Racism is an actual thing and it's everywhere, including Canada. Plenty of people have said racist things to me. Mind you it's not like it's a daily occurrence or anything but the point is - the odd person is sometimes straight up and explains why they're not overly fond of black people. They're lazy. They steal. They look for trouble.
So that's my experience. Excuse the hell out of me for hating on the black people who are actually perpetuating these stereotypes.
Personally I could care less what color a persons skin is, what their relatives did or do, if you treat me like you want to be treated color is blind to me.
One of my best friends is a doctor from Mauritania (African west coast) and says browns and blacks are more racists than whites. I actually can believe that for Canada, not the USA though as I saw first hand the ######ation in the southern states.
Furthermore, I don't really identify as Canadian. I am Canadian and have been since 2005, I live here and yes I have become a Calgary Flames fan. But I follow the politics of my native country and the United States, and Canada only to the extent that I need to properly vote. Lastly and most importantly, I'd sooner identify as citizen of my native country than I would Canada. It is important to note that I'm not ever playing the "I've seen some sh.." card because I literally haven't because we ran, but I'm a big advocate against black idiots like these young specimens who do nothing but further bury us. If that's offensive then so be it. The truth has to be worth something.
That was ugly ... but really the color of your skin don't really matter, it's not like there aren't other people out there capable of puling hair (burrows)
You dont identify as Canadian but you are? You would rather be considered an considered American than a Canadian? So then your a n Americain pretending to be a Canadian to be able to be granted a perment resident status while claiming not to play the " I have seen some ####" card but in reality you really are playing the "I have seen some ####" card as you uncle tom it up in Canada for the last decade.
You dont identify as Canadian but you are? You would rather be considered an considered American than a Canadian? So then your a n Americain pretending to be a Canadian to be able to be granted a perment resident status while claiming not to play the " I have seen some ####" card but in reality you really are playing the "I have seen some ####" card as you uncle tom it up in Canada for the last decade.
Seems legit.
Did you even read his post before going off on your rant? I am fairly confident that since he says 'his native county and the US' that he is not from the US. But hey, what is reading comprehension when you can use bold and racist name calling.
EDIT: Also, I am not sure why your panties are so bundled about a Canadian citizen identifying as a citizen of their native county as well. I know several Pakistani Canadians who identify as both, my parents are from the UK and identify as Canadian and British.
You dont identify as Canadian but you are? You would rather be considered an considered American than a Canadian? So then your a n Americain pretending to be a Canadian to be able to be granted a perment resident status while claiming not to play the " I have seen some ####" card but in reality you really are playing the "I have seen some ####" card as you uncle tom it up in Canada for the last decade.
Seems legit.
Uncle Tom it up in Canada? Pretending to be a Canadian because he identifies with his country of birth? How very intolerant of you.
This got pretty cringe worthy. I don't really understand what Acey did to get piled on like this.
He had a difference of opinion. That is a big no-no.
When it comes to social justice topics, it's like walking on eggshells sometimes. There is a lot of context bending, if there is any regard for it at all. It's like a competition of semantics to see who can make someone else look like a racist, sexist, homophobe, etc... Honestly, some of the people around here could write for the CPC attack ad campaigns.
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You dont identify as Canadian but you are? You would rather be considered an considered American than a Canadian?
Too bad you suck at reading - my native country is not the US, so no I didn't say that. I believe I went on to say that I'd sooner identify as being from my native country than I would Canada... so it's not like if somebody asked me if I was Canadian I would say no. I am proud to be Canadian cause of general tolerance and health care and stuffs. And no kidnapping which may well have happened had we stayed home.
And poutine.
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Good news - Only 47 shot over the weekend compared to 64 last year.
Bad news - 7 deaths including a 7 year old boy.
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When a city has seven killings in two days, including the death of a 7-year-old boy, something is systemically wrong.
That's what Chicago's police chief said after a spate of bloodshed that tormented the city over the weekend.
"We need to repair a broken system," Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters Sunday. "Criminals don't feel the repercussions of the justice system."
Take, for example, the death of 7-year-old Amari Brown. McCarthy said the boy was the unintended victim of bullet meant for his father, a ranking gang member.
The system failed Amari, the police chief said. Amari's father, who has been arrested 45 times and has a lengthy criminal record, should not have been on the streets, McCarthy said.
