On 8/22/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm.. > > Because White people have been free in the US forever.
white people with money have. > Black people got their real freedom just about 40 years ago.That's not > a very long time at all. There are still people alive who can remember > those days. The last Buffalo Soldier died only recently as one > example. and thats a sad story in america. trust me, i empathize. but those people are gone, and dying. the new generation needs to move the fuck on or it will never go away. > Racism, segregation and related crimes against blacks were > rampant.Studies proved racial inequality in school admissions, in > employment and even in the Military in the US. and making a big deal out of it today in 2007 doesnt help a thing. it puts white people behind the 8 ball in situations where a black person is chosen to fill a quota or to make everyone feel good. its time to move on. i mean, the NAACP and this slavery bit and everything else is going to have to wane at some point? or should the NAACP exist forever, and a NAAWP never exist forever? > That's the reason for the NAACP. > > White people have never experienced enforced racial segregation, > apartheid and slavery by a Black majority, so there was no reason for > a NAAWP. so now its up to WHITE people to fend for themselves while BLACK people have an organization to help them? where is that fair? i dont get it and i never will, which is probably why this bothers me so much. continuing to belabor the slavery point does nothing but further propagate the problem. > The only reason blacks won their freedom in the US is because of > organisations like the NAACP who fought on their behalf as well as all > the other black leaders who forged the Civil Rights Movement. i can agree to a certain extent, however i bet ya, that there is a large population of white people who feel the same way i do, and until there is equality in representation on a COLOR level, will always harbor some disdain for the NAACP and other org's like it.... if people want to be free from color barriers, we have to get rid of COLOR based organizations. i give EVERYONE the same respect, regardless of color. however everytime i feel the push of the NAACP on me, it makes me back into my WHITE corner and harbor a bit of inequality and disdain for that organization because i dont have one that stands up for me. > On 8/22/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but how about just WHITE PEOPLE in general. > > > > BLACK PEOPLE IN GENERAL get that coverage through the NAACP > > why cant we or WHY DONT WE have a NAAWP? > > > > just doesnt seem right? > > > > tw > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241119 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
