Is there anybody that is more racist than Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson?

#76
#76
knucklehead_vol said:
No, I was referring to he's frustrated that someone like Zimmerman could follow his son because he is black or wearing a hoodie. That's what I meant. I don't agree with a lot of what he has said, and he hasn't been a jackass, but I do understand where he is coming from.
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Ok gotcha, mis understood what you were saying. I completely agree with it now
 
#77
#77
Racism isn't ever a big problem until it's institutionalized. We institutionalized it:

Slavery
3/5 clause
Jim Crow
Manifest Destiny
Japanese Internment
Labor Unions (yup...they were formed to keep jobs among good white Americans)
Etc.
 
#78
#78
nbakerld said:
Racism isn't ever a big problem until it's institutionalized. We institutionalized it:

Slavery
3/5 clause
Jim Crow
Manifest Destiny
Japanese Internment
Labor Unions (yup...they were formed to keep jobs among good white Americans)
Etc.
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You forgot (among other groups..)

Chinese
Native Americans
Latinos
Irish
Jews

Get my point?
 
#79
#79
PimpVol said:
It seems you are implying that I implied that blacks were the only slaves. Not what I am saying. -- The last time I went to Memphis was 1993 when my mom had a liver transplant at UT Bould (sp) Hospital. It really sucked. Do all the blacks still wear Jerry Curls down there?
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Lol...some of the older blacks around Beale have some still. Hollywood Raiford comes to mind. I live around the block from UT-Memphis. Neighborhood has changed a lot since then.
 
#80
#80
PimpVol said:
Nope. Most whites have never been racist. All white people are not racist. -- Blacks will forever be a victim. There is no way to reliquish your status as a victim. I am sure that there are a bunch of victims worldwide that would love to if they could. Blacks who endured racism in America will be victims of racism for eternity. That is the main reason racism was used as a tool against them, because it ****ing works!
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Wow.
 
#82
#82
OrangeEmpire said:
Bigotted a better term?
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Racist is a term used to describe how some whites felt about blacks. So, you need a term to describe how blacks felt about whites. That means you would have to know how blacks feel about whites. If bigotted fits for you, roll with it. Bigot basically means obstinately biased toward a group. I don't think blacks are bigoted towards themselves or against whites. That would not work for me. I am mainly saying that white racism birthed the way blacks feel bout whites today, generally. Most likely blacks had no problem with whites before they were brought to America. Whites developed ther didsain for blacks sometime around then I guess. It manifested into something strong and deep over the years, for sure. Eventually blacks developed their own feelings to. Which led to an uprising and a lot of fundamental changes in how America did it's business. And now, here we are. One big happy family.
 
#84
#84
PimpVol said:
Racist is a term used to describe how some whites felt about blacks. So, you need a term to describe how blacks felt about whites. That means you would have to know how blacks feel about whites. If bigotted fits for you, roll with it. Bigot basically means obstinately biased toward a group. I don't think blacks are bigoted towards themselves or against whites. That would not work for me. I am mainly saying that white racism birthed the way blacks feel bout whites today, generally. Most likely blacks had no problem with whites before they were brought to America. Whites developed ther didsain for blacks sometime around then I guess. It manifested into something strong and deep over the years, for sure. Eventually blacks developed their own feelings to. Which led to an uprising and a lot of fundamental changes in how America did it's business. And now, here we are. One big happy family.
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President
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Supreme Court Justice
Senators and Representatives
Governors
Mayors
Police Chiefs and Commissioners
Billionaires like Bob Johnson
professional and college sports coaches
Olympic athletes

victims? hardly

what those are are people of color who chose not to be victims
 
#86
#86
Sharpton and Jackson have found a good way to make money playing on people's emotions. I don't think they even believe the garbage they spew. It's just a money making scheme to them.
 
#88
#88
VolsFan4Ever-11 said:
I get that, but him or his children never felt slavery or anything like that.
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I am cognizant of many things I am not afflicted by, personally. Does that mean I can't speak of them? And, since no one on here was a slave master (hopefully) how they tell me what I can't say? But all the while, they get to say what they want. Sounds like a ............
 
#90
#90
PimpVol said:
I am cognizant of many things I am not afflicted by, personally. Does that mean I can't speak of them? And, since no one on here was a slave master (hopefully) how they tell me what I can't say? But all the while, they get to say what they want. Sounds like a ............
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no one here has ever been a slave, either
 
#91
#91
MG1968 said:
President
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Supreme Court Justice
Senators and Representatives
Governors
Mayors
Police Chiefs and Commissioners
Billionaires like Bob Johnson
professional and college sports coaches
Olympic athletes

victims? hardly

what those are are people of color who chose not to be victims
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Thanks to the Civil Rights movement. Which was akin to a Civil War. And countless marches and sit-ins and protests. Not to a realization that **** was VERY wrong and needed fixing. Don't try to get righteous. It will easily be exposed.
 
#93
#93
I'm in the middle of all of this. On one hand I feel like whites tend to drag their feet when called upon to acknowledge what their ancestors did, and on the other I feel like people need to let it go. It's like we can't talk about it without it becoming victims vs oppressors.
 
#95
#95
nbakerld said:
I'm in the middle of all of this. On one hand I feel like whites tend to drag their feet when called upon to acknowledge what their ancestors did, and on the other I feel like people need to let it go. It's like we can't talk about it without it becoming victims vs oppressors.
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my family immigrated to America shortly before the great depression (great timing). I see no reason why I, or any of my ancestors, should have to apologize for or feel guilty about slavery. it's a black eye for the country, but my ancestors didn't do it.
 
#96
#96
PimpVol said:
I am cognizant of many things I am not afflicted by, personally. Does that mean I can't speak of them? And, since no one on here was a slave master (hopefully) how they tell me what I can't say? But all the while, they get to say what they want. Sounds like a ............
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Nobody here was a slave either, so how can you speak about that?
 
#97
#97
Pimp, in the black community, specifically places like Orange mound and downtown Memphis where I worked with black kids daily for years, tell me again who is holding those kids back please.
The white man? Not even close. The black community and lack of responsible black men keeps those kids from becoming what is in them. I know, because I did more for some kids than their communities could do. Smart kids were scared to be smart, or "act white at school".

But the man is still blamed and I was a racist to the majority of the community because I was white.
Go figure.
 
#98
#98
dreVol said:
my family immigrated to America shortly before the great depression (great timing). I see no reason why I, or any of my ancestors, should have to apologize for or feel guilty about slavery. it's a black eye for the country, but my ancestors didn't do it.
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Where did they immigrate from?
 
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