LeBron James: NFL owners hold ‘slave mentality’ toward players (soldier, Denver)

[subaru5555]

Originally Posted by chiociolliscalves

Ah, the "lived experience" stuff. The problem with the "lived experience" model for understanding society is that our perceptions are often wrong and none more often than those times in which we are convinced someone or something is out to get us.

It’s called confirmation bias, and/or Dunning-Kruger.

Aka a lack of self-awareness.

[KayAnn246]

Originally Posted by chiociolliscalves

Ah, the "lived experience" stuff. The problem with the "lived experience" model for understanding society is that our perceptions are often wrong and none more often than those times in which we are convinced someone or something is out to get us.

No racial issues in America aren't perceptions that are often wrong. There is proven brutal history.

[chiociolliscalves]

Originally Posted by KayAnn246

No racial issues in America aren't perceptions that are often wrong. There is proven brutal history.

Correct. Some still are. Many are not. The worst evidence for them are "lived experiences" of individuals - subjective anecdotes or suppositions devoid of any objective evidence.

[Absolom]

Originally Posted by KayAnn246

No racial issues in America aren't perceptions that are often wrong. There is proven brutal history.

And whitey is collectively responsible for the sins of the past, right?

[KayAnn246]

Originally Posted by Absolom

And whitey is collectively responsible for the sins of the past, right?

It's not the past. It's the present.

Remember the following;

BBQing while black
Selling bottle water while black
Sitting at Starbucks while black
Sleeping in your dorm common area while black
Being killed in your own apartment while black

You get the picture.

[Absolom]

Originally Posted by KayAnn246

It's not the past. It's the present.

Remember the following;

BBQing while black
Selling bottle water while black
Sitting at Starbucks while black
Sleeping in your dorm common area while black
Being killed in your own apartment while black

You get the picture.

How about being attack and/or murdered for being white? Does that fit into to your calculus? Does that fit into your picture?

[KayAnn246]

That's not the topic but if you want to start a new thread, go for it, otherwise, counseling may help.

[LGR_NYR]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

I’m just as black as Lebron. I’ve had no white benefactors. Why haven’t I been killed in a drive by shooting?

Give it time.

[Absolom]

Originally Posted by KayAnn246

That's not the topic but if you want to start a new thread, go for it, otherwise, counseling may help.

You brought it up.

[PullMyFinger]

What would a big goof like Lebron do without the NBA? He should be on his knees every day thanking God for “old white men” and his life.