Who is coloured? (page 3)

Xena

people are people and colors are crayons......

I like that....

SixofNine

As long as mankind has the ability to catagorize, race will be an issue.

Yes, the main reason I am not a racist may simply be my lack of organisational skills/skilz yeah dat shit kills, lol.

You have to admit some ethic groups have certain charactisitcs.
Care to expound on that Lucy? Very curious as to your thoughts....

I aint' lucy, but perhaps I can elucydate: for instance, we all know who says, Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do

Dooooooo oo ...

COMF

Bigboi, we can't change other people, but we can make it so in ourselves as individuals. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and all that.

bigboi

aint' lucy, but perhaps I can elucydate: for instance, we all know who says, Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do
Dooooooo oo ...

How about do-bee-do-bee-doooooooooo do-do-dwaaaaay-doooooo?

bigboi

Bigboi, we can't change other people, but we can make it so in ourselves as individuals. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and all that

Race involves changing ppl or at least getting them to look at things in ways that they aren't normally accustomed too. Relations between ppl of different races is a two way street. It makes no difference if only one side is willing to adopt a different viewpoint. Not wishin for confrontation Comf, cause I think ur a good guy, but imo, it's time to get rid of all of the idealistic mumbo jumbo and have real honest, earnest interchange about the subject.

imanaliento

I thought we were all one race:

IT'S CALLED HUMAN

COMF

It wasn't idealistic mumbo-jumbo, bigboi. There is only one person whose attitude you can change. Anything else is wishful thinking.

bigboi

It wasn't idealistic mumbo-jumbo, bigboi. There is only one person whose attitude you can change. Anything else is wishful thinking.

Comf, ur old. What a way to squash youthful, inexperienced activism.

I see what your saying, although I don't agree with it completely. I think u can help ppl to change their attitudes, although they are the only ones who can do it.

LuckyLucy

You have to admit some ethic groups have certain charactisitcs.

Care to expound on that Lucy? Very curious as to your thoughts....

In 1994, one in three black men between the ages of 20-29 were in prison, jail, on probation or on parole. In 1995, 47% of state and federal inmates were black, the largest group behind bars. Black men were 7 times more likely than white men to be in prison. In 1993, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan natives made up 2% of prison population. Native Americans are 10 times more likely than whites to be imprisoned. Latinos are the fastest growing group behind bars. Between 1985 and 1995 Latinos jumped from 10% of all state and federal inmates to 18%. In 1993, whites made up 74% of the general population, but only 36% of federal and state prison inmates. In 1970, there were 5,600 women in federal and state prisons. By 1996 there were 75,000. 60% of that population are black and Latina. In 1993, the overall incarceration rate for juveniles was 221 per 1000,000; for Latino youth it was 481 per 100,000; and for black youth it was 810 per 100,000.

Edited by - LuckyLucy on 30 November 2002 16:2:55

back2dafront

Lucy,

Your post took a different angle than expected.

So are you saying blacks and latinos are typically more violent than whites? Stats are stats and they do prove a point, but I'm not sure that going to jail is "characteristic" of black and latino cultures. It may be a harsh reality, but I also think they are victim to their surroundings and circumstances. I think you'd find an alarming co-relation to uneducation and poor living conditions in all the stats you provided.

Need I remind you the worse violent atrocities ever done to humankind were by the hand of the white man.

Who is coloured?

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