Michael Moore/black folks
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I've worked in Detroit for a while. There was so much racism there. It was amazing how the people there hate. I've not encountered racism like that here. The stereotype for Alabama was earned decades ago. I think it's fallen away. Especially just in my 27 years. Things have changed since I was a kid. nay
I had my bad experiance in Bama back in '92. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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Make of this what you will; When I first visited London I was amazed to see white bus drivers, white beggars, white street cleaners, white janitors and white subway cleaners. I was even pretty amazed to see white Burger King attendants. You just don't see that here (here being South Africa.)
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
Wow, sounds heart wrenching. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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I'd like some US opinions.
Christian, what was your intention with your question? to hear opinions from "white" america? are there any statements from not "white" americans here? zackzack wrote: there any statements from not "white" americans here? [scartistic rant] Are you just assuming that because we know how to use a computer and the web that we are white? Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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But everyone is in an ethnic group of some kind..... Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote: But everyone is in an ethnic group of some kind..... And what would Tiger Woods ethnic group be? For that matter, my kids as half chinese and half northern european, so what ethnic group do they fall into?
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I'm reading 'Stupid White Men' at the moment, and I must say that it's alternating between disturbing, and disturbingly obvious propoganda. Anyhow, he claims that black people are still widely discriminated against in the US, and cites employment as one area where the discrimination is widespread. Do people in the US agree ? Are the only dark skinned folks in your office the ones who empty the bins ? That's what Moore claims, and as I am fast deciding he needs to be taken with a grain of salt, I'd like some US opinions. Christian NO MATTER HOW MUCH BIG IS THE WORD SIZE ,THE DATA MUCT BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE CPU. - Vinod Sharma Anonymous wrote: OK. I read a c++ book. Or...a bit of it anyway. I'm sick of that evil looking console window. I think you are a good candidate for Visual Basic. - Nemanja Trifunovic
Okay, I'm a little late. Like everyone else has said, racism still exists, and things are a lot better than they used to be. Right now in the US there is a certain degree of being extra conscious about racism. Just a few months ago Trent Lott stepped down as speaker of the Senate for saying that the US should've elected Strom Thurmond when he ran for president in 1948 (Thurmond ran on a segregationist ticket). That story cuts both ways - first that Lott would say such a thing (bad) - and second that he would generate such controversy that he stepped down as speaker of the Senate (good). But, I guess that doesn't quite answer the question about the jobs that black people can get in the US. Other than the obvious examples of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, the mayor of Denver Link[^] for the past 12 years is black. Also, Denver isn't a very black city (65.30% White, 11.12% African American), which means he got a lot of white votes, hence race wasn't a big factor in the elections. I had read somewhere that more blacks in the US are classified as 'middle-class' than 'lower-class'. As for my office, there are no black people at all. At my old job, I worked with a black girl who was a tester, but software doesn't seem to be a common field for blacks to go into. ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion