Help, my friend is a racist.

[QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

I want everyone in this thread who believes that racism is mindless and not based on facts to read this page from the National Bureau of Justice Statistics.

From the page:

In 2005, offending rates (homicide) for blacks were more than 7 times higher than the rates for whites.

Now, I want everyone to understand that I do not intend this as an incrimination of blacks as a whole. I have several black friends. These are merely the facts. Interpret them as you so choose.

Kritical_Strike

Like i said I am black and i wouldnt stab or kill anyone. And for example if someone thought all black people are the stereotypical violent people then that would be ignorant, cause im not one and my father,mother,brother,sister arent either. So saying some races are likely to stab someone is just a stupid generalization. Even if there are statistics that show black crime very high. Just because people are the same color doesnt mean there intentions are the same.

Man, what is it that you don't understand?

Homicide rates for blacks are seven times higher than the rates for whites.

Does that mean that you and your family would kill people? Of course not!

But it does mean that I have more reason to be more cautious around blacks than I am around whites, because I know that they are more dangerous, statistically speaking.

Is that unfair? No, it isn't. Statistics are statistics, end of story. Your good intentions do not change a single thing, sir.

I just cant believe how ignorant you are! This is truly amazing. So if you meet a rich black billionaire in a rich neighborhood you still are gonna think he might think of hurting you?

I wouldn't, but that brings in another variable. Social Status. People with more money have very few reasons to kill people, and MANY reasons not to.

See, that could be the reason the rate is 7 times more for black people. Maybe there is a statistic that says there are 7 times as many black people that live at a lower CLA$$ (damn glitchspot censored the word) than white people. You're infering that it's the race that you have to be afraind of: NO! You have to look for certain characteristics in the person. Is the person poor? Does s/he sell crack? Does s/he have a gun on them? It doesn't matter if the person is black or white, the person that has characteristics such as those is just as likely to commit a crime. A statistic like that should not be attributed to the race. That is just ignorance. A statistic like that is based around the race's background or rate of poverty and so on. NOT just on the race. At the end of the day, you should not be more cautious of a person based off his race. There are way better characteristics that can show wether to be cautious or not...

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.Kritical_Strike

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.Kritical_Strike

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

Well this is some what of a generalization.. For one its been shown time and time again that whites will get off crimes easier then black people.. Not to mention I would think most rational people would think social standing has the most over bearing on crimes..

[QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"] I've said this a million times already.. I don't care what the crime rate says - latinos/hispanics also commit a lot of crime, that doesn't mean I'm more likely to kill you. Stop applying statistics to people.kurama2002

Guess what, man? When I'm walking down the street and I see a group of guys coming towards me, I don't have the luxury of getting to know them and understanding what great people they really are. All I have time to do is size them up based on how they look, and on what I know from crime statistics.

And you know what? Seeing as how blacks kill seven times as many people as whites every year, I am going to be a little more careful if those guys are black.

That's my decision, and it's not based on irrational fear or paranoia; it's based on FACTS, plain and simple.

And that would be generalizing.

No, he's not saying they ARE going to murder him. He's saying they have a higher chance, in comparison with other races. I think you need to understand the definition of a Generalization.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="dooly420"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="dooly420"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="kurama2002"]

I disagree. "Some races have higher crime rates than others; some races are more likely to stab you than others. That's just the way it is".That is a big generalization.

dooly420

How so?

Racism is wrong period. Its ignorant to be racist. I am black and i wouldnt stab or kill anyone. And for example if someone thought all black people are the stereotypical violent people then that would be ignorant cause im not one and my father,mother,brother,sister arent either. So saying some races are likely to stab someone is just a stupid generalization. Alot of black people here where i live are cowards.

Some races are more likely to do certain things according to statistics. Like African American males are far more likely to be imprisoned within their lifetime. That's not a generalisation, that's a statistic, deal with it.

But race partially dictates social status, African Americans point that out on a regular basis.

.. Try again the civil rights movement was still going on into the 70's.. Blacks in no way shape or form had the same oppertunities that whites had for a great deal after the time you stated..

Nothign was "starting" to get any where.. If this were true there would have been no need for a immense civil rights movement which set into action equal rights.

