A conversation about race

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lotstodo said:
Somewhere, way back there, St Radial mentioned "them". I've had that conversation with an old business partner and friend of mine who just happens to be Black. He is well educated, well spoken, well mannered, and a Libertarian businessman who left government employ to become, as we jokingly put it, a slum lord.

When I first knew him, maybe 25 years ago, he lived in Midtown in a bachelor pad and worked for the state. He left and bought several houses in the Grant Park area, moving into one and renting the rest, some section 8. This was his first exposure to "them", having come from a middle class Black family that lived in Cascade Heights in the 60's and 70's. Long story short, he has since used the term "them" as shorthand for the gang/criminal/welfare cheating/lazy no count element that was becoming concentrated south of I-20. They just so happened to be the same skin color as he was, but he "discriminates" against them openly and wholeheartedly. He jokingly says that he would be thrown in jail by Eric Holder if he were white.

He now owns property in better parts of town, some still in Grant Park, and his renters are nearly all Black. But he has seen to it that none of "them" get inside the door. As for his personal home, he has married late in life and moved to a mixed race neighborhood right here in Paulding County to get away from "them", but he still must occasionally have a conversation with some of the youngsters in the neighborhood about becoming a good citizen or one of "them". He openly admits that none of his white neighbors could have that conversation with the "yutes", and that he may himself someday pay the price for trying to teach them to "discriminate" between the good and bad influences in their lives.

So there definitely is a them. There is a them that, as Madea says, we of light skin have no influence over. There is a them, that in my opinion, are being catered to by the Race Pimps inside and outside Washington for their own purposes, purposes that are not in the interest of "them" or us. Us being the law abiding hard working citizens of all races. Perhaps the most unfortunate thing is that my friend is often mistaken for one of "them", particularly when we are just knocking around in our shorts on a Saturday afternoon at Home Depot. It's much easier to see the color of one's skin than the content of their character. Had the so called Black Leadership concentrated on the later rather than the former after Dr. King's death, we would probably be in a much better place today.
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Your friend didn't happen to know what kind of clothes "them" were wearing? I want to see if my profiling is right on the money.
 
Dang it, the same wimenz from Macy's are here at JC Penny's. I'm so confused, I'm going home. :race
 
It's JcPenney.. There is an e before the y

Ugh, get with it folks
 
J-man said:
Dang it, the same wimenz from Macy's are here at JC Penny's. I'm so confused, I'm going home. :race
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You poor thing - you have brought Stradial with you, he has gift cards...
 
Blazing Saddles said:
LisaC said:
Blazing Saddles said:
Quite frankly, I getting tired of hearing all this "White Guilt" being thrown in my direction.
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You're welcome. :Ninja
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Hey, I can make up a bunch on non-sensical jibberish as well but it doesn't mean it's true.
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You're going to have to be more specific, my friend, there is a lot of "non-sensical jibberish" in this thread.
 
Sadie612 said:
It's JcPenney.. There is an e before the y

Ugh, get with it folks
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:dunno

I don't shop there, I prefer Wall-marts. "They're" more like my kind of folks.
 
LisaC said:
Blazing Saddles said:
LisaC said:
Blazing Saddles said:
Quite frankly, I getting tired of hearing all this "White Guilt" being thrown in my direction.
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You're welcome. :Ninja
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Hey, I can make up a bunch on non-sensical jibberish as well but it doesn't mean it's true.
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You're going to have to be more specific, my friend, there is a lot of "non-sensical jibberish" in this thread.
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Hankster said:
I only skimmed through this but it appears to me that a lot of y'all are borderline racists and that my wife and daughters are whores for shopping at Macy's. Interesting group ya got here. And to the person that feels segregated and scared at work and in public, SunGoddess I believe was her name, where in Gods name do you work/live? I work for black folks and I'm usually in areas that are heavily populated with colored folks and have never felt segregated or fearful for my life. Also, how can you what color they are through those tiny holes in your pointy hood? I mean seriously, I'm racist as hell but I haven't felt fear due to being around blacks. In my opinion, and that is all this comment is, an opinion, if you feel you are being segregated at work, you need to go to HR asap. Let them figure it out. Also, when I go out looking for sluts, I prefer JC Penny. Top notch ho bags in that place baby!!!!
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That being the case, I imagine you feel right at home on The Hwy :laugh
 
