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Book TV: Henry Louis Gates "In Search of Our Roots"

The author discuses his two new books on race: a comprehesive perspective on Lincoln's attitudes on slavery and race relations; and a look at how 19 prominent Black Americans reclaimed their past, ...  
 

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kiwikroger (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I truly miss the days when you could look up Gates on youtube and racial profiling didn't pop up.
yoshi3329 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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My heart goes out to him for what happen to him. That police officer should have been fired immediately for violating his fourth Amendment Rights.
medit84truth (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Obviously not, you said something.
medit84truth (3 months ago) Show Hide
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There's a difference between "playing the race card", and then "pointing it out". Ppl act all suprised & indignant like, "How dare he", as if justice is equally distributed in this country. I notice how the ambiguous situations get blown out of proportion, while the obvious and constant injustices get hardly any attention. Ppl seem to focus on the small % of times color probably didn't play a role in a particular matter in order to have an excuse not to deal with the large % where color did.
medit84truth (3 months ago) Show Hide
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How do you think that race card got in the deck in the first place?

Whites between the ages of 18-25 are found to be carrying drugs at 2X the rate than blacks of the same demographic, but blacks are profiled and searched 2X as often and in most cases aren't even carrying. Blacks are also more likely to serve time for drug offenses than whites, and when white's do serve, they recieve on avg. 75% less time (stats by your own gov).

So, sorry if blacks seem a little suspicious at times.
mikedadx3 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups. Or inferior...Gates made the comment "Because I'm a black man in America." Nobody is saying that bad things don't happen to blacks. They happen to everyone. I'm just saying that this could have been easily avoided by someone with that much education.
mikedadx3 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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And if I may ask...where did you get these stats? Thanks
medit84truth (3 months ago) Show Hide
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racist - a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

- a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

- hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Anyone who said Gates is racist care to tell me how?
misterphucker (4 months ago) Show Hide
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ASSHOLE :)
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