No, he's not saying they ARE going to murder him. He's saying they have a higher chance, in comparison with other races. I think you need to understand the definition of a Generalization.Kritical_Strike

So, today after English class, I was walking to weight lifting, and then one of my friends (not a good friend, but we're cool) comes up and says hey dude, and I'm like "Hey, Larry". And then as a joke I said, "Can I call you lars?(lol)"

"no, that name sucks"

"why"

"because it's a mexican name"

"No it's not (I think of Lars from rocket power) Oh wait, it is, so what?"

"I hate Mexicans"

"Why?"

"Mexicans robbed my house"

"no, a few idiots who were mexicans robbed your house"

and then he walked off, plain faced like that was a totally normal thing to think... what a conversation.

Why is this arrogance still around? Do any of you guys know anyone like this?

Sexy_Pirate

Yes sadly there are many people like him still in the world. What's even worse is seeing it when your older, you wouldn't believe some of the things I've heard business owners, customers of mine, say.

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"] I've said this a million times already.. I don't care what the crime rate says - latinos/hispanics also commit a lot of crime, that doesn't mean I'm more likely to kill you. Stop applying statistics to people.jethrovegas

Guess what, man? When I'm walking down the street and I see a group of guys coming towards me, I don't have the luxury of getting to know them and understanding what great people they really are. All I have time to do is size them up based on how they look, and on what I know from crime statistics.

And you know what? Seeing as how blacks kill seven times as many people as whites every year, I am going to be a little more careful if those guys are black.

That's my decision, and it's not based on irrational fear or paranoia; it's based on FACTS, plain and simple.

This is the idotic type of logic I'm talking about. You don't look at their race. You look for things like if they look like they're in a gang. If they have guns. If it was a white group instead of a black group that had those characteristics would you not be afraid of them? Would you only care about their color? No! That is bad racism...

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.DeeJayInphinity

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

[QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"] I've said this a million times already.. I don't care what the crime rate says - latinos/hispanics also commit a lot of crime, that doesn't mean I'm more likely to kill you. Stop applying statistics to people.kurama2002

Guess what, man? When I'm walking down the street and I see a group of guys coming towards me, I don't have the luxury of getting to know them and understanding what great people they really are. All I have time to do is size them up based on how they look, and on what I know from crime statistics.

And you know what? Seeing as how blacks kill seven times as many people as whites every year, I am going to be a little more careful if those guys are black.

That's my decision, and it's not based on irrational fear or paranoia; it's based on FACTS, plain and simple.

And that would be generalizing.

No, that would be me using my brain, instead of living in some kind of rainbows and bunnies dream world where every one lies about in a giant warm sticky pool of tolerance, endlessly pleasuring in one giant collective orgasm of equality.

I live in the real world where it doesn't matter how nice you and your friends are; I live in the real world where statistics and facts are not ethereal bits of fog passing through the back of mind as I stroll down to the local corner store to buy milk at 5 cents a gallon; I live in the real world where blacks kill more people than whites, and none of your lovely little specific instances of exceptions to the rule really matter in the slightest.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]No, he's not saying they ARE going to murder him. He's saying they have a higher chance, in comparison with other races. I think you need to understand the definition of a Generalization.DeeJayInphinity

Yep, but it's not narrow minded. It's quite scientific.

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]No, he's not saying they ARE going to murder him. He's saying they have a higher chance, in comparison with other races. I think you need to understand the definition of a Generalization.Kritical_Strike

Yep, but it's not narrow minded. It's quite scientific.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]No, he's not saying they ARE going to murder him. He's saying they have a higher chance, in comparison with other races. I think you need to understand the definition of a Generalization.DeeJayInphinity

Yep, but it's not narrow minded. It's quite scientific.

