My point about 'there goes the neighbourhood' is that this is more likely to be to do with criminal scum and antisocial attitudes than race. This said, we don't engage in sensible attitudes towards integration and have allowed dumb cultural relativism to cloud good sense and have encouraged economic migration on the wrong model to suppress needs to train our own people and keep basic work wages down - this is a very old model.
On 6 Aug, 15:28, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > SD, > > To answer this question directly, It's economic. The style of the > particular slum is ethnic, and the ability to unslum it is > environmental. > > Being safe is based on specific realities, painting anything with a > broad brush can compromise that. I watch my back when driving through > a trailer park town in Oklahoma, I'd feel perfectly save in GW Bush's > Dallas neighborhood, same ethnicity, different economics. > > Sorry to bring up specific colors, but I really don't see anyway to > study the issue other than try to compare real life situations, where > people do have specific colors and identities. > > On Aug 6, 6:39 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Racism is an important issue although I think it is a secondary > > consideration when examining social behavior in relation to > > ethnicity. Racism can be a result of ethnic behavioral patterns. > > How can people not be racist towards any ethnic group that displays > > negative behaviors that are detrimental to themselves and society. > > As rigsy points out, much of it has to do with experience. When you > > see good neighborhoods turn ugly consistently and based solely > > upon the introduction of a specific ethnic group, it is easily > > understood that "avoidance of that group", which translates to racism, > > makes sense. I can drive across town, take a look around and > > instantly know that I wouldn't live there. Is it economic, > > environment or ethnic? > > > On Aug 6, 6:07 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yep, although they didn't have the added visual stigma of colour to > > > overcome. It's hard to envision a day when racism doesn't exist, > > > especially until it is stopped being ingrained in children. > > > > On Aug 6, 6:38 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You don't hear the Irish bellyaching about being indigent servants for > > > > seven years, bought up to fight the Yankee Civil War, the rotten > > > > salary as they built our cities. They took another route- politics and > > > > law enforcement. > > > > > On Aug 6, 5:34 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > In the US, African Americans make up ~13% of the overall population, > > > > > yet make up ~44% of the inmates in federal prisons. While this > > > > > statistic may seem revealing, the extenuating social and economic > > > > > circumstances that exist certainly clouds the issue. > > > > > > Nobody alive today can be blamed for slavery, yet we still hear > > > > > complaints about it in the news. Although the history of blacks in > > > > > America must be taken into consideration, it seems like there must be > > > > > an internal effort to change this statistic. One of the biggest voices > > > > > against the life style of the black man comes from Bill Cosby. It > > > > > would be shocking to listen to him if he was white, and he would > > > > > certainly be labelled a racist if he wasn't black himself. He is > > > > > right, it is time to move on. > > > > > > In order for blacks to climb out of the social stigma that surrounds > > > > > them, grass roots efforts have to be made to change the attitude of > > > > > children so that they do not grow up to be in a position where nobody > > > > > wants to give them a job. Stop blaming the past and make an internal > > > > > effort to change the perception of others. I feel sorry for the > > > > > situation that they are in, and realize it will take a major effort on > > > > > their part to change this. I hope for the sake of everyone that they > > > > > succeed.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
