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Originally Posted by Jorn (Post 3179714)

You have to stop putting words in other posters mouth...

Your exact words:

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Originally Posted by Jorn (Post 3179440)

...And I actually did shoot some stuff for WET...

WhyTF are you now saying I'm putting words in your mouth? THEY ALREADY CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. sheesh.

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Originally Posted by Air&Road (Post 3179297)

Additionally, not too many racist white guys take a black girl to the prom as Z did.

Z is a goof ball at best but there is NOTHING that points toward him being a racist.

When I was in the Army there was a White Guy that always hung out with 2 or 3 Black Guys when He was Off Duty.

When there was no Black People around He frequently raciest comments about Black People.

One day I got this Guy a lone and ask that Guy; why if He did not like Black People He always hung out with Black Guys when He was off Duty?

He told Me that it was because they were from the same Area of the State He lived in before going into the Army.

Now that Answer seems bizarre to Me. Apparently He was more comfortable being around People He did not like from His own State than other White People from other places in the US.

So back to Z taking a Black Girl to the Prom; I don't think that entirely rules out Him being Racist. It just means He is willing to make an exception for some individuals.
　

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Originally Posted by Jorn (Post 3179712)

What I think is irrelevant. I'm white and I flow through life with hardly no boundaries laid down by society. Something not everyone can say.

I'd have to agree; what you think with a statement like this is irrelevant and it's certainly not confined to this statement alone. On the flip side you are furthering racism- which weakens the nation and the world.

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Originally Posted by MTUpower (Post 3179641)

I have friends in the Hollywood/film industry and they don't say WET. A quick google shows no "white entertainment television" links. Care to back up your defense of your friends racist term?

I believe in the duality that either races are different or we should not have nor recognize races at all. Different will always invite the comparison of which is better. It is impossible to NOT compare and then come to a conclusion of which is "better". As I have said earlier- medical reasons withstanding- there is little or no use in recognizing "race" in a mixed world and doing so has made our world worse.

Genetic superiority is fact, not a belief. I proved to you earlier this month with genes and world records. You wish to ignore this because it does not fit into your political POV. Don't go pushing that so mean one race is superior to another race- it means genes dictate what some people will do and do better than others who do not have that gene. It does not mean all of any race is better than all of any other race in any way, shape or form as we as the human race understand genetics. For example tall people are superior tree climbers to short people. Genes make you tall or short. Some groups which could be construed to be a "race" are taller than some other group which could be construed to be a "race". Therefore the first race is superior tree climbers. They are not a superior race however.

I don't believe any "race" is "better" than any other "race", period. Either you accept they are different and thereby open up the ugly comparisons which are and always will be forthcoming or you say people do not have a race. I choose and always have to ignore race unless absolutely needed; btw skin color is NOT race to me.

I'm not typically a TV guy, but I have heard the terms used.
Try googling it spelled out, not as an acronym.

If you had an issue with the term, maybe you should have taken it up with 10fords, as he was the one who presented it in this post.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/3179429-post685.html

You speak from both sides, so it is difficult to understand exactly the jist of what you are saying, that's why I let it drop last time we were discussing this.
I believe you still rely on outdated and flawed science for your conclusions.
The world records and such that you speak of are primarily the result of locational factors, not racial ones.
Reading the last part of your post here, I think we are saying the same thing, in different ways

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Originally Posted by Jorn (Post 3179381)

I don't think you understand modern racism in Amerika because you and I can't imagen how it is to be an African American male and to be judged on the color of your skin on a daily base. If you are sick of racism can you imagen how sick a black person is about racism?

And I put up that Klan picture because a lot of white people think that's the face of racism; but it isn't, it's much more subtle now. I doubt many blacks see a white male with a hoodie like that these days...

There is a flip side to Racism.

I over heard a conversation where a Black Man had been fired from a Job. I said He lost the Job because He was Black.

My first though when I heard that was if they did not want Black Folks on the Job they would not have Him to begin with.

Of course I don't know why the actually fired Him as He did not give the Specifics.
But, if I was fired from a Job rather than thinking the Fired Me because I was in someway incompetent I might also look for a scapegoat to blame.