Grey Colson said:
Hankster said:
I only skimmed through this but it appears to me that a lot of y'all are borderline racists and that my wife and daughters are whores for shopping at Macy's. Interesting group ya got here. And to the person that feels segregated and scared at work and in public, SunGoddess I believe was her name, where in Gods name do you work/live? I work for black folks and I'm usually in areas that are heavily populated with colored folks and have never felt segregated or fearful for my life. Also, how can you what color they are through those tiny holes in your pointy hood? I mean seriously, I'm racist as hell but I haven't felt fear due to being around blacks. In my opinion, and that is all this comment is, an opinion, if you feel you are being segregated at work, you need to go to HR asap. Let them figure it out. Also, when I go out looking for sluts, I prefer JC Penny. Top notch ho bags in that place baby!!!!
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That being the case, I imagine you feel right at home on The Hwy :laugh
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look at you...2 funnies in 1 day in 2 different threads...hahaha
 
LisaC said:
lotstodo said:
Somewhere, way back there, St Radial mentioned "them". I've had that conversation with an old business partner and friend of mine who just happens to be Black. He is well educated, well spoken, well mannered, and a Libertarian businessman who left government employ to become, as we jokingly put it, a slum lord.

When I first knew him, maybe 25 years ago, he lived in Midtown in a bachelor pad and worked for the state. He left and bought several houses in the Grant Park area, moving into one and renting the rest, some section 8. This was his first exposure to "them", having come from a middle class Black family that lived in Cascade Heights in the 60's and 70's. Long story short, he has since used the term "them" as shorthand for the gang/criminal/welfare cheating/lazy no count element that was becoming concentrated south of I-20. They just so happened to be the same skin color as he was, but he "discriminates" against them openly and wholeheartedly. He jokingly says that he would be thrown in jail by Eric Holder if he were white.

He now owns property in better parts of town, some still in Grant Park, and his renters are nearly all Black. But he has seen to it that none of "them" get inside the door. As for his personal home, he has married late in life and moved to a mixed race neighborhood right here in Paulding County to get away from "them", but he still must occasionally have a conversation with some of the youngsters in the neighborhood about becoming a good citizen or one of "them". He openly admits that none of his white neighbors could have that conversation with the "yutes", and that he may himself someday pay the price for trying to teach them to "discriminate" between the good and bad influences in their lives.

So there definitely is a them. There is a them that, as Madea says, we of light skin have no influence over. There is a them, that in my opinion, are being catered to by the Race Pimps inside and outside Washington for their own purposes, purposes that are not in the interest of "them" or us. Us being the law abiding hard working citizens of all races. Perhaps the most unfortunate thing is that my friend is often mistaken for one of "them", particularly when we are just knocking around in our shorts on a Saturday afternoon at Home Depot. It's much easier to see the color of one's skin than the content of their character. Had the so called Black Leadership concentrated on the later rather than the former after Dr. King's death, we would probably be in a much better place today.
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I agree with this, but we cannot leave out the fact that while there is a "them," there is also an "us." You know, us white people who think that as long as we have one black friend we can tell people about they won't think we're racist; us white people who think that it's okay to use the "n" word as long as black folks don't hear us; us white people who think that as long as we can validate our views by saying that it is the disintegration of the African American famly that we can sit back and do nothing...
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In my case, that would be a "them" too. Just because I'm white doesn't make that shoe fit.


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Grey Colson said:
Hankster said:
I only skimmed through this but it appears to me that a lot of y'all are borderline racists and that my wife and daughters are whores for shopping at Macy's. Interesting group ya got here. And to the person that feels segregated and scared at work and in public, SunGoddess I believe was her name, where in Gods name do you work/live? I work for black folks and I'm usually in areas that are heavily populated with colored folks and have never felt segregated or fearful for my life. Also, how can you what color they are through those tiny holes in your pointy hood? I mean seriously, I'm racist as hell but I haven't felt fear due to being around blacks. In my opinion, and that is all this comment is, an opinion, if you feel you are being segregated at work, you need to go to HR asap. Let them figure it out. Also, when I go out looking for sluts, I prefer JC Penny. Top notch ho bags in that place baby!!!!
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That being the case, I imagine you feel right at home on The Hwy :laugh
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I really do!!! You guys wanna have a potluck dinner and burn some crosses!?!? I'm glad I'm not alone here. :hug
 
