It's easy to say love your neighbor but look around - who are your neighbors? I bet they look just like you. One of the biggest problems with race relations, IMO, is that blacks and whites aren't neighbors. For the most part, we don't eat, drink, pray, play together in the same community. Yeah, we work together and attend sports functions together but at the end of the day, black people go back to their black neighborhoods and white people go back to their white neighborhoods. Blended communities do exist but they are the exception; not the rule in America.

 

Literally, on my block there are white, black, Muslim and Asian people. There are college students, old folks, young families, empty nesters, white trash, and even some suspectws thugs...that's been a huge discussion recently between Mr. Joe across the street and everyone on the block. He is taking the time to personally warn people about a few individuals. Not sure if he's on track, but hey...:lol2: Anywho... I love, love, love my neighborhood, but most people on BGP wouldn't even visit me because of my neighborhood.

Literally, on my block there are white, black, Muslim and Asian people. There are college students, old folks, young families, empty nesters, white trash, and even some suspectws thugs...that's been a huge discussion recently between Mr. Joe across the street and everyone on the block. He is taking the time to personally warn people about a few individuals. Not sure if he's on track, but hey...:lol2: Anywho... I love, love, love my neighborhood, but most people on BGP wouldn't even visit me because of my neighborhood.

 

It's probably because you live there, but anyway.

Seeing things from another perspective is white privilege?

 

No, but it helps to overcome it.

Literally, on my block there are white, black, Muslim and Asian people. There are college students, old folks, young families, empty nesters, white trash, and even some suspectws thugs...that's been a huge discussion recently between Mr. Joe across the street and everyone on the block. He is taking the time to personally warn people about a few individuals. Not sure if he's on track, but hey...:lol2: Anywho... I love, love, love my neighborhood, but most people on BGP wouldn't even visit me because of my neighborhood.

 

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When you haven't seen things from the black perspective because they have never been something you have had to worry about or concern yourself with is a facet of white privilege.

 

As spin said,"I'm white and I don't live it. I go home and seldom give it a thought."

 

I mentioned before on here that I worry to death about my youngest son's first encounter with the police because he always thinks he's right and in many cases he won't stop arguing because he is so head strong about being right. He doesn't mean any disrespect he just thinks he is never wrong. Because of that aspect of his personality I pray he acts how I told him to act the day he is pulled over.

 

I don't know any white people concerned about what could happen to their kid the first time they are pulled over by the police.

 

Raises hand.

 

My youngest son is the same as yours, head strong and thinks he is never wrong. His first time being pulled over went about the way I suspected. I was called and met him and the officer on scene. He was arguing and the officer was getting irritated.

 

So yeah, here's one white guy that still has that concern for the next time he is pulled over.

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Dr. King - "the palatable Christian alternative to unruly black protest".:lol2:

The other three guys at the euchre table at our lodge meeting last night are boycotting professional football for the season. They'd much rather that the guy (CK) and those joining him just not make them uncomfortable.

The other three guys at the euchre table at our lodge meeting last night are boycotting professional football for the season. They'd much rather that the guy (CK) and those joining him just not make them uncomfortable.

 

Or it is their right to peacefully protest what they find offensive.

Or it is their right to peacefully protest what they find offensive.

 

Could be, and I don't begrudge them their choice.

 

I'm making progress, though. I've gotten one of them not to use the n-word every other sentence when referring to persons a shade or two darker than them. Baby steps.

The other three guys at the euchre table at our lodge meeting last night are boycotting professional football for the season. They'd much rather that the guy (CK) and those joining him just not make them uncomfortable.

 

Why are you talking about the method of their protest? Lets talk about the real issues of why they are protesting.

Why are you talking about the method of their protest? Lets talk about the real issues of why they are protesting.

 

I know the real issue - and there's only one - why my card-playing lodge members are protesting.:thumb:

I know the real issue - and there's only one - why my card-playing lodge members are protesting.:thumb:

 

I'm just happy you're still in the thread posting, others have tucked tails and walked away.

Raises hand.

 

My youngest son is the same as yours, head strong and thinks he is never wrong. His first time being pulled over went about the way I suspected. I was called and met him and the officer on scene. He was arguing and the officer was getting irritated.

 

So yeah, here's one white guy that still has that concern for the next time he is pulled over.

 

The officer allowed him to call his Dad during a traffic stop? That sounds odd.

I hit send before I was done.

 

Also if we agree urban communities need more opportunity , then what needs to be done. Are their ways locally to fix education. Can we put different job training platforms in urban communities to give youth different paths to success.

 

If all you got out of my post in the Solutions thread was drugs then you are purposely being obtuse. But I put it as a topic because the war on drugs was one of PP92 biggest beefs and an area where I found common ground. Which is normally what reasonable people try to find in a discussion

 

But please Clyde keep making condescending posts like above and sit on the throne of morality and offer nothing but generalities to the discussion.

 

Uh oh. Feelings hurt. I'll try to be softer for you.

 

Your two threads you referenced about solutions ? I bailed on them after reading a few posts since it wasn't what I thought they were going to be. Drugs/jobs/etc - all things we need to work on but IMO it has nothing to do with the bigger issue that I assumed you were talking about - racism. Racism doesn't care if you have a job. It doesn't care how much money or education you have. That's why I quit reading those threads b/c it doesn't have much to do with racism.

 

Also, the bigger issue is not police/minority relations. That's just a symptom. It's not the problem. Yes, CK used that in his comment but it's truly just one example of racism - the true problem.

 

You said I said nothing but I'm telling you you're wasting your time trying to come up with some sort of initiative. It's either in you to care about your brothers or it's not. If it's not then why waste time ?

 

My point that you call condescending is that most people will not ACKNOWLEDGE there is a problem. I'm all ears for ways to convert those people. Have at it. I've got nothing.

 

So then what's left are people like you and me who know there's a problem. As I said, and it obviously offended your senses, there is no home run/silver bullet. It truly starts at home with how you raise your children and how you live your life.