February. Is it really white privilege? I grew up dirt poor epic and never went to High School. All you have to do is put in the work and learn how to save money. That's it.

[Iceaxe]

White privilege rocks!

Build the wall!
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[BasinCruiser]

Dang white people and their ( shuffles deck ...) women tears.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/08/how-white-women-use-strategic-tears-to-avoid-accountability?fbclid=IwAR34E2tEuCV0GxF7mAs6YXVZRC T_yT2cpaZCnJp6oIZ9hvhs8VvRdtycYqc

[Iceaxe]

Rush Limbaugh's December 2018 Limbaugh Letter has an article titled "Demonizing White Men." It highlights -- with actual quotations from people in the media, academia and the political and entertainment arenas -- the attack on white men as a class. You can decide whether these statements are decent, moral or even sensible...

Don Lemon, a CNN anchorman, said, "We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them."

Steven Clifford, former King Broadcasting CEO, said, "I will be leading a great movement to prohibit straight white males, who I believe supported Donald Trump by about 85 percent, from exercising the franchise (to vote), and I think that will save our democracy."

Teen Vogue, a magazine targeting teenage girls, wrote, "Not only is white male terrorism as dangerous as Islamic extremism, but our collective safety rests in rooting out the source of their radicalization."

Economist Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist, wrote a column titled "The Angry White Male Caucus," in which he explained, "Trumpism is all about the fear of losing traditional privilege."

There have been similar despicable statements made by academics.

James Livingston, a Rutgers history professor: "OK, officially, I now hate white people. ... I hereby resign from my race. F--- these people."

Stacey Patton, a Morgan State University professor: "There is nothing more dangerous in the United States than a white man who has expected to succeed and finds himself falling behind."

Stony Brook University sociology professor Michael Kimmel explained, "White men's anger comes from the potent fusion of two sentiments: entitlement and a sense of victimization."

Then there's the political arena.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "There's no question that in Georgia and in Florida racism has reared its ugly head. And you have candidates who ran against (Andrew) Gillum and ran against Stacey Adams who were racist. ... And that is an outrage."

Michael Avenatti, criticizing the GOP senators during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: "These old white men still don't understand that assault victims and women deserve respect and to be heard."

"What troubles me is ... they're all white men," commented former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm regarding GOP senators questioning Christine Blasey Ford at the Kavanaugh hearings.

William Falk, editor-in-chief of The Week, said, "There's something odd about the overwhelming white maleness of Washington's current leadership."

Not to be outdone, entertainers have hopped on the demonizing-white-men bandwagon.

Joy Behar, talking on ABC's "The View" about senators supporting Kavanaugh, said: "These white men -- old, by the way -- are not protecting women. They're protecting a man who is probably guilty."

Actress Gabourey Sidibe, also on "The View," said: "Older white men are a problem, y'all, for everyone. We're all at risk."

Moira Donegan wrote an article for The Guardian titled "Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What's wrong with them?"

Renee Graham wrote a column in The Boston Globe that counseled, "Memo to black men: Stop voting Republican."

Comedian Chelsea Handler tweeted, "Just a friendly reminder for the weekend: No white after Labor Day, and no old, white racist men after the midterms. Get out and vote."

townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/01/30/demonizing-white-men-n2540336

[BasinCruiser]

Can you imagine the uproar from the left if this were written towards any other race?


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https://www-vice-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_ca/article/a3qemj/12-types-of-white-people-id-like-to-call-the-cops-on?usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&aoh=15488792685963&amp_ct=1548879270780&amp_tf=Source%C2%A0%3A%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen_ca%2Farti cle%2Fa3qemj%2F12-types-of-white-people-id-like-to-call-the-cops-on

[rockgremlin]

Comifornia: Let's scrap the Pledge of Allegience because of 'white nationalism'.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11805


This is nothing new. Different groups have tried doing this over the last few years. I've heard of groups trying to cut down and/or rewrite the national anthem for modern times. It's lunacy.

[oldno7]

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[Iceaxe]

Those dang white kids again... they're a danger to us all....

https://youtu.be/MKTa7yNUyiA

[devo_stevo]

Those dang white kids again... there a danger to us all....

https://youtu.be/MKTa7yNUyiA
First comment on that video:
"Well it is black history month."

