Will the real Trayvon Martin please stand up?

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#226
OrangeEmpire said:
Dinker, you saying he is a poor mans Bruce Wayne?
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Keaton, Clooney, or Bale?

This is important... which Wayne?

And no, just posting various facts (or what seem to be facts)

One thing's for sure: it's not easy finding sources that don't favor Martin. The one's that don't are either cold statistical articles written by wannabe sociologists or bigoted blogs (gs' browser bookmarks list)
 
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#230
NEOCON said:
I'm going to ask a very loaded question.

you see a black guy walking around late at night in a neighborhood where you know evryone and you (not you personally) automatically assume that the black person might be up to no good.

is that a stereotype or is it a logical thought process based on criminal statistics?
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NEO,
The "automatic" assumption has to be based on some level of reality, some actual events and trends for it to be valid. Automatically assuming a Black man is up to no good is a faulty assumption if there aren't any statistical trends to support it. Without that data, then the assumption would have to be based on faulty personal beliefs about Black men in general, which means it would fall in the category of racism.

For example, in my neighborhood in the small city I live in, we get a lot of foot traffic as we are in between the hospital and the employee parking lot that supports it. Additionally, we don't have a lot of break ins or robberies in our area. Consequently, our automatic assumption should be that anyone we see walking late at night is most likely a hospital employee so that Black man is more likely to be a doctor than a crook.

That said, it isn't necessarily racist to watch someone and exercise some prudence or common sense when securing our home. Watching a Black/White/etc man walk down the street and assuring ourselves that he is just a guy walking down the street is prudent. Last year we had a guy pacing back and forth on our front sidewalk. He was gesturing with his hands, kind of making some jerky movements. Very strange behavior for the middle of the night and I honestly thought he was having some sort of psychotic break down. So I went out to confront him and told my wife to watch and call 911 if anything went wrong. Turned out he was singing...he had his first solo later in the week and was nervous so he was rehearsing as he walked around!
 
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#238
DinkinFlicka said:
Historical fiction/nonfiction: Classical Greece, Early Rome, Ancient India, and Japan/China 1400-1650.

I'm in school to teach History and/or practice law... gotta read.
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Same reason I am school. Really wish I would have chosen secondary education but just went straight history, philosophy major. Leaning towards law because I don't think I could ever be a professor and write books.
 
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#239
slh1089 said:
Same reason I am school. Really wish I would have chosen secondary education but just went straight history, philosophy major. Leaning towards law because I don't think I could ever be a professor and write books.
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Awesome. I wish I could have done that. I only got a minor in Philosophy.
 
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slh1089 said:
Its fun with the right teachers and classmates. OHHHH man does it get frustrating listening to people talk to just hear themselves talk.
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Yeah, but the teacher thing is with any major. Are you currently at UT?

The ones that love to hear themselves talk are the ones who think they are wildly smarter than they really are. Their pompousness is born out of their intellectual insecurity.

The thing I hated was my classmates (in Philosophy) b****ing about how "hard" the tests were. I remember distinctly, coming from a 400 level BCMB final to a particular philosophy final. Everyone was freaking out. I hadn't studied hardly at all because I had locked myself in my room for like a week for the BCMB final.

To me, philosophizing is an innate skill you either have it or you don't. There is no amount of "studying" that can help you in my opinion.
 
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#245
If VN is representative of the general population, then this is what I've found to be conclusive after reading the TM and GM threads.

We tend to prefer talking (posting) rather than listening (reading).

Personal opinions - we all seem to have them, though some are misrepresented and misconstrued as facts.

Diversity is a good thing only for those who are open minded.

When gaps exist, we become uncomfortable and are too eager to fill them in.

We are way too judgemental.
 
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#246
IBlvNTmWrk said:
If VN is representative of the general population, then this is what I've found to be conclusive after reading the TM and GM threads.

We tend to prefer talking (posting) rather than listening (reading).

Personal opinions - we all seem to have them, though some are misrepresented and misconstrued as facts.

Diversity is a good thing only for those who are open minded.

When gaps exist, we become uncomfortable and are too eager to fill them in.

We are way too judgemental.
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Good thing it is the interwebz
 
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#247
PKT_VOL said:
Yeah, but the teacher thing is with any major. Are you currently at UT?

The ones that love to hear themselves talk are the ones who think they are wildly smarter than they really are. Their pompousness is born out of their intellectual insecurity.

The thing I hated was my classmates (in Philosophy) b****ing about how "hard" the tests were. I remember distinctly, coming from a 400 level BCMB final to a particular philosophy final. Everyone was freaking out. I hadn't studied hardly at all because I had locked myself in my room for like a week for the BCMB final.

To me, philosophizing is an innate skill you either have it or you don't. There is no amount of "studying" that can help you in my opinion.
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Unfortunately, I am at the good ol' University of Kentucky. I completely agree with your assessment on the students that just seem to never shut up. The one draw back with philosophy classes are when you have a lot of opinion based writing that is being graded by an overly opinionated teacher. I also agree with what you said about the tests. I mean you either get it or you don't after a certain point.
 
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slh1089 said:
Unfortunately, I am at the good ol' University of Kentucky. I completely agree with your assessment on the students that just seem to never shut up. The one draw back with philosophy classes are when you have a lot of opinion based writing that is being graded by an overly opinionated teacher. I also agree with what you said about the tests. I mean you either get it or you don't after a certain point.
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Grow up in Lexington?
 
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