Funny never these huge racial issues and media circus events was never really around during Bush Admin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/07/obama-bet-interview_n_6283656.html
Funny never these huge racial issues and media circus events was never really around during Bush Admin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/07/obama-bet-interview_n_6283656.html
Obama gets media coverage about race because he is mixed race. If he was white, no one would listen to anything he said. Literally he has no idea about race, he just is a pawn to his handlers and a good salesmen for the liberal racial issue and race ticket to get peoples ear.
"If a black man talks about race, well by God, he must know what the fck he is talking about...right!!!??"
There's more to prejudice than just ethnic racism. Women are, and have battled discrimination for just about ever. Homosexuals hid their true feelings and thoughts for just about ever as well. Ignorance is one of the main causes for this, and yes this also goes for those that are racist. I once met this gorgeous black girl that should have been fawned over by any guy that saw her, but she was incredibly dark. I got to know her, and I asked if she had a boyfriend. She seemed really happy that i asked as if the question was alien to her, so I probed a bit more into it. What I learned was that she felt invisible, and had never had a boyfriend in her life, which I thought was very odd. I mean we were 17 at the time, and it just didn't make any sense to me.
It took a while for me to realize it, but the media plays a huge part in what the world deems to be beautiful, and this girl was incredibly beautiful. Her color automatically made men look the other way (something that I witnessed firsthand). This wasn't just White guys either, but Black guys tended to go for the lighter skinned beauties, based on the music videos, TV shows, poster, and magazine Models. I don't think that it is as simple as low IQ that breeds prejudice, there are many other factors to consider as well. Anyway I eventually began dating her, and learned that she would use skin lightening cream to fit in, and this really saddened me when I learned about this. If only you guys could have seen this young woman... she was a real stunner, and didn't know it.
Originally posted by Stoic
There's more to prejudice than just ethnic racism. Women are, and have battled discrimination for just about ever. Homosexuals hid their true feelings and thoughts for just about ever as well. Ignorance is one of the main causes for this, and yes this also goes for those that are racist. I once met this gorgeous black girl that should have been fawned over by any guy that saw her, but she was incredibly dark. I got to know her, and I asked if she had a boyfriend. She seemed really happy that i asked as if the question was alien to her, so I probed a bit more into it. What I learned was that she felt invisible, and had never had a boyfriend in her life, which I thought was very odd. I mean we were 17 at the time, and it just didn't make any sense to me.It took a while for me to realize it, but the media plays a huge part in what the world deems to be beautiful, and this girl was incredibly beautiful. Her color automatically made men look the other way (something that I witnessed firsthand). This wasn't just White guys either, but Black guys tended to go for the lighter skinned beauties, based on the music videos, TV shows, poster, and magazine Models. I don't think that it is as simple as low IQ that breeds prejudice, there are many other factors to consider as well. Anyway I eventually began dating her, and learned that she would use skin lightening cream to fit in, and this really saddened me when I learned about this. If only you guys could have seen this young woman... she was a real stunner, and didn't know it.
Thats sad, why did she need to use cream though. Just to fit in? She sounds like a good catch, are you guys still together?
Originally posted by red g jacks
YouTube video
Lol, love it!
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
More like they are being sissys themselves.Above and below
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/evil-obama-racist-against-white-people_n_3002067.html
http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamas-racist/#b3cGi2YUw0ph03b0.97
I find the "results" from the study, in the OP, to be just a results duplication of something we already knew: those with lower intelligence distrust more. Basically, and in my unhumble assh*lish opinion, prejudice is an extension of lower cognition. It is related to prejudice.
My words are "in general", obviously, because there are definitely highly educated and genius-level people out there who are extremely racist.
So here's my summary:
Low IQ: more prejudice and less trust.
Here's a source for my trust statements (it is not the primary but does a decent job of summarizing the study and includes pictures(for our more prejudiced readers*)):
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/study-smarter-people-are-more-trusting/284520/
*I'm pretty f*cking hilarious.
Bringing up an OP like this is nearly impossible. It's the same as saying increased intelligence is linked to lower religiosity. It's true, but it's impossible to put it in a way that doesn't sound condescending toward a particular group or groups of people. It isn't saying religious people are stupid - millions are not - just as a properly framed argument on conservatism wouldn't imply that conservatives are stupid. Millions are not. But statistically, yes, there's a link.