[BasinCruiser]

In addition to checking your white privilege, and like AOC- your cisgender privilege, if you are anywhere south of a 2 ton manitee, you better check tour ‘thin’ privilege as well.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/watch-plus-size-woman-wants-you-to-check-your-thin-privilege/

[BasinCruiser]

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[Sombeech]

This Jussie Smollett story is wild, just reading about it recently. I think it should have it's own thread, complete with interviews and aftermath.

[uintafly]

This Jussie Smollett story is wild, just reading about it recently. I think it should have it's own thread, complete with interviews and aftermath.

Dude is either a nut job, or he thought it would make him a hero. Probably the latter, though either way he's an idiot. I have to admit I had never heard of him until the story came out and I bet this is a career killer.

Or maybe he is a trump operative and he knew that as soon as the story came out the major Dem candidates would tweet and say things that would not age well, and the media would look like clowns. :roflol:

[dougrz]

He's the typical leftist, looking to undermine this country. Born from a hatred of our history, bigotry against those who oppose his politics, and a desire to further leftist authoritarianism. Side bonus of furthering his career. But his leftist religion is the paramount motivator.

[BasinCruiser]

White privilege: being a member of the only race that it is impossible to do anything racist towards.

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http://www.facebook.com/WorldCloudLA/videos/807724096018441?sfns=mo (https://www.facebook.com/WorldCloudLA/videos/807724096018441?sfns=mo)

[Iceaxe]

Like white privilege, but different...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190219/48a2125e3551421ed1e5027bc8ae5f64.jpg

[BasinCruiser]

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[dougrz]

92067Read this if you haven't. You want to talk about a race war? The incitement in this is astonishing. Import another 30 million 3rd worlders who are ripe for rhetoric like this, led by radical leftist Americans, and we'll see land confiscation Africa style. Wow. The 2nd Am had better hold.

[rockgremlin]

Read this if you haven't. You want to talk about a race war? The incitement in this is astonishing. Import another 30 million 3rd worlders who are ripe for rhetoric like this, led by radical leftist Americans, and we'll see land confiscation Africa style. Wow. The 2nd Am had better hold.

I'd rather not as I like to maintain my blood pressure at below 200/100.

If the day ever comes where the U.S. is on the brink of Civil War over racial issues, I'd rather just do the following:

1. Re-locate to the most remote location in Southern Utah and live off the land, away from people, or

2. Re-locate to a different country that is not as crazy -- like Chile, or Australia.

You won't see me sticking around here engaging with the crazies. My philosophy is if you get down and wallow in the mud with the pigs that makes you a pig too.

[uintafly]

I'll go back to what I keep going back to in these threads. Do you know anyone in your everyday life that is close to thinking about revolution? Me neither. Are there some nut jobs out there who would like this? Sure. The white nationalists up in Idaho, some of those clowns that took over the wildlife refuge a few years ago, some extreme left wing weirdos, etc., But that vast majority of Americans are nowhere near thinking of revolution. In fact, I know nobody personally who would think that. But if yo live your life online, who knows what you come up with. If you only read tabloid garbage like Huffpo and TheDailyCaller I'm afraid you have a very skewed and inaccurate view of the real world.

[rockgremlin]

I'll go back to what I keep going back to in these threads. Do you know anyone in your everyday life that is close to thinking about revolution? Me neither. Are there some nut jobs out there who would like this? Sure. The white nationalists up in Idaho, some of those clowns that took over the wildlife refuge a few years ago, some extreme left wing weirdos, etc., But that vast majority of Americans are nowhere near thinking of revolution. In fact, I know nobody personally who would think that. But if yo live your life online, who knows what you come up with. If you only read tabloid garbage like Huffpo and TheDailyCaller I'm afraid you have a very skewed and inaccurate view of the real world.


Tend to agree here. I think the majority of folks live in the middle ground and realize that anything that resembles a revolution is going to mean the end of the comfortable life they enjoy now.

[Iceaxe]

I'll go back to what I keep going back to in these threads. Do you know anyone in your everyday life that is close to thinking about revolution?

Yes I do, many people in fact, several work for me. Not only do they believe an uprising is coming they are stockpiling food, weapons and ammunition for it.

I honestly can't believe you live in Utah and haven't met a number of "PrePar".

