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Got it down to a science now, have you?
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I certainly don't think it's down to plain old prejudice. Cabbies want to make a buck just like anyone else. I'd say it's probably about 20% prejudice, and 80% bad experiences.Originally posted by DaShi
Yeah, because Black men are rude and will probably rob the taxi driver after dropping him off.
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It's true. Blacks are terrible tippers. Talk to anyone in the service industry in the U.S. and they will tell you. Even a filthy communist like Che admits it.Originally posted by DaShi
Got it down to a science now, have you?...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Originally posted by Caligastia
Yes, they need to be able to depend on better behaviour from one other. Who says that's racist? Not me.
That's not what I said. They need to depend on each other and help each other out. It's not the same thing.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Of course they don't know what it's like to live in Africa, but they have their own culture to identify with.Originally posted by bipolarbear
They're already established. It's not like many current blakc americans remember what it was like to live in africa.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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I agree with you. I'm just saying that if it weren't so, blacks would do better as a race.Originally posted by Wycoff
That's why I think it's a class thing, not a race thing. People tend to assimilate into the class that they're surrounded by. The racial/cultural group that dominates that class also dominates that culture. Poor urban whites assimilate into the black urban culture, because black culture dominates. Upper middle class blacks assimilate into the preppy upper middle class culture because that preppy culture dominates their class. People assimilate not because they're ashamed of their race, but because that's the environment in which their class lives.I don't see many whites donating money to poor urban whites.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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I am not sure about that. The success of minority groups in the US has more to do, from what I know with a strong family core unit. Strong extended community links seem to act in reverse, as an inhibitor to economic success, because they act as an agent of social statism, keeping young people in the relatively poor communities, devoid of opportunities for growth, while a demanding nuclear family creates people geared for more education and accomplishment.Comment
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Family is definitely important, but you seem to be suggesting that if a black person from the ghetto becomes successfull they won't stay that way unless they abandon their community. Is that what you are suggesting?I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Well then, I going to be rude to and stop tipping taxi drivers (I'm sure I'll be the first white man to do itOriginally posted by Caligastia
It's true. Blacks are terrible tippers. Talk to anyone in the service industry in the U.S. and they will tell you. Even a filthy communist like Che admits it. ). That way taxi cab drivers will feel that white people aren't worth picking up. I guess they'll just have to stick with the Chinese.
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Originally posted by Caligastia
Who says that's racist?
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Personally, I believe anything that shines a spotlight on any race is racist. (even positive examples such as the NAACP)
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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I do think culture,not race,is the relevant thing.I knew Brazilians whiter than a Highland Scott who belong to African culture and Americans very brown(they like to say black)who have nothing of African culture.So far as I saw, a person of African culture never cares about the colour of a long dead Aegipcian Pharao,but cares about giving life to as many children as he/she can.African culture is all about life,not systems.
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Family is definitely important, but you seem to be suggesting that if a black person from the ghetto becomes successfull they won't stay that way unless they abandon their community. Is that what you are suggesting?
I am saying they're less likely to succeed if they stay in the ghetto, which if put in such terms really sounds like "duh".Comment
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