Answer: Hell no, I see no White American month or German American or Chinesse American month:mad: :mad:Quote:
Don't you find it crappy that blacks got the shortest month of the year?
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Answer: Hell no, I see no White American month or German American or Chinesse American month:mad: :mad:Quote:
Don't you find it crappy that blacks got the shortest month of the year?
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Ok, here we go. This seemed like an innocent enough thread till some people decided to bring the whole 'racism' thing into play so here's my opinion. I'm your average tax-paying law-abiding white person. I drive a 2002 Ford Ranger Edge (neon yellow) and live in a 1100 sq. foot 2-bedroom apartment with my "white" girlfriend who's also a tax-paying law-abiding citizen. We both work full-time, with my job being unix administration and she works in a video game store (Get a gamer chick guys! They rock! You never have to justify a game purchase!). This is all in Tampa, Florida. What do we see every day? Well, living in Central Florida, only 80 miles away from the World's Worst Attraction otherwise known as Disney World, we see tourists all the freaking time. We also have a very large black community (I won't use the term african-american because they aren't). And you know what? I'll give more respect to the blacks I run into when they decide to start bettering themselves instead of STILL bitching about things that happened not in THEIR lifetime, not in their PARENTS lifetime, but about something that neither me nor them had anything to do with. It's called slavery and you know what? Every race on this planet at one point in time or another has had their share of slavery. Oh...the whites never had slavery? Well ****, what would you prefer? Genocide like Hitler did to the jews in Germany or having to be a slave? Take your poison. Do you see them mention that? No. Do you see them mentioning anything else that any other race goes through or has gone through? No. Why? Because to them, their anger, angst, hatred, and lack of self-worth is the only thing important to them. I see black people every freaking day walking around town with their boomboxes, driving their shitty cars that have $800 rims with their $2000 stereo yet they live in a *****ing shack and complain about how they're oppressed and held back and how we're racist to them. ***** that noise. Get off your lazy *****ing ass and go to work like the rest of us do. I'm at work right now typing this up and do you know how many black people are in this entire department of 38 people that work in the computer field? One...and she's a manager for Help Desk. And she says the same thing I'm saying (she's reading this right now). I'll say the same thing for white people. I know some white trash just as lazy as the aforementioned people but you know what? They're working 40 hours trying to make a living with their crappy jobs but at least they're trying. They're not living off the government on welfare claiming it's "owed" to them because "their ancestors suffered slavery". ***** that and ***** them too. If that's what our soldiers are defending and trying to protect, I feel sorry for them because these people have no *****ing respect for themselves, anyone else, their country...it sickens me. Why am I going off on them? Because I see it EVERY DAY. I see people abuse the system with food stamps. How? They can't buy booze or lottery tickets with food stamps. So they buy a thing of milk with 20 bucks worth of food stamps and get back cash. You do the math. That's changing but it's not soon enough.
And we get to hear it every day. About how much pain and suffering they're going through, about how unfair it is, about this, about that...shut the ***** up. Now they're wanting to have a white person, a black person, and a hispanic person in that photo with the WTC flag picture. ***** that too. That's NOT the way it was. If you want to make a memorial about the WTC event, sure, put every race involved on the monument. It's not going to matter where they're placed in the memorial because guess what, you can't make them happy for shite. But to change an actual picture for dumbass reasons? Hell no.
As for the 'shortest month of the year', are you *****ing stupid? That's the lamest thing I've ever heard. February is 28 days, 29 in a leap year. How is that *that* different than a 30 or 31 day month? Christ on a flaming raft, the things some people say. I bet these are the same people who say 'We should have a black person and a hispanic person represented in the picture with the firemen and the World Trade Center flag. Oh, and one should be a woman.". Good job, you totally ruined the concept of making a memorial statue, period. And the native americans? At least they're working a job, however they ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASINOS AND DRINKING LIKE YOU MENTIONED. If you're going to make a statement like that, why don't you tell the whole story.
