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Is being black a “tremendous asset “in the US today ?
From C N N John Blake
Blackness, though, has become a "tremendous asset" in contemporary America, he writes in his column. Despite the "horrific and evil history of racism against black people," being black today gives its recipients privileges ranging from landing coveted college scholarships to becoming activists who can build careers on racial grievances, he says.
No, being black is not a tremendous asset. In the US today there are certain social contexts where the color of your skin is somewhat of an asset, and somewhat of a hundrence in other contexts. There are not substantial social-economic barriers or boons for ones skin. Thus, being white, black, red, yellow or any other hue is not a tremendous asset.
Though, I have to note that “black” is the only color my iPhone auto-correct insisted on capitalizing. Funny.
I was curious , it’s intersting to hear an Americans perspective as it’s not the first time I’ve read similar stuff to the piece from C N N ; that is rather amusing regarding the Iphones auto correct .
Since Obama was elected and brought America's simmering racism "out of the closet" there ARE NO "tremendous assets" for "blacks". There are just potential "breaks" that allow the "All men are created equal" theory (fact) to stay in existence.
It was not Obama's fault that racism exploded once again when a "half black" man moved into the White House, it was the fault of America's racists who took it like a slap in their face! When you are held down a helping hand is a necessity, not a tremendous asset! As these helping hands begin to bring equality, they will be dropped. The problem is when some people think "equality" with someone of a black, brown, yellow or red skin is a slap in the face, helping hands appear to be "tremendous assets". It's called pettiness (in "nicer" terms)!
i can't speak for black in the U.S, but I know that in NZ, Maoris (indigenous people) (and other pacific islanders) are given seemingly unfair advantages, e.g, they have preferential (guaranteed) entry into university even with terrible grades, along with access to more scholarships. I have friends who are Maori who barely have to pay for university (mind you it is pretty cheap here anyways), even though they haven't done anything better than I have, and don't have any greater financial need than me. They agree that this is unfair, but I can't blame them for taking the money. If you have good grades and are Maori (like my friends) you're set through high-school and university. There are also truckloads of special clubs and things, but that doesn't bother me as I wouldn't want to join them even if I were Maori.
The purpose of these advantages as far as I can tell is to reduce poverty levels among Maori, but I don't see why these advantages can't just be for poor people rather than Maori.
That being said I wouldn't say it is a tremendous asset, but it is useful.
It also seems unfair to have quotas for certain racial groups in some employment (which I think we have).
No matter what color your skin, nothing will be a greater asset than godliness with contentment.
CNN is racist garbage. Of course they are, they are pretty much a propaganda vehicle for the left, which is so damn racist they don't even know they are racist.
What the fuck is “ godliness “ ? Oh wait ; is that where you wipe out the world with a flood ? Or plagues ? Pestilence , disease ? Droughts and famines ?
You don’t like C N N are you black by any chance ?
You don’t like the left and I bet you love Fox News ?
It means loving God. You know, The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
I'm a frog for all that matters.
Liking or disliking CNN is not an endorsement o Fox news. Neither is liking or disliking Fox News an endorsement of CNN.
No, but I will say that these news organizations are not what you think. As far as you are concerned, all American media is created with the express purpose of throwing off our enemies.
Go ahead though, watch all this crap and keep pretending you know what is going on in America. Americans don't believe in this crap. The ones who say they do are usually working for somebody.
Ah so no Americans watch C NN or Fox News ? No doubt like you they read Deepak Chopra books and bleat on about “ The supreme and ultimate reality “ 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
I've read the dictionary, I don't need to read Deepak Chopra.
The Supreme and Ultimate Reality has been understood as God far longer than this "Deepak Chopra" ever lived.
Sure, there are plenty of Americans who watch that crap. That doesn't mean they believe any of it. I've met people on every end of the political spectrum, and it seems pretty consistent that the vast majority don't believe in any of that bullshit.
That is America's secret weapon. Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press. It is the liberty of this circus that makes it such a wild goose chase of an espionage mission. Don't believe anything, it's all a big put on.
You know what our armed forces are thinking right now? Wish a mutha fucka would. You people have no idea the technology we got. Go ahead, attack this country. You'll end up thinking your country was invaded by aliens. Just try it. Of course America is projecting all that news media bullshit to the rest of the world. It's part of the grand American strategy.
And who is constantly paying attention to America? All you foreigners. Who is paying attention to your country here in America? Nobody.