Did you not follow the Clive Bundy deal a couple years back? Bundy's backers were prepared to go to war with the Federal Government. Many in this country will never let another Waco or Rudy Ridge happen again without it breaking out into a large scale armed conflict.

Or maybe I'm just closer to the situation and see a lot more then you as my family sales and manufactures firearms.

[uintafly]

Yes I do, many people in fact, several work for me. Not only do they believe an uprising is coming they are stockpiling food, weapons and ammunition for it.

I honestly can't believe you live in Utah and haven't met a number of "PrePar".

Did you not follow the Clive Bundy deal a couple years back? Bundy's backers were prepared to go to war with the Federal Government. Many in this country will never let another Waco or Rudy Ridge happen again without it breaking out into a large scale armed conflict.

Or maybe I'm just closer to the situation and see a lot more then you as my family sales and manufactures firearms.

I do know a handful of preppers, but they are more along the lines of "shit could hit the fan at some point and I want to be prepared" and not the "If the government (or dems, or repubs, etc) does XYZ, I am not gonna stand for it" type. The "shit could hit the fan" types are not looking for any particular uprising but are worried about all sorts of possibilities: nuclear war, a killer virus, switching of the poles, volcanic eruption, etc.

What do you think Ice. Are we facing any decent chance of some type of civil war in the next decade? If I had to put it at a percentage change it would be in the .001% range. Most Americans are too damn fat and lazy to walk their dogs let alone march off to war with their neighbors.

[dougrz]

Do you know anyone in your everyday life that is close to thinking about revolution? Me neither. Are there some nut jobs out there who would like this? Sure. The white nationalists up in Idaho, some of those clowns that took over the wildlife refuge a few years ago, some extreme left wing weirdos, etc., But that vast majority of Americans are nowhere near thinking of revolution.

I have a good friend originally from Croatia. The stories of the war in the 90s, wow. One interesting point is his telling of how neighbors of decades turned on each other. Once society broke down, neighbor killed neighbor, homes were burnt to the ground, old friends killed kids and such. Harrowing, gut wrenching stories.

The biggest takeaway is, there is no guarantee of civility and decency and order in a society. There is nothing magical about this country to not have this occur. Only the bonds we used to feel as Americans first, family bloodlines second. But that seems to be passe.

Our incredible nation is a freak of history, a delicate butterfly. What ticks me off more than anything are people who do not understand this and treat what we have flippantly. Articles like the above.

So my thought, yes, we are closer to this. You can't import 50 million foreigners who have no particular care for our country, its history, its values, its people and not expect... lack of care for all those. But then worse, of the natives, the vitriol is of a level not seen since the Civil War. The divide is so deep, so unbridgeable in my view. We've never had a radical left in this country and now we do. Hell, William Jennings Bryan, the leftist of his day, would be a Trump wing Republican. We actually had more in common during the Civil War than now.

[Iceaxe]

What do you think Ice. Are we facing any decent chance of some type of civil war in the next decade? If I had to put it at a percentage change it would be in the .001% range. Most Americans are too damn fat and lazy to walk their dogs let alone march off to war with their neighbors.

Do you know your history?

Do you know what happened the last time the nation was this divided?

Do you know what happened the last time the US had a president that was this hated by this many?

Why do yo think this time will be different?

As for American's being to fat to fight history has also taught us another lesson... the middle of the country is not who leads us to war. It's the extreme ends that always lead us into war and that is what scares me at the moment is the extreme left is leading the charge at the moment.

I've posted this before, we are already at war, we just haven't started pulling triggers yet...

Americans Cold Civil War
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/americas-cold-civil-war/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=americanmedinsurance

[twotimer]

92067Who is this asshole? And how many really take this shit seriously? I will admit though, that it is a bit distressing to see stories like this so frequently. Just make MSN your homepage for a week and you'll see what I mean.

In Hawaii, there's a small but vocal group that wants the Haloe (white people) to get the hell out. They don't want to be part of the United States anymore...which is funny because so many of them are living off welfare chicken. They even have a "protest" radio station on the Big Island..."Statue of Liberty don't mean shit to me"...stuff like that. When the rubber hits the road though, they're largely ignored. A fringe group of losers.

The Croatian War was largely religious and territorial pissings...the aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia. But a point well made nonetheless.

