September 23, 2004 at 08:02AM View BBCode
Originally posted by Duff77
Yeah you are, 'cause I'm gonna drag you there. :)
The lack of black achievement, in my opinion, is twofold: There is institutional racism, and the general economic split between black and white (like I said, GENERAL) does exist because of it. But another key factor is apathy among many blacks and a willingness--too quickly--to blame institutional racism for their problems. That just creates a vicious cycle and makes a bad situation worse. Jesse Jackson is the worst thing that ever happened to the black community.
Rappers are neither good or bad--they are neutral. I listened to heavy metal growing up--I felt no urge to kill my parents or shoot heroin or become a <b>[Censored]</b> or whatever. People have to take responsiblity for themselves, and if you live your life by what some rapper says, you're not doing that.
That said, racism is real and it has a lot to do with where blacks are in this society.
September 23, 2004 at 08:02AM View BBCode
Could be. I'll have to discuss that with YOUR mother the next time I sleep with her. :lol:September 23, 2004 at 08:03AM View BBCode
Why, young? Trust me, if I'd finished my other train of though in this thread, you'd have to shut it down anyway. At least now it has a chance.September 23, 2004 at 08:03AM View BBCode
well, we could do that, but that isnt gonna happen. she doesnt have sex with guys with genital herpes.September 23, 2004 at 08:04AM View BBCode
and young, he didnt say (much of) anything i disagree with, so the thread doesnt die!September 23, 2004 at 08:04AM View BBCode
:lol:September 23, 2004 at 08:06AM View BBCode
i look back, and that was back to back 2 of my best insults in the entirety of the message boards. i feel like im on a roll or something.September 23, 2004 at 08:06AM View BBCode
Political stuff I will let slide (most of the time) because talking politics can be a lot of fun(and it doesnt cut as deep as racism, and religion for that matter) some of your comments and Happy's may be viewed as very disrespectull, so lets just drop the racism issue, thanks.September 23, 2004 at 08:07AM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
and young, he didnt say (much of) anything i disagree with, so the thread doesnt die!
September 23, 2004 at 08:07AM View BBCode
racism is funny. that is why racist jokes are funny. none of which i plan on sharing right now, even though i want to.September 23, 2004 at 08:07AM View BBCode
Originally posted by youngallstar
Originally posted by happy
and young, he didnt say (much of) anything i disagree with, so the thread doesnt die!
Hap it doesnt matter if you agree or disagree with it, there are other members to consider as well.
September 23, 2004 at 08:09AM View BBCode
Yeah, normally I wouldn't even get into that, but it's 4 AM and we're the only three on, so you can just shut this down before you sign off for the night. ;)September 23, 2004 at 08:10AM View BBCode
And I wasn't really planning on debating it anyway.September 23, 2004 at 08:11AM View BBCode
it seemed like it was coming close to a debate so I responded...September 23, 2004 at 08:13AM View BBCode
Nah... I say let those kind of things go until someone gets mad, and then shut it down. I feel like as long as the debate is rational, even if it's controvertial, let it go. Once people get mean, that's the time to shut it down. But that's just me, and I purposely told Tyson I wouldn't take the mod job because I'd let things like that slide way too long.September 23, 2004 at 08:16AM View BBCode
Responsibility... takes the fun out of some things, yes?? Must pee now, you be good!September 23, 2004 at 08:17AM View BBCode
As would I. and i would edit skier's responses so that all the length got deleted, and he just had 1 line. Young if you ever do that, you will be awesome.September 23, 2004 at 08:18AM View formatted
September 23, 2004 at 08:20AM View BBCode
I must admit, I never read Skier's long posts. I just have better things to do than read long posts. Anybody else's I'll skim to find if there's anything interesting. But like my post about black America in this thread... You could say the same thing in 15,000 words, but nobody would read it.September 23, 2004 at 08:20AM View BBCode
:PSeptember 23, 2004 at 08:22AM View BBCode
i really really hope you do. either that, or put something on the top like "Young's summary: Yankees rule, Jeter is good at defense, i dont know what grammar is"September 23, 2004 at 08:33AM View BBCode
I saw Jeter last Sunday and wasn't impressed by the defense at all. He waves at a lot of balls Tejada would dive for. He's just pretty.