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"Being Black in America is Tough"

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So said LeBron James after his LA residence was vandalized by some moron writing a racial slur [the N-word] on his gate. Here's the full quote.

"No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough, and we got a long way to go," James said.

LeBron James''' Los Angeles Home Vandalized With '''N-Word''' Graffiti - NBC News
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I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectively.

But, I know several of you whole heartily disagree with me and James on this. Let's hear your take.
 
calamity said:
So said LeBron James after his LA residence was vandalized by some moron writing a racial slur [the N-word] on his gate. Here's the full quote.



I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectively.

But, I know several of you whole heartily disagree with me and James on this. Let's hear your take.
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As long as money and power is perceived to be gained by people who exploit others, race will remain a promoted talking point.
 
ocean515 said:
As long as money and power is perceived to be gained by people who exploit others, race will remain a promoted talking point.
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lol...I don't see how scrawling the N-word on someone's gate is a "talking point."
 
calamity said:
lol...I don't see how scrawling the N-word on someone's gate is a "talking point."
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Nobody knows who did it. I understand you've already concluded it was not a Black person, so that is the talking point.

However, my comment was in reference to the claim about racism today.

As long as the concept of it can be used to gain power and money, it will be promoted and exploited for gain. The degree of it's existence has nothing to do with it.

I will say "not much better than back in the day" is just a wild bit of bull crap working along the same exploitation screed the race promoters seek to capitalize on.
 
ocean515 said:
Nobody knows who did it. I understand you've already concluded it was not a Black person, so that is the talking point.

However, my comment was in reference to the claim about racism today.

As long as the concept of it can be used to gain power and money, it will be promoted and exploited for gain. The degree of it's existence has nothing to do with it.

I will say "not much better than back in the day" is just a wild bit of bull crap working along the same exploitation screed the race promoters seek to capitalize on.
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Black person probably would have spelled it without the "r" :roll:

As to your second point, is it your assertion that the only racism in America today is the exploitation of race for political or financial gain?
 
Funny thing is, James is probably one of the least "n" of all Black celebs. I bet Snoop did it.
 
calamity said:
Black person probably would have spelled it without the "r" :roll:

As to your second point, is it your assertion that the only racism in America today is the exploitation of race for political or financial gain?
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I understand you've already decided who allegedly painted James fence, no need to further prove where you're coming from.

I haven't made an assertion the only racism that exists is the result of exploitation for political and financial gain.
 
ocean515 said:
I understand you've already decided who allegedly painted James fence, no need to further prove where you're coming from.

I haven't made an assertion the only racism that exists is the result of exploitation for political and financial gain.
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That is an assertion.
 
calamity said:
I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectively.
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Then your opinion would be wrong. :no:

Whatever slivers of actual racism exist today are NOTHING like it used to be "back in the day."

Back in my day people could still be refused service because of their race. People were still being lynched because of their race. Juries voted to let murderers go simply because of the race of the victim. In several states there were miscegenation laws preventing interracial marriage. Whole neighborhoods were segregated simply because of race.

I could go on and on...but trying to conflate the ignorant actions of a few today as being "not much better than back in the day," is ridiculous.
 
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After Obama was elected was a real eye opener for me. I realized then how deep the racism still is with 30-35% of the Republican base. They hated the man's guts and still do for only 1 reason.

Trump's birther BS only made it worse in 2012.
 
ocean515 said:
I understand you've already decided who allegedly painted James fence, no need to further prove where you're coming from.

I haven't made an assertion the only racism that exists is the result of exploitation for political and financial gain.
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Because someone would have benefited financially or politically by vandalizing LeBron's home. :roll:
 
CMPancake said:
Because someone would have benefited financially or politically by vandalizing LeBron's home. :roll:
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I have no idea. We'll have to wait to see if any video surveillance shows up that could identify who tagged the fence.

Are you suggesting one person spray painting a fence means racism is as bad as it was "back in the day" as the writer of the OP claimed?
 
