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re: White fragility is the new popular word
Posted on 3/17/15 at 1:51 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
Posted on 3/17/15 at 1:51 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
Anthony Bryan said it better than anyone I've read.
From his article "Ten Percent Is Not Enough":
"
Ten Percent Is Not Enough
Anthony Bryan, American Renaissance, September 23, 2014
The black/white experiment has failed.
For almost 150 years the United States has been conducting an experiment. The subjects of the experiment: black people and working-class whites. The hypothesis to be tested: Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population?
The whites were descendants of Europeans who had created a majestic civilization. The former slaves had been tribal peoples with no written language and virtually no intellectual achievements. Acting on a policy that was not fair to either group, the government released newly freed black people into a white society that saw them as inferiors. America has struggled with racial discord ever since.
Decade after decade the problems persisted but the experimenters never gave up. They insisted that if they could find the right formula the experiment would work, and concocted program after program to get the result they wanted. They created the Freedman’s Bureau, passed civil rights laws, tried to build the Great Society, declared War on Poverty, ordered race preferences, built housing projects, and tried midnight basketball. Their new laws intruded into people’s lives in ways that would have been otherwise unthinkable. They called in National Guard troops to enforce school integration. They outlawed freedom of association. Over the protests of parents, they put white children on buses and sent them to black schools and vice versa. They tried with money, special programs, relaxed standards, and endless handwringing to close the “achievement gap.” To keep white backlash in check they began punishing public and even private statements on race. They hung up Orwellian public banners that commanded whites to “Celebrate Diversity!” and “Say No To Racism.” Nothing was off limits if it might salvage the experiment.
Some thought that what W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth would lead the way for black people. A group of elite, educated blacks would knock down doors of opportunity and show the world what blacks were capable of. There is a Talented Tenth. They are the black Americans who have become entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and scientists. But ten percent is not enough. For the experiment to work, the ten percent has to be followed by a critical mass of people who can hold middle-class jobs and promote social stability. That is what is missing. Through the years, too many black people continue to show an inability to function and prosper in a culture unsuited to them.
Detroit is bankrupt, the south side of Chicago is a war zone, and majority-black cities all over America are beset by degeneracy and violence. And blacks never take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they lash out in anger and resentment. Across the generations and across the country, as we have seen in Detroit, Watts, Newark, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and now Ferguson, rioting and looting are just one racial incident away.
The white elite would tell us that this doesn’t mean the experiment has failed. We just have to try harder. We need more money, more time, more understanding, more programs, more opportunities. But nothing changes no matter how much money is spent, no matter how many laws are passed, no matter how many black geniuses are portrayed on TV, and no matter who is president.
Some argue it’s a problem of “culture,” as if culture creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around. Others blame “white privilege.” But since 1965, when the elites opened America’s doors to the Third World, immigrants from Asia and India–people who are not white, not rich, and not “connected”–have quietly succeeded. While the children of these people are winning spelling bees and getting top scores on the SAT, black “youths” are committing half the country’s violent crime–crime, which includes viciously punching random white people on the street for the thrill of it, that has nothing to do with poverty.
The experiment has failed. Not because of culture, or white privilege, or racism. The fundamental problem is that white people and black people are different. They differ intellectually and temperamentally. These differences result in permanent social incompatibility.
Our rulers don’t seem to understand just how tired their white subjects are with this experiment. They don’t understand that white people aren’t out to get black people; they are just exhausted with them. They are exhausted by the social pathologies, the violence, the endless complaints, the blind racial solidarity, the bottomless pit of grievances, the excuses, the reflexive animosity. The elites explain everything with “racism,” and refuse to believe that white frustration could soon reach the boiling point.
They will be the only ones who are surprised when real revolution comes to the United States, and that it is white people who lead the revolt."
American Renaissance
From his article "Ten Percent Is Not Enough":
"
Ten Percent Is Not Enough
Anthony Bryan, American Renaissance, September 23, 2014
The black/white experiment has failed.
For almost 150 years the United States has been conducting an experiment. The subjects of the experiment: black people and working-class whites. The hypothesis to be tested: Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population?
The whites were descendants of Europeans who had created a majestic civilization. The former slaves had been tribal peoples with no written language and virtually no intellectual achievements. Acting on a policy that was not fair to either group, the government released newly freed black people into a white society that saw them as inferiors. America has struggled with racial discord ever since.
Decade after decade the problems persisted but the experimenters never gave up. They insisted that if they could find the right formula the experiment would work, and concocted program after program to get the result they wanted. They created the Freedman’s Bureau, passed civil rights laws, tried to build the Great Society, declared War on Poverty, ordered race preferences, built housing projects, and tried midnight basketball. Their new laws intruded into people’s lives in ways that would have been otherwise unthinkable. They called in National Guard troops to enforce school integration. They outlawed freedom of association. Over the protests of parents, they put white children on buses and sent them to black schools and vice versa. They tried with money, special programs, relaxed standards, and endless handwringing to close the “achievement gap.” To keep white backlash in check they began punishing public and even private statements on race. They hung up Orwellian public banners that commanded whites to “Celebrate Diversity!” and “Say No To Racism.” Nothing was off limits if it might salvage the experiment.
