Rich Benjamin on his travels through Whitopia Netroots Nation 2009

Author Rich Benjamin talks about his book: "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America". From Netroots Nation 2009.

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[RennyGd]

Black folks do have an image problem. Even other minority groups don't particularly care to live in the same areas as blacks. Forced integration will help no one. Blacks are going to have to help themselves as a group. Maybe a limited return to segragated black schools would help the younger black kids gain some self respect. My 2 cents worth.

[SumOfChange]

Suggesting we return to segregation isn't worth anywhere close to 2 cents.

[IrvingWaters]

Whitopia is gonna be a big hit

[tonylee1973]

Asians don't live among blacks as well.

[erik4727]

@MyWendal Racism is learned and internalized, in every relationship there has to be a certain amount of give and take.whites only take and take and take and take and take. Blacks can't survive because whites-with the resources they never deserved- won't give them a hand.

[erik4727]

@Domdagreek it's taught.

[Domdagreek]

One only needs to look at school lunchrooms to fid segregation. Generally speaking, different races sit amongst themselves. It's no crime to be more comfortable among your own.

[Lavern4101]

@Domdagreek Exactly. Yet Rich Benjamin conveniently neglects to ever mention that. Anywhere you look in the world, predominately white areas are generally safe with little crime while predominately black areas are almost always shitholes with lots of violent crime. It would only make since for whites to want to segregate themselves from blacks.

[MySPANGLES]

I am; what this cancerous world considers to be a black, (even though I wake up each day and feel quite HUMAN) and I hardly get any crap from white people, even though the system I live in IS institutionally racist, blacks and asians will give me the most negative vibes = wanting to fight. Oh yeah, don't worry, whites are big fucking brain washed morons, just like the blacks who prefer to be niggers; instead of men and women. Too much responsibility when you are human. EASY WHEN YOU'RE A NIGGA!

[MyWendal]

@Domdagreek Yeah really. Non violent, intelligent black people like the guy who wrote Whitopia hate the fact that their own race as a whole is a failure and will continue to blame white people for everything that's wrong in the black community. And in a way its understandable, If I were black I'd hate to look around the planet and see poverty, dysfunction and viiolence in nearly every single black community..

[MyWendal]

@twosulcata That's interesting. Blacks are not exactly multiplying like Mexicans, their population has remained fairly steady over the last century or so. Of course I was aware how many wind up dead or in prison at such a young age.

[twosulcata]

@MyWendal Sadly, blacks are aborting themselves right out of exixtance. The black population is losing roughly 125,000 in population every year. I know my numbers are not exact but about 550,000 blacks are born each year and 225,000 die by natural causes. About 450,000 die by abortion...you do the math. Ironic how abortion is one of the main planks in the democratic party and pushed by black leaders.

[Domdagreek]

Hmm, one race is roughly 12% of the population of the country but is responsible for over half the violent crime, and people still scratch their head wondering why segregation exists.