'self-segregation' is just another term for racism

[RedRalph]

You are going to tell me that today in 2007 that there aren't parts of the school yards/cafeterias that if a white child were to go into they won't recieve threats of violence from blacks for being the wrong race?

I'm sure they are. and the blacks who do that are scum. as are the whites who do it to the blacks. As are Asians who do it to blacks. As are blacks who do it to Asians etc etc. Its all racism. White people are NOT the only racists. All racism should be opposed, not just racism from white people

 

[IglooDame]

The white kid in Jena got beat up because he ran his mouth, not for simply sitting in the wrong place.

And the black kids in Jena got their lives threatened for simply sitting in the wrong place.

 

[angrybellsprout]

Yes, apples and oranges.

 

[Bill3000]

Funny, I was just thinking the opposite - who cares if blacks (or whites) voluntarily segregate themselves?

Property value does.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

And the black kids in Jena got their lives threatened for simply sitting in the wrong place.

Since when is hanging ropes in trees a crime? http://stlcofcc.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/the-jena-1/

 

[IglooDame]

Yes, apples and oranges.

Quote buttons are your friend.

Property value does.

So segregating is a crime of theft?

 

[Bill3000]

Since when is hanging ropes in trees a crime? http://stlcofcc.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/the-jena-1/

It's common sense that if you're going to do an action specifically to provoke someone, you're going to get beaten up.

So segregating is a crime of theft?

More like a crime of decreasing the gini coefficient.

 

[IglooDame]

Since when is hanging ropes in trees a crime? http://stlcofcc.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/the-jena-1/

Since the time that it's been commonly understood as a physical threat against specific individuals.

Sorry, is that a link to a blog? You'll forgive me if I don't accept a blogger's interpretation of a news story as a refutation to what I'm pointing out.

 

[Che Guava]

Putting a dead fish in a newspaper and leaving it on someone's doorstep isn't technically a crime in itself, but I think there's an important message attached...

 

[RedRalph]

At first when I thought the Jena 6 were something to do with Bushs daughter....


Ever see The Onion headline when she turned 18? Classic

"Jenna Bush's federaly protected wetlands now open for drilling"

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

You are going to tell me that today in 2007 that there aren't parts of the school yards/cafeterias that if a white child were to go into they won't recieve threats of violence from blacks for being the wrong race?

I'm white and I never got threatened by going into or through the Hmong or Mexican parts of the playground at my school (elementary), and then no further problems later on in school either. Soooooooo, yes I am going to tell you that.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Putting a dead fish in a newspaper and leaving it on someone's doorstep isn't technically a crime in itself, but I think there's an important message attached...

You waited too long to fillet your fish?

 

[Che Guava]

I'm white and I never got threatened by going into or through the Hmong or Mexican parts of the playground at my school (elementary), and then no further problems later on in school either. Soooooooo, yes I am going to tell you that.

Ah, then the anti-caucasian shadow orgnization hasn't made it to your neighbourhood yet...Just wait, they're on thier way

You waited too long to fillet your fish?

Yup, and now you're looking to filet something else...!

 

[.Shane.]

A link posted w/ no comment...

As usual the subsequent comments reveal the agenda.

 

[Pannonius]

Many schhool cafeterias have all sorts of self-segrgation going on. The jocks aren't going to let the nerds sit at their table, there popular girls aren't going to let the fat girl with glasses, a ponytail, and overalls sit at their table.

What about a sexy girl with a ponytail?

 

[Elrohir]

The white kid in Jena got beat up because he ran his mouth, not for simply sitting in the wrong place.

And that justifies it?


Self-segregation is racism? What are you going to do, have the federal government forcibly mix neighborhoods so that they're all "racially equal"?

 

[downtown]

From the article:

Experts on residential patterns attribute the continued segregation, even among blacks at higher income levels, to the persistence of institutional racism pervading the real-estate and banking industries that steers black homebuyers into specific communities. Experts also blame white suburbanites who refuse to buy real estate in areas with a black population greater than 20 percent. In fact, surveys show that while 63 percent of blacks say they would prefer to live in integrated areas, 72 percent of whites say they would feel uncomfortable living in a racially mixed area and 64 percent of whites say they would try to move

This has not changed. According to Urban Politics text (which was published in 2004), those survey numbers are about the same...only slightly lower.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Experts on residential patterns attribute the continued segregation, even among blacks at higher income levels, to the persistence of institutional racism pervading the real-estate and banking industries that steers black homebuyers into specific communities. Experts also blame white suburbanites who refuse to buy real estate in areas with a black population greater than 20 percent. In fact, surveys show that while 63 percent of blacks say they would prefer to live in integrated areas, 72 percent of whites say they would feel uncomfortable living in a racially mixed area and 64 percent of whites say they would try to move[/I][/B]

This has not changed. According to Urban Politics text (which was published in 2004), those survey numbers are about the same...only slightly lower.

Apples and oranges?

 

[downtown]

Apples and oranges?

Why? You don't think this information is important in determining why blacks tend to live with other blacks?

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Why? You don't think this information is important in determining why blacks tend to live with other blacks?

I was being sarcastic.