I would venture to say there's more than 3 types of "black" people :)
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I used to wrok with a guy who was a very successful doctor. Great guy, > hard worker, but he used to drone on about being held back by 'the > man' (yes, he used to say 'the man'). So, for me, that would be a > third kind of person. One who works hard, but still complains about > being oppressed. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: >> >> Wow...are you really that naÄve? >> >> I know two types of black people. I know some who wine about being kept down >> by 'the man' and never put any effort into making themselves a success. If >> you call them on it they try to tell you there's no point in even trying >> because being black means they have no chance anyway. In the end it's there >> refusal to try that dooms them. They're also some of the most racist people >> I've ever met (call them on that and you get called all kinds of nasty >> names). >> >> The other blacks I know, who don't waste their energy complaining about >> being oppressed, put no more effort or less into their careers than anyone >> else and are just as successful as there white peers. >> >> Granted this is just the people I know and can observe for myself, but it >> seems to me that the ones being held back are being held back only by >> themselves. There is no oppression of blacks by society anymore. The reason >> we can't ignore it is because there are people who throw our supposed >> oppression of minorities in our collective face constantly. If there were >> any truth to that idea we would be following news about Hillary Clinton's >> presidency. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: trish simon [mailto:trishsimo...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:56 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA >> Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth. >> >> >> Racism...LOL...how many emails on this one subject, and the target >> being "Blacks" (one of many minorities in America)? How many poster >> who responded to the original subject has apologized for jumping on >> the bandwagon to criticize and attack this woman, and the NAACP? How >> many posters are outraged that the "media" has again deceived us, even >> the White House did not investigate the facts before attacking this >> woman? >> >> Just when I thought it could not get any worse, someone provided a >> list of "successful Blacks" (not sure why Tiger Woods was on the >> list), and then concluded with, "if there is a systemic oppression of >> Blacks, these men and women would not have had the opportunity to >> achieve what they have." >> >> I dare you to have this discussion with a "real" person of >> color...reality is not as pretty. >> >> >> On 7/22/10, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Race is a real issue and the Obama admin will make sure of that. >>> In this day and age when blacks have achieved so much this admin >>> spends so much time calling whites racists. That's bringing us back to >>> a 60's mentality. You call someone an evil name often enough they >>> might end up not liking you. That still won't make them racist, >>> anti-bigot maybe, but the charge will still be racism. Can we stop the >>> racism nonsense? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >>>> I want to see a bigger focus on economics, on class, on structural >>>> inequalities in the system that aligns big business with big >>>> government to the detriment of 90% of the country. I think that there >>>> is more that we can find in common than that which may divide us. But >>>> I think that it is a mistake to pretend that race isn't a real issue >>>> anymore and that the attempt to try and take race out of the equation >>>> ends up pushing away a bunch of people who otherwise ought to be right >>>> there in the fight with you. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
