TheOmen |
01-14-2006 08:50 AM |
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I'm one of the least racist people I know
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I thought only racists said that :D
Reparations-No. The problem is, where does it stop? You can't go on handing out money to correct anything you've done in the past, and blacks shouldn't want it either. It makes it seem that what they went through can be repaired by money. And it can't. Most black dudes I know don't want reparations. They just want to be respected. That's a far bigger reward. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But money to cover for slavery is insulting to both sides. Plus the fact that many immigrants came over after slavery was abolished(like my family) and had no participation is slavery. Should I be taxed for something I didn't do?
Affirmative Action-Huge failure. Liberal guilt gave way to these goverment programs, and all it has done is form a crutch for minorities to lean on. It doesn't help them, and it doesn't help white guilt. In fact, it's created a bigger divide simply because whites are now even more spiteful. It also makes minorities question themselves. "Did I get the job because I deserved it, or am I the token black guy to fill the quota?" It doesn't help anyone in the least. What should have been done 40 years ago was improving the city schools, and the cities themselves. Instead we tip toe around the problems in the community, and instead focus on pandering to minorities like they're handicapped.
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I completely agree with your views cheeb. I live in Florida. My experience is this. The Spanish, Mexican and Cuban immigrants that come to Florida to find better job oppurtunities, well, a majority of them don't care to learn the language that was once the the primary language. The language you and I speak , and I hate to say this, has become a secondary one. Requirements for most jobs here in Florida require that Spanish, Mexican, or Cuban must be spoken and/or learned. And as I do not practice prejudicial values as a means of running my life, and as prejudicial as this may sound, I find that discriminatory against Americans and the immigrants who have worked so hard to learn the American language.
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I live in Florida too. And it's a big time garbage dump because immigrants come here and act like they are still in Haiti. What happened to being so prideful that you would work hard on your English, like my ancestors forced themselves to? They wanted to open a business, they better believe they had to at least learn the language. There's a Winn Dixie here that actually has a translator for those who speak English. Meaning if you speak English and shop there, they have to get this translator to speak to you, because he's the only person who speaks it. And that's wrong.
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