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Orange Blooded [4995]
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I'll ask again
Aug 27, 2016, 1:05 PM
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We now have an NFL player refusing to stand for the national anthem because the United States is oppressing African Americans....
What specifically are we doing to oppress anyone?
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CU Guru [1066]
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Re: I'll ask again
Aug 27, 2016, 1:23 PM
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Did you read some of those tweets?
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All-In [34373]
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Yes.***
Aug 27, 2016, 10:54 PM
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Re: I'll ask again
Aug 27, 2016, 1:45 PM
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Did you notice some of the tweets from Shaun King?
Posting a snapshot of a conversation between white private school kids.....
This is the extent people are going to to find racism.
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Re: I'll ask again
Aug 27, 2016, 10:55 PM
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Did you notice some of the tweets from Shaun King?
Posting a snapshot of a conversation between white private school kids.....
This is the extent people are going to to find racism.
What do you mean by that last sentence? That the only racism left in America is between white private school kids?
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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Since BLM has been taken over by the new black panthers
Aug 27, 2016, 6:33 PM
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and black liberation theology, its basically a subversive organization.
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Re: Since BLM has been taken over by the new black panthers
Aug 27, 2016, 10:57 PM
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That's an interesting claim. How does it connect to the topic?
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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Re: Since BLM has been taken over by the new black panthers
Aug 27, 2016, 11:34 PM
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How do you think it would?
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Re: Since BLM has been taken over by the new black panthers
Aug 28, 2016, 12:30 PM
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You're asking me to explain your posts now? LOL. kbye
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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No, just your opinion.
Aug 28, 2016, 7:02 PM
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I am pretty certain you have one of those.
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Re: Senator Tim Scott (R) SC did a pretty good job of answering
Aug 27, 2016, 4:33 PM
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One man experiencing racism doesn't equal oppression....
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Orange Blooded [4995]
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Re: Get out of your bubble
Aug 27, 2016, 4:45 PM
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My bubble has included many African Americans....
I played ball with them growing up, worked with them, go to church with them....none of them were oppressed.
In fact in my experience I have seen more racial stereotyping towards whites by blacks than vice versa....
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Rock Defender [54]
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Wow. None of them were oppressed and whites have it
Aug 27, 2016, 4:55 PM
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worse. You can't make this #### up.
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Re: Wow. None of them were oppressed and whites have it
Aug 27, 2016, 5:07 PM
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Never said whites have it worse....
I'm smart enough to recognize that all races show their fair share of prejudice towards others.
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Re: Wow. None of them were oppressed and whites have it
Aug 27, 2016, 5:10 PM
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And I didn't start the thread to make the argument that they are not oppressed....I genuinely would like to know some examples of how they are.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Well the sitting Republican senator from South Carolina
Aug 27, 2016, 5:16 PM
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makes some strong arguments.
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Orange Blooded [4995]
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Re: Well the sitting Republican senator from South Carolina
Aug 27, 2016, 5:22 PM
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Again, just because someone experiences racism doesn't mean they are being "oppressed".
Kaepernick is a multi millionaire for gosh sakes and he wants to talk about oppresssion....real oppression is not being able to play in the NFL because you're black....those hurdles were overcome decades ago but we have to have racial division today because some arrogant celebrity decides to cause a stir.
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So you're saying that if black people would just shut the
Aug 27, 2016, 8:10 PM
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#### up about oppression, we wouldn't have any racial division in this country?
Also, I think it's fantastic that you played ball with and went to church with some black people, and as such, are 100% certain that they aren't oppressed. You have some amazing powers of insight, friend. Use them for good.
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Re: So you're saying that if black people would just shut the
Aug 27, 2016, 9:02 PM
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Me thinks you need to look up the definition of the word oppressed which would mean being refused service at a restraunt or made to sit in the back of the bus....
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Heisman Winner [139053]
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What you're describing is discrimination, not oppression,
Aug 27, 2016, 9:07 PM
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and it's delineated quite clearly in our system of laws. Methinks YOU may actually want to look up the definition of oppression, rather than just telling me what you think the definition is.
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Orange Blooded [4995]
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Re: What you're describing is discrimination, not oppression,
Aug 27, 2016, 9:18 PM
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Oppression is defined as "unjust treatment or control"....
Tell me specifically how in the United States of America in 2016 African Americans are being oppressed.
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maybe you should ask them
Aug 27, 2016, 5:54 PM
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since we clearly have no clue what we are talking about
But you don't really want an answer do you?
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Orange Blooded [3590]
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It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 27, 2016, 5:28 PM
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All-In [34373]
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CDef is correct.
Aug 27, 2016, 10:59 PM
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Had to happen eventually.
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Re: It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 28, 2016, 3:01 PM
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In what way are African Americans being oppressed in the United States in 2016?
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Re: It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 28, 2016, 3:44 PM
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Try sending out identical resumes to companies and only change the names on those resumes. Make some of them white sounding e.g. Tyler and some black e.g. Tyrone and see what kind of results you get.
This exact thing has been tested and the black sounding names consistently get less call backs from companies.
That's just one of many examples of how racism is still oppressing african americans today.
Does that answer your question? You act as though racism isn't a thing anymore.
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Re: It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 28, 2016, 4:20 PM
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Never said racism doesn't exist but it goes both ways and just because someone experiences it doesn't mean their race is being oppressed....
There are a number of variables that go into sorting through resumes and selecting people for interviews....if you have statistics to prove that I'd love to see them.
I spend a lot of time with both white and african american youth and the difference in discipline and respect for authority is obvious....the bottom line is african americans are oppressing themselves more than anything.
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Re: It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 28, 2016, 4:41 PM
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What? Discriminating against someone's race IS opressing them.
And no, I'm not going to look up the stats for you for two reasons:
1. You can easily google them for yourself 2. Scientific evidence doesn't seem to sway you anyway
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Re: It's his choice. It's my choice which games I watch.***
Aug 28, 2016, 4:53 PM
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Yea I've read a lot of articles that claim all these statistics of black oppression but there is one variable that is always left out and that is that the individual's situation when it comes to their incarceration or lack of employment is a direct result of the choices THEY make....
There was a time when african americans were oppressed and great people fought to overcome it....punks like Colin Kaepernick and movements like BLM are an embarrassment and a slap in the face to people like MLK Jr.
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CU Medallion [56333]
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dude's biracial, parents he knew were white
Aug 27, 2016, 6:59 PM
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OK, he has a black father but never knew him. White mother. Adopted. Raised in a white family.
#workingoutsomeissues
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Oculus Spirit [94454]
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Making everyone stand for the National Anthem.
Aug 27, 2016, 7:42 PM
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I feel oppressed too but I'll stand if everyone else does.
It's nothing man. Folks be extremely ignorant and racist.
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Orange Blooded [3590]
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Maybe someone should ask him who is being oppressed.
Aug 28, 2016, 5:00 PM
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I mean, a specific person he knows.
Who are they?
What was the oppression?
Then go file a complaint against the oppressor.
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