Maybe ya'll should pay more attention to what is going on in your own countries before you end up getting overrun by tyrants aiming to slaughter you. No, let them take your arms, let them censor speech, let them rob you of your wealth!
Hey, The American spirit has been in revolt against the global empire since the very beginning. Even then, there were plenty of people in America who were for the global empire. Things aren't much different.
What is more important than any of this is faith in God. My faith is not in politics. All authorities were put into place by God, whatever those authorities may be.
The American spirit allows for God to work. It is the law of liberty spoken of in scripture. You wouldn't understand this, because you only recognize anti-Christs.
You spout the same nonsense as Chopra who like you is quiet mad
You believe in gibberish and fairytales ; in science, anything that is not testable is considered invalid. Science depends on empirical facts based on observations. If we propose an observer-independent reality, we must realize that an observer-independent reality is not testable. So according to the current principles of science, we cannot say it exists.
Again you’re incorrect plenty of Americans do in fact watch and believe everything that’s said on C N N and Fox News otherwise how are they so successful ?
America’s secret weapon is freedom of speech ?
Only in America people can speak freely ? 😂😂😂 Your yet another brainwashed yank who hasn’t a clue about life outside America have you ?
So that’s the great American mindset wish a “ mutha fucka would “ and that makes you proud that you’re a citizen of a country drooling at the mouth thinking of war 🤔
Incidentally America is not great at winning wars is it ?
Look what humiliation a country of farmers as in Vietnam inflicted on the U S but in fairness you guys won a skirmish in a country the size of my back garden called Grenada 😂😂👌
So American strategy is pushing dodgy news channels and losing wars ...Oookay ......You honestly think Europeans are as obsessed with the U S as most Americans are ?
The U S is seen in Europe as a joke it was once seen as a superpower now thanks to Trump it’s percieved as comedy material by most .
Incidentally Americans pay attention in their millions to my country as a fair proportion come here daily to trace their family roots so yet again you’re wrong ; we don’t want guns in our society we have free speech and regards taking our wealth that hasn’t happened yet
You claim to be a Christian yet you want guns in society as that’s what Jesus would have wanted ; you want people to pay for medical care as Jesus would have wanted , you don’t want the needy the sick or helpless clothed fed or sheltered as Jesus might disapprove you’re a typical two faced hypocritical American bible basher who does the complete opposite to what Jesus preached yet call others antichrists
Look at you, pretending to believe in science when you don't even believe in ultimate reality.
You expect me to take you seriously?
You're actually arguing with what I just said? Of course you are, you're a fool.
I hope you wasted a lot of time trying rebut all of that conspiracy business.
Seriously, you haven't a clue. Something about the Illuminati. 23 skidoo
You're still an idiot.
Why don't you worry about your own country's politics? Stop pretending like you give a damn what happens in America? Stop pretending you actually know what is going on?
Really, you don't live here. You're a trouble maker. I hope your country gets overrun by iconoclastic religious fanatics who burn images and artwork. That would be some poetic justice right there.
You're such an idiot, you probably searched "ultimate reality" on google, found the first result to be "Deepok Chopra" and now think you're an expert on what I'm talking about.
You are seriously an uneducated simpleton. The evidence is in that you say there is no supreme and ultimate reality.
So really, even though I am acting a fool, who is really foolish?
I'm not the one who denies that there is a supreme and ultimate reality.
You're clearly an arrogant fool. Go on, keep accusing me. It doesn't stick. I don't care. Unlike you, I know what I am. You think you are something you are not. Anyone with even a lick of discernment can see that.
Me? I'm not important. I'm a cartoon frog. Go ahead, keep attacking my character. AS IF IT IS RELEVANT.
Look at you pretending you believe in ultimate reality when you don’t even believe in Deepak Chopra
You expect me to take you seriously?
You’re an abuser of women and children you half starved your wife and kids and sought refuge in the ravings of Deepak Chopra and the Bible as a substitute for the bottle ; Jesus would hate a hypocrite like you
Jesus turned the water into wine AFTER they drank all the wine, buddy.
He also said "when you do this, do this in remembrance of me"
I didn't hear an "if" there.
You're seriously just making all this stuff up. See, I could just as easily bring up all those times you prostituted yourself and did unmentionable things to children, but that would just be crass, right?
Go ahead, kill me. I'm not important. Will you ever get that?
The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
It isn't anything new. You want to tie it to this one person so you can make some type of strawman. That is all you are good at, making straw men. You can't argue worth a damn. All you are capable of is ad hominem.
