Why Didn't This Make Headline News?

[K B]

I found this hidden on the internet. Read it for yourself and tell me WHY a crime of this nature, of this magnitude, was not reported? It was simply swept under the rug. Any guesses as to WHY?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732373/posts

 

[piranha45]

i dont think thats very important at all, on the level that you are suggesting.

local paper, sure. beyond that, naw. that sht prolly happens all the time. maybe if the 3 of them died, it coulda made the backpages of USA Today.

 

[PRMoon]

Dear lord KB why do you post this stuff all the time. WE KNOW RACISM EXIST IN THE COUNTRY. WE DO NOT NEED YOU TO POINT IT OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Stop beating the bones of a dead horse dude. It's not good for your heath.

Or you can show it to the guys on stormfront.org. I'm sure they'd appreiate your find.

 

[seanchai]

Probably because they're white women! And America hates white people! THAT'S why!

This is not national news, not even if they were purple. Luckily for us you managed to dredge it up with your racist net.

 

[MAVER1CK]

"I'm sorry, Mr. Black. You cannot have this job because of your skin color."
- Racism

"I'm sorry, Mr. White. You cannot have this job because of your skin color."
- Affirmative Action

Is it a crock of s'hit? Obviously. Is it fair? Hell no. But that's how it works. All the networks are scared to report on this kind of stuff, except Fox News for the most part

its a big shame.

Really turns my stomach to **** when I see a black kid who scored lower on his apt tests, yet gets the spot over the white boy who scored HIGHER.

America was built by the best. If you worked harder you got more opportunity..

But now... all you need for opportunity is a darker skin tone.

 

[PRMoon]

Oh poor us with a 250 year head start and oppression keeping us on top, now wondering why they others are having trouble keeping up

 

[MAVER1CK]

Oh poor us with a 250 year head start and oppression keeping us on top, now wondering why they others are having trouble keeping up

250 year head start?

umm.. we have a 2000 year head start.

KNow much about history?

well depending what angle you take.. The greeks were spewing out Logic and reason before Africans had Bronze.

 

[PRMoon]

I was referring to time in the US...smart guy.

And the first civilizations in the world started in Africa. Who were those people again, oh yeah the Egyptians built those things, oh yeah the Pyrmids long before Greece was ever around.

 

[MAVER1CK]

I was referring to time in the US...smart guy.

THey have had the exact same opportunity as us for quite a few decades.

Infact NOW.. for the past few years.. they have had an advantage. Yet do you see much progress? Even with an edge?

 

[PRMoon]

Okay okay whatever. Lets not go down this road. We all know where it leads and we all know it's pointless to discuss such things here.

 

[seanchai]

Race is only one of about twelve factors in affirmative action - in Washington state, before we abolished it, affirmative action was found to help mostly white women and veterans - 82% I think was the number. It's not racist because the opportunity structure in America is pro-white. If you are born black in America you have fewer life chances than white people - numerous sociological and psychological studies support this. I can cite some if you guys need them, but given the climate on this board I'm not inclined to believe you guys would accept scientific studies.

 

[MAVER1CK]

I was referring to time in the US...smart guy.

And the first civilizations in the world started in Africa. Who were those people again, oh yeah the Egyptians built those things, oh yeah the Pyrmids long before Greece was ever around.

I will warn you first hand Going against me with history... is basically trying to take out a very experienced History professor.

Lets roll-

First of all, You realize that Egyptians were not of the "Black" race? correct? Infact they enslaved blacks. The problem is, there is alot of theory, and you have black pride groups claiming rights to the great advancements of the egyptians. But the fact is, the hieroglyphs, paintings, and sculptures CLEARLY show a mediterranean race such as that of the PHONECIANS which inhabited the same areas.

 

[PRMoon]

And here we go.

Please guys, I'm begging here. Let's NOT do this! Everytime a racially sided post is put on this board we all revert back to the state of kindergardners who's arguments are no better then "I can jump farther/higher then you!"

Race discussions might as well be classified with politics and relgion because it always degrates into the worst kind of flame war.

