It's my story bro...I've vented about it since the 1970s...we are here to discuss police problems, racial issues or whatever and I've stated my outrage about that case. Why is this taken out of context? How many times do I need to agree with your point? You are attempting to make my perspective invalid because of my race. Think about that.
I know what it means. My wife is Chinese and knows it refers to chaos. If you wait for a bus in China, there's no organized line, it's a mass of people looking at the door and moving towards it ignoring the crowd, traffic operates the same way and that's where the term comes from
dviss...I think it's healthier for society and our children if we just make conversations one on one instead of team sports. I don't like to identify my perspective with
I thought he asked a valid question about the term Chinese fire drill and then you confronted his intention and suggested he erase the term..I didn't understand why you did that either. Actually Chinese issues are rarely talked about in relationship to racism. I've always wondered why they are not part of the conversation.
You're creating reasons to be offended. Go back and read riverman's post again, and try to understand what he was actually trying to convey. It wasn't at all "white people get harassed too." It was much more, "California cops are SO aggressive, they'll even harass white people on occasion."
but when you do get it from riverman, you denigrate it
You insinuate that all the time--you just refuse to see or acknowledge our perspective on what you say to us.
So you can tell us how wrong we are about everything race-related, and set yourself up as the higher authority to whom we should all bow.
Your opinions are unique, important, and are absolutely valued, when you show the same respect you demand. It's not that complicated.
Huh? Your opinion is valued. I just told you that I appreciate your thoughts and discussions. Sometimes it just comes across that you devalue white male opinions. Ignorance isn't a valid excuse for racism, but you can't change the world in a second. As I said, most millenual white people are all about diversity and treating everyone equal. Many of us do have empathy, we just don't show it day to day because we like to think the world is a better place than some of the atrocities that happen.
nah..most folks here have posted that your perspective is important and we all have life experiences that add value to these threads. I don't believe you are the only black person here..Jabari Young just posted here yesterday I believe but if race is important it's equally unimportant if we get it right. I've spent 20 years in a country where I was vastly in the minority and learned a lot from that experience. It's even more eye opening when the locals don't know you speak the language and talk about you assuming you don't understand them. Sometimes it's hilarious.
True, but the process of educating people is wrong when you make them feel like shit for something they don't even know they are doing or is happening. Educating people is one thing. Shaming them and making them feel bad when they want the world to be a more inclusive place is another
And that's the thing. I'm white, but I'm mostly Irish and 1/8 native American. I've been raised and have had many discussions with people that explain stories of my relatives being treated like shit. but when someone sees me now and we have this discussion, they shame the shit out of me for not knowing what this feels like. I agree, myday to day life is unaffected by racial things, but it doesn't mean it hasn't affected my family
Nah, stick around. I've been posting with this community since I was 14, so for the past 15 years. Sometimes it wears you out. But I enjoy reading your takes, even if we disagree sometimes. Just take a break for a couple weeks or something. In a month, bball will start again and we will all be best buddies dropping hoops knowledge