Hankster said:
Grey Colson said:
Hankster said:
I only skimmed through this but it appears to me that a lot of y'all are borderline racists and that my wife and daughters are whores for shopping at Macy's. Interesting group ya got here. And to the person that feels segregated and scared at work and in public, SunGoddess I believe was her name, where in Gods name do you work/live? I work for black folks and I'm usually in areas that are heavily populated with colored folks and have never felt segregated or fearful for my life. Also, how can you what color they are through those tiny holes in your pointy hood? I mean seriously, I'm racist as hell but I haven't felt fear due to being around blacks. In my opinion, and that is all this comment is, an opinion, if you feel you are being segregated at work, you need to go to HR asap. Let them figure it out. Also, when I go out looking for sluts, I prefer JC Penny. Top notch ho bags in that place baby!!!!
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That being the case, I imagine you feel right at home on The Hwy :laugh
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I really do!!! You guys wanna have a potluck dinner and burn some crosses!?!? I'm glad I'm not alone here. :hug
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I am busy that night.
 
Just for the record, I cannot be a (racist, homophobic, misogynist), because my best friend is (black, gay, female).

Please insert the correct words for whatever anyone thinks I may be.

Disclaimer: The poster reserves the right change best friends at any time in order to show that he is not whatever he is being called at that time.
 
LisaC said:
I agree with this, but we cannot leave out the fact that while there is a "them," there is also an "us." You know, us white people who think that as long as we have one black friend we can tell people about they won't think we're racist; us white people who think that it's okay to use the "n" word as long as black folks don't hear us; us white people who think that as long as we can validate our views by saying that it is the disintegration of the African American famly that we can sit back and do nothing...
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No, I'm not an "us". I don't have time. And, I truly do not normally spend my days examining race relations. Because guess what, they are fine at my house. If issues come up with my kids, they are addressed immediately. And, you think YOU got offended? Guess what! So am I. I don't use the "N" word. I don't segregate my friends (well, except the drinking/non-drinking ones because that can get ugly). And yes, I DO believe there is a huge disintegration of the black families (and the white ones) which you may have noticed I've said MANY times, because when I'M talking about the breakdown of the American family, I'm talking about ALL of us, every AMERICAN. I don't have to wear my black (or other) family members on my sleeves to prove to you I'm not prejudice.
 
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I'm Floored said:
LisaC said:
lotstodo said:
Somewhere, way back there, St Radial mentioned "them". I've had that conversation with an old business partner and friend of mine who just happens to be Black. He is well educated, well spoken, well mannered, and a Libertarian businessman who left government employ to become, as we jokingly put it, a slum lord.

When I first knew him, maybe 25 years ago, he lived in Midtown in a bachelor pad and worked for the state. He left and bought several houses in the Grant Park area, moving into one and renting the rest, some section 8. This was his first exposure to "them", having come from a middle class Black family that lived in Cascade Heights in the 60's and 70's. Long story short, he has since used the term "them" as shorthand for the gang/criminal/welfare cheating/lazy no count element that was becoming concentrated south of I-20. They just so happened to be the same skin color as he was, but he "discriminates" against them openly and wholeheartedly. He jokingly says that he would be thrown in jail by Eric Holder if he were white.

He now owns property in better parts of town, some still in Grant Park, and his renters are nearly all Black. But he has seen to it that none of "them" get inside the door. As for his personal home, he has married late in life and moved to a mixed race neighborhood right here in Paulding County to get away from "them", but he still must occasionally have a conversation with some of the youngsters in the neighborhood about becoming a good citizen or one of "them". He openly admits that none of his white neighbors could have that conversation with the "yutes", and that he may himself someday pay the price for trying to teach them to "discriminate" between the good and bad influences in their lives.

So there definitely is a them. There is a them that, as Madea says, we of light skin have no influence over. There is a them, that in my opinion, are being catered to by the Race Pimps inside and outside Washington for their own purposes, purposes that are not in the interest of "them" or us. Us being the law abiding hard working citizens of all races. Perhaps the most unfortunate thing is that my friend is often mistaken for one of "them", particularly when we are just knocking around in our shorts on a Saturday afternoon at Home Depot. It's much easier to see the color of one's skin than the content of their character. Had the so called Black Leadership concentrated on the later rather than the former after Dr. King's death, we would probably be in a much better place today.
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I agree with this, but we cannot leave out the fact that while there is a "them," there is also an "us." You know, us white people who think that as long as we have one black friend we can tell people about they won't think we're racist; us white people who think that it's okay to use the "n" word as long as black folks don't hear us; us white people who think that as long as we can validate our views by saying that it is the disintegration of the African American famly that we can sit back and do nothing...
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In my case, that would be a "them" too. Just because I'm white doesn't make that shoe fit.


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