Captain Adverse said:
Then your opinion would be wrong. :no:

Whatever slivers of actual racism exist today are NOTHING like it used to be "back in the day."

Back in my day people could still be refused service because of their race. People were still being lynched because of their race. In several states there were miscegenation laws preventing interracial marriage. Whole neighborhoods were segregated simply because of race.

I could go on and on...but trying to conflate the ignorant actions of a few today as being "not much better than back in the day," is ridiculous.
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Your examples, though... They indicate that the laws are better at dealing with some of the more heinous symptoms of racism then they used to be, but you can't legislate away racism itself because it is an ideology, often a product of multigenerational conditioning.

I'm not making trying to make the argument that racism is better or worse today than in the past with this post (though, not surprisingly, an argument could be made in both directions on that one, especially lately), just that simply because laws are in place to protect the marginalized from racist people, it doesn't mean the racist people have all just magically seen the light, and are not racist anymore.
 
calamity said:
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I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectivelye.
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Oh, what day would that be?
 
Lots of different kinds of racism. Blacks racist against whites, vs whites racist against blacks. I'd say there are more of the former than the latter these days, but the latter gets the headlines, because the former never enslaved or lynched or institutionalized their behavior like the latter.

Not nearly as bad as it was back in the day, simply because of the numbers. Racists (of just about all stripes) are a minority. And therefor can't get away with some of the crap they used to.
 
:lol: I bet it's tougher for the mexicans he hired to scrub the word off his 7th mansion.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
After Obama was elected was a real eye opener for me. I realized then how deep the racism still is with 30-35% of the Republican base. They hated the man's guts and still do for only 1 reason.

Trump's birther BS only made it worse in 2012.
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Exactly. Racism against Blacks is alive and well, and it actually drives an entire political party to victory in many of the gerrymandered districts in this country.
 
ocean515 said:
And one I haven't made.

Anything else?
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Yes. If you made no such assertions, then explain this statement in bold.

ocean515 said:
Nobody knows who did it. I understand you've already concluded it was not a Black person, so that is the talking point.

However, my comment was in reference to the claim about racism today.

As long as the concept of it can be used to gain power and money, it will be promoted and exploited for gain. The degree of it's existence has nothing to do with it.

I will say "not much better than back in the day" is just a wild bit of bull crap working along the same exploitation screed the race promoters seek to capitalize on.
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ocean515 said:
As long as money and power is perceived to be gained by people who exploit others, race will remain a promoted talking point.
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I think the thread title ought to have been, "Being A Black NBA Superstar Is Tough." LOL

Anyway, race hustling is big business. Leftists have essentially made zillions. And that's why racism is still here, although it is not what it used to be. If the left would stop bombarding blacks with the, "you ain't sh*t," reminders on a daily basis, racism would fade into obscurity.
 
calamity said:
So said LeBron James after his LA residence was vandalized by some moron writing a racial slur [the N-word] on his gate. Here's the full quote.



I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectively.

But, I know several of you whole heartily disagree with me and James on this. Let's hear your take.
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I've always felt somewhat sorry for Obama. His new house makes me feel a little better, though.
 
Assuming a white person did this, is a fine example of racisim. With so many false flag events exposed lately, there should be no rush to conclusion.
 
calamity said:
So said LeBron James after his LA residence was vandalized by some moron writing a racial slur [the N-word] on his gate. Here's the full quote.



I agree with his comment--it is hard to be black in this racist society. IMO, racism today is still not much better than it was back in the day. We've just learned to hide it more effectively.

But, I know several of you whole heartily disagree with me and James on this. Let's hear your take.
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You are living proof that for too many "History began the day you were born".
 
WCH said:
Funny thing is, James is probably one of the least "n" of all Black celebs. I bet Snoop did it.
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It was Ice-T, he's lost a lot of street cred since being on SVU and he's trying to get some of it back.
 
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