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Old 03-01-2010, 02:47 PM
 
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You'd have people in the media making statements and attempting to correlate the dire state of black America with the actions of one man.

Yet, as always, such a perpetrator is white (as was Timothy McVeigh and most other native terrorists) and surprise, no assumptions or stereotypes are drawn in regards to white America.

In fact, there's even a thread on this forum which is sympathetic to Stack. Typical. You know, whites always get a pass, while blacks are collectively crucified based on the actions of one or a few.

Interestingly, the only victim in this senseless attack was a black man. I can just imagine though if the reverse had been true (a black terrorist and white victim), how latent racists would use this one example to further their warped and delusional vitriol.

Post-racial America? I think not.

Double standard? I think yes.
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:50 PM
 
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Oh, he would have been excoriated as another angry man who blamed his troubles on the illusion of victimization drummed into his head by the NAACP, Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton and that would have been the end of it.
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:58 PM
 
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Default If Joseph Stack were black....

The tools in here who call him a patriot would likely be calling him a terrorist
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:00 PM
 
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The tools in here who call him a patriot would likely be calling him a terrorist
Ya think? Not only that, they'd be calling him a "typical violent black person", lol. Aaah, aren't they just loveable? Don't you just want to squeeze them?
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:05 PM
 
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If I had won the lottery...

If the Vikings had won the superbowl....

If Big Macs were even cheaper.....

This thread is nothing more than a straw man argument to try and play like a fake victim. The attacker was white. The fatal victim was black. There were several others hurt that I am assuming were of different races. Don't try and spin this horrible act of domestic terrorism into a "oh the poor black people would be blah blah if Stack was black" sob story.
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:08 PM
 
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Well, it's true. I see it time and time again. Black people are constantly villainized as these violent, savage beasts and judged by the actions of one or a few.

You never see the same thing when someone white does something apprehensible.
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:11 PM
 
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Well, it's true. I see it time and time again. Black people are constantly villainized as these violent, savage beasts and judged by the actions of one or a few.

You never see the same thing when someone white does something apprehensible.
Correction. YOU never see the same thing when someone white does something apprehensible.
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:12 PM
 
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If I had won the lottery...

If the Vikings had won the superbowl....

If Big Macs were even cheaper.....

This thread is nothing more than a straw man argument to try and play like a fake victim. The attacker was white. The fatal victim was black. There were several others hurt that I am assuming were of different races. Don't try and spin this horrible act of domestic terrorism into a "oh the poor black people would be blah blah if Stack was black" sob story.
You're right. It's really getting old and tired.

I wonder why we don't move forward on race relations in our country?
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:22 PM
 
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Correction. YOU never see the same thing when someone white does something apprehensible.
You don't know what you're talking about.

I don't stereotype white people as a whole when someone white commits a heinous crime.

However, the media, and many Americans, continue to negatively stereotype blacks and use examples of isolated incidents to perpetuate their own racist ideals.
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Old 03-01-2010, 04:23 PM
 
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You don't know what you're talking about.

I don't stereotype white people as a whole when someone white commits a heinous crime.

However, the media, and many Americans, continue to negatively stereotype blacks and use examples of isolated incidents to perpetuate their own racist ideals.
What you refer to as sterotypes against blacks I simply call the truth. If the shoe fits. Now quit crying and get a job.
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