You can always do things more scientifically. But there are so many variables it's nearly impossible.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic. If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die./QUOTE] I don't know most of my classmates, therefore your useless statistic applies to them as well. What the hell? As I mentioned before, you're ignoring the other statistic, the one that says you're unlikely to be murdered. How convenient is that. And yet I'm asked to stop narrowing down the statistic to a single person. I wouldn't be worried about being murdered, or shot, or mugged, I would just worry about getting on the bus. I also don't live in a corporate world ruled by statistics. I live in a world were you don't walk down a ****** street at 1am, regardless of how many or how few black people there are. That's because any deprived moron with nothing to lose is willing to mug you. If you want to go ahead and trust white people just because black people [NUMBER], go ahead. I don't care. That's just not the way life works, though.DeeJayInphinity

You live in the REAL world, and I'm assuming your living in the US, which is wear those statistics are taken from. Those statistics don't just apply to the corporal world.

I don't really trust anyone I don't know, I would only be slightly more cautious around an unknown black guy, as I've said before.

It's just stastics, it's up to you how to interpert them. If you want to treat every person as TOTALLY equal in every concievable way be my guest. I get to know people, and then judge them. If I don't know them I make a quick assessment based on clothing/ ethnicity/ social status/ attitude and area. That is for my own good.

You can always do things more scientifically. But there are so many variables it's nearly impossible.Kritical_Strike

You live in the REAL world, and I'm assuming your living in the US, which is wear those statistics are taken from. Those statistics don't just apply to the corporal world. I don't really trust anyone I don't know, I would only be slightly more cautious around an unknown black guy, as I've said before.It's just stastics, it's up to you how to interpert them. If you want to treat every person as TOTALLY equal in every concievable way be my guest. I get to know people, and then judge them. If I don't know them I make a quick assessment based on clothing/ ethnicity/ social status/ attitude and area. That is for my own good.Kritical_Strike

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.Kritical_Strike

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

But what if the black guy is rich and the white guy is poor? You said it yourself you wouldnt think a black rich man would harm you. So your gonna base it off social status?

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]You can always do things more scientifically. But there are so many variables it's nearly impossible.DeeJayInphinity

You live in the REAL world, and I'm assuming your living in the US, which is wear those statistics are taken from. Those statistics don't just apply to the corporal world. I don't really trust anyone I don't know, I would only be slightly more cautious around an unknown black guy, as I've said before.It's just stastics, it's up to you how to interpert them. If you want to treat every person as TOTALLY equal in every concievable way be my guest. I get to know people, and then judge them. If I don't know them I make a quick assessment based on clothing/ ethnicity/ social status/ attitude and area. That is for my own good.Kritical_Strike

Do you have any idea what a statistic is? There aren't any "exceptions" to the statistic, because the statistic has never claimed all black people to be murderers.

Pulling numbers out of my hat? Feel free to direct me to the statistics that disprove my point.

How are those statistics useless? They obviously point out a disproportion amoung an ethnic group in the US (black people). This problem should be addressed, are you just ignoring the murder and crime rates for black people? We aren't going to solve anything with that attitude. If those statistics didn't mean anything we could just continue on with our lives and neglect a problem amoung African Americans that has the potential to be solved. Anyone who doesn't want to solve this problem, or worse yet, IGNORE this problem is not doing the US or African Americans any favors.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.kurama2002

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

But what if the black guy is rich and the white guy is poor? You said it yourself you wouldnt think a black rich man would harm you. So your gonna base it off social status?

Do you have any idea what a statistic is? There aren't any "exceptions" to the statistic, because the statistic has never claimed all black people to be murderers. Pulling numbers out of my hat? Feel free to direct me to the statistics that disprove my point.How are those statistics useless? They obviously point out a disproportion amoung an ethnic group in the US (black people). This problem should be addressed, are you just ignoring the murder and crime rates for black people? We aren't going to solve anything with that attitude. If those statistics didn't mean anything we could just continue on with our lives and neglect a problem amoung African Americans that has the potential to be solved. Anyone who doesn't want to solve this problem, or worse yet, IGNORE this problem is not doing the US or African Americans any favors.Kritical_Strike

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Do you have any idea what a statistic is? There aren't any "exceptions" to the statistic, because the statistic has never claimed all black people to be murderers. Pulling numbers out of my hat? Feel free to direct me to the statistics that disprove my point.How are those statistics useless? They obviously point out a disproportion amoung an ethnic group in the US (black people). This problem should be addressed, are you just ignoring the murder and crime rates for black people? We aren't going to solve anything with that attitude. If those statistics didn't mean anything we could just continue on with our lives and neglect a problem amoung African Americans that has the potential to be solved. Anyone who doesn't want to solve this problem, or worse yet, IGNORE this problem is not doing the US or African Americans any favors.DeeJayInphinity

Yet statistics also claim you have very small chance to get murdered by anyone, of any race, so it is no surprise you aren't dead. The chance you'll get killed by a black guy are TINY, and the chances of a white guy killing you are 7 times smaller than that. Although according to another part of the same statistic, black people usually kill other black people. So unless you're black you shouldn't be worrying as much.