If anything looking like a "race war" were to happen, I think it would occur in Europe before it got going here. Keep an eye on France, eh?

I think as long as our grocery stores keep overflowing with food, things will be OK.

[Iceaxe]

I think as long as our grocery stores keep overflowing with food, things will be OK.

Bernie and AOC are working on fixing that...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOKKvL4jYRY

[dougrz]

It's the extreme ends that always lead us into war and that is what scares me at the moment is the extreme left is leading the charge at the moment.

Fly's assertion that a "revolt" is unlikely is probably accurate. In that a revolt implies something against the govt. No, the risk is leftist action against non-leftists on a personal level, and using the power of govt against such on a wider level. Hence the stories from Croatia about neighbor on neighbor violence being relevant.

You can't have a media megaphone echoing the calling of Trump and his supporters Nazis, and calling their movement "resistance," without a consequence. Nazis are not to be debated or even tolerated. They are to be eliminated. The visceral hatred I see and hear in my leftist relatives and friends leads me to believe that given unchecked power, we non-leftists would be at best isolated from society and at worst jailed (or worse). The risk is that serious, the knife's edge that critical now. We already routinely see professional and personal "death penalties" eliminating unacceptable non-leftists from society.

Add millions of mindless or leftist kids graduating from public school yearly, and the 1.5 million 3rd worlders immigrating who take strife and lawlessness as a way of life, and you get a very bad outcome for non-leftists.



Americans Cold Civil War
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/americas-cold-civil-war/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=americanmedinsurance

GREAT piece. Really ties together the entire political landscape movement. Very nice link, ice, thanks.

[rockgremlin]

I honestly don't think we're navigating through uncharted waters today. Things have been this terrible before and we've managed to get through just fine.

The younger generation probably won't recall the atrocities committed during the 1960's and 1970's when tempers flared so violently that the National Guard was shooting innocent college students in the streets.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

Just five days after the shootings, 100,000 people demonstrated in Washington, D.C., against the war and the killing of unarmed student protesters. Ray Price, Nixon's chief speechwriter from 1969 to 1974, recalled the Washington demonstrations saying, "The city was an armed camp. The mobs were smashing windows, slashing tires, dragging parked cars into intersections, even throwing bedsprings off overpasses into the traffic down below. This was the quote, student protest. That's not student protest, that's civil war."

[Iceaxe]

Things were really ugly in the late 60's and early 70's, I remember the turmoil well. The nation came close to splintering.

[dougrz]

The radicals of the late 60s were street protestors, seething against the strong conservative institutions of govt. We don't have anything to stop the left now. They are a mere single, and likely, election from transforming the nation quickly. First push will be amnesty, then it's game over.

[BasinCruiser]

You can can only get away with this if you’re white.

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[Iceaxe]

Three gay dudes standing in solidarity....

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[Iceaxe]

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[Scott Card]

This is a pretty good article by Kyle Korver, Utah Jazz player. Here is a snip-it.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba

"What I’m realizing is, no matter how passionately I commit to being an ally, and no matter how unwavering my support is for NBA and WNBA players of color….. I’m still in this conversation from the privileged perspective of opting in to it. Which of course means that on the flip side, I could just as easily opt out of it. Every day, I’m given that choice — I’m granted that privilege — based on the color of my skin.


In other words, I can say every right thing in the world: I can voice my solidarity with Russ after what happened in Utah. I can evolve my position on what happened to Thabo in New York. I can be that weird dude in Get Out bragging about how he’d have voted for Obama a third term. I can condemn every racist heckler I’ve ever known.


But I can also fade into the crowd, and my face can blend in with the faces of those hecklers, any time I want.


I realize that now. And maybe in years past, just realizing something would’ve felt like progress. But it’s NOT years past — it’s today. And I know I have to do better. So I’m trying to push myself further.


I’m trying to ask myself what I should actually do."

[Iceaxe]

"I’m trying to ask myself what I should actually do."

It's an impossible question to answer until the black community can answer that questions. Some blacks just want an equal opportunity, and I get that... but... some will never be happy until whitey is enslaved as payback.


Until the Black community steps up, proves direction, takes responsibility and unifies under one voice they will always have trouble integrating. Other people of color doesn't seem to have this issue. Latino, Asian, Pacific Islanders have all stepped up an done a great job of integrating, I'm not sure why the black community doesn't follow suit.