"If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive,"
"So I'm tired of doing news conferences. I'm tired of listening to them. I'm tired of talking about them. Until we make a better decision as a community and as a city, this is all that's going to happen."
I would just like to point out that the father of the slain 7 year old is a high ranking gang member and has been arrested over 40 times.
Great parenting.
Don't think you really need to point it out, it's mentioned a few times in the article and the OP.
Yes, gang members also engage in sexual activity and are able to procreate. The question is, why wasn't the parent imprisoned and why wasn't the child being brought through a program of education and stability in an attempt to break the cycle which they were born into?
Maybe once a kid can walk, they should be able to buy a gun. They're a citizen, they have the right to bear arms, no? Can hold a rattle? Can hold a Gloch. Plus a gun is cheaper than food and school and all that unnecessary crap.
Yes, gang members also engage in sexual activity and are able to procreate. The question is, why wasn't the parent imprisoned and why wasn't the child being brought through a program of education and stability in an attempt to break the cycle which they were born into?
Programs wouldn't have saved that child. To break the cycle of degeneration, the black community needs to fix the family structure on their own- government funding is not going to help. Glorifying gangs, shaming those who put an emphasis on educating themselves, fathers leaving black mothers to tend to the child all by themselves, and a whole myriad of other issues is contributing to this cycle. Maybe Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson can promote family values instead of trying to make a quick buck off of race-hustling?
Section 8, EBT's, block programs, and other entitlement have never worked, and they never will. It is up to the black community to fix this problem by themselves.
They don't all belong to the same community of the United States of America? Where does the "black community" begin and end? Is it just troubled black people? Where does that line get drawn? What about white, latino, asian, etc.. people who are in the same situation (gasp! it's not only black people who get born into gang violence and disadvantaged situations which lead to criminal activities as a young adult? WHHHAAAT?!)
At what point do you look at these situations and go "hmm, there's obviously some systemic issues, how can everyone help the new generation of people avoid being pulled into this trap?"
Programs wouldn't have saved that child. To break the cycle of degeneration, the black community needs to fix the family structure on their own- government funding is not going to help. Glorifying gangs, shaming those who put an emphasis on educating themselves, fathers leaving black mothers to tend to the child all by themselves, and a whole myriad of other issues is contributing to this cycle. Maybe Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson can promote family values instead of trying to make a quick buck off of race-hustling?
Section 8, EBT's, block programs, and other entitlement have never worked, and they never will. It is up to the black community to fix this problem by themselves.
I'm sure the disproportionate rate that black men are imprisoned for petty, non-violent crimes has absolutely nothing to do with those women being left to raise kids alone, right?
There are a ton of programs that would help this, a lot that the government could do to curb this problem. A huge percentage of black men are in jail for non-violent drug crimes--meanwhile in other states you've got white guys getting rich on selling pot legally. If you keep black men out of jail for petty crimes, those men are more likely to get and keep jobs. If you fund schools in poverty-stricken areas, you raise the education level and increase the likelihood that the next generation will go upward and onward. If you make secondary education affordable and accessible, the next generation goes to college, stays out of jail, and a life of crime and in gangs is far less appealing. Ensuring that the single black mothers out there can make a fair wage and can afford housing and food for their children would help keep kids in school instead of quitting early to help mom make ends meet.
This is not a problem that is solved in 5 or 10 years. We're still only a generation or two removed from segregation, only a few more generations than that removed from slavery. This is a problem that is going to take generations to solve, not a few short years.
Yes, the black community needs to do their part as well, but when the entire system is working against them (excessive sentencing for petty drug-related offenses, obscenely low wages, depleted funding for schools in low-income areas), it's damn near impossible for them to pull themselves out of it.
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Putting 'lol' would be disrespectful, especially since service men were killed. But it is almost becoming just regular news now in the US. It isn't even shocking any more. It's just another day with massive blood shed. I just can't empathize with a society that simply refuses to address an obvious problem. There is this giant white elephant in the room, and the Republican meat heads are just saying "What Elephant?"
Putting 'lol' would be disrespectful, especially since service men were killed. But it is almost becoming just regular news now in the US. It isn't even shocking any more. It's just another day with massive blood shed. I just can't empathize with a society that simply refuses to address an obvious problem. There is this giant white elephant in the room, and the Republican meat heads are just saying "What Elephant?"
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