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NardDogNation
Posts: 27405 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 5/7/2013 Member: #5555 |
![]() WaltLongmire wrote:Seems that most political activism from "celebrities," and a guy like Melo is a celebrity, has come out of the arts. I think it is especially important to note the men who also stood up for human dignity on issues that they themselves did not have to comfront. Peter Norman is the white man (Australian) in that photo and was also an individual that was willing to speak out against racial injustices in sports and beyond. You might not notice it but he has a pin for the "Human Dignity Project" on his shirt in that very same picture and was basically ostracized/alienated by the Aussie Olympic committees until the day he died because of it. I heard that they wouldn't even publically recognize him until fairly recently (after his death) despite being one of their all-time best athletes. Here's a CNN article about him... http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/sport/olympics-norman-black-power/ Like I said, my heroes and allies represent the rainbow. Unfortunately, my enemies- including the ones that share my skin tone-do as well too. |
GustavBahler
Posts: 42797 Alba Posts: 15 Joined: 7/12/2010 Member: #3186 |
![]() Melo steps up again.
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GoNyGoNyGo
Posts: 23559 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/29/2003 Member: #411 USA |
![]() Good for Melo.
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newyorknewyork
Posts: 30117 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #541 |
![]() arkrud wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:arkrud wrote:Interesting that the discussion went into the same dead end of separation and hate. While I agree with what your saying. Non of this touches on how an African American is 9 times more likely to go to jail for the same crime anyone else commits. I repeat 9 times. Or an African American child is way more likely to be tried as an adult, for what purpose. Or if a college grad has a black sounding name his resume is more likely to be passed over. You can't just chalk that up to having bigots of any color or descent. These are issues that we shouldn't be having to worry about period. Life in general is hard enough. https://vote.nba.com/en Vote for your Knicks.
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CashMoney
Posts: 23145 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 1/15/2011 Member: #3374 USA |
![]() dk7th wrote:1) the nra needs to be demolished and gun shows heavily proctored where all invitees are thoroughly checked. 1) The NRA will never go away and gun show loopholes are not going away as long as the NRA keeps shoveling money to the Republican party. Blue & Orange 4 Life!
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CashMoney
Posts: 23145 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 1/15/2011 Member: #3374 USA |
![]() newyorknewyork wrote:arkrud wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:arkrud wrote:Interesting that the discussion went into the same dead end of separation and hate. Working in the Criminal Justice system I can 100% agree that the criminal justice system is broken and needs to be fixed. I saw something on TV a while ago with regard to ethnic names on resumes. Identical resumes were sent out to the same companies with the only change being the name on the resume. The resumes with ethnic names were called at something like 60% less than the others. Unfortunately we shouldn't have to deal with these issues but until it changes what choice do we have? I actually had a sales job soon after college where we were primarily calling businesses down south. The company made us ethnic people change their names to something more neutral so prospects would feel more comfortable speaking with us. Blue & Orange 4 Life!
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meloanyk
Posts: 20768 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/5/2013 Member: #5615 |
![]() The offshoot of these tragic and wrongful incidents is that police in general will be less likely to be involved and crime will rise and mostly impact the neighborhoods who can least afford withdrawal of proper policing
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misterearl
Posts: 38786 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 11/16/2004 Member: #799 USA |
![]() arkrud wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:arkrud wrote:Interesting that the discussion went into the same dead end of separation and hate. arkrud - your meandering response is tone deaf and lacks nuance. "In the interest of time, would ye noble patriots please provide a list of infractions punishable by spontaneous public execution? Thanks!" once a knick always a knick
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