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A family's year of 'buying black'

jallman said:
I dunno. I work down in K-town in the wilshire vermont area. I find the Koreans to be pretty open and hospitable.

Now the Japanese and the Chinese...they're the ones you have to watch. I have worries for them.
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I used to have some interactions with the Koreans in the South Bay area, Redondo Beach, Carson, Torrance, back when my wife's business was open.

Absolutely impossible to get more than the occasional sale in with those people. They referred to each other, and that was that. And since my step-daughter was half-black and we lived in a large apartment complex that was more than half-Korean (and immigrant and temporary resident Korean at that) I got to see first hand how they felt about this "racial tolerance" idea America has.

They weren't having none of it. That little girl played with the Iranians and the white kids, the Koreans wouldn't have anything to do with her.
 
jallman said:
What I can't stand is that black people who walk around acting like ****ing retards, being rude to white people, asian people, latin people, etc are more tolerated. Like on the train, for instance, when some little thug gets on the train being loud and rude, everyone just looks at each other and raises an eyebrow like "he's black, what did you expect?" But if an asian or a white person or other acts that way, people are quick to make their observations about said behavior rather openly.

The only way it will stop is if blacks are treated like everyone else and the whole race crap is tossed aside like yesterday's paper...because really, it is yesterday's news.
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Why is that, you didn't ask.

The black kid gets away with being rude and obnoxious because....you're a god damned racist if you say anything and you'll be sued if you complain, and he'll get a prize.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
I used to have some interactions with the Koreans in the South Bay area, Redondo Beach, Carson, Torrance, back when my wife's business was open.

Absolutely impossible to get more than the occasional sale in with those people. They referred to each other, and that was that. And since my step-daughter was half-black and we lived in a large apartment complex that was more than half-Korean (and immigrant and temporary resident Korean at that) I got to see first hand how they felt about this "racial tolerance" idea America has.

They weren't having none of it. That little girl played with the Iranians and the white kids, the Koreans wouldn't have anything to do with her.
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That's wild. I have had such an amazingly different experience with the Koreans here and in other places. I had a roommate in college who was half Spanish and half Korean and she talked me into going to teach conversational English at a hagwan in Seoul for a short stint. I dunno, maybe since I have been immersed in their culture, I get along with them well.

Of all the Asian ethnicities, I find the Koreans to be the friendliest, most fun, and open to other races.

But not the Japanese. Oh never the Japanese.
 
danarhea said:
You know, he could have lynched him, like white people way down south used to do to blacks all the time, if they wanted to vote.
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Hey, it was really nice of young Damien to catch that meteor before it damaged the road, wasn't it?
 
jallman said:
That's wild. I have had such an amazingly different experience with the Koreans here and in other places. I had a roommate in college who was half Spanish and half Korean and she talked me into going to teach conversational English at a hagwan in Seoul for a short stint. I dunno, maybe since I have been immersed in their culture, I get along with them well.

Of all the Asian ethnicities, I find the Koreans to be the friendliest, most fun, and open to other races.

But not the Japanese. Oh never the Japanese.
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I've been to Korea. Wonderful place, nice people. My black shipmates hated it, because they weren't treated nicely.

I've worked on joint projects in the US staffed in large part by South Korean nationals. Wonderful people, so long as you don't object to them chewing with their mouth wide open. Many of those same Koreans lived in the apartment complex I described. They hate black people. That's it.

The japanese....same way, but worse. No country is more racist than Japan. It just doesn't show up because there's not that many non Japanese living there. But even there most of the people are friendly and pleasant. Just don't ask to marry their daughters or move in next door.
 
jallman said:
That's wild. I have had such an amazingly different experience with the Koreans here and in other places. I had a roommate in college who was half Spanish and half Korean and she talked me into going to teach conversational English at a hagwan in Seoul for a short stint. I dunno, maybe since I have been immersed in their culture, I get along with them well.

Of all the Asian ethnicities, I find the Koreans to be the friendliest, most fun, and open to other races.

