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Town's White Police Official Calls Obama N-Word [W:301]

Don't you believe that people don't keep their thoughts and feelings inside of them for years? You know, covertly? Pretending to be accepting while not really being accepting of different people?

Do you think that is a universal?

(serious question, not being antagonistic)
 
OH, I know... lies, damn lies, and statistics just blow personal experience right out the water...:roll:
Well, no. Well-researched conclusions just hold more water than the conclusions reached by individual experience.
 
Oh research, no doubt by white PhD at universities. I'll bet their papers are even peer reviewed, right?
Oh. I forgot that conservatives were often anti-education. My bad.
 
I have to admit, I've never known a person who has held similar beliefs as this guy, that ever changed. I wonder if people ever do?
I've read several accounts of overt white supremacists who changed their beliefs after having mixed grandchildren.
 
Well, no. Well-researched conclusions just hold more water than the conclusions reached by individual experience.

This isn't necessarily true.

You can base conclusions off of correlations which were obtained through manipulated data.

Social Science studies are chock full of this...
 
No, modern racism isn't about hate. That's the point. If you're going to mock something, then at least understand it before you do.
Not worth the effort. Your entire premise isn't worth the time.
 
Do you think that is a universal?

(serious question, not being antagonistic)

Yes, it could be. I'm just in awe that a person who is in a position of trust (police chief) has these views, it's a bit disturbing and it must make some people of the town uncomfortable knowing he is what he is. People in the population expect the leaders of any law enforcement agency to be neutral to race, creed, sex, or political affiliations, this guy sounds like he could be biased in the handling domestic situations. How can people expect him to uphold the law with a view like he has, without prejudice?
 
This isn't necessarily true.

You can base conclusions off of correlations which were obtained through manipulated data.

Social Science studies are chock full of this...
That's why I said WELL-RESEARCHED. Poorly researched conclusions reached through poorly obtained data and fallacious reasoning are bad, I agree.
 
Yes, it could be. I'm just in awe that a person who is in a position of trust (police chief) has these views, it's a bit disturbing and it must make some people of the town uncomfortable knowing he is what he is. People in the population expect the leaders of any law enforcement agency to be neutral to race, creed, sex, or political affiliations, this guy sounds like he could be biased in the handling domestic situations. How can people expect him to uphold the law with a view like he has, without prejudice?

Well, I mean, c'mon this isn't the first racist cop you've heard of, right? Didn't OJ get off for killing his wife because of one of those?
 
That's why I said WELL-RESEARCHED. Poorly researched conclusions reached through poorly obtained data and fallacious reasoning are bad, I agree.



This is a SUBJECTIVE determination. Depending on which side of the fence you sit.
 
Not worth the effort. Your entire premise isn't worth the time.

It's this notion that you're racist and don't even know it. It's a way to accuse basically everybody of racism. They're the types that see racism in a talking Hallmark card that mentions black holes.
 
This is a SUBJECTIVE determination. Depending on which side of the fence you sit.
No, that is not subjective. I don't know if you are aware of how academic research works, but people who sit on all "sides of the fence" use the same standards of research which is why, in academia, people of all political, religious, racial, economic and other backgrounds can respect each others' work.
 
Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.

You owe me a new irony-o-meter.
 
Well, I mean, c'mon this isn't the first racist cop you've heard of, right? Didn't OJ get off for killing his wife because of one of those?

Racist cop no, racist police chief? I haven't heard of any, but I have watched Mississippi Burning and one other flick in which cops were blatantly racists, and I've seen the Rodney King beating over and over.

Weird you'd bring up OJ, the cops basically bungled that investigation from the start, entering and stepping on evidence and spreading it all over the home lie manure.

Here, we're talking about a police chief with an open mouth and a shallow mind.
 
I highly doubt that you even understand the very concept of work.

Good day.

Now, now. What I believe the poster meant was that you need to get with the program. The internalization of racism means to make fun of one's own racial characteristics as a self-defense mechanism, i.e., to take the sting out of a racial characteristic by admitting it in advance. That supposes that one feels some sting over something that is simply a fact of life. I agree that it's much easier to simply enjoy the characteristics that make each of us what we are, and have fun with it. That does not conform to the humorless left's view that all such things are critical and subjects of very deep concern. So "Good day" is probably an appropriate response in the end. You'll make no ground with the sensible argument.
 
I've read several accounts of overt white supremacists who changed their beliefs after having mixed grandchildren.

Yes, I have heard of that and seen it a couple of times. Although they weren't quite white supremacists I did hear racist remarks from them. It changes them and I think it allows them to see the people of that race as individuals and not just the color.
 
Do you think that is a universal?

(serious question, not being antagonistic)

I think AJiveMan is trying to make a confession...
 
People in the population expect the leaders of any law enforcement agency to be neutral to race, creed, sex, or political affiliations, this guy sounds like he could be biased in the handling domestic situations. How can people expect him to uphold the law with a view like he has, without prejudice?

One of the purposes of laws is to help insure against someone being able to just do as they please, when in a powerful position. This guy's personal opinions don't matter. His actions do. If he is acting outside the law, then that is a problem. He must uphold the law or he is subject to his own legal problems.
 
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