I think that is what the other Poster was saying about being tired of Racism being used as the reason for actions and how it can obscure the real issue.
In the above Job loss example the Guy lost His Job and blamed it on Racism. If He was fired for some other reason besides Racism He is not admitting it and will never correct what ever it was He did or did not do at work.

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Originally Posted by MTUpower (Post 3179725)

Your exact words:
WhyTF are you now saying I'm putting words in your mouth? THEY ALREADY CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. sheesh.

Don't you get sarcasm!?

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Originally Posted by MTUpower (Post 3179727)

If you say so.

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Originally Posted by 10fords (Post 3179401)

If "Amerika" is such an awful place why don't you return to the Socialist utopia you came from? Can you "imagen" how it is to be judged on your nationality on a daily "base" by someone from a country of the original exploiters? Go home and put your finger in a dike:rolleyes:. Hollywood is largely to blame for the negative stereotypes of black men, and you have buttered your bread at their expense, but I'm sure you will never lose any sleep over that.:(

This seems like a really weak argument to me. What about all of those years before Hollywood and the Movies even existed?
White People were extremely Racist during that time. I mean bigotry was bad enough that the even hated the White Irish that came here.

From what I have read Darwins Theory is partly responsible for a lot of the modern racism. Whites took the theory of Natural Selection and concluded that since they were materially better off and more Civilized that it was because the other Races were inferior.

The other end of it is simply Money/Exploitation.
If you are White and believed that Black People were as Human as You are and equal to You it would be harder on your conscience to justify enslaving them and treating them badly during their enslavement.

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Originally Posted by Jorn (Post 3179416)

Amerika is a great place, don't think I will ever leave, sorry. I did shot a film for BET, with an almost entire black cast, very positive and inspiring film, I believe it even won some awards.

I think it is harder for Folks from other Countries that did not have Slavery as part of their Past Culture and do not have a large Afro-American Culture in their Country to understand what happened and is still happening here in US concerning Racism.

Just like I cannot comprehend what went on in South Africa when Apartheid was still going on.
I could read about it and even go to College and study but it would not be the same as living in South Africa.
Even though I know that I still have My own Opinion on Apartheid.

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Originally Posted by 10fords (Post 3179429)

Why must you disrespect America then with your deliberate misspelling? Judging by your lack of grammar skills I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and call it ignorance. Care to share with us what the film "shot" was that you did with BET? Have you done any film "shot" for WET? I wonder if any of the black cast in your award winning shot knew what country you were from, and what awful things your ancestors had done? Or perhaps, maybe they took things at face value, and didn't assign a label to you for some things that have happened in the past that you had absolutely no say in, or control over, because you were a nice guy. Enjoy my Country, even though you don't deserve all it offers. Kinda like a rich relative who you never visited or helped out, but were the first vulture at the table when it was time to eat the carcass.

Didn't you also use the misspelled Word?
"If "Amerika" is such an awful place why don't you return to the Socialist utopia you came from? Can you "imagen" how it is to be judged on your nationality on a daily "base" by someone from a country of the original exploiters? Go home and put your finger in a dike:rolleyes:. Hollywood is largely to blame for the negative stereotypes of black men, and you have buttered your bread at their expense, but I'm sure you will never lose any sleep over that."
I mean People who are born in the USA are know to disrespect America. In specific I remember a lot of Flag burnings back in the 1960s.

I believe that in some European countries black Africans are not discriminated against. perhaps someone has direct experience in this matter.

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Originally Posted by MTUpower (Post 3179641)

I have friends in the Hollywood/film industry and they don't say WET.

I have to admit that I'm a little embarrassed for Jorn at this moment. He made some rather bold assertions about Hollywood, not knowing that a random guy from nowhere just happens to be an old friend of Martin Scorcese.

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Originally Posted by MTUpower (Post 3179727)

I beg the difference, this nation was build on racism: slavery.

I disagree. A big part of it had no slavery to speak of in its economy.

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth (Post 3179761)

I disagree. A big part of it had no slavery to speak of in its economy.

Which parts?