But not the Japanese. Oh never the Japanese.
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In my limited experience I've found Korean people to not like black people.

To be more than just bigoted but outright racist. I'm talking about the term as the definition states not what people usually say in emotional rants.

My former boss usually ranked races as korean>white>spanish>black=chinese.
 
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Voidwar said:
You should analyze this statement and see if you really believe it.

What makes you think "ethnic" pride is positive ? Ever heard the term White Devil ?

Also, do you wonder why you chose the NAACP instead of the Black Panthers ? The Panthers make a much better parallel to the Klan, and not surprisingly, the had plenty of racism to accompany their pride.
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I said generally. Of course there are extremists as there are in everything. But a much greater proportion of white pride organizations than ethnic pride organizations preach hate.

talloulou said:
I've heard similar arguments before but usually they are worded as in whites who show bigotry can do damage while ethnics that show bigotry can't as they lack the power to harm whites.
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That's not the same argument at all

At this point I think anyone doing anything in a way that over emphasis skin color is a bigot whether their intentions are good are not.
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I don't agree with that. There are several black pride organizations at my school, and they are all positive. The people in those clubs celebrate their heritage in the same way that I celebrate the fact that I'm an American. Neither makes us bigots until. If those organizations started railing against whites they would be as bigoted as I would be if I began railing against Mexicans, but the fact that they celebrate their heritage does not automatically qualify them as bigots

It's like Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing movie. I never understood that movie. I understand looking after your own as long as your own is really your own and not just a skin color affiliation. Driving miles and miles to patronize a black shop solely because you prefer to do business with dark skinned peoples is bigotry. It's nothing to be proud of no matter how you attempt to justify your actions.
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Can't say I've ever seen that movie

If the folks in the OP said they go out of their way to try to uplift the black community by making sure to spend some money within it -fine. But to go so far as to say you will only do business with blacks....indefensible.
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If you avoid all non-black businesses chances are you are a racist, but preferring to buy black makes one no more of a bigot than preferring to buy American
 
There is a difference between pride and prejudice.

Pride is a cultural fair, a festival, a parade even.

Prejudice is choosing to deliberately only do business with dark skinned folks.
 
I do not see anything wrong with people looking after each other from a cultural aspect and maybe if the WHITE man had not did what they did? Maybe black folks would not see the need to "buy black"..

Keep in mind it was not long ago that white men could buy black and it did not mean produce! White men could go sell and BUY Black people on a block. And you wanna get all mad cause black folks wish to support black biz? Give me a break!
 
talloulou said:
This might be true in many instances. For example my brother likes to shop in little Hispanic grocery stores because they sell things he can't get at Thriftway.

But in regards to the OP the folks are buying from blacks because they are black. Driving long distances not for a certain product but instead to ensure their money is handed off to another black person vs a whitey or someone else.

It's bigotry. If a white man told me he only wants to patronize white shops I'd think he was a major racist tard. When the black folks do it I think the same damn thing no matter how they attempt to pretty up their ultimate intent.
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It is called Empowerment and it is about damn time! :2razz:
 
Kali said:
I do not see anything wrong with people looking after each other from a cultural aspect and maybe if the WHITE man had not did what they did? Maybe black folks would not see the need to "buy black"..

Keep in mind it was not long ago that white men could buy black and it did not mean produce! White men could go sell and BUY Black people on a block. And you wanna get all mad cause black folks wish to support black biz? Give me a break!
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TOTALLY ANALOGOUS.
 
Kali said:
I do not see anything wrong with people looking after each other from a cultural aspect and maybe if the WHITE man had not did what they did? Maybe black folks would not see the need to "buy black"..

Keep in mind it was not long ago that white men could buy black and it did not mean produce! White men could go sell and BUY Black people on a block. And you wanna get all mad cause black folks wish to support black biz? Give me a break!
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That is the dumbest thing I've read in a while.

I think we have all just lost IQ points actually reading this.

Kali said:
It is called Empowerment and it is about damn time!:2razz:
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It's called racial bigotry and I'm glad to know you support it.