The big item everyone seems to miss is that the white guys with the ships bought the black slaves from the black natives. The black slaves use to be genocided after a black on black tribal war (kind of like the drug wars in Chicago). The white Portuguese said "don't do that, we will pay you for them and take them away where you will never be bothered again by them". So in reality, almost black person in America owes their existence to the white guys that saved their genetics.

[rockgremlin]

It's an impossible question to answer until the black community can answer that questions. Some blacks just want an equal opportunity, and I get that... but... some will never be happy until whitey is enslaved as payback.


Until the Black community steps up, proves direction, takes responsibility and unifies under one voice they will always have trouble integrating. Other people of color doesn't seem to have this issue. Latino, Asian, Pacific Islanders have all stepped up an done a great job of integrating, I'm not sure why the black community doesn't follow suit.


The big item everyone seems to miss is that the white guys with the ships bought the black slaves from the black natives. The black slaves use to be genocided after a black on black tribal war (kind of like the drug wars in Chicago). The white Portuguese said "don't do that, we will pay you for them and take them away where you will never be bothered again by them". So in reality, almost black person in America owes their existence to the white guys that saved their genetics.


Yes -- agree with all of this. And I'll take it a step further. I don't know the exact number, but I've posed the question numerous times in various threads over the years on this forum: What do reparations look like?

It's a serious question -- When the black community speaks of 'reparations', what exactly does that mean, specifically?

I'm assuming it involves some kind of monetary compensation. Does it include a one time payment? A monthly installment? A tax break?

Either way, what the black community is really missing in this discussion is this: When you attempt to compensate a group of people today for atrocities that were committed yesterday, the very act of compensation cheapens and denigrates the experiences of those who endured them in the first place.

In other words, if you try and offer money for utterly heinous acts of rape and murder on a group of people, it minimizes the experiences of those who were subjected to those acts. So they think that you can just buy off years of rape and murder with money? Since when is that ever considered a just or moral solution? To me, that smacks of greed. That they are looking to profit from the hardships that their ancestors endured for generations may well be even worse than the acts that were committed under slavery itself.

[Scott Card]

I think Dr. Seuss had a pretty good answer and explanation for it all. (The movie is annoying but the message, albeit simplistic, is spot on.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLPe7XjdKc

[rockgremlin]

I think Dr. Seuss had a pretty good answer and explanation for it all. (The movie is annoying but the message, albeit simplistic, is spot on.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLPe7XjdKc


Dr. Seuss was actually a very scathing political cartoonist before he landed into the realm of children's books.

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2017/01/seuss_2-1/lead_720_405.jpg?mod=1533691467


http://www.bpcr.net/images/seuss/images/10723cs_jpg.jpg

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/6dbb434d089e4eccda0bff34f527c4d2102c9820/c=0-25-766-458/local/-/media/2017/02/02/USATODAY/USATODAY/636216258670941787-unnecessary-floors-seuss.jpg?width=580&height=326&fit=crop

[BasinCruiser]

Nothing better than woke white people calling out other people to acknowledge their white privilege.

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[oldno7]

https://freezoxeebook.s3.amazonaws.com/upload/photos/2019/04/e5fVgubc37UJFzNfioHK_03_14718ffedc3be900429d902df2 96bcac_image.jpg

[Sombeech]

This is a pretty good article by Kyle Korver, Utah Jazz player. Here is a snip-it.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba

"What I’m realizing is, no matter how passionately I commit to being an ally, and no matter how unwavering my support is for NBA and WNBA players of color….. I’m still in this conversation from the privileged perspective of opting in to it. Which of course means that on the flip side, I could just as easily opt out of it. Every day, I’m given that choice — I’m granted that privilege — based on the color of my skin.


In other words, I can say every right thing in the world: I can voice my solidarity with Russ after what happened in Utah. I can evolve my position on what happened to Thabo in New York. I can be that weird dude in Get Out bragging about how he’d have voted for Obama a third term. I can condemn every racist heckler I’ve ever known.


But I can also fade into the crowd, and my face can blend in with the faces of those hecklers, any time I want.


I realize that now. And maybe in years past, just realizing something would’ve felt like progress. But it’s NOT years past — it’s today. And I know I have to do better. So I’m trying to push myself further.


