There was still the established american conservative culture, which has slowly been dismantled by the progressives. Also the huge influx of hispanic illegal aliens who have piles of children once they manage to cross the border has been continuing to push a change in the established US culture.
Hi, everyone. This is my first post and I'd like to say I feel glad to be joining the ranks. I find this forum very interesting for several reasons:
A) Most people on here wouldn't be considered fat, and or lazy which has pretty much become some sort of standard in America... it's nice to connect with people that share my values in basic health consciousness.
B) This forum makes me think of steroids which is ummm.... not PC, but is structured in such a fashion as to promote intelligence, health, and sensibility (and from what I've seen so far doesn't even promote steroid usage but to be honest I haven't had the chance to examine the forum well enough). Awesome, now if only we can all get marijuana legalized too .
C) This politics section of the forum seems to be filled with intellectual people capable of analyzing information and delivering opinion without getting stereotypical, or "current-fashioned" in the defense of their views and stances.
To put it quite simply, I think this is the best forum I have ever witnessed.
Now moving on to your quote ImJ2x, sorry I raped the thread haha.
Obviously, you aren't the type of person that needs to be corrected, I've already seen this in plenty of your well written responses, but I cant help but notice your remark on latin people. Without calling you names you don't deserve to be called, I have to poke a little fun at you. I'm one of three children my mother had when she
legally entered the United States from the Dominican Republic. I'm 24, an entrepreneur, a veteran, I live in NYC, and I'm finishing up my bachelors. When you discuss The Great Experiment, I want you to imagine a case study such as mine. A Chicago born native that's seen race relations between blacks and whites evolve over my lifetime.
From my experience you have 2 different types of whites, those that still feel bad about racism, and inequality, and those that are defensive about it. The ones that feel bad tend to overcompensate i.e. "whites can never say nigga" considering how popular the word is in mainstream media, considering how many white people buy albums from black celebrities, and considering just how much black culture has benefitted from white support, I think its safe to use a word that's now considered a term of endearment. I know plenty of whites that wish they can say something like "you my nigga" without fear of persecution. the ones that feel defensive are usually harder to define. they can be racist, they can have disdain for black activists, they can claim reverse racism, they feel cheated by affirmative action, etc. These arent always bad people, they're just tired of looking like the bad guys, and some embrace the role or had bad parenting and backwards communities which encourage racist behavior. The third and unmentioned type of whites are the ones that dont care, they prefer phrases like "to each their own".
Blacks fall into categories as well. Some feel as if the world hates them, and act accordingly. They suffer from low self-esteem, come from all the bad areas, and literally become products of their environments. As we all know, it's a slippery slope, and many can't recover. This perpetuates the "ghetto" mentality, that whites hate blacks and blacks will never get anywhere. On the other hand, you have the MILLIONS of blacks that have thrived, and are now very successful people, and birth successful children. Our freaking president is black for crying out loud. I believe they are the single biggest reason race relations are progressing exponentially. Not only are they living proof that blacks can make it, but also proof that whites arent 'evil'. They strengthen race relations all across the board. The third type of black is the conspiracy theorist. To them all whites are the devil, white news spins black people to be gangsters, and black people are victims. These people strain race relations, and they strain black self-esteem. I think these Al Sharptons of the world are like the racist tea-partyers. Just there to mess it up for everyone.
Everything else is other. hispanics, european-americans (wait are they white?), asians, orientals. We're still on the sidelines.
The comment you made about illegal hispanics can be misconstrued on so many levels. I could go Al Sharpton on you and say all sorts of things about your racist rant and blah, blah, blah. but as an american that has sat on the sidelines of this white/black racism 'thing', I know the only respectful way to put an end to discriminatory behavior is: don't be a douche bro, its not cool. the last thing anyone needs is a disparaging comment made towards hispanics. the last thing anyone needs is a disparaging comment made towards ANY race.
Though its annoying for me to write this, and probably even more annoying for anyone to read it, we have to acknowledge ****ed up **** when we see it. Now I better make sure I dont say anything bad about chinks lmao.
Vin.