And like I said the statistic outlines a very serious problem (meaning it isn't useless), you didn't address that at all, meaning you don't have a rebuttal. Guess I'm right then.

[QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.Kritical_Strike

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

But what if the black guy is rich and the white guy is poor? You said it yourself you wouldnt think a black rich man would harm you. So your gonna base it off social status?

Then I would be more afraid of the white guy. Hence the other variable of social status. But, race tends to coincide with social status due to social inequalities. In other words there are more poor black people (probably because of there mistreatment in the former half of last century), and poor people are more likely to commit crimes. See where I'm going with this?

Then why are you talking like all black people will do a crime because of the color of there skin. Its social status not the color. A lot of black people are poor so in the ghettos,projects where ever they live, they kill and steal. Im in a upper middle cla$$ black family, are house is huge nice clothes etc. When you see me i got nice clothes man. I dont look like i will hurt you. But if you assume i will hurt you just because of the color of my skin thats not cool. You need to get past that. You act like extreme violence is genetically encoded in all african americans.

Yet statistics also claim you have very small chance to get murdered by anyone, of any race, so it is no surprise you aren't dead. The chance you'll get killed by a black guy are TINY, and the chances of a white guy killing you are 7 times smaller than that. Although according to another part of the same statistic, black people usually kill other black people. So unless you're black you shouldn't be worrying as much. And like I said the statistic outlines a very serious problem (meaning it isn't useless), you didn't address that at all, meaning you don't have a rebuttal. Guess I'm right then.Kritical_Strike

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.kurama2002

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

But what if the black guy is rich and the white guy is poor? You said it yourself you wouldnt think a black rich man would harm you. So your gonna base it off social status?

Then I would be more afraid of the white guy. Hence the other variable of social status. But, race tends to coincide with social status due to social inequalities. In other words there are more poor black people (probably because of there mistreatment in the former half of last century), and poor people are more likely to commit crimes. See where I'm going with this?

Then why are you talking like all black people will do a crime because of the color of there skin. Its social status not the color. A lot of black people are poor so in the ghettos,projects where ever they live, they kill and steal. Im in a upper middle ****black family, are house is huge nice clothes etc. When you see me i got nice clothes man. I dont look like i will hurt you. But if you assume i will hurt you just because of the color of my skin thats not cool. You need to get past that. You act like violence is genetically encoded in all african americans.

No, but violence is common among poor people. And a lot of poor people are black. Statistics are all about chances. I'm not generalizing, it's important to note the difference between generalizing and considering chances (as seen in statistics). I'm not racist at all. If all people were middle clas.s then I'm sure the murder rates would be about even among all races. It's not totally the fault of black people, it's just that some of them have to resort to crime because of their social status.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Yet statistics also claim you have very small chance to get murdered by anyone, of any race, so it is no surprise you aren't dead. The chance you'll get killed by a black guy are TINY, and the chances of a white guy killing you are 7 times smaller than that. Although according to another part of the same statistic, black people usually kill other black people. So unless you're black you shouldn't be worrying as much. And like I said the statistic outlines a very serious problem (meaning it isn't useless), you didn't address that at all, meaning you don't have a rebuttal. Guess I'm right then.DeeJayInphinity

Alrighty then, I'm satisfied with this conclusion, (btw I don't run away from black people). I'm gonna go play the DMC4 demo now :)

[QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="kurama2002"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Then what the heck do these statistics apply to? Hippos? Those statistics are off of PEOPLE, so they definitely apply to people.Kritical_Strike

Stop narrowing it down to individuals. It isn't about you classmates, or about little Black Johnny down the road and how he doesn't want to hurt anyone or whatever.

