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Originally Posted by SLO-BOB
AP - Here's Todd's statement. It was in response to sammy's post. Show me some fact. This is pure opinion.
"You can deny the blame, but it's your legacy. Just as it helped you to get where you are, it is also your albatross. Payback is a beotch...welcome to the new world order."
The ironic thing is, the whiners that spray this kind of drivel are the very ones who are perpetuating the problem. They dwell on blame and payback - living in the past. We need to move forward and put racism and inequality behind us. Driving a wedge between cultures with divisive opinions serves no useful purpose and does more harm than good.
As far as your link - I read it. Can you go to China today, buy land, and be treated as an equal with no animosity? The answer is "No.". My point - again - is that kind of behavior is not unique to whites. My reference to other cultures, times, and lands was merely a comparison. What don't you get?
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You are correct. There probably has never been a culture or society that did not in some ways oppress or deny certain members. It seems to come with the territory.
I guess that the quick and easy answer is that anyone...be they an AWM who thinks he is now getting the shaft or any ethnic group that thinks they got the shaft in the past...who does not like what the USA has to offer should not let the door hit them in the ass on their way out. Big ole world out there just waiting for them. In fact, I can suggest a few places