patches70 wrote:What you fail to understand, being from Finland, is that in the US racism is big business. There are individuals and groups who make their living convincing everyone else that racism is a serious problem. These people are as much to facilitating racism as the KKK did. If racism were to ever be eradicated then those groups would no longer exist or those individuals no longer able to gain influence.
What you fail to understand, being from Finland, is that most Americans understand what VOL was saying where you cannot understand. Where are the stats you look up for all the bogus and ridiculous claims of racism made? Where are the stats for the number of Americans who are sick of being told they are racist when it isn't so black and white (pardon the pun) as that?
A black senator gets investigated for corruption and makes the claim they are a victim of racism. ORLY?
The black firefighter applicants of a certain Newark fire department can't pass the test to get a job with the department and the test results are thrown out because they were obviously racist. In effect the Newark fire department said they'll take people to be fire fighters that are not the absolute best possible candidates. Doesn't matter that those less qualified soon to be fire fighters will be the very ones who might have to come save your ass in a fire or that will be watching the back of their fellow fire fighters. I guess standards should be lowered in that case, eh?
The education system that you claim is racist is the same for all the schools. Why is it that the black students who sit in class right along with the white students don't do as well? Racism? Really? There might not be some other explanation?
There are glaring holes in your view of the statistics as well, though you refuse to consider them. As you've ignored TGD's post completely. Why is that?
Are you selectively deciding what is and isn't evidence? Did you not dismiss another poster's anecdote though you provide an anecdote of your own and consider it valid? You know, that letter from what's his name. That's an anecdote. "Oh but it was in the newspaper!" It's still an anecdote.
The one fact there is, is that you don't understand VOL because you are not American or are privy to the subtle ways of American culture. Just as I am not privy to the subtle ways of Finnish culture. Since you are missing the finer points your conclusions are invalid because you don't have don't have enough information. Good luck you admitting that though.
Since you are obviously not a black person or a racist, you cannot understand the finer points of racism. It's ok though, keep talking that racist shit and maybe you will understand someday.
