No Whites Allowed

[TKD]

I agree with that.

[Bouncer]

What if I see a black person acting like a stereotype and I immediately can't stand them? Is that prejudice, racial profiling or something else?

Anytime I see anyone acting like a stereotype I hate them equally. Trust me when I tell you, I hate white trash as much as I hate any race.

[AvidFisherman]

Change of Subject: Prejudice, bigotry and racism: Is there a difference?

This echos my statement

[FitnessBrat]

Also, there is a big difference between racism and prejudice, to be racist you have to have some sort of economic or other power over an individual or group. To be prejudice you do not need that power. If a lower class black person hated white people, they would be prejudice, if the chief of police in a certain town was white and hated black people, that would be racism.

I think I have to agree to disagree with this part.

[Turbo3000]

ROCKETW19, I am white and I cannot tell if you are joking around or being serious? You as a couple, since you are married, would be in the same social class. So if your wife was a teacher and you are doing construction, your family would be middle class, not the working class, because of your wife. Also, there is a big difference between racism and prejudice, to be racist you have to have some sort of economic or other power over an individual or group. To be prejudice you do not need that power. If a lower class black person hated white people, they would be prejudice, if the chief of police in a certain town was white and hated black people, that would be racism.

A dictionary might help.

[AvidFisherman]

It all depends on what they are doing and your thought process behind it, because it could be a class issue. A middle class person will view their environment different than a lower class person.

[TKD]

What if I see a black person acting like a stereotype and I immediately can't stand them? Is that prejudice, racial profiling or something else?

[AvidFisherman]

ROCKETW19, I am white and I cannot tell if you are joking around or being serious? You as a couple, since you are married, would be in the same social class. So if your wife was a teacher and you are doing construction, your family would be middle class, not the working class, because of your wife. Also, there is a big difference between racism and prejudice, to be racist you have to have some sort of economic or other power over an individual or group. To be prejudice you do not need that power. If a lower class black person hated white people, they would be prejudice, if the chief of police in a certain town was white and hated black people, that would be racism.

[TKD]

I'm not racist. I hate all minorities equally. :D

[Bouncer]

oh and i agree 100% there is still racism but theres just as much reverse racism if not more.

Every race is racist.

- Bouncer

[Bouncer]

more like a black dude,lol
as far as not being able to "work outta your parents class that is 100% BS and another BLACK excuse. my mexican wife came from straight ghetto that bitch did not say well the system don't like me cuz I am a brown woman dominated by white males in my job. she worked since she was 15 and a half years old now she easily upper class. i hold her back to middle class
blacks are stereo typed and profiled and look why. they act like fucking idiots.
I wish we had a real stat that could show how many blacks at the age of 21 act like a dumb fuck or how many are in school or working

It's about the big picture rather then the individual case.

There are plenty of hard working blacks who have made something of themselves. There are also plenty of Mexicans who are nothing more then a drain to society. Nobody is defending ignorance or making excuses for poor behavior.

You get confused and assume people are defending blacks when we are simply giving you the big picture. You have to understand history to understand the current situation.

[ROCKETW19]

oh and i agree 100% there is still racism but theres just as much reverse racism if not more.

[ROCKETW19]

more like a black dude,lol
as far as not being able to "work outta your parents class that is 100% BS and another BLACK excuse. my mexican wife came from straight ghetto that bitch did not say well the system don't like me cuz I am a brown woman dominated by white males in my job. she worked since she was 15 and a half years old now she easily upper class. i hold her back to middle class
blacks are stereo typed and profiled and look why. they act like fucking idiots.
I wish we had a real stat that could show how many blacks at the age of 21 act like a dumb fuck or how many are in school or working

[Bouncer]

Looks like we got a new member with a brain! Hot damn!

[AvidFisherman]

When people talk about how recent generations of black people have not been impacted by the Jim Crow laws and slavery, they are touting their ignorance of the class system within the United States. It is very difficult for a person to leave the social class of their parents. If someone grew up middle class, it is hard for them to rise to the upper class or drop to the working or lower class. The same thing with people in the lower class, its hard for them to raise to the working, middle or upper class. When they do there is a term for this, sponsored mobility; it is so rare there is a term for this phenomenon. Up until the 1860's an extremely small portion of the black population were above the lower class, even among the free blacks. After the Civil War, though they were free, they had to deal with the the Jim Crow laws. And now, black have to deal with closet racism that is rampant in our country. Based on these facts I can understand how black people can be frustrated in the United States.