You're always the victim, Slow.
How is African American unemployment under Trump? Anyone that wants a job can have one. All you do is make excuses for why some people fail, you liberals continue to lower the bar everywhere for the sake of feelings.
Look at minimum wage, once that was firmly established it became the bar companies lowered hourly pay to. I think college became much the same once the government stated getting into the loan business and subsidizing. Colleges went up to that loan limit when they used to be much less expensive. Just another example of how when government gets involved things often become worse.
But, back on topic, dozens of replies and no one addressing the issue, this is racism.
Everyone's decided that the issue is your whining.
I was a high school dropout but today I have a master’s degree and a comfortable life that I am very happy with. I came from a middle class white family though. It is unlikely if I dropped out of high school as a poor black kid that I would be in the same situation today.
I had to work hard to get where I am, no doubt. That doesn’t change the fact that I had advantages that gave me the ability to screw up and still have a decent life. Some people have trouble admitting their advantages because they are insecure and think it invalidates them. It doesn’t, it’s just recognizing reality.
What advantages did you have? Also, is "advantage" the same as "privilege" to you?
FTFYThe team I hired consists of four I don't see color men (two vets), a I don't see color man, an I don't see color woman, and an I don't see color American (well, he's working on citizenship, I will be at his ceremony). I only got two other applications from I don't see colors, neither were qualified, it had nothing to do with I don't see color. I rejected probably a dozen other I don't see color people (I have no idea what applications were rejected via HR before they got to me though).
The more people that disagree with me here, in the current environment found on this subforum, the more I know I'm correct in my view.
Still waiting on this one. What were the advantages and is advantage the same as privilege?
The more people that disagree with me here, in the current environment found on this subforum, the more I know I'm correct in my view.
Ahhh. The stubborn toddler argument. Carry on.The more people that disagree with me here, in the current environment found on this subforum, the more I know I'm correct in my view.
lol. You are not taking this well at all.
I went to good schools so I had a lot of knowledge even though I didn't graduate. I knew plenty of reasonably well off, college educated people to make connections through. I didn't grow up in an area with a lot of crime (or really any to speak of) so there was a much lower risk of getting caught up in all that. Had things gone south I could have leaned on my mom for money (although I did not). I have a very white name so when I applied for jobs I would have advantages over minorities as we've already empirically established.
I could go on for a long time but there's really no point as all of these should be obvious.
If nothing else I hope you've taken a lesson away that the idea that black people have an easier time landing jobs than you do is ridiculous nonsense made up by people searching for ever more ways to be victims. Reality is the opposite.
As you have failed to show again and again you mean.. For some reason you try to pitch this insanity here where somewhere you must know there is no takers for your cray cray.
I grew up and effectively had one parent by adolescence in a bad area where I was by FAR the minority in not great schools, next to a bunch of low income apartments (at least early on) where the teachers were busier disciplining kids and just watching them for the day than teaching. I always wondered why 2/3 the class had reduced or free lunch while I had to pay. Kids used to always bring in fake week to mimic smoking it like their parents did at recess. I could have gotten caught up in bad stuff quite easily. I too have a "white name" as well as check boxes to not reply to the race/sex so I don't get the benefit of affirmative action.
I've struggled but made it to a comfortable living myself, took my own path. There were bumps along the way, and you can deny that this happened all you want, but it DID happen and helps shape my world view, I WAS denied a job for no other reason whatsoever than being a white male. That was 100% the reason. But, I know there are decent people out there that care more about my achievements and experience than my skin color, and I soldiered on and am better today for it. Opportunity is often disguised as hard work, and I promise hard work and persistence will triumph over those that penalize for skin color, as I was penalized.
My voting rights as a white male are the same as a female's or minority's rights. Everyone should have an equal say, and equal vote, and that is the case today.
Mod call out!To I Don't Care:
Fuck you and this social experiment.
Plonk this place...
https://vendordirectory.shrm.org/category/consulting-hr/affirmative-action
I love how you defend racism as a way to improve society. You sound exactly like I'd expect a racist to sound to defend their actions.
I grew up and effectively had one parent by adolescence in a bad area where I was by FAR the minority in not great schools, next to a bunch of low income apartments (at least early on) where the teachers were busier disciplining kids and just watching them for the day than teaching. I always wondered why 2/3 the class had reduced or free lunch while I had to pay. Kids used to always bring in fake week to mimic smoking it like their parents did at recess. I could have gotten caught up in bad stuff quite easily. I too have a "white name" as well as check boxes to not reply to the race/sex so I don't get the benefit of affirmative action.
I've struggled but made it to a comfortable living myself, took my own path. There were bumps along the way, and you can deny that this happened all you want, but it DID happen and helps shape my world view, I WAS denied a job for no other reason whatsoever than being a white male. That was 100% the reason. But, I know there are decent people out there that care more about my achievements and experience than my skin color, and I soldiered on and am better today for it. Opportunity is often disguised as hard work, and I promise hard work and persistence will triumph over those that penalize for skin color, as I was penalized.
I've been directly affected by affirmative action. I didn't mope about it, I picked up where I left off and kept on trucking. I know today you lefties push the idea of being a victim, every time life gets hard to blame someone else. But I guess I'm made of backbone where you're full of shit.
Maybe if one of those “very fine people” had mowed someone you knew down in the street you would STFU
Lots of whining about my posts, but not much more. Nice how you guys cannot address the subject at all, how leftist racism exists and is the primary form of racism today. If that was any other demographic in the OP we'd all agree its wrong and it is racist.
You are a veteran. The path of military service lifts a lot of people up and allows them to overcome past mistakes, regardless of race.I was a high school dropout but today I have a master’s degree and a comfortable life that I am very happy with. I came from a middle class white family though. It is unlikely if I dropped out of high school as a poor black kid that I would be in the same situation today.
I had to work hard to get where I am, no doubt. That doesn’t change the fact that I had advantages that gave me the ability to screw up and still have a decent life. Some people have trouble admitting their advantages because they are insecure and think it invalidates them. It doesn’t, it’s just recognizing reality.
Agreed, and Slow is mistaking the the very far left with the the mainstream liberal.You are a veteran. The path of military service lifts a lot of people up and allows them to overcome past mistakes, regardless of race.
Going back to what the OP linked, I see little value in college programs that ask students to critically ponder whiteness, as if whiteness is some homogenous thing.