Lisa - " how many generations past slavery" - slavery is NOT what has held blacks back today. The jim crow laws and discrimination are, so it's not slavery but how long after the civil rights in the 1960's were passed. If it was just slavery, they would have caught up (provided they took the same opportunities everybody else had)
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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lisabobeesa - My black american history professor who when speaking about the problems of the past and then the problems today (and he grew up in during the discrimination years), he brought out how all of those still alive are still angry and will never get over it and they pass this down to their kids, so his generation must die off, when all of those who experienced the real discrimination have died off, then they may really start to catch up. But you have their kids now who were told everything from their parents who directly lived it, so my personal thoughts are it will start to really improve but probably take a couple of generations atleast for the whole culture to catch up. (assuming the kids realize nothing holding them back now and they must take control of all the opportunities they have), if the culture as a whole dropped the "don't do good in school because it's too white" stigma today then it would be much quicker.
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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This video must be the source of bad asian driving LOL
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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"ARe there any biologcial differences in African Americans as a group that would prevent them, if they worked very hard, to achieve equality with whites as a group in terms of wealth, education, poltical representation, ect?"
Absolutely not! The biggest thing I see holding it back is the culture and those who try to excel at those things being labeled as acting 'too white' or a traitor to their race/culture. Holding back their own culture from advancing then blaming everybody else for the consequences. And I'm talking about today, not talking about 40+ years ago.
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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"In the United States, it's estimated that sickle cell anemia affects 70,000–100,000 people, mainly African Americans."
That is a scientific fact, that is a biological difference.
Are all breeds of dogs biologically identical?
For math, that would be a cultural thing.
Since it seems most on this board are athiests, then from that standpoint it would make sense that cultures in different environments for thousands of years would have some biological differences because of evolution.
So for math and smarts, if a culture puts more emphasis on education then another, then their beliefs and pursuits as a culture are responsible for their smarts.
For something like sickle cell, chances are a person in the USA who has it would be because of biological reasons of being black. Other races can get it, but black people get it more.
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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lisa - Asians and math would be because the asian cultures put high value on education and excelling in their careers. Some cultures scorn those who try to excel in their education and call them traitors to their culture so they fail on math. Is it the culture or the color doing that?
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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" It is called THE REAL WORLD. The one based on science."
I wonder if you are one of the creationists or athiests on this board.
Anybody who is athiest should have no problem believing races would not be equal in everything. Since they would believe everything about everybody are no different than animals, it would equate to saying all breeds of dogs are equal in everything and or denying that dogs can be breed to be more aggressive or more playful, etc, depending on traits.
With cultures seperated by thousands+ of years, brains could develop differently, personality traits passed down, etc.
THAT is science.
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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Good post shanagirl, if it still was the 1950's/60's like your above post showed, then there wouldn't be an Al Sharpton, he'd probably be on that list too.
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Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?
by Simon init seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.
i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.
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So he paid for a lot of that actresses training and other things and all these years later is attacking him. Did he really rape her or was she prostituting herself to get ahead and for all the money he spent and now all these years later she is hoping to collect more?
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jw.org says "be your own person"
by hoser inon jw.org.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.
it says be your own person at 0:53. .
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Be your own person.
After we tell you what you can or can not wear.
What facial hair styles you may or may not have.
What you may or may not celebrate.
What hotels and food options you may or may not do at conventions.
What kind of music and the volume of the music you may have at your own wedding.
Who you may or may not invite at your own wedding.
Not allowed to pursue a rewarding career.
Should not put your health first.
Should not put your family first.
Should not pursue hobbies.
Should not have too much fun or entertainment.
Not allowed to make friends with outsiders.
Not allowed to celebrate your own or others birthdays.
We determine what clothing and styles you may wear.
Not allowed to vote or participate in society.
You must spend all your free time in service.
Must study all of our repetitive literature on how you must obey us each.
Go to all our meetings teaching how obeying us is vital to your salvation.
You must shun anybody who doesn't agree to worship us and listen to our every word.
After all of these addendums, "be your own person"