It's because you're an idiot. The Dunning-Kreuger is strong in yahs, I say.
Sure, you can call me an idiot, but it doesn't matter. I might be an idiot, but THE SUPREME AND ULTIMATE REALITY is still right.
And that is my argument. The Supreme and Ultimate Reality. That is it. You only obscure this by arguing against me. Go on, keep attacking the messenger. I am not the message.
Bet an alcoholic like you would love that special gift Jesus had 😂 you must also know that Baalam the talking ass is also a “ tall tale “
The diffference is you no doubt did sell your ass for your next bottle and most possibly still do that’s not crass as again it’s factual, unlike you as you’re attempting to deflect your disgusting behavior back on me by accusing me of the very acts you indulge in ..... daily
There is no might in it you are an idiot who boasts about abusing his family and no doubt in your recovery programme were give a Deepak Chopra book and suddenly become “ enlightened “ you’re a half - wit and barking mad as most on here keep telling you ......Please don’t take it out on the kids .....again
Hey, you have a baby eating problem, I get it. I know you don't like Jews, and you think they should all be put into gas chambers, but it's not necessary to bring that up. Nor is it necessary to bring up the fact that you clearly hate black people, and are only thinking about whether or not being black is useful because you are racist and vain.
I've never read a Deepok Chopra book. What, was he schooled in Vedanta or something? He's a Hindu? I've studied that stuff. I don't know about this Chopra guy. Frankly, I don't care. You are only bringing this guy up because you are trying to make a straw man.
Is that what he is? One of your academic straw men?
Lets talk about racist stuff that only racists talk about.. Like BLACK PRIVILEGE.
A baby eating problem ? You’re making no sense yet again .
I’ve nothing against Jews or blacks and bet you cannot finding a posting by me that demonstrates the reverse but with a liar like you this is a typical tactic and you hide behind the Bible while spouting your bile and hatred and preach to others about love and forgiveness
Let’s cut to the chase you’re a reformed Alchoholic who actually abused his own wife and kids , you’re also black and your rabid hatred of white people is all because you’re one of life’s abject failures and who better to blame than the man .
Let’s talk about racist stuff that only racists talk about .... like WHITE PRIVILEGE ..... Why not talk about your rabid detestation of the Irish or your hatred of the Jews who you think fully deserved to be gassed ; maybe then we can address your abuse of women and children I’m sure it’s all linked don’t you ?
You keep throwing crap against the wall, maybe eventually something will stick, right?
Or maybe you will further expose yourself as the vile, wicked, putrid, and uncharitable soul that you mostly present yourself as.
See, you don't even believe in the truth. That is why you are a compulsive liar. Everything about your behavior follows from the fact that you deny God.
But I don’t believe a word you say you’re a bum who detests those who are better off than you ; you’ve admitted your wife is like you a certified nut case your kids should be in care
Who cares what YOU believe? You've demonstrated yourself very thoroughly to be an arbitrary person. None of what you are saying about me or my family is true.
I don't envy those who are "better off than me". I don't hate rich people. I couldn't have asked for a better family.
You're an evil person for saying the things you say.
Your stated position is that The Supreme and Ultimate Reality doesn't exist.
You don't have the right to make claims of truth. Anybody who takes what you are saying seriously doesn't understand the root of the tree that all of your arguments flow from. You are an atheist. You have made denying truth a matter of your identity.
Your questions aren't honest. The only thing you are really trying to do is get me to slip so that you can use it as ammunition to attack me personally rather than that which you are at war with.
You are at war with God.
This alone invalidates everything you say. You have condemned yourself.
You give christians a bad name with your condescension and know it all attitude. You say "supreme and ultimate reality" instead of "my religion" in an attempt to make it sound irrefutable but in referring to your FAITH as if it is a fact you automatically prove yourself to be a simpleton. You are literally telling someone they don't have the right to their own beliefs while you yourself are "making claims of the truth" your arrogance is simply remarkable. "The root of the tree that all your arguments flow from" is arrogance and hypocrisy. Wait, on second thought that's not even true, because you don't even have an argument, you are just asserting that your FAITH is an irrefutable fact and telling others that they don't have a right to think freely. You don't have a right to tell everyone else what they must believe you pretentious half wit.
