FYI For black history month I shall post some black stats

[august]

"ok, it's time to start doing something with your lives"?

this implies that they're not trying to do something with true lives, despite many of them having massive and minor issues to overcome that you're refusing to acknowledge exist. it's all fine and well to be like "slavery and Jim Crow are over!" even if the latter is arguable, but the way that they've shaped the society we currently exist in can't be ignored and the fact is that we are still seeing repercussions from those, whether you think so or not. it is hard enough to escape the cycle of poverty before you add in the racial aspect, but the fact is that people of color are disproportionately living in poverty, and most of them have only had a generation or so where it has even been possible for them to escape.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

disregard the title and check out some of the history mentioned there. it's not that long ago, and it might help give specific examples of what @my little brony was talking about

 

[Amstel]

tl/dr

cliffs:
SJW: you need to understand that you don't understand why they're forever not a success, there's no future sign of success, and that you should give people things solely because of someone elses cause.

 

[august]

yo my dude if you're not going to bother reading how are you gonna respond to it like you know what it says

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

yo my dude if you're not going to bother reading how are you gonna respond to it like you know what it says

Nothing Amstel has ever said as a reply has ever made any sense, except by accident.

 

[gee]

yo my dude if you're not going to bother reading how are you gonna respond to it like you know what it says

 

[Amstel]

y'all gonna get together & solve the worlds problems with a great big hug, then talk about how it's not so successful because of someone else?

I think so.

But you're fun to watch.

 

[hydra]

yo my dude if you're not going to bother reading how are you gonna respond to it like you know what it says

I actually read a large portion of it, and that's pretty much all it says.

a very well written and researched article, but it's still just an excuse.

Again, how long before people can realistically say "ok, seriously, go get a fucking job"?

100 years, 500, 10,000? At what point does personal accountability on an individual basis, ya know, that lame standard that white people are held to, finally kick in?

 

[hydra]

also, the people who can't joke about racism, sexism, or any kind of prejudice in general are usually the ones burying the most hate.

 

[APRIL]

I actually read a large portion of it, and that's pretty much all it says.

a very well written and researched article, but it's still just an excuse.

Again, how long before people can realistically say "ok, seriously, go get a fucking job"?

100 years, 500, 10,000? At what point does personal accountability on an individual basis, ya know, that lame standard that white people are held to, finally kick in?

What about the poor white people who are also abusing the system?

 

[hydra]

What about the poor white people who are also abusing the system?

take them off the system and let them get jobs or starve.

exactly what did you think would be my response here?

 

[hydra]

LAZY WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T STARVE, THAT WOULD BE MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE!

3WHITELIVESMADDER!

 

[Peppers]

What about the poor white people who are also abusing the system?

Why you gotta talk shit about me?

 

[gee]

also, the people who can't joke about racism, sexism, or any kind of prejudice in general are usually the ones burying the most hate.

I'd much rather people joke about racism/sexism/whatever than ignore it.

 

[APRIL]

also, the people who can't joke about racism, sexism, or any kind of prejudice in general are usually the ones burying the most hate.

DO YOU SEE ANYONE LAUGHING IN HERE? DO YOUUUUUUUU?

 

[Amstel]

fixt.

What about the poor white people who are also abusing the system?

We just need to systemically eliminate their ability to abuse while still realizing that there will always be some degree of abuse and need to watch for it.

 

[hydra]

DO YOU SEE ANYONE LAUGHING IN HERE? DO YOUUUUUUUU?

 

[my little brony]

this implies that they're not trying to do something with true lives, despite many of them having massive and minor issues to overcome that you're refusing to acknowledge exist. it's all fine and well to be like "slavery and Jim Crow are over!" even if the latter is arguable, but the way that they've shaped the society we currently exist in can't be ignored and the fact is that we are still seeing repercussions from those, whether you think so or not. it is hard enough to escape the cycle of poverty before you add in the racial aspect, but the fact is that people of color are disproportionately living in poverty, and most of them have only had a generation or so where it has even been possible for them to escape.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

disregard the title and check out some of the history mentioned there. it's not that long ago, and it might help give specific examples of what @my little brony was talking about

yo we all know anyone that doesn't already get this is going to look at the title of that article and be like

 

[OzSTEEZ]

I'd much rather people joke about racism/sexism/whatever than ignore it.

They are ignoring it by joking about it. They turn it into a trivial subject.

 

[Petunia]

When the point of a joke is to be offensive as possible and racism is just used as a vehicle for it, I let it slide.

I'm pretty sure nobody on here is legitimately racist.

Xcept thintoast

 

[King Wickie Pelt Snatcher]

Xcept thintoast

but you and him made sweet love while listening to Luther Vandross. You're not white and neither is my man Luther