I’m trying to ask myself what I should actually do."

This was an interesting response to Korver's article by Jason Whitlock, basically tearing him up in "Woke Heaven", calling him out for being a white Twitter celebrity and just echoing what other Twitter celebrities say and repeat for each other's praise:

https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1115757029363073025 (https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1115757029363073025)

[Scott Card]

This was an interesting response to Korver's article by Jason Whitlock, basically tearing him up in "Woke Heaven", calling him out for being a white Twitter celebrity and just echoing what other Twitter celebrities say and repeat for each other's praise:

https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1115757029363073025 (https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1115757029363073025)

Which begs the question: Can a rich white guy say anything meaningful about the issue to the black community? Or have we all been judged and condemned?

[oldno7]

Any real change in the black community will have to come from within.

From the likes of Charles Barkley and Candace Owens.

And no--I don't believe any white folks, especially wealthy ones, can have an impact on the black community, since the obama years.

[BasinCruiser]

PSA to all of you bigots that use the ashtag symbol. The left has declared this to now be a racist white supremesis symbol now, so quit using it !!!! 😡😡😡


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[oldno7]

PSA to all of you bigots that use the ashtag symbol. The left has declared this to now be a racist white supremesis symbol now, so quit using it !!!! 


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Dang--and I still thought it's meaning was "pound":ne_nau:

[BasinCruiser]

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[Iceaxe]

:-)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190609/d5e38da71b0a8a2df74d0fb2ebe04fda.jpg

[BasinCruiser]

Y’all got any more of that white privilege?

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[dougrz]

Y’all got any more of that white o POP privilege?

93585Only to have their land confiscated again when they're successful and productive? No thanks.

[BasinCruiser]

Truth.


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[Sombeech]

Truth.


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This shot is taken from her mistaken trip to South America by boat and then finding out they moved the whole damn conference. It's Gold, Jerry.

[BasinCruiser]

I'll go back to what I keep going back to in these threads. Do you know anyone in your everyday life that is close to thinking about revolution? Me neither. Are there some nut jobs out there who would like this? Sure. The white nationalists up in Idaho, some of those clowns that took over the wildlife refuge a few years ago, some extreme left wing weirdos, etc., But that vast majority of Americans are nowhere near thinking of revolution. In fact, I know nobody personally who would think that. But if yo live your life online, who knows what you come up with. If you only read tabloid garbage like Huffpo and TheDailyCaller I'm afraid you have a very skewed and inaccurate view of the real world.


Hey Uinta. How well is this post aging?

[dougrz]

Hey Uinta. How well is this post aging?"Nowhere near?" A revolution if defined by shooting is one thing. A revolution defined by ideas is another. We have a party now, and half+ of the country, that honestly wants to change the foundational principles of the nation.

1st Am watered down for hate speech restrictions. 2nd Am gone for obvious reasons. The principle of a colorblind society now considered itself racist and unacceptable. The individual equal in rights to the group, laughable. The individual above the govt, laughable. I'm talking in thought. Policy response lags, but it's all coming to fruition.

[BasinCruiser]

Pretty much sums up my situation

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[dougrz]

Pretty much sums up my situation

94900You'd hope simple truth would prevail, you know? But we are seeing a new country, where brainwashing and slandering the country absolutely dominate public discourse. It is shocking in its totality and swiftness, even for those of us who knew the left before.

[BasinCruiser]

Flash back Monday. Eddie poking fun at the idea of WP.


http://youtu.be/l_LeJfn_qW0

[BasinCruiser]

Someone has to say it.

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[BruteForce]

Such bullshit. I grew up in a poor US Army family mostly living abroad. My brothers and I had to share clothing. We looked like triplets, despite all being 2 years apart. I studied hard in high school (went to 5 different high schools), got scholarships and ultimately nominated and accepted into West Point. Since that time, everything I've done required I work ~16+ hour days, bust my butt and work my ass off. How is this privilege? Even today at age 52, I'm putting in 16+ hour days to keep my business viable and out of bad press. This has paid off due to hard work and tenure. I'm hopeful in 1 more year, I'll "retire" and open an AirBnB/RV park..

[Iceaxe]

^^^Strangely enough... nearly all successful people I know, regardless of color, have a similar story.