You’re absolutely correct Altair and this individual is indeed a simpleton his whole argument is he’s right and that’s it ; he’s a reformed boozer who has substituted the bottle for religion people like him are always the most intolerant; thankfully there are decent Christians on here who at least can debate
Yeah, it's almost like we were made for each other right? She's actually really good at dealing with kids. She has a lot of patience, thinks before she speaks, and she loves God more than anything. She's an angel. We are both madly in love with each other. I couldn't have asked for a better woman, and I mean that with all of my heart.
We are also what you racists would call an interracial couple. We think you're racist.
My wife has never done drugs in her life. She'll have a sip of wine every so often when we have romantic dinners together. She never consumes an entire drink.
Neither of us force what we believe on anyone. Not even each other. I'm not forcing anything on you at all. I'm telling you the truth. You are on the road to perdition. You can either head my warning or not.
My wife would be insulted if anyone ever accused me of abusing her. To anyone who knows me, that accusation is clearly baseless and deserving of mockery. No one would ever believe I am racist, not the way I've lived. I was married by an Irishman who I PERSONALLY CHOSE. My best man could be considered a JEW(He's a Christian). I've organized funeral memorials for friends who were unapologetically given over to sodomy.
You've got nothing on me. You've revealed to everyone QUITE THOROUGHLY that you are a piece of shit. What do you have on me? Nothing.
Yet, God is forgiving and merciful. Grace comes to those who repent.
You never stop trying to force your bullshit on others yet another has called you out on it in the last hour ; you’re an intolerant religious bigot
I’ve revealed to everyone to avoid you like the plague you’re a reformed bum , wife and child abuser who now hides behind the Bible spouting horeshit and now you add to that your vile anti Irish bigotry and yet you still play the victim card
Does anyone actually agree with you? They only might think they do for a short period of time. Either way, you have a couple people agreeing with you, I have A CLOUD OF WITNESSES STRETCHING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
You ain't standing on anything, buddy.
You deny The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
You are not capable of being anything other than arbitrary, it is build into the position you are extrapolating from.
I am not a christian but I do respect and admire the philosophy of Jesus Christ, and Jesus would never tell anyone they "don't have the right" to their own beliefs, he would only try to convince them otherwise. The way TzarPepe conducts himself is very un-Christ-like. My advice to Mr. peepee would be to have more understanding and respect for other's points of view and to try and show them the wisdom of Jesus rather than belligerently telling everyone they have to think like him or they are dishonest/evil etc.
Mr. peepee is arrogant, Jesus was humble.
Mr. peepee is judgemental, Jesus had great understanding and spoke with kindness, respect and patience even to thieves and prostitutes.
Mr. peepee has wet dreams about atheists burning in hell, Jesus said "forgive them father for they know not what they do" as he suffered on the cross.
A christian is a follower of Christ, they are supposed to follow in his footsteps and do their best to conduct themselves as he would, by definition Mr. peepee is not even a christian.
Dermot is debating The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
Don't fall for his tricks and make this about me, it has nothing to do with me.
It's got nothing to do with my faith, it has to do with The Supreme and Ultimate Reality. Dermot says this doesn't exist. He doesn't believe in anything. He is practically openly admitting that everything he says is a lie.
So are you going to believe him, or are you going to believe THE TRUTH.
I am not THE TRUTH, I'm just pointing towards it. I'm a messenger. Don't shoot the messenger. The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is God, and that is where your focus should be.
So no, you've got it all wrong.
Kill me if you will, The Truth stands clear apart from error, and God is sovereign over all things!
Obviously you are not correcting me because I think you are crazy.
Knowing that I think you are crazy, you still are trying to correct me.
Sounds kind of crazy.
See, I'm not trying to correct you. Like I said, I already think you are crazy. I leave that in God's hands. I'm trying to get you to talk and talk. You care about being revealed as an idiot. I don't. I'll tell everyone I'm an idiot.
My stated position is that you’re a religious lunatic and I don’t need ammunition to “ attack “ you as you’ve admitted you were a low life bum who abused booze and alcohol , now you who have “ shacked “ up with a bird who sings psalms in her sleep and you think you can hold forth on truth and reality ... you cannot you’re insane
An atheist does not deny truth he / she embraces truth you refuse to believe truth preferring nonsense as in a zombie named Jesus , virgin births , talking donkeys and serpents and a wine from water making messiah , you do not even know what reality is as you live in a fairytale fantasty land and you’re too mad to realize it
And how many dictionaries call God "The supreme being"?
It means the same thing.
No, you've embraced delusion, and what I'm saying is evidence of this. You're a fool. You can't argue your way out of this. You've adopted a position of futility.
