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Charles Barkley explains it all.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:10 PM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: "For some reason we are brainwashed to think, if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person. It's a dirty, dark secret in the black community. "There are a lot of black people who are unintelligent, who don't have success. It's best to knock a successful black person down because they're intelligent, they speak well, they do well in school, and they're successful. It's just typical BS that goes on when you're black, man."
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:48 PM
JONGSSTRAW
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:06 PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:15 PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Speaking of Charles Payne, who I idolize, do you know that Terry Keenan died this weekend from a cerebral hemorrhage? She hosted Cashin In and helped create all those great Saturday morning finance shows. A great talent, a beautiful woman and mother. R.I.P.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 7:21 PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:10 PM
ELVISCHRIST
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:12 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Speaking of Charles Payne, who I idolize, do you know that Terry Keenan died this weekend from a cerebral hemorrhage? She hosted Cashin In and helped create all those great Saturday morning finance shows. A great talent, a beautiful woman and mother. R.I.P. Holy crap! I didn't know. That's freaking terrible news. She was a gorgeous woman. Style and smarts... reports said cerebral hemorrhaging... what the hell caused that ?
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:14 PM
Quote:Originally posted by G: It works both ways - there's plenty of criticism that can be made of white culture as well - no one, and no group are perfect. I see Russell Wilson - QB for the Super Bowl winning Seahawks - being criticized by black teammates as "not black enough." Huh?! But it's not a one race issue - we all have issues. It's a PROCESS, or if you're from Canada, it's a "Pro-Cess." Why you get so much noise on this board is when you don't realize it's not just "them."
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:45 PM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I see he was talking over your head.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I see he was talking over your head. It's worth noting that there isn't much difference between Barkley's claim that "there are a lot black people who are unintelligent" and the claims of a garden-variety racist. I assume that Barkley meant to say something more nuanced. That more charitable analysis, though, is far from a "dirty dark secret." The notion that black irresponsibility is the sole cause of the "race problem" is widely shared among black America's most prominent figures, beginning—but not ending—with the president of the United States.
Quote: The Charles Barkleys of the world and the racists who approvingly quote him pretend that they are exposing some heretofore arcane bit of knowledge. In fact they are employing two of the most disreputable traditions in American politics—false equivalence and an appeal to respectability. This is the black tradition that believed that "black brutes" deserved lynching in the early 20th century, and believes that those same brutes are responsible for the "achievement gap" in the 21st.
Quote: I simply maintain that if aliens from outer space were to compare today's socioeconomic realities of the black community with the history of their treatment in the USA, they would not be mystified. But respectable politics is, at its root, unable to look into the cold dark void of history. For if black people are not the problem, if the problem truly is 100 percent explained by white supremacy, then we are presented with a set of unfortunate facts about the USA.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:23 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I'm pretty sure that Chuck wasn't in any way talking about Obama here. Not sure why it's even an issue.
Quote: How is it " racist " to agree w/ a black man's point of view ? Do you even KNOW who Charles Barkley is ?
Quote:So, when he says it's a black problem, that BLACKS are the ones holding themselves back more than anything else, you ignore him, ignore what he's saying, and revert back to 'white supremacy' , as you dismiss the entire point he was making.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:47 AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:01 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: 2nd - you're rambling . Didn't make much sense, at all.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:11 AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 12:46 PM
CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:15 PM
Quote: Crassic - that's you go-to response when you get cornered, "you're not making any sense."
Quote: Even funnier when you see what second said: "Ignorance is one strategy out of many in politics – pretend to not understand. Or, even worse, yet more politically effective, actually to not understand." G.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:08 PM
Quote: Corey Brooks is pastor at New Beginnings Church in Chicago’s south side. Well known and well liked, Brooks tended to his parish without much controversy or incident. Until, that is, he endorsed Republican Bruce Rauner for governor over Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn. After appearing in an ad for Rauner, Brooks received death threats on his voicemail and on social media, including calling him an “Uncle Tom.” Brooks told WGN, “It’s unfair that a person does not have a right to voice their opinion and speak about who they want to support, and that some people still feel you have got to stay on this Democratic plantation. If you choose to leave it or go off it, we will attack you.” Shortly after the ad appeared, New Beginnings Church suffered a break in and had $8,000 stolen from a collection for a new community center. Brooks also started receiving threatening messages. One voicemail said, “Watch your back fat (expletive). We own you, black. We own you. They can’t protect you, you sell out. You Uncle Tom (expletive). Token. You puppet for Bruce Rauner.” Brooks also endorsed Republican Senate candidate Jim Oberweis over Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. Police are investigating the break in and the threats. Not everyone believes the Pastor’s story. Failed Democratic candidate for governor and progressive activist Tio Hardiman believes the messages and the break in are merely publicity stunts. Hardiman, a Huffington Post contributor, called Brooks and other black clergy who’ve thrown their support behind Republican Rauner “the sell out pastors of Chicago.” Brooks tells WGN he and his family have moved out of their home in response to the treats against him. http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/28/chicago-pastor-called-uncle-tom-threatened-after-supporting-republican/
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:15 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:14 AM
Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Isn't this where you usually tell us about how the RCMP knew him to be mentally ill ?
Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:19 AM
Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Ignore his comments , dismiss his own experiences, just because you're bitter, jealouse & can't grasp the man's pov or his opinion, which doesn't happen to match what you'd like him to say. Extra non - awesome sauce.
Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:55 PM
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