 

[MAVER1CK]

Race is only one of about twelve factors in affirmative action - in Washington state, before we abolished it, affirmative action was found to help mostly white women and veterans - 82% I think was the number. It's not racist because the opportunity structure in America is pro-white. If you are born black in America you have fewer life chances than white people - numerous sociological and psychological studies support this. I can cite some if you guys need them, but given the climate on this board I'm not inclined to believe you guys would accept scientific studies.

Cite them. I am all for science and logic.

PS: i live in WA. so I know exactly what you are talking about with AA.

 

[MAVER1CK]

And here we go.

Please guys, I'm begging here. Let's NOT do this! Everytime a racially sided post is put on this board we all revert back to the state of kindergardners who's arguments are no better then "I can jump farther/higher then you!"

Race discussions might as well be classified with politics and relgion because it always degrates into the worst kind of flame war.

agreed, lets avoid race. Everyone is capable of doing what they want in life. Its not a matter of race.. its a matter of CULTURE .

lets move on to HISTORY

 

[PRMoon]

I will warn you first hand Going against me with history... is basically trying to take out a very experienced History professor.

Lets roll-

First of all, You realize that Egyptians were not of the "Black" race? correct? Infact they enslaved blacks. The problem is, there is alot of theory, and you have black pride groups claiming rights to the great advancements of the egyptians. But the fact is, the hieroglyphs, paintings, and sculptures CLEARLY show a mediterranean race such as that of the PHONECIANS which inhabited the same areas.

See this is what i'm talking about. Let's NOT roll. This will get stupid and ugly very quickly. This forum not the place to discuss race relations and especially not to difine what "The Black Race" is.

 

[MAVER1CK]

See this is what i'm talking about. Let's NOT roll. This will get stupid and ugly very quickly. This forum not the place to discuss race relations and especially not to difine what "The Black Race" is.

its "anything else".

SO lets talk history.

How much do you know about the egyptians?

Or the Phonecians?


500BC was a fantastic time in history

 

[PRMoon]

agreed, lets avoid race. Everyone is capable of doing what they want in life. Its not a matter of race.. its a matter of CULTURE .

lets move on to HISTORY

I don't even think that area is safe in this thread.

I really wish race didn't mean so much to people and didn't mean as much throughout history but it does. If people thousands of years ago when humans were still evolving into their respective regions forming their seperate ways of life weren't so ethnocentric and self righteous the world would be a much different and dare I say better place. Unfortuantely not everyone can or will view the world in such an idealistic way and are instead very content with being so narrow minded.

It's one of the many things in world that makes me sad.

 

[seanchai]

Where do you live Mav? Nice to see another Washingtonian here.

Norman Yetman's "Race and Ethnicity" is a seminal paper on this topic. The actual number on AA in WA was 75% (Kamb, Lewis. 1995. "Who Benefits Most (From Affirmative Action)?", state commissioned study). Barth and Noel's "Conceptual Frameworks for the Analysis of Race Relations: An Evaluation" (Social Forces, Vol. 50, No. 3. (Mar., 1972), pp. 333-348.) is an in-depth analysis of Park's race cycle, accepted by most sociologists as the framework for race relations. Most of the other theorists I'm familiar with require acceptance of some form of institutional racism, as this is the general theme of sociological race relations.

Psychology: the two eminent studies on the implicit association tests.

Dasgupta, Nilanjana; McGhee, Debbie E; Greenwald, Anthony G; Banaji, Mahzarin R. Automatic preference for White Americans: Eliminating the familiarity explanation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Vol 36(3) May 2000, 316-328.

Greenwald, Anthony G; McGhee, Debbie E; Schwartz, Jordan L. K. Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: The implicit association test. [References]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol 74(6) Jun 1998, 1464-1480.

---

PRMoon, I don't think it has to sink into the mud automatically. I know that it will, but I also think it's important to engage people like this rationally, because racism is a rational set of beliefs. Misguided, sure, but rational.

 

[PRMoon]

Suit yourself. I think I'm done participating at this point. I've been around this particular block too many times and I'm getting tired of being kicked in the teeth.