Black social problems have nothing to do with the color of one's skin. Black folks, however, are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods where social problems are not only common, but even worse, are fully socially acceptable. A black person is more likely to shoot another after being "disrespected", and blacks are more likely to have a baby and collect government giveaways. It's a way of life for many in these neighborhoods. Skin color is a way to identify the likelihood of such problems, but it's not the cause of the problem.
The same can be said for identifying diabetes risk. Black skin doesn't cause diabetes, but it tells doctors to keep a look out and to be proactive, if need be, to solve a potential problem. The social cycle that many blacks are exposed to needs to be discussed, needs to be addressed, and needs to be broken. Until this happens, a large percentages of blacks are destined to miserable lives of poverty and crime. The politically correct policy of sticking one's head in the sand assures that huge percentages of blacks will never touch their true potential.
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Originally posted by: alanleroyIIAlanLeroy personally believes that race is not a major factor in political corruption...and that we've had corrupt politicians of all races ever since we've had elections.
Regardless of AlanLeroy's personal beliefs, he argues that people should not make disparaging, blanket statements about any group of people unless those statements are backed up with something more that a gut feeling and a few observations..
I think it's wrong to slam an entire race of people based solely on a very limited number of observations that can be colored by personal prejudice. How many black politicians have there been in this country? How many have been crooked? Those are pretty important things to know BEFORE you claim there are more black crooked politicians...don't you think?
I think it's wrong to pass off as fact something that is really a supposition. That's why Malibber2 originally asked you to prove your statement that 'there are more black crooked politicians'...and your only response to that is that has been 'the sky is blue'. That's what I think is wrong. I don't know how I can make this any clearer to you.
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
Does Alanleroy argue:
1. that there is an equal percentages of crooked black politicians?
2. that there are fewer crooked black politicians?
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
I don't need to prove that there are more black dropouts, more black babies out of wedlock, more black crime, and more black crooked politicians. EVERYONE with half of a brain knows this stuff is unfortunately true!
DEAL WITH THE REALITY!
Don't change the subject. The subject is 'Crooked Black Politicians', not black dropouts, not black babies out of wedlock, not black crime.
What makes you think there aren't more white crooked politicians? You haven't shown there are more blacks. Even if more were arrested, maybe blacks are investigated more than whites (which I'm sure you support).
There have been corrupt politicians in the US since the dawn of the Union. I think power corrupts all races equally and would need some real evidence to convince me otherwise...That's just how I roll. That's how EVERYONE with more than half a brain rolls.
