Reverse Racism | 75 comments (75 topical, 3 hidden)
Be honest, Chris... (none / 0)
Fox news doesn't exclude blacks - Juan Williams is black, Thomas Sowell is black... The Oscars don't exclude blacks - Denzel Washington, Forrest Whitaker, Halle Berry are all black... TV DEFINITELY doesn't exclude blacks - Cosby, Fresh Prince, Bernie Mac, All the anchors on CNN except AC and Cafferty, UPN, WB, BET, MTV, CW - lots of blacks on TV. In fact for only being 12% of the total US population, I think there is an overrepresentation of blacks on TV... Music - most of the best performers are black or co-opted black style music...Hip Hop, Rap, R&B are some of the largest revenue generators for the music industry... Politics? Black President - and BTW Chris, Mixed/Multi racial or not, he's black... We agree with each other on a lot of things, Chris - and we disagree on a lot of things, and I hope you understand that I'm not trying to be testy with you, but seriously - YOU NEED TO GET THE CHIP OFF OF YOUR SHOULDER!!!! You have not been oppressed. You have not been burned out of your house. You have not wore the chains as your ancestors have coming across the great ocean - Get over yourself... :)

by bobo1 on 07/02/2009 04:38:24 PM EST

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chip on my shoulder? (none / 0)
I'm not the one who made the post in the first place.  Personally, I think black history month SHOULD be abolished, but not because whites aren't being represented.  You're playing the "opressed white" card as if whites have REALLY been oppressed by blacks somehow creating BET.  I didn't say fox "EXCLUDED BLACKS", i said it was WHITE ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION.  Look at the demographics of fox news and call me a liar.  BTW, there is a HUGE difference between "Kenyan", and Black-American.  Don't conflate "black" with "kenyan American", because those are two completely different ethnicities, and to conflate them shows your desire for ignorance of these things.  I never claimed to be "oppressed", and if anything I was talking about how blacks have overcome the trials of a racist america to try and INTEGRATE ourselves with the others, but you chose to see it as "a chip on my shoulder".  You can't use belief to change my argument.  I personally didn't have "slave" ancestors on my father's side, and don't have a clue on my mother's side.  You don't have a clue about my heritage, and assume a lot about my statements based on a preconcieved notion about "black anger".  I don't HAVE it, I understand it.  It's called EMPATHY Bobo, and Obama has it to.  You want to seperate whites and blacks, but don't see the difference between a Kenyan American, and an African American.  They are apparently both "black" to you.  You said it.  I am not an egotistical person, so I will take the "get over yourself" comment as a snide swipe at my defense of black culture.  But as I've said before, i don't really care what anyone thinks of me personally.  I respect people, and hopefully I get it back.  But do I really care...No.  I don't offend people for no reason.  Now bobo, be careful about who you say has a chip on their shoulder, because I was one of the first people to declare a war against the flagrant use of the term "racist" around here.  I don't like it anymore than you.  I'm choosing to ignore a lot of the things you said, as a gesture.

Chris  

by chrisandyasemin on 07/02/2009 05:49:01 PM EST

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Chris - you're right ignore Bobo (none / 0)
Ignore him for the most part anyway, except when you feel like making a point for the benefit of the rest of us to hear. Bobo is the biggest troll around here.

by ilovecenk99 on 08/02/2009 06:22:53 PM EST

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Reverse Racism | 75 comments (75 topical, 3 hidden)