White Privilege

Discussion in 'Politics' started by dbphoenix, Aug 23, 2014.

  1. Max E.

    Max E.

    You mean to tell me the liberals running sillicon valley are gigantic hypocrites? Wow, who knew.

     
    #291     Oct 13, 2014
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    So what this article is basically saying is that only a small percentage of computer science and computer engineering graduates from the top 179 North American universities are black or hispanic. The chart in the article shows that there is a much higher number of Asian graduates in tech company jobs, while whites, blacks, and hispanics have a lower percentage of IT workers in tech jobs than the percentage of graduates.

    If you take the bland statistics as presented then Asians are greatly over-represented in the IT workforce (44% of the jobs while 19% of the graduates). This means that we need to take proactive measures to boost the percentage of IT employees who are white, black, or hispanic - while culling the Asians from the workforce.

    This is a very sad message to America - we should be looking at the skills of applicants not setting quotas based on race - which is what this article wants us to do with our IT workforce.
     
    #292     Oct 13, 2014
  3. I encourage the police to roust blacks in my neighborhood. They know I've got their backs if there is trouble.
     
    #293     Oct 13, 2014
  4. Yeah, that's it. Replace the hard working, intelligent, and accomplished with ne'er-do-wells of other ethnicities. You know, so racial things are "fair".

    Isn't that the kind of bilge thinking that got us into this mess??

    Just think how football would be if their rules were "fair".

    If a team has a white QB, a 1st down is "1st and 10"... but if a black QB, a 1st down would be "1st and 8". (More fair yet, "1st and 6".)
     
    #294     Oct 13, 2014
  5. fhl

    fhl

    Here's the Wash Redskins hat:

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    Here's the president of the Navajo Nation sitting with the owner of the Wash Redskins yesterday:

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    #295     Oct 13, 2014
  6. He didn't say that.
     
    #296     Oct 13, 2014
  7. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    Doesn't matter. :)
     
    #297     Oct 13, 2014
  8. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    Florida man sentenced to life plus 90 years in rap music murder
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    By Susan Cooper Eastman

    JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) - Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 90 years, by a Florida judge on Friday for killing an unarmed black teenager in an argument over loud rap music.

    Dunn, 47, a software engineer, testified at his murder trial last month he thought he was defending himself from an armed threat when he fired 10 rounds at an SUV carrying four teens at a Jacksonville gas station parking lot, killing Jordan Davis, 17, in November 2012.

    Under Florida law, first-degree murder is punishable by life in prison without parole. Prosecutors waived the death penalty before trial.

    Judge Russell Healey gave Dunn the maximum 90 additional years for earlier convictions on three counts of attempted murder of the other teens, none of whom were injured, to be served consecutively.

    On a fourth charge of shooting a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, Dunn received 15 years to be served concurrently.

    The Dunn case drew comparisons to that of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in Florida last year in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed black 17-year-old. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, said he fired in self-defense.

    In an emotional statement, Davis' mother told the court she forgave Dunn in order to move on with her life.

    "I choose to forgive you, Mr. Dunn, for taking my son's life," she said. "Anger and bitterness will not honor my son's life. I walk in freedom, knowing the Lord's justice has been served."

    In a statement before the sentence was read Dunn expressed his regret to the Davis family, saying he was sorry for the their loss.

    "If I could roll back time and do things differently, I would," he said. Even though he said he acted in fear for his life and did what he thought he had to do, "I am mortified that I took a life, whether it was justified or not,” he added.

    On the night of the murder, Dunn and Davis exchanged words before the shooting about the loud music coming from the SUV.

    The jury, composed of 10 whites and two blacks, took less than five hours to reach a verdict. In a previous trial in February, a jury deadlocked after deliberating the murder charge in Davis' death for four days, but convicted Dunn on three counts of attempted murder for firing at the other teenagers in the vehicle.
     
    #298     Oct 17, 2014
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  9. Justice served, right db?
     
    #299     Oct 17, 2014
  10. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    AFAIC, yes.
     
    #300     Oct 17, 2014