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Originally Posted by Byte1
Sounds like some folks like to make a lot of excuses for plain old bad behavior.
I get it. You are saying they don't have the ability to think for themselves and discern the difference between right and wrong. I don't agree. I do not believe that the history of my predecessors should influence how I conduct myself. I believe that we are all taught right from wrong, either by the easy way of parental training, or by our education system or just by experience of finding out what the repercussions are when you break the rules. A person's color has not been an excuse for bad behavior for decades. Every charity imagined has been offered to minorities, to include job preference (front of the line privilege) or affirmative action, welfare, housing, etc. Being from a multi-ethnicity family, we do not allow bad behavior based on perception of not being treated fairly. Most Americans are color blind UNTIL one draws attention to their ethnicity in an effort to manipulate the system.
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I appreciate your comments on this matter. You are giving voice to, probably, the majority opinion here in TV Land. It is basically a law and order platform, while also noting White grievances about affirmative action and Welfare (which has long stirred too much emotions). I find the Welfare issue a little strange because many whites end up needing welfare and it has had many success stories of lifting up people by their "bootstraps". Of course, there are abuses. But, the abuses of one upper-level con-man like Bernie Madoff are MUCH greater than the Welfare abuses of hundreds of people lower on the economic ladder. And the IRS does NOT catch every Bernie Madoff type. They probably miss 10 for each one they catch. The so-called "Welfare Queens" are a propaganda ploy by the rich to direct attention away from themselves. Also, it gets used to sway voters.
Also, you may consider History to be inconsequential. People do tend to think that History begins with their particular era - but I think otherwise. It is especially important in this discussion about race and Police action. That is why I wrote a scenario where Blacks and Whites switched their Historic role as to who was on top. You can also look at the plight of the Native Americans, which are much worse off than Blacks or Browns - and again you MUST talk History to understand that. A problem will never get a solution until it is 1st admitted to be a problem. A Police Force is at the intersection of it all - crime, punishment, tax system, the prison system, wealth disparity, global warming, and health care. I believe that the US makes MANY mistakes and WILL NOT take the time to look to other counties that better solve these problems. Part of the problem goes back to the HISTORY of the US frontier and frontier philosophies.