Do you support business owners choosing who can and can not shop in their stores based on race?
 
Kali said:
It is called Empowerment and it is about damn time! :2razz:
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If you really think this, why haven't you found a black-owned politics discussion board and empowered them? I mean, it's about Damn time!
 
Kali said:
I do not see anything wrong with people looking after each other from a cultural aspect and maybe if the WHITE man had not did what they did? Maybe black folks would not see the need to "buy black"..

Keep in mind it was not long ago that white men could buy black and it did not mean produce! White men could go sell and BUY Black people on a block. And you wanna get all mad cause black folks wish to support black biz? Give me a break!
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Yep.

Nothing racist in this post.

Just the usual it's okay to be racist against white people alive today because white people five hundred years ago didn't meet the morality standards of today's reverse racists.
 
Kali said:
It is called Empowerment and it is about damn time! :2razz:
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So if a whole bunch of white people decide to shop at only white-owned businesses, you'll agree that it's empowerment and about damn time, right?
 
I have no problem with them doing it. They're free to do so in a capitalist society.

I think its moronic and racist for them to be doing this, be it to put "money in the black mans hands" or to "take money out of the white man's hands". Either way, they're doing the action based on nothing but the color of someones skin. Its stupid **** like this that makes me care a great deal less about the claims of wanting "equality" and that whites need to "Do more" to make us all the way and stop with the racial divide.

Genius thought here. Want to try and stop the racial divide? How about stop RACIAL DIVIDING.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
That is the dumbest thing I've read in a while.

I think we have all just lost IQ points actually reading this.



It's called racial bigotry and I'm glad to know you support it.

Do you support business owners choosing who can and can not shop in their stores based on race?
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Did you have anything to add to this or you just wanna attack me for keeping it real? :roll:
 
RightinNYC said:
If you really think this, why haven't you found a black-owned politics discussion board and empowered them? I mean, it's about Damn time!
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What are you really saying here? That you wish for me to go away from this board? Do not assume things about me and where I post online! :(
 
Kali said:
Did you have anything to add to this or you just wanna attack me for keeping it real? :roll:
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Keeping it real I suppose is what is at the core of the issue. Which is that people of color still have a chip on their shoulder about **** that didn't even happen to them specifically.

I don't support racial bigotry in any form so I get a bit pissed when people like your self make excuses for it.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Yep.

Nothing racist in this post.

Just the usual it's okay to be racist against white people alive today because white people five hundred years ago didn't meet the morality standards of today's reverse racists.
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I do not support racism in any shape or form. But I just cannot get into feeling all bad for the white man!! Cry me a frigging river for the White Man that still run things in this country.. Waaaa.. I want my bottle! Give me a break! :roll:
 
Kali said:
I do not support racism in any shape or form. But I just cannot get into feeling all bad for the white man!! Cry me a frigging river for the White Man that still run things in this country.. Waaaa.. I want my bottle! Give me a break! :roll:
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it's even called the White house! racism sux!
 
American said:
Because they stink? I don't have a problem with these people buying from local black businesses, but they sure are using a lot of gas to do it. :3oops: I guess this is okay with Obama, as long as they check their tire pressure. Heheh, j/k. :lol:
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LOL... was thinking along similar lines.
Those were long hauls.
Doesn't quite square themselves with the Jolly Green Giant wing of their party.
I guess the “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” is... ahhh nevermind.
“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” Obama added.

Wouldn't a good journalist ask about the contradiction of their ways?
It'd be amongst the first questions I'd ask.

What happens when the ebony Americans forget milk?

The Ebony Experiment I'd like to see would involve the ideas, influence and eventually acceptance of ideas from the likes of Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Rev. Petersen, Larry Elder and Justice Thomas.
 
if you drive 20 miles to a black owned store because they sell a item you want ... thats one thing. But if you do it because they are a black owned store its bigotry.

Funny how bigotry is ok, as long as your not white.

No one is disputing that local ethnic markets are fine. I find all sorts of unsual things at my local asian market that you can't find in my local store .. and thats great.
 
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