I'd love to play, but I don't need this guy on my assWebFire;601785 wrote:Lot of truth in this. Let's play a game...
If you were given the title and content of this story, with no names, location or video, and had to bet $1M on whether the kid was white or black, what would your bet be?
WebFire;601785 wrote:Lot of truth in this. Let's play a game...
If you were given the title and content of this story, with no names, location or video, and had to bet $1M on whether the kid was white or black, what would your bet be?
Rotinaj;601600 wrote:im going to the mall later and expect to be body slammed by at least 8 black guys. Any less and it will be a dissapointment.
tcarrier32;601432 wrote:is the referee hurt? if not there is no reason the kid should be in jail. make him pay a fine, community service and maybe some anger management.
ernest_t_bass;601672 wrote:While CCRunner usually annoys the hell out of me, I think you are all ridiculous for ridiculing him over this. Many of us probably thought the same thing he did when we saw the TITLE OF THE THREAD. He just said it, and we didn't.
If you saw these headlines, what would you think? Be honest.
"Gang violence in (insert city)." (Black kids)
"Family lives in trailer and has meth lab." (White folk)
"Lazy man likes to smoke dope and smack hoes." (Black folk)
"CC Runners caught having gay orgy." (White kids)
"Marathon Runner Who Won Race is Skinny." (Ethiopian)
Stereotypes are what they are. It just ended up that CCRunner called a spade a spade. It's not like he came on here (if the video were of a white kid) and he said... "Wow, I figured this kid would be black, but he's not!"
Mulva;601974 wrote:White people make up about 75% of the population, and committed 58% of the non-lethal violent crimes resulting in arrest in 2008. African-Americans make up about 12.5% of the population, and committed 39% of the non-lethal violent crimes.
Playing the total odds, I would have guessed a white kid to be the one doing this. Playing the per-capita odds, it would have been a black kid and not even close.
But I might be thinking way too much into this
FatHobbit;602099 wrote:I think you're oversimplifying it. Are you sure they commit 58%/39% of the crimes, or are they convicted of the crimes?
can you be arrested for assult?Blanket;602077 wrote:I would have him arrested for assult if I was the referee.
fifyBlanket;602077 wrote:I would have him arrested for assault if I was the referee.
Heretic;602092 wrote:I can see what you mean. White kids tend to suck at basketball on average compared to black kids, so by seeing a headline concerning a basketball player, odds are that he'd be black.
HeathAlum21;602124 wrote:Why do you think the arrest numbers are higher per ca pita for black folk? Maybe it's because kids are a product of their environments. Since black folk were in slavery until about 150 years ago, there were Jim Crow laws 50 years ago(Still during the lifetimes of many people), and there is still institutionalized racism today, there seem to be a higher concentration of these folks in areas that are 'less desirable' because they do no have the funds and centuries of wealth behind them that white folks do. Black folks couldn't quite worry about building an empire when they had to worry about their safety.
HeathAlum21;602124 wrote:Since black folk were in slavery until about 150 years ago, there were Jim Crow laws 50 years ago(Still during the lifetimes of many people), and there is still institutionalized racism today, there seem to be a higher concentration of these folks in areas that are 'less desirable' because they do no have the funds and centuries of wealth behind them that white folks do. Black folks couldn't quite worry about building an empire when they had to worry about their safety.
ernest_t_bass;602143 wrote:^^^^
And I also think it is BS to keep bringing up slavery. Yes, it happened, but there is nothing that can be done now. Nothing. It's not fair to me (as a white person) to be blamed for it.
It's a terrible thing that happened, but I didn't personally do it.
ernest_t_bass;602143 wrote:^^^^
And I also think it is BS to keep bringing up slavery. Yes, it happened, but there is nothing that can be done now. Nothing. It's not fair to me (as a white person) to be blamed for it.
It's a terrible thing that happened, but I didn't personally do it.
ernest_t_bass;602150 wrote:What are some inequities that still exist?
HeathAlum21;602152 wrote:Please tell me you don't actually believe this. We want to cripple an entire race and then one day suddenly declare that everything is equal and everyone has equal rights? We can move on once we rectify the situation, not just by stating that everyone is suddenly equal.
ccrunner609;601374 wrote:but i am not being racist..........i dont have a racist bone in my body.
WebFire;602162 wrote:How exactly do you rectify the situation? And isn't equal rights the end goal? But yet you wouldn't accept it if declared?
HeathAlum21;602152 wrote:Please tell me you don't actually believe this. We want to cripple an entire race and then one day suddenly declare that everything is equal and everyone has equal rights? We can move on once we rectify the situation, not just by stating that everyone is suddenly equal.
