Endzone2
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RE: Would this be considered a hate crime?
Sophandros Wrote:RebelKev Wrote:Well, I can only go on personal experience. In the military, color means not a damn thing. When I ETS'd and moved to Atlanta, color meant not a damn thing. A friend of mine, Eric Felder, had f'n dreadlocks, but got a job with Sprint as an NTAC Engineer. Hell, he's the one that tested me before I was hired as an NTAC Engineer. When I came back to Augusta, doing Mach 3 mind you, and started contracting for the DoD, I have still yet to see it. In other words, I have yet to see color factor in to someone's hiring. If you know the job, you're hired. I'm thinking you should probably get out more or maybe move to Augusta. Jackson, however, is still racist as hell because of people that think like you and EZ. (Note, not all your thoughts, just this one)
Again, you don't understand the concept, and that's why there is a disconnect here.
ON A CONSCIOUS LEVEL, color doesn't mean anything. In a perfect world, it never would.
And I'm not talking about hiring practices. Hell, I'll be the first to tell you that color does not and should not be a factor in hiring.
However, I can tell you that color is a factor with the way that people perceive other people, and make assumptions. And these are people who in their lives are NOT racists; rather, they are only reacting based on how society and social norms have trained them.
Shoot, man, I've had to catch myself when I have passed a judgment on a Black dude when I'm commuting to work or in a bar or something. That's just a part of the human condition.
But let me ask you something: Have you ever had someone walk up to you and say that the only reason that you're in a certain position is because of your race? I have, when I was in college. That same kid would not have confronted a white student with that statement, even though there was a pretty good chance that he could have found more kids who were there because of legacy or who had a parent employed by the school than a Black guy (once you take the football and basketball teams out of the equation, obviously) and he didn't confront me with it after we compared college board scores, our high schools, GPAs, etc.
Most whites don't have the guts to tell black guys that, but they say it privately, and in most cases I would probably say it is true. I remember I was at a Chinese buffett here in Ft. Worth about 10 years ago, and some black guy sitting at a table next to me was going on and on about how people are starting to wake up and see that blacks have been denied jobs in higher places, blah blah blah. I just couldn't take it anymore and I turned to him and said, "the reason most black guys get the job is because of affirmative action--not because they are qualified for the job".
He looked at me and said, "What did you say!!??"
I said about 3dB louder, "The reason most black guys get those kinds of jobs is because of affirmative action and not because of they are qualified".
He got up and said, "Well should we all just go back to the plantation then?
I said, "No it should be a level playing field".
He said, "The reason this world is such a screwed up place is because of f**ked up people like you"!!
Then he stromed out. If he would of thrown a pitcher of water on me, I believe I was prepared to respond in kind but fortunately it never came to that. The federal government is on a mega kick to put blacks in fed contrator jobs at Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Collins Rockwell, FAA, FCC, etc. There blacks do get the job because of the color of their skin more than their skill set. Blacks get preferential treatment. This is racism and I don't think it is right. But a lot of blacks will tell you it is "payback" for white oppression and bigotry and this and that and blah blah blah, etc. Also, the federal government and the democrats are mistaken that blacks are whites are equal in every category. Blacks consistently score 200 points lower on their SAT scores. We are not idealistically equal in every aspect of life as the feds would try to invent us. This is a huge lie of our generation.
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2007 12:49 AM by Endzone2.)
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