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Originally Posted by Rickypt
I don't, I think that is how you feel. I think the conversation is going the way it is because it is predominantly white people having the conversation and it is natural to speak about your own experience and to defend yourself, especially in charged discussions.
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It's not just me. Why do you think so many people vote R? I know many who could care a less about abortion, gay rights, blah blah blah -- all they see is their tax money going to help black people who they perceive as being on the public tit with no want to work their way of of it. With programs like Affirmative Action (in the examples above) -- it is hard to argue against that.
Put it this way, a friend of mine FINALLY got the state inspector to come to his Katrina destroyed house. The white inspector told him the reason it took so long was because they were specifically told to help the blacks first. When I heard this, I, like probably you, did not believe it. So, when the time came for my friend to get some public money to fix his place, the assistance was further delayed for that same reason and this time, I heard it with my own two ears.
How is that possibly fair? How could any white person not feel anything but rage about that? Wouldn't you? I can promise you that anyone treated like that is going to hate any governoment in control then - I certainly would. Then, couple that with what you see with minorities automatically getting a leg up no matter how rich or educated they are -- and I think most white people are horrified. I am.