This Has Got to Stop

[HeIsRisen2018]

How do people start a game of chess these days?. Is it a coin flip who moves first?

Probably.

 

[ezrider]

Probably.

Actually, it was a question subtly posed with a hint of racist overtones.

Google it. White traditionally always goes first. I'll bet that a certain someone already knew that though.

 

[Episcopius]

White?

Or has that been changed?

 

[Episcopius]

And flags of surrender must now be black.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

The real problem is stereotypes.
Which means that when a group of people behave in a similar fashion you expect expect all members of that group to behave in a similar fashion.

And people living in inner cities are uncomfortable with their stereotypes. (Thugs)

I've worked with many people from inner cities as co-workers and apprentices. And yes, many were thugs. But when I dealt with them straight and fairly...they straightened up.
Sure, they got mad when I called them out on their BS. But I didn't waiver or flinch. And I got respect for it. They behaved and I showed them how to make a living....and snuck a little life advice in with it too. (like making peace with God)

Now I will say that it is a bit uncomfortable when an inner city thug is shouting down others he sees as "messing with me" or being "disrespectful".
But...I did tell him later to be cool.... you don't get to be a grumpy old man by being a pushover.

But if the gubberment expects to gain respect...they need to stand their ground when righteous.

I tell you the truth, I walk with the Lord, FOR REAL, and I don't have problems with inner city thugs.
They even cross the street when they see me coming.
Even the demon possessed avoid me.
It's God by your side that gives you all the power you need in life.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I tell you the truth, I walk with the Lord, FOR REAL, and I don't have problems with inner city thugs.
They even cross the street when they see me coming.

Well I would too if I saw Zorro headed my way.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

In truth No. 8, what I say has really happened.

 

[JohnDB]

I tell you the truth, I walk with the Lord, FOR REAL, and I don't have problems with inner city thugs.
They even cross the street when they see me coming.
Even the demon possessed avoid me.
It's God by your side that gives you all the power you need in life.

If only it helped Paul from getting beaten so much....

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I really only understand the headline but it looks like JohnDB was right.

People are calling for museums to be abolished. Can whitewashed American history be rewritten?

A New York museum pledged to remove a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt that shows him towering over Black and Indigenous figures. What other changes might be ahead for US institutions?

www.cnn.com

 

[Prycejosh1987]

They're starting to go way too far with this racism thing. President Lincoln is somebody that definitely should be remembered.

Calls to remove controversial Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston

The dismantling of controversial statues and monuments in the city of Boston is a mounting subject in the ongoing push for racial justice in the nation.

www.wcvb.com

Its weird, because Americans are doing the very thing they are fighting against. They want to bring unity, but by causing division.