When you go to prison there are more black people. White are the minority. What does that say about blacks. They commit more crimes, as reflected by the statistics. Blacks make up about 12% of the US, yet they take up over 55% percent of the Jail system. So it is more likely that a black person will cap you, as opposed to a white person. I'm not telling you how to judge your classmates/friends, so get off it.

But that really only applies to people you don't know. Obviously you know them well enough to know they aren't going to kill you. I know some white guys that gave me a very welcoming first impression, but now that I know them I can see they are bloody psychotic.

If you met two guys, one black one white and you didn't know either one at all. STATISTICALLY, you would be a bit more cautious around the black guy if you didn't wanna die.

But what if the black guy is rich and the white guy is poor? You said it yourself you wouldnt think a black rich man would harm you. So your gonna base it off social status?

Then I would be more afraid of the white guy. Hence the other variable of social status. But, race tends to coincide with social status due to social inequalities. In other words there are more poor black people (probably because of there mistreatment in the former half of last century), and poor people are more likely to commit crimes. See where I'm going with this?

Then why are you talking like all black people will do a crime because of the color of there skin. Its social status not the color. A lot of black people are poor so in the ghettos,projects where ever they live, they kill and steal. Im in a upper middle ****black family, are house is huge nice clothes etc. When you see me i got nice clothes man. I dont look like i will hurt you. But if you assume i will hurt you just because of the color of my skin thats not cool. You need to get past that. You act like violence is genetically encoded in all african americans.

No, but violence is common among poor people. And a lot of poor people are black. Statistics are all about chances. I'm not generalizing, it's important to note the difference between generalizing and considering chances (as seen in statistics). I'm not racist at all. If all people were middle clas.s then I'm sure the murder rates would be about even among all races. It's not totally the fault of black people, it's just that some of them have to resort to crime because of their social status.

lol you should have said something like this 4 pages ago lol. You sounded like a big racist and that all black people are naturally violent. But yea i see what you are saying, but social status plays a big part in violence not the skin color.

Alrighty then, I'm satisfied with this conclusion, (btw I don't run away from black people). I'm gonna go play the DMC4 demo now :)Kritical_Strike

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[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Alrighty then, I'm satisfied with this conclusion, (btw I don't run away from black people). I'm gonna go play the DMC4 demo now :)DeeJayInphinity

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i was pretty much on time to scrape the black off ur mom and turn you all into humans instead of dogs

[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Alrighty then, I'm satisfied with this conclusion, (btw I don't run away from black people). I'm gonna go play the DMC4 demo now :)gomersowner

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[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"]Alrighty then, I'm satisfied with this conclusion, (btw I don't run away from black people). I'm gonna go play the DMC4 demo now :)DeeJayInphinity

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I sure put a lot of my effort in ridding you of that **** color you got on you. That was some hard work. But you should thank me now. Although you'll never be human at least you're not burnt **** nemore.

Now you should put some effort in ridding the world of hispanigs too:D:D:D

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DeeJayInphinity

i have clorox btw...

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gomersowner

What's Rocket Power?Cerussite

Kid's show that used to be on Nickoledeon. Wasn't THAT bad.

So, today after English class, I was walking to weight lifting, and then one of my friends (not a good friend, but we're cool) comes up and says hey dude, and I'm like "Hey, Larry". And then as a joke I said, "Can I call you lars?(lol)"

"no, that name sucks"

"why"

"because it's a mexican name"

"No it's not (I think of Lars from rocket power) Oh wait, it is, so what?"

"I hate Mexicans"

"Why?"

"Mexicans robbed my house"

"no, a few idiots who were mexicans robbed your house"

and then he walked off, plain faced like that was a totally normal thing to think... what a conversation.

Why is this arrogance still around? Do any of you guys know anyone like this?

Sexy_Pirate

Yeah. One of my friends is mindlessly racist (involves him being an idiot, a con-man who happens to be black and new york city when he was 17.) Sometimes he just gets silly. I'm past the bringing him around phrase, now I just bust his balls about it and shoot him dirty looks. You can't change someone elses mind and the human race is not a logical one.

rascism is something you can't really help with. they have to come to their own terms with it.