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That's a relief.
I thought you were going to say you were tired of arguing with us racists and that you were going to go away, like Captain did.
My opportunity during the normal day Monday through Friday allows me to be on a network that someone else provides. The policies governing The use of the resource has been updated and politically-based social media is no longer permitted. I am writing this using my iPhone which has its own special challenges on PilotSpin. If it takes me a little longer to respond to any discussions or questions please forgive me. If you specifically need to reach me for discussion please PM me and include a link to the post, in case I missed it. I'm not gone but my daily word count is expected to drop significantly.That's a relief.
Mr. Shapiro is adroitly ignoring the factors that make things as they are. You cannot ignore past policies that disadvantaged groups based solely on color and not expect to see a result of that. It's called racism. I'll post about this in another ongoing thread related to my findings on STEM in predominately black schools. I'm really waiting on one more piece of data, but I don't think it will significantly disturb the conclusion, so I'll post it later this afternoon.This is about the only area in which I agree with Henning, the federal government has done more to harm the "black community" and race relations than any other organization. It is in fact, shameful. And yes, I am fully aware that the government is predominantly white folks.
Diversity of Derogatory. Who'd a thunk it?
I'd like to publicly state that I was not acutely aware of the racial component of the term "Snowflake". I used it recently referring to Stan and if it was taken in that manner, it was not intentional. I suppose it's akin to the blackface issue at UW-Whitewater.
http://m.wisn.com/news/photo-of-uw-whitewater-students-in-blackface-causes-controversy/38071068
Maybe I need some racial sensitivity training (?).
Thank for your comments John. What do you have to say about those Blacks not on welfare? There are a lot of us who are gainfully employed. In what ways has liberalism hindered us?
I've read about several initiatives to get STEM and Computer training into classrooms where there is a high black concentration. This is all private activity.I'm happy to hear that Jaybird!
I also personally donated time to a majority black HS and have a few friends that do the same (at other HSs).
What's your opinion of the "Patriot" Act?
Beware declinism, the usually-incorrect belief that a country or society is in a nose-dive from which they cannot pull up. Though it is from a few years ago, you may enjoy this article. As I have aged (and don't get me wrong, I'm not exactly old and wise), I can feel a growing tendency to lift my cane and shake it in the general direction of the whipper snappers. This is entirely normal, as far as I can tell; the tendency to think that the good old days are gone, and everything is going to hell. And the feeling arises whether discussing "kids these days" or the functioning of our Republic.Fine and very fine. Just remember that "decline" is often used to describe "dysfunctional change." As I go about my day, I constantly observe and cogitate. Glacial, but sometimes extremely fast, changes are always occurring in the world I see. It doesn't take an exceptionally fine mind to extrapolate forward and back to see where we might be going. And, optimist and rationalist though I know we'd like to be, we are not going anywhere good when it comes to individual freedom, economic responsibility, and a host of other things that are critical to a functioning democracy.
But I actively fight against that. I do not think the default position should be a belief that the country is going to hell. After all, folks have been saying that for a century or more, and it has yet to come to fruition. So based on experience alone I think that is a poor conclusion to come to. Rather, I try to recognize that the world is changing, just as it always has, and as I get older, my ability to change with it is naturally in decline. So I must work diligently to understand the current world through the eyes of those who will continue to build it, rather than wholly through my own eyes or those of the folks who will soon leave it.
This is not to say that the older generations don't have fantastic input and wise advice. But I choose to believe the Republic is strong and not on its last legs, and work from that starting point. This is why I am wholly against drastic changes to fight against the "demise of the country". You may believe that the Republic will soon meet its demise. That's fine, as long as you understand there is a long line of people before you who believed the same and were proven wrong.
I think a test is necessary for the survival of the Republic. Otherwise, these college kids of voting age will be able to shape the country:
https://www.facebook.com/salon/videos/10153420067871519/
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