(02-01-2018 01:12 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 12:52 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 10:33 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  I just don't have a lot of confidence or hope in the future of our country right now unfortunately. You'll have to understand that I take my views from the perspective of someone who sees this country headed down a deeply troubling path. And while Racism is an inherent problem world wide, I feel that other countries have made far better in their attempts to curtail it.

I take it you've never been to India, South Africa, or even Egypt? If anyone else on this thread has ever been to India for an extended period of time, they could probably tell you first hand how bad racism is there... especially toward blacks and Jews. If you're a black person living in India, it can be dangerous. On my last day in Delhi, I was on a bus heading toward the airport, and our bus drove by another bus that was stopped where a black guy was being beaten up by normal Indian citizens, thrown off the bus and onto the side of the road. That was the worst that I had seen.

In some parts of South Africa, you can cut the tension with a knife.

Considering the U.S. is the most diverse country in the world, and how we have furthered more civil rights for various races and cultural groups over the past century compared to any other nation, I'd say the U.S. has made the most progress of any country. Could things be better? Sure.

The media can exaggerate the importance of a few hundred white nationalists in Charlottesville and wail that Trump is a secret Nazi elected by Nazis, but what matters is cold, hard, indifferent-to-your-feelings data.