It also doesn't prove the rightness of an argument, which is the part that's often left out. There are areas where we can appeal to intellectual expertise, like the idiotic vaccine deniers. Because specialized knowledge does make one's opinions more valid in that area. But for something as broad as an entire political philosophy, we can't say the same.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Wake up
He's right, though. Every generation sees it becoming more and more polarized compared to the last, but it's just having lived through one and not the others. Politics is always like this to some extent.
It's the same mentality that causes people to think today's youth are worse than the previous generation. But, almost without exception in the last century, education and literacy levels have slowly increased, crime has dropped, and things are better than they were a decade or two ago. No President in history has been able to cross the aisle in the way that some historical revisionism would have us believe.
So it's probably better than some times, worse than others. Much of it is just our perception...watch the news on a political channel every day, and it's hard NOT to be convinced it's worse than ever. But that's their job to convince us of this. Polarization drives viewership.
So I googled:
Voters strongly believe the United States is a more divided nation these days, and they think both sides are to blame. Most are also ready to do something about it at the ballot box in November.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Likely U.S. Voters say America is a more divided nation than it was four years ago. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just seven percent (7%) think the country is less divided now, while 21% rate the level of division as about the same.(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among voters who see more division or about the same level of it, 35% believe President Obama is to blame. But 34% point the finger at Republicans in Congress instead. Twenty-three percent (23%) say they’re both to blame. Just five percent (5%) attribute the division to something else. -end snip
So according to Americans who took the polls, it's about equal blame between Obama and the Republican party when it comes to a "divided America".
Obama is on track to being the most polarizing president ever though, haters gonna hate this
Originally posted by Robtard
So I googled:Voters strongly believe the United States is a more divided nation these days, and they think both sides are to blame. Most are also ready to do something about it at the ballot box in November.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Likely U.S. Voters say America is a more divided nation than it was four years ago. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just seven percent (7%) think the country is less divided now, while 21% rate the level of division as about the same.(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among voters who see more division or about the same level of it, 35% believe President Obama is to blame. But 34% point the finger at Republicans in Congress instead. Twenty-three percent (23%) say they’re both to blame. Just five percent (5%) attribute the division to something else. -end snip
So according to Americans who took the polls, it's about equal blame between Obama and the Republican party when it comes to a "divided America".
Obama is on track to being the most polarizing president ever though, haters gonna hate this
Literally that is exactly the opposite of whats happening.
Merry Christmas.
Originally posted by Digi
Bringing up an OP like this is nearly impossible. It's the same as saying increased intelligence is linked to lower religiosity. It's true, but it's impossible to put it in a way that doesn't sound condescending toward a particular group or groups of people. It isn't saying religious people are stupid - millions are not - just as a properly framed argument on conservatism wouldn't imply that conservatives are stupid. Millions are not. But statistically, yes, there's a link.It also doesn't prove the rightness of an argument, which is the part that's often left out. There are areas where we can appeal to intellectual expertise, like the idiotic vaccine deniers. Because specialized knowledge does make one's opinions more valid in that area. But for something as broad as an entire political philosophy, we can't say the same.
He's right, though. Every generation sees it becoming more and more polarized compared to the last, but it's just having lived through one and not the others. Politics is always like this to some extent.
It's the same mentality that causes people to think today's youth are worse than the previous generation. But, almost without exception in the last century, education and literacy levels have slowly increased, crime has dropped, and things are better than they were a decade or two ago. No President in history has been able to cross the aisle in the way that some historical revisionism would have us believe.
So it's probably better than some times, worse than others. Much of it is just our perception...watch the news on a political channel every day, and it's hard NOT to be convinced it's worse than ever. But that's their job to convince us of this. Polarization drives viewership.
Can you or Rob show me any instances that Obama has done anything to help heal the racial divide?
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Can you or Rob show me any instances that Obama has done anything to help heal the racial divide?
Sure; to sling-shot off what you brought up erroneously as being an Obama-race-blunder, Obama did do the "beer summit", where he invited both Gates and the officer who arrested Gates [in Gates' own home] to the White House to discuss their issues.
