'Unintelligent' blacks 'brainwashed' to choose street cred over success: Charles Barkley

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Clearly blanket stereotyping of ethnic groups is not a good idea.

[rlogan 2,036]

Bill Cosby is good too. Thomas Sowell. Etc.

In my wife's culture, they call it "crab mentality". If one crab starts climbing out of the bucket, the other crabs pull him down. So nobody can escape the bucket. It's not limited to the black community. My God have we taken heat for advanced academic learning in our children. Haven't tested our four year old for a couple of months but last time he was five years ahead of his cohorts in reading and off the charts in science.

So we hear idiotic crab-mentality comments about ruining their childhood, pushing them too hard, learning before they are ready, etc. It's no different in spirit from the black kids who are bullied if they try hard academically. Gangsta culture is glorified.

Thank God we live off in the woods away from any of that #######.

[Curmudgeon 227]

Apparently they are not(according to one poster)

It is just due to environmental conditions. Blacks must constantly jump in the air to avoid getting hit by the bullets the white police officers are shooting at them.

The other option is that the NBA is racist and does not want white players.

You could try doing some research instead of jumping on an idea that has no scientific credibility. The human race consists of people with all types of physical characteristics, but we are all one race, that's a scientific truth, like it or not.

[Karee 4,189]

Bill Cosby is good too. Thomas Sowell. Etc.

In my wife's culture, they call it "crab mentality". If one crab starts climbing out of the bucket, the other crabs pull him down. So nobody can escape the bucket. It's not limited to the black community. My God have we taken heat for advanced academic learning in our children. Haven't tested our four year old for a couple of months but last time he was five years ahead of his cohorts in reading and off the charts in science.

So we hear idiotic crab-mentality comments about ruining their childhood, pushing them too hard, learning before they are ready, etc. It's no different in spirit from the black kids who are bullied if they try hard academically. Gangsta culture is glorified.

Thank God we live off in the woods away from any of that #######.

Crab mentality. That's a good analogy.

[Curmudgeon 227]

So much poo in one post. Wow

Would you care to share your scientific knowledge on what constitutes a race and why my post is, in your words, poo?

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

You could try doing some research instead of jumping on an idea that has no scientific credibility. The human race consists of people with all types of physical characteristics, but we are all one race, that's a scientific truth, like it or not.

I guess if you believe all of us came from Adam & Eve, then again from Noah and his family, you would be correct. But there are many out there who don't believe that.

[Curmudgeon 227]

I guess if you believe all of us came from Adam & Eve, then again from Noah and his family, you would be correct. But there are many out there who don't believe that.

Would you like to share your scientific knowledge on race? Perhaps you do not understand the term?

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Would you like to share your scientific knowledge on race? Perhaps you do not understand the term?

You want info on Nascar or Rally?

I'm sure I understand the term as well as you. I just don't believe we are all alike enough to be "the same", though it would be nice if it could ever happen.

[Curmudgeon 227]

You want info on Nascar or Rally?

I'm sure I understand the term as well as you. I just don't believe we are all alike enough to be "the same", though it would be nice if it could ever happen.

Who said we are all the same? I clearly stated that humans, ** sapiens have many variations in physical characteristics but that does not make these a different race or subspecies. There is simply no scientific doubt that we are all of the same race, so to divide people by 'race' based on external physical characteristics is quite plainly a nonsense. There is no scientific basis behind it, none.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

That's from memory from about 30 years ago. Don't recall race being in the lineup anywhere.

[JohnR! 5,495]

If you say so.

I just think its sad that a tabloid headline is used as a jumping off point for caustic and sensitive social issue.

Clearly there is no agenda behind the posting of this particular article and clearly there is no intent to stir the pot with certain posters.

IMO this article adds nothing substantial to anyone's understanding of race relations. Rather I believe it is intended merely to confirm preconceived prejudices.

IMHO the op ed used by the OP is just another article filled with veiled racism. I suppose there is some pleasure to be derived by attempting to place a larger chip on someone else's shoulder...

http://www.racefiles.com/2013/08/19/why-are-asians-so-racist/

I get asked that question and various riffs on it like why do Asians hate black people? and why do Asians only stick with other Asians? all the time. While these questions may seem rude, I take them seriously, not least because they contain seeds of truth, even if theyre ultimately based on misinformation.

Before I get into what I meant by that, lets get real about racism. Racism is distinct from ordinary bias because it was created as the justification for and original blueprint of a society in which race and class were pretty much the same thing. Class is how wealth and therefore power is organized. So, race and power are inextricable. And while parts of the original blueprint have changed over time, we built real structures, like our electoral college, ghettos, and suburbs, just to name a few examples, that continue to dictate the way we live today based on that blue print. We can change our minds about it, but unless we dismantle and rebuild those structures, were stuck with the inequities they create.

Edited October 27, 2014 by JohnR!

[Pooky 3,347]

IMHO this is just another article with veiled racism.

Interesting take on an article based on comments about persons of colour by one of their own. Edited October 27, 2014 by Pooky

[JohnR! 5,495]

Indeed it is very interesting. Thank you.

Interesting take on an article written about persons of colour by one of their own.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Indeed it is very interesting. Thank you.

Not really. And it's not true that Asians only like other Asians. Too many right here on VJ marrying outside their own cultures for anyone of any intelligence to begin believing that.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I have no opinion one way or another.

The op ed I posted was another example of persons of color being written about by one of their own.

I do question however, the underlying motive of posting such op eds over and again in a forum where everyone is married outside their own culture.

Not really. And it's not true that Asians only like other Asians. Too many right here on VJ marrying outside their own cultures for anyone of any intelligence to begin believing that.

Edited October 27, 2014 by JohnR!