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  Black girl beat up and bullied by other black for 'acting too white'

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-girl-taunted-beaten-bus-stop-acting-035032786.html.

  other than the story, the comments are very interesting, tons of comments by other blacks claiming the same thing happens to them.

  not only other blacks but their families as well bully them, calling them oreo, traitor, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  This is the, "I've suffered, too." response. It does not negate either the person's unique life experience nor the existence of institutional racism.

  Whining about people who say the meritocracy is a myth doesn't make it any less true. Just because people have succeeded despite difficult circumstances means neither that the meritocracy myth is not true nor that others who have put forth equal effort haven't failed.

  True, life is unequal and unfair, but it's more unequal and more unfair for others simply because of their race.
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  My JW mom is now willing to "listen" to our side...Need advice pls

  by 2pink in

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  2. friends

  my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.

  we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.

  obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  The great crowd in revelation stood before the throne, clearly putting then in heaven not on a paradise earth. Don't have chapter and verse.
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  Black girl beat up and bullied by other black for 'acting too white'

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-girl-taunted-beaten-bus-stop-acting-035032786.html.

  other than the story, the comments are very interesting, tons of comments by other blacks claiming the same thing happens to them.

  not only other blacks but their families as well bully them, calling them oreo, traitor, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Sorry, EOM, I forgot to answer the question in your first paragraph and the answer is yes. Blacks are victims of all of those things even if they don't statistically commit the most crimes. That's called institutional racism when a minority is singled out for things that are not statistically supported by real world statistics.

  Blacks form less than 20% of the population. White people commit more crimes, but blacks are punished more harshly for the same crimes.

  Blacks with the same level of education as whites suffer from higher unemployment and lower salaries.

  When all other things are equal, blacks have worse outcomes than whites. Proven with statistics, it's a phenomenon called institutional racism and its counterpoint is white privilege where statistics show a white person to be more likely to have a positive result.
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  Black girl beat up and bullied by other black for 'acting too white'

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-girl-taunted-beaten-bus-stop-acting-035032786.html.

  other than the story, the comments are very interesting, tons of comments by other blacks claiming the same thing happens to them.

  not only other blacks but their families as well bully them, calling them oreo, traitor, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  @EOM. So, now you know the reason for white privilege? It's because blacks really do do things to deserve the discrimination? That's an ugly accusation.

  This is actually an academic area of study, not just a theory. It is backed by statistics. And there is no evidence that blacks are encouraging the phenomenon. In fact, there are academic discussions about the function of the kind of shaming that you speak about. It's about policing group boundaries. A subjugated group survives because of group cohesion. Again, research it. I am unable to write an academic paper on the subject for this forum.

  @Violia, I, of course, can't speak to your personal experience, just as you can't speak of the experiences of other ethnicities. Which, of course, is the point. This is a macro phenomenon not well understood at the personal level.
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  Black girl beat up and bullied by other black for 'acting too white'

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-girl-taunted-beaten-bus-stop-acting-035032786.html.

  other than the story, the comments are very interesting, tons of comments by other blacks claiming the same thing happens to them.

  not only other blacks but their families as well bully them, calling them oreo, traitor, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Eom, simply because your ancestors were white, you benefit from white privilege. You are pulled over less often by the police, you enjoy a higher employment rate and can shop in public without suspicion, among other things.

  Please research this. It's a verified phenomenon. It's designed to be invisible to those who benefit from it.
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  HOW TO AVOID THE A-HOLE SPIRIT OF SOME HERE...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .

  suggestions welcome.. .

  dd.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Why does this 7% statistic keep coming up? It proves the OPPOSITE of what Paris thinks it does!

  7% of doctors recommend Treatment A and 93% recommend Treatment B. It seems Paris would go ahead and choose Treatment A...
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  9yr old girl kills her gun instructor with an uzi

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.

  "a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.

  another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Darwin Award for that instructor.
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  You gray hair ones here, is time moving slowly or can you see the hour hand moving?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i swear, time is moving so fast.

  the only time i know what.

  day it is, is by looking at the news paper.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Jgnat, what a sneaky way of telling your age!
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  You gray hair ones here, is time moving slowly or can you see the hour hand moving?

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i swear, time is moving so fast.

  the only time i know what.

  day it is, is by looking at the news paper.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Prologos, your analogy of the internal clock dropping digits and therefore fewer being counted is close to an idea I've had about the speeding up of time as we age.

  I've thought about how as we age, our senses become duller, and we take in fewer bits of information. Fewer data is read by our brain as "faster."

  I dunno, though, I'm "only" 42. But, I've been going gray since I was in high school and if I didn't have a very friendly relationship with Miss Clairol I'd be nearly completely gray. ;)
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  The Spanking Room: A Child's Eye View of the Jehovah Witnesses

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone read this book?.

  the author is sending me a copy, just wondered.

  just published in july!.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I routinely got dragged to the basement to get whacked. I screamed so loud that a pioneer gleefully reported that another little girl thought there was a monster living in the basement.

  But, what got me was that bringing coloring books or other things to occupy children was looked down upon because it wasn't spiritual. All you got was the Book of Bible stories and that was boring.