Let me go back and state that I have several very good black friends. These are some of the best friends/people I've known and I'll help them out any day of the week. I don't care what race, sex, religion anyone is. If you're good with me, do what you say, and aren't fake and full of shite, I'll be there to help out if need be. These same black people I know do NOT associate with the other blacks I've mentioned. And you know what? They're ragged on too, for "selling out to the white folks". Yes, I've heard that line before. What kind of CRAP is that?
Gah..I could go on and on but I'll stop now. We won't even go into the whole 'it was a racist killing' when a black man SHOOTING AT COPS gets riddled full of holes in Chicago months ago and dies. WTF are you EXPECTING? Not to mention this guy had a rap sheet a mile long, had aggravated assaults recorded WITH the cops, and was overall getting his. That's it. If it had been me and I fired ONE shot at a cop, I'd expect it to be the same ending. Dumbasses...and to think, the interview with the family of the guy made it look like this was a "kid who took a wrong turn". Well he won't now, now will he?
Moral of the story: stop living in a past you didn't have any part of, didn't live in, and move on. Make something of yourself and you can do anything and have anything instead of feeling vindicated when you're not. This goes for anyone..white, black, chinese, thai, japanese, german, irish, english, african, etc...
This system needs a LOT of help.
We all bleed and shite the same. End of story.
Disclaimer: I realize I've said a lot of harsh directed statements but guess what, when you live in it and you see this shite happening all the time, it does nothing but build and nothing's going to change with the way things are going. I'll take my negative points with pride because THIS is what I believe.
Wow.
Looks like a raw nerve got touched there.
WOW!!!! Vorlin,
That was awsome and so so so true. I give that post 6 simlies.
RIGHT ON!!!!
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sorry
Well.....I think the thread topic is about Black accomplishments in computers and they are many. I do confess however (no offense Preach) that I get sick of the "feel sorry for me because I'm black and mistreated" excuse for everything. I mean in my state they wanted the black kids to get a special SAT in ebonics!! I mean come on man.
I believe in one MASTER RACE.......the HUMAN race!!!
Bigotry makes me ill and fills me with rage! Bigotry in any form!
It's good to see that in Vorlin's Florida everyone have the same opportunities, no matter the color of their skin. In Norway well eductaed people with another cultural background don't get jobs they are qualified for because of their color.
TP, I fully agree to your post of wanting positive feedback. Guess what, others before me took it to the whole 'racist' issue so I stepped up to the plate and responded because just like they did, I'll put my opinion out there.Quote:
Vorlin, the point of my post was to show some of the positive accomplishments of black people here and dealing with computer science. This is not a racial bitch fest.
Now, on to your original post. Not knowing much about the computer industry and how "african americans" have changed it, here's what I do know (and they rock for their inventions!):
Comb, stop light, air conditioning, (washing|drying) machine (not sure which).
Just those right there are things we can't live without! Rock on! Not to mention, George Washington Carver had some huge number of peanut uses including coffee, pancakes, syrup, etc..
proactive, it's that way not because it's the right way, it's because if you don't offer jobs to everyone "fairly", they'll call Affirmative Action or the NAACP and sue yer ass for discrimination. I mean, this is gonna sound bad but it's true, but if you're a black female, you're in any job you want. Nothing's wrong with anyone getting a position as long as it's based on job merit and performance and not on meeting some quota. I've been passed over for a promotion at another company for a unix administration position for a black woman who barely knew what a command prompt was. They gave it to her because "it kept the ground even". She lasted three weeks, getting "relocated to a position that would better suit her" after crashing the production server four times, costing the company God knows what during business hours. What kind of shite is that? I, as a white person, have to compete with others who may or may not have the job qualifications, yet they'll get preferential treatment because of skin color, class, what have you...yeah that's equality.Quote:
It's good to see that in Vorlin's Florida everyone have the same opportunities, no matter the color of their skin. In Norway well eductaed people with another cultural background don't get jobs they are qualified for because of their color.
Disclaimer: just my opinions again although it's based on truth that I've seen done to me or others.