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I think people get mad, because hispanics, african americans, any other race can pull the race card and get away with it but there is basically no such thing as racism against whites. You hear of hispanics pulling the race card about illegal immigration all the time but when 5 black teens jump an old white man race is never in question.
I do find it ironic when Hispanics pull the race card, given a good majority of them are Mestizos.
And I don't understand how it's racism when people who clearly learned how to drive from their native country are called bad drivers here in the United States.
This is a two-part clip from ABCs Prime Time program. This story is called "True Colors - Racial Discrimination in Everyday Life". This aired on ABC on September 26, 1991. ABC hired two professinally trained young men from a company called "The Leadership Council for Open Metropolitan Communities", located in Chicago. This is a group that tests for fair housing. They sent out two testers trained in presenting themselves exactly the same way. Both went to Big 10 schools, are from the midwest, and grew up middle. They are even similarly dressed in terms of their clothing being conservative and neat. One is black, the other white.
For a period of 2 1/2 weeks they had or were followed by someone with hidden cameras to record how they were treated when the applied for jobs, housing, purchasing a vehicle, etc. Everyday things that we do. The testing took place in St. Louis.
While there were situations in which they were treated the same, there were also situations that were ambiguous, and other situations that were clearly and blatantly discriminitory against the black man.
Shopping at a mall department store: Electronics Counter
The white man received was helped by a sales clerk almost immediately.
A few minutes later, the black man came to the same counter and was blatantly ignored by two salesmen standing not 50 feet away.
Shoe Department
The white man is greeted immediately and warmly by the white sales clerk. The white tester leaves the store after browsing.
Three minutes later, the black man comes in and is completely ignored by the same salesman, who is standing around idle. More than 4 minutes elapse and the idle salesman continues to ignore the black browser.
Car Lot Browsing
Black man goes to car lot, shows obvious interest in a car in plain view of the salesmen inside the showroom. No one comes out to assist for at least nine minutes. The idle salesmen inside see the potential customer but do nothing to help him. Even the black salesman ignored him. I have experienced exactly the same treatment firsthand within the last two years.
When the white guy shows up at the same car lot a short time later, the same black salesman that ignored the black auto shopper was all over the white customer immediately, asking what he could to do earn the man's business.
Record Store Browsing
The black man was followed around the record store by an employee while browsing. He was clearly being watched as though he would steal something, yet he exhibited no suspicious behavior. There was not offer of assistance from the employee. The white man was not.
Walking in Downtown St. Louis
Both men walking down the same street at the same time, separated by several feet. The police drive past the white tester, slowed down, leaned out the window and took a close look at the black tester.
Car Lot Browsing, Part 2
White guy goes to a car lot, shows interest in a vehicle, is told he can get it for almost no money down (no credit check had been run at this point).
Later, the black guy asks about financing a vehicle, is told that he will need to put at least $2,000 down.
Then they go to another car lot. The white guy goes first, is told that he will need to put 10% - 20% of the price as a down payment. A short time later, the black guy inquires about the very same vehicle and is told that it would require a down payment of 20% - 25%...for the same car. The only difference was the color of the shopper. Further, the black man was quoted a price $500 more that the quote given the white man... for the very same vehicle. They had the same salesman!
Job Search - Job Search Firm
White guy goes to a job search firm, receives a helpful and courteous explanation of how their process works.
Black guy goes to the same job search firm, is assisted by the same clerk, and receives a nasty, condescending lecture on the process and about being lazy?!
Job Search - Dry Cleaners
There is a sign in the window announcing that they are hiring. Black guy is told repeatedly on different occasions by different employees that there is no job opening. The white guy is told repeatedly that there is an opening, they're still interviewing, etc.
Housing
Same story...white guy is encourged to look at an apartment..even given the keys, and a Master Key...to do a self-guided tour of an advertised available apartment. Black guy goes to the same place, same manager, and is told that the apartment has been taken and there is nothing available. When the Prime Time crew confronted the manager about what he had done, he lied. Then the building owner came in and threw the crew out, saying that they don'e discriminate. This, after just having been caught on camera discriminating.
Taxi, Sir
Both are on the street to hail a cab. The first cab drives right past the black guy and picks up the white guy, who is standing about 30 - 40 feet beyond the black guy.
Post-Mortem
The white guy was shocked. He couldn't believe that this was happening. He had no idea that this kind of racial discrimination was going on.
The black guy noted that it doesn't matter whether you dress in a suit and tie, it doesn't matter how you carry yourself or how you present yourself. People are making determinations that impact your life based solely on the color of your skin.
There was a class about Multiculturalism at my university that showed something similar to this...and a couple white American kids were bawling. Couldnt handle reality...yet others have lived with it for years. SMH.
And I don't understand how it's racism when people who clearly learned how to drive from their native country are called bad drivers here in the United States.
Many Asian drivers in California learned how to drive in that state and don't understand that two moving objects cannot occupy the same location at the same time without ensuing adverse consequences that are not very beneficial to the physical integrity of the objects nor their occupants.
Many Asian drivers in California learned how to drive in that state and don't understand that two moving objects cannot occupy the same location at the same time without ensuing adverse consequences that are not very beneficial to the physical integrity of the objects nor their occupants.
And many white drivers in Tennessee are just plain wreckless...never seen anything like it. Two lanes and these people are acting like they have 5 lanes and are driving in NASCAR.
And many white drivers in Tennessee are just plain wreckless...never seen anything like it. Two lanes and these people are acting like they have 5 lanes and are driving in NASCAR.
Harrier, of all people you should be the last person to exclaim how stereotyping is fun because it is painfully obvious from reading your posts over the years that it is your primary source of entertainment(sic).
Harrier, of all people you should be the last person to exclaim how stereotyping is fun because it is painfully obvious from reading your posts over the years that it is your primary source of entertainment(sic).
Most of Harrier's posts involve stating the cold, hard, ugly truth about liberals.
They have nothing to with stereotypes.
"You can't handle the truth".
- Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men(1992)
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