FWIW - When I was very young we had a hubcap hanging on the living room wall because we couldn't afford a picture... true story... so that's my foundation (white privilege). At 18 my father and I started a company together that I still run to this day. My father retired 20 years ago, but was the best partner/father/role model a guy could ask for.

[BasinCruiser]

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[BasinCruiser]

Just gotta love the white privilege benefits, like Corp America dragging you into training to demonize you for the color of your skin. So tolerant. So unifying. So accepting.


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https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/02/25/report-under-armour-forced-white-employees-to-undergo-antiracist-reeducation-programs/

[Iceaxe]

...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210227/93141bfae2752db4df4843867eb31de1.jpg

[Iceaxe]

Know the signs of white supremacy...

1. Being employed
2. Literacy
3. Professional or Technical degree
4. Auto insurance
5. Good credit rating
6. No criminal record

[BasinCruiser]

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[BasinCruiser]

Imagine if items had tags declaring they were ‘white owned’ labeled on them.

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[BasinCruiser]

Ohhhh yeah. This cracker just picked up a new car. Riding in style now.

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[BasinCruiser]

More proof of some of that whites privilege.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9399137/Oakland-California-exclude-white-families-living-poverty-500-month-checks.html

[BasinCruiser]

Here’s some white privilege for you. You don’t have to worry about getting one of the Utah Jazz scholarships if your skin doesn’t meet the minimum melanin content requirement.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/undoing-american-greatness-equality-utah-jazz-gates-foundation-offer-non-white-scholarships/

And hey. It’s nice to see that our wonderful ‘conservative’ spineless weasel governor supports the deal.

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[rockgremlin]

Here’s some white privilege for you. You don’t have to worry about getting one of the Utah Jazz scholarships if your skin doesn’t meet the minimum melanin content requirement.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/undoing-american-greatness-equality-utah-jazz-gates-foundation-offer-non-white-scholarships/

And hey. It’s nice to see that our wonderful ‘conservative’ spineless weasel governor supports the deal.

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What does it say about a particular ethnic group when you need ALL of the competition to be removed in order to qualify for free handouts?


Pathetic.

[double moo]

Are there actually any scholarships for white kids only? Discraceful to offer any scholarship based on skin color, why is the double standard accepted?

[devo_stevo]

So when he says "all" kids deserve opportunities, how does that jive with a scholarship that excludes a majority of them?

[devo_stevo]

Soon, educators will be forced to stop educating, as that may be hard for some kids...

https://notthebee.com/article/a-university-wants-to-decolonize-language-by-not-correcting-spelling-mistakes-adn-i-thnk-its-a-gud-ideya?fbclid=IwAR2xml-pCBlGi8PsklDJgBCb4f4bBRNdlEBkQyUS5skp1ZfajkRy4uwzX-Y

[oldno7]

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/96067/IMG_0108_jpeg-1899625.JPG

[oldno7]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/733391165159768155/831896191801360444/image0.png

[oldno7]

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/13081/11111111111Ey2Iu9wWgAEGL6n_jpg-1905235.JPG

[BasinCruiser]

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[BasinCruiser]

White privilege: When your a convicted felon restricted from possessing a firearm and you’re not charged for chasing down a minor file a loaded restricted weapon tending to kill him.

[BasinCruiser]

Wait. Where’s my privilege?:ne_nau:

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/12/31/new-york-dept-of-health-giving-preferential-treatment-to-minorities-with-covid-n2601258?fbclid=IwAR1bPtOnoPPcoJQirGQNSz4WOuheJ5Vo GF9yLlTMiSlULREnFPmctrb7Zi0


“The memo goes on to state, “Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from Covid-19."


Good thing I identify as Indigenous. :2thumbs:

[BasinCruiser]

WP= not having to be referred to as 'Breakfast Tacos' by the First Lady.

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[DirkHammergate]

Here’s some white privilege for you. You don’t have to worry about getting one of the Utah Jazz scholarships if your skin doesn’t meet the minimum melanin content requirement.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/undoing-american-greatness-equality-utah-jazz-gates-foundation-offer-non-white-scholarships/

And hey. It’s nice to see that our wonderful ‘conservative’ spineless weasel governor supports the deal.

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This is true. It's a private company. I thought you morons were for free enterprise with business owners doing what they want.