Chronic said:
Yea I know.
Although... slavery wasn't that bad really, only 10% of the slaves in the world were black at that time. Statistics always seem to ease the pain of the people suffering. Hey two187pac, if you wanted to rent Amistad at the video store, woudld you head to the comedy section? You might want to change your name if you're going to make posts like that, Pac wouldn't appreciate them.
I love the white people that listen to rap and never mention the racist comments made by black rappers (and probably aren't offended by them either) until black people complain about racism by whites. Then it becomes a problem, then it becomes a double standard.
You can only speak of double standards when the parties involved are equal. Some people tend to think slavery is all that happened. 40 years ago there was still very active segregation. It's not just slavery, it's everything that happened after. History led to this "double standard" being 'allowed'. If you don't understand why Chris Rock can make jokes about white people and easily get away with it, you need to educate yourself a little more.
Besides, racism from a minority has far less effect than racism from a majority.
And honestly, do you give a fuck when Ice Cube calls you a cracker? Only when someone points out that Eminem made a racist comment?
Can't you just let black people express their anger after all the shit that happened to them when you're only getting offended for the sake of principal?
Although... slavery wasn't that bad really, only 10% of the slaves in the world were black at that time. Statistics always seem to ease the pain of the people suffering. Hey two187pac, if you wanted to rent Amistad at the video store, woudld you head to the comedy section? You might want to change your name if you're going to make posts like that, Pac wouldn't appreciate them.
I love the white people that listen to rap and never mention the racist comments made by black rappers (and probably aren't offended by them either) until black people complain about racism by whites. Then it becomes a problem, then it becomes a double standard.
You can only speak of double standards when the parties involved are equal. Some people tend to think slavery is all that happened. 40 years ago there was still very active segregation. It's not just slavery, it's everything that happened after. History led to this "double standard" being 'allowed'. If you don't understand why Chris Rock can make jokes about white people and easily get away with it, you need to educate yourself a little more.
Besides, racism from a minority has far less effect than racism from a majority.
And honestly, do you give a fuck when Ice Cube calls you a cracker? Only when someone points out that Eminem made a racist comment?
Can't you just let black people express their anger after all the shit that happened to them when you're only getting offended for the sake of principal?
right.... because i haven't gotten into 20+ post arguements about how kanye west is a racist, without the brining up of the hole eminem situation. like rukas said before, imagine if we had dennis leary up on stage making all "nigger" jokes just like dave chappel and chris rock likes to get on "crackers." This is acceptable but the alternitive is unheard of. and heres a news flash, whites are soon not going to be the majority in america. you claim minirities don't have equal say in anything but out of all the states in the country the state of califonia has the most electoral votes, and has a majority of hispanic decent. as far as your amnistad reference what does that have to do with me? my great grandparents only came here about 70 years ago, and when they came here they faced just as much bullshit as blacks did in the 60's. imagine now a days, if there was ever a sign in a window for a job that said "blacks need not apply" these signs existed for a long time and were aimed toward the irish and italians but knowbody seems to remember them. my great grand parents came here not knowing any english and learned to get by, they didnt have everything with subtitles to make things convient for them. they learned to come together as a community with other italians and get past being discriminated against (they grew up in an all italian neighborhood that still exist today called federal hill, i dont know if your familiar with the area) anyway, my point is when my great grand parents were discriminated against it will never be stressed in a history book and they will never be given the credit they truely deserve. i in no way believe that slavery was not a bad thing, i admit it was a hobbible thing, but it was a horrible thing that didn't involve the majority of white people in america's ancestors. as far as letting you guys express your anger i don't see why you should be allowed to express it but if i ever said how my family was discriminated against when they came here i would get looks as if i were crazy.i am in no way a racist, my 2 best friends are black and pueto rican, i just don't think its fair to sterio type all whites as racist while if a black man makes a racial comment he is just "expressing his anger for all the shit that happened."
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*covers mouth* White boy gives me money to be alive"? its not like..if a black dude says somethin about this white boy, he doesnt have place because thats where his checks come from - think about a white boy playing in the NBA, and he says somethin about 'this nigger' then "