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Again, where did i play the victim card? Find a post where i've played it and post it.
And about your "better job" and firefighter peanut money....yea, ok. Whatever you say. Every conservative on C-D is rich.
Ok....so please elaborate on this post then:
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter LOL...really?? Trust me, you have no idea. You aren't prepared mentally to walk in these shoes for even an hour, let alone a lifetime. This is something that you'd have to be born into...you're nuts if you think otherwise.
What was meant by that?
FYI: Firefighters make between 30-40K. I was in the mortgage industry for over 10 years and I've seen plenty of W-2s and paystubs from FFs. I never said I was rich but I certainly do better than that.
Have you ever heard of housing discrimination? It is quite real, especially in the Boston area.
Please explain the basis for your purported expertise of the Boston real estate market. Mine is based on over ten years working in the Boston mortgage market and interfacing with realtors as well as RE investors and landlords. Trust me when I tell you:
If the money's green nothing else matters. If it's a section 8 scenario it's even better still. Guaranteed on time rent payments from the state is something landlords don't shy away from especially in this economy/RE market. Try again.
Yes, it is obvious that white males pay so much money into the tax system because they have the most income and wealth of any other group in this country. That income and wealth, of course, was earned at the expense of the other groups.
I forgot that anyone who's white, wealthy, and successful is evil.....unless they're a liberal of course. Thanks so much for that reminder. It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they worked their asses off and made endless sacrifices in terms of leisure time and family life to get where they are.
I forgot that anyone who's white, wealthy, and successful is evil.....unless they're a liberal of course. Thanks so much for that reminder. It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they worked their asses off and made endless sacrifices in terms of leisure time and family life to get where they are.
Nobody said evil. They worked their asses off as hard as those that of another race because the playing field is completely fair and unbiased against minorities. In fact, if you're a minority they hand you a million dollars and a scholarship to Stanford.
The field is tilted and while those people worked hard, they had MORE advantages than their minority counterparts.
Nobody said evil. They worked their asses off as hard as those that of another race because the playing field is completely fair and unbiased against minorities. In fact, if you're a minority they hand you a million dollars and a scholarship to Stanford.
The field is tilted and while those people worked hard, they had MORE advantages than their minority counterparts.
Right....being white I was of course handed a million dollars and a scholarship to Stanford. Maybe if you're nice to me I'll show you the secret entrance to the White Guys Club where we congregate to disucss where the next free ride that we get because we're white is coming from.
White people racially oppress themselves, it's stupid really.
In countries in Europe such as the U.K and France and also in the United States and Canada we allow millions of non-Whites to come in, give them hosts of benefits and then tell ourselves we are the bad one and discriminatory... Really?
Europeans allowed non-White people in this country because there was an economic benefit dervied from their labor. Often the economic benefit derived also included exploiting and discriminating against these people.
Why?
While you wanted their labor you also wanted to deprive them of any measure of social, political or economic power.
I guess you didn't get the memo but those days ARE OVER!
Also can you tell me the "BENEFITS" a slave received or a Chinese immigrant received working on the Transcontinental Railroad?
Even today the majority of people receiving social benefits in this country are WHITE AMERICANS!
Right....being white I was of course handed a million dollars and a scholarship to Stanford. Maybe if you're nice to me I'll show you the secret entrance to the White Guys Club where we congregate to disucss where the next free ride that we get because we're white is coming from.
Are the posts easy enough to understand? It doesn't seem like your fully comprehend. Should I make it easier?
I didn't say that Whites were handed a million dollars. In fact, I was making fun of your premise that minorities are being given the red carpet treatment.
However, I will admit that I've benefited from racism. See, housing VA loans given during WWII allowed my grandparents to buy a house in pristine suburbs at low prices. Blacks were not allowed to move in. In the 1970s, my mom was the first Black person in the neighborhood. They should have kept that house since it's now worth over 1.3million (San Diego, CA). They bought it for less than 25k, remember redlining was still legal when they bought their house. Well, they still sold it for a good profit. Prior to that, they were given better jobs and supervisory roles. My great grandparents were able to take advantage of buying the best land in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The family farm paid for my aunt's house and my father's tuition. That acquired wealth solidified my family as part of the upper middle class.
That money means that I will inherit a good amount of money and a house between my brother and I. Coupled with the fact that I will have a decent paying job by then (once I finish my masters) and my brother already makes a good salary, that extra money will secure future generations...just like it has since the 1600s.
So I know that my being part White has helped my status in life. I know that it's rare to have your parent's give you $3000 to move to South Korea (on top of a new car). I'm grateful, but I also understand that much of this is because previous generations worked hard in a system that favored them. They took those advantages given to them.
Some distant relatives of mine started AIG. I wish I were more closely related. But, nonetheless, I am where I am because of societal reasons along with the sweat from my brows and those before me.
Look, the fact of the matter is that Whites in general have more acquired wealth than most minorities. There was more time to acquire wealth.
Not every White person is rich, but the fact of the matter is that racist laws did help a lot of grandparents who helped their children so on and so forth.
Please explain the basis for your purported expertise of the Boston real estate market. Mine is based on over ten years working in the Boston mortgage market and interfacing with realtors as well as RE investors and landlords. Trust me when I tell you:
If the money's green nothing else matters. If it's a section 8 scenario it's even better still. Guaranteed on time rent payments from the state is something landlords don't shy away from especially in this economy/RE market. Try again.
I'm a black man who lived in Boston. I got all the expertise I need.
I forgot that anyone who's white, wealthy, and successful is evil.....unless they're a liberal of course. Thanks so much for that reminder.
Look, you're bringing in all that emotion. I never said any class of people is evil, but it is obvious from any standpoint that whites have always had an advantage in this society, especially white males, and that head start continues to perpetuate white privilege today.
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It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they worked their asses off and made endless sacrifices in terms of leisure time and family life to get where they are.
They worked really hard, all right. They woke up on third base and thought they got there by hitting a triple, while some of us weren't even allowed into the stadium. Spare me the narrative, 'cause I ain't buying it.
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