rookie_j70 wrote: I had an athiest liberal teacher for one of my college classes. He was white. But he told all the white males in the class that we should be ashamed, embarresed, and disgusted for how our ancestors treated other races. He wanted us to celebrate black history month by celebrating black culture. A friend of mine and I brought in a bucket of KFC, watermelon, and kool-aid.

rookie_j70 wrote: I had an athiest liberal teacher for one of my college classes. He was white. But he told all the white males in the class that we should be ashamed, embarresed, and disgusted for how our ancestors treated other races. He wanted us to celebrate black history month by celebrating black culture. A friend of mine and I brought in a bucket of KFC, watermelon, and kool-aid.

rookie_j70 wrote: I had an athiest liberal teacher for one of my college classes. He was white. But he told all the white males in the class that we should be ashamed, embarresed, and disgusted for how our ancestors treated other races. He wanted us to celebrate black history month by celebrating black culture. A friend of mine and I brought in a bucket of KFC, watermelon, and kool-aid.

WeAreNC wrote: Does it make you a racist if you hate almost everyone? lol. I feel you can not have equalization through seperation. There is BET, but if there was a WET blacks would cry racism. There is a Miss BLACK America pageant, but if there was a Miss White America people would scream racism. Racism, to some degree will always exist. Probably a case of "I'm better than you". I could care less about the color of someones skin. I care about their actions.

WeAreNC wrote: Does it make you a racist if you hate almost everyone? lol. I feel you can not have equalization through seperation. There is BET, but if there was a WET blacks would cry racism. There is a Miss BLACK America pageant, but if there was a Miss White America people would scream racism. Racism, to some degree will always exist. Probably a case of "I'm better than you". I could care less about the color of someones skin. I care about their actions.

bigdaddy2003 wrote: ^That is so dumb.

Sage wrote: Nobody is stopping you from starting WET. It would be the most boring channel ever. That's why there is no WET.

Gblock wrote:

WeAreNC wrote: Does it make you a racist if you hate almost everyone? lol. I feel you can not have equalization through seperation. There is BET, but if there was a WET blacks would cry racism. There is a Miss BLACK America pageant, but if there was a Miss White America people would scream racism. Racism, to some degree will always exist. Probably a case of "I'm better than you". I could care less about the color of someones skin. I care about their actions.

there already is WET...its called every other channel

skank wrote:

Sage wrote: Nobody is stopping you from starting WET. It would be the most boring channel ever. That's why there is no WET.

Yeah, like BET is really exciting.

Sage wrote: I am so sick of people thinking I'm automatically down with racism just because I wear white skin.

I asked this chick how work was today, and she came back with "It sucked." I asked her why, and she came back with "Because broke ass niggers."

I wish I had a dime in my life for every time somebody said something blatantly racist to me and assumed I was okay with it because I'm white.

Racism has moved from open air into more of a "Let me make sure who I'm talking to here" form. Ever hear a white guy bitching about why college basketball is better than pro basketball? It's cause there are too many black dudes in the NBA for his liking. You can take that to the bank.

I'm not one of those Kumbaya types, but God damn. The word "nigger" is probably the most vile word in the English language. I hate even typing it--and I'm not even black.

The whole concept of race that has been perpetuated in America is so fucked up, it's unbelievable. I wish people would stop living in ignorance and look at the history of the concept of race.

I'm also sick of white people acting like they've been discriminated and use moronic terms such as "reverse racism." (Hey dipshit, there is just racism. Period). Being white has never cost anybody anything of significance.

For example, when I went to Montana, my roommate was on the football team. It was a summer's eve, and we were outside barbecuing and listening to loud music. It was a group of predominately black dudes, but we were just hanging out and doing the damn thing like college kids do.

All of a sudden, an SUV rolls up, and rolls down the windows. These middle aged women--and that's exactly what they were, middle aged white women, start screaming "FUCK YOU NIGGERS!!! GO BACK TO AFRICA!!! YOURE NOT WELCOME!!!!!! FUCK YOU NIGGERS!!!!!" and then they peeled off flipping the bird.

Talk about an awkward moment as a white man.

The point is, white folks, we need to settle down.[size=xx-large] Being white has never cost me anything in this world and it hasn't cost you anything either. I'd be willing to bet you've never experienced anything like that in your life. [/size]
Never understood racism. Never understood people willing to stoop into such ignorance. SMH.

Society wrote:

Gblock wrote:

WeAreNC wrote: Does it make you a racist if you hate almost everyone? lol. I feel you can not have equalization through seperation. There is BET, but if there was a WET blacks would cry racism. There is a Miss BLACK America pageant, but if there was a Miss White America people would scream racism. Racism, to some degree will always exist. Probably a case of "I'm better than you". I could care less about the color of someones skin. I care about their actions.

there already is WET...its called every other channel

With a name like 'Gblock', what more could you expect?

Gardens35 wrote: Over/Under on how many will have to google Reginald Denny?

skank wrote:
Yeah, like BET is really exciting.

Sage wrote: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

Read about these today. Absolutely crazy. I suggest taking the one on "skin color."

Little Danny wrote:

bigkahuna wrote:

rmolin73 wrote:

bigkahuna wrote: The point I was trying to make with the White History Month is this.

To me it is all American History. As a History Teacher, I feel that all of the different aspects of History need to be looked at in a more balanced manner. We shouldn't have to have a Black History Month or a Women's History Month.

Since, we have had a heated discussion on Interracial dating. I am I guess what you would call bi-racial. I too never had an issue with it. My kids one day will be interracial.

As others have said, it is impossible having anti-interracial feelings with an interracial family, unless you're views are not known. If any of my family members had a problem with interracial dating; I wouldn't consider them part of my family. "I don't agree on how you got into my family, but I love you anyway." Doesn't Cut It.

bigkahuna that should be the case but if you take any history class in school it deals with predominately white or european history. Don't you think that kids of different races should be aware of what their ancestors contributed to this great country of ours?

This is they way I look at it. Im certified 7-12. Right now I with students in grades 10-12. By the time they get to me, they should have a good idea of what the White Part of History is from the past 9 Years of Schooling. By the time they are 15/16, they should be ready to explore the "OTHER" parts of History. I personally think that the Upper High School Years should be spent looking at the more controversial/over looked aspects of History. I.E. Black American History/Culture, The Equal Rights Movement, Women's History, Asian History (1800s "Slave Labor", Japanese Concentration Camps.) I could go on and on. It's ignorant to teach a kid every year that we won the Revolutionary War, that the North beat the South.....Maybe I'm thinking too much

I suggest you read "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James Loewen. It is an interesting read and based on your post, may cover a lot of the things you are thinking about. The premise of the book is that many students find history boring. The reason is schools are not teaching all aspects of history.

I will not ruin it for you, but I found that the author said some things I agree with and many others I do not. However, I recommend it to anyone interested in history, not just educators.

2kool4skool wrote: Most mainstream channels attempt to market shows to the most people possible, which means that targeting white people is most affective, because white people are the majority, they watch the most television, and buy the most stuff from advertisers. Nothing wrong with that, but it does mean that there's an under-targeted market(minorities) that other channels try and reach. For instance, BET, and recently TBS with Tyler Perry and George Lopez.

Look at NBC's top comedies over the last decade
Seinfeld
Friends
The Office

You really think those aren't shows heavily targeted towards a white-middle class audience?