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Anonymous
What group do you presume to speak for? I love when posters act like self-appointed spokesmen for a large group. Well you certainly don't represent all white people. I don't think you even represent all jackasses, but that's closer to home. |
Anonymous
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I am a black attorney 38 years old and I hate the word used by anyone. The average black person feels the same way. It is the ignorant rappers, comedians and entertainers most of which barely went past high school, that get the predominant voice in the media about the topic and frankly they do not represent me or my views on the matter. I see Sherri Shephard on the View giving her opinions and supposedly speaking for me and it makes me cringe.
I do agree that it is ignorant for a segment of blacks to feel it is ok for them to say it but others not to. It is just ridiculous. I see all these young white suburbia kids yelling sup my N and am just flabbergasted. And I have to say the way young ladies white and black refer to each other as Bs is equally disturbing to me...thank the Kardashians and Paris Hilton for that I guess. |
Anonymous
I like you and would like to ask a favor. Would you be willing to ask Sherri Shepard to attend an ESL class so maybe she would stop saying "ain't" and learn about correct verb tense? I can't stand to watch the view for two reasons: Sherri and Elizabeth. |
Anonymous
As a boomer, I totally agree w/the Gen Yer. As a white female, I only experienced sexism. It was there, so what? Get over it. Ignore the naysayers and just weave around those who would put obstacles in your path. We only have one go round on the planet as far as I know, and I would rather go round with a positive attitude pursuing my goals with a smile and a nod than rehash negativity in the past. Call me Pollyanna  , or just call me happy and refusing to get down in the mud and duke it out.
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Anonymous
Sexism and racism are not the same thing. If you ask a bunch of white women whether hypothetically they would rather be black men, guess what the answer is? If you give black women a choice between a white female candidate and a black male candidate, who do they affiliate with more often? Well, we know how black women voted in the Democratic primary. Both demonstrate that there is more distance between blacks and whites than between men and women. |
Anonymous
Showing up is 90% and a good attitude is 10% of life. Good for you. |
Anonymous
| why dont black people get marryed. whats that all about? |
Anonymous
Why don't posters learn to spell? What's that all about? |
Anonymous
Misspelled words are common. We type too fast; don't proof before we send; and I don't trust spell check that much. I know many black married couples so I would like to know why PP asked this question. |
Anonymous
Are you friends with the black couples you know? Just curious, because if you had any black girlfriends you would know what's going on. But in case you don't, there are several reasons why it's more difficult for black women to get married. Traditionally, people tend to marry within their own race, and 1/4 of young black men of traditional marriage age (20s) are in jail or otherwise in the custody of the criminal justice system. That makes them less likely to be able to get decent jobs. And occupation is tied to marriage rates. If a man doesn't think he can support a family, he's less likely to begin one. At the same time, black women have been able to obtain higher education in increasing numbers and are not reliant on black men for financial security. Add to this -- overall marriage rates -- regardless of race are declining in the U.S. Marriage today is also tied to educational level -- the more education you have, the more likely you are to be married. There are a lot of other subtle cultural things going on as well, but that's a start. |
Anonymous
| Another factor is that many black women do not wish to marry men who are not black. I have urged friends to consider dating others but some say they are only attracted to black men. |
Anonymous
| Why is any of this relevant to the conversation at hand? |
Anonymous
| cuz even if my parents stopped bein marryed when i was 5 i still no my father an he is good. some people dont no there father. |
Anonymous
| 70% of all black children are born out of wedlock. That's a scary statistic. Of course us the tax payers will be forced to pay for the burden of new babies born to uneducated poor mothers who probably did not graduate from HS and whose kids will not amount to much. Also manufacturing has moved off to lower cost producers so you NEED an education to earn any income in this new information technology based world. The black community in this country is walking down the road to perdition yet they keep listening to Al and Jesse. Now flame away and call me racist. FYI i didn't check my spelling. |
Anonymous
PP do you actually know the definition of the word "perdition"? "We" the taxayers do pay for children of blacks as well as pay for children of other races with WIC, food stamps and pre- and post-natal care. But "we" the taxpayers also pay for the children of other races where parents are not married as well as children of married, but poor, uneducated, under employed, uemployed, and, children of divorce when father, all too frequently, decides to not pay child support. It is to the advantage of "we" the taxpayer to have these children and parent(s) healthy and contributing members of society. In both the short- and long-run it is less expensive to pay up front (when a child is young) that to pay later (older, and, possibly, in trouble with law). Compassion. Remember this because "We" the taxpayer never know the curve balls that life can throw. |