Some thought that what W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth would lead the way for black people. A group of elite, educated blacks would knock down doors of opportunity and show the world what blacks were capable of. There is a Talented Tenth. They are the black Americans who have become entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and scientists. But ten percent is not enough. For the experiment to work, the ten percent has to be followed by a critical mass of people who can hold middle-class jobs and promote social stability. That is what is missing. Through the years, too many black people continue to show an inability to function and prosper in a culture unsuited to them.
Detroit is bankrupt, the south side of Chicago is a war zone, and majority-black cities all over America are beset by degeneracy and violence. And blacks never take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they lash out in anger and resentment. Across the generations and across the country, as we have seen in Detroit, Watts, Newark, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and now Ferguson, rioting and looting are just one racial incident away.
The white elite would tell us that this doesn’t mean the experiment has failed. We just have to try harder. We need more money, more time, more understanding, more programs, more opportunities. But nothing changes no matter how much money is spent, no matter how many laws are passed, no matter how many black geniuses are portrayed on TV, and no matter who is president.
Some argue it’s a problem of “culture,” as if culture creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around. Others blame “white privilege.” But since 1965, when the elites opened America’s doors to the Third World, immigrants from Asia and India–people who are not white, not rich, and not “connected”–have quietly succeeded. While the children of these people are winning spelling bees and getting top scores on the SAT, black “youths” are committing half the country’s violent crime–crime, which includes viciously punching random white people on the street for the thrill of it, that has nothing to do with poverty.
The experiment has failed. Not because of culture, or white privilege, or racism. The fundamental problem is that white people and black people are different. They differ intellectually and temperamentally. These differences result in permanent social incompatibility.
Our rulers don’t seem to understand just how tired their white subjects are with this experiment. They don’t understand that white people aren’t out to get black people; they are just exhausted with them. They are exhausted by the social pathologies, the violence, the endless complaints, the blind racial solidarity, the bottomless pit of grievances, the excuses, the reflexive animosity. The elites explain everything with “racism,” and refuse to believe that white frustration could soon reach the boiling point.
They will be the only ones who are surprised when real revolution comes to the United States, and that it is white people who lead the revolt."
American Renaissance
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:01 pm to goofball
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It's another term that white people should not really pay much attention to. For the most part, real, honest discussions about race don't exists. People are incapable of having honest discussions about it. It's absolutely pointless to have a discussion with someone who takes no responsibility for themselves and constantly mutters terms like "check your privilege". It appears that another term was invented that helps identify the people who want to spread their brand of politics and race discussion everywhere and shut down any dissent with name calling. There is no logical discussion to be had with someone who chooses to live their life jumping from one delusional bite sized narratives like "hands up, don't shoot" or "white privilege" to another in order to be in a state of constant victimization.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:10 pm to TRMM
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For almost 150 years the United States has been conducting an experiment. The subjects of the experiment: black people and working-class whites. The hypothesis to be tested: Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population? The whites were descendants of Europeans who had created a majestic civilization. The former slaves had been tribal peoples with no written language and virtually no intellectual achievements. Acting on a policy that was not fair to either group, the government released newly freed black people into a white society that saw them as inferiors. America has struggled with racial discord ever since. Decade after decade the problems persisted but the experimenters never gave up. They insisted that if they could find the right formula the experiment would work, and concocted program after program to get the result they wanted. They created the Freedman’s Bureau, passed civil rights laws, tried to build the Great Society, declared War on Poverty, ordered race preferences, built housing projects, and tried midnight basketball. Their new laws intruded into people’s lives in ways that would have been otherwise unthinkable. They called in National Guard troops to enforce school integration. They outlawed freedom of association. Over the protests of parents, they put white children on buses and sent them to black schools and vice versa. They tried with money, special programs, relaxed standards, and endless handwringing to close the “achievement gap.” To keep white backlash in check they began punishing public and even private statements on race. They hung up Orwellian public banners that commanded whites to “Celebrate Diversity!” and “Say No To Racism.” Nothing was off limits if it might salvage the experiment. Some thought that what W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth would lead the way for black people. A group of elite, educated blacks would knock down doors of opportunity and show the world what blacks were capable of. There is a Talented Tenth. They are the black Americans who have become entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and scientists. But ten percent is not enough. For the experiment to work, the ten percent has to be followed by a critical mass of people who can hold middle-class jobs and promote social stability. That is what is missing. Through the years, too many black people continue to show an inability to function and prosper in a culture unsuited to them. Detroit is bankrupt, the south side of Chicago is a war zone, and majority-black cities all over America are beset by degeneracy and violence. And blacks never take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they lash out in anger and resentment. Across the generations and across the country, as we have seen in Detroit, Watts, Newark, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and now Ferguson, rioting and looting are just one racial incident away. The white elite would tell us that this doesn’t mean the experiment has failed. We just have to try harder. We need more money, more time, more understanding, more programs, more opportunities. But nothing changes no matter how much money is spent, no matter how many laws are passed, no matter how many black geniuses are portrayed on TV, and no matter who is president. Some argue it’s a problem of “culture,” as if culture creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around. Others blame “white privilege.” But since 1965, when the elites opened America’s doors to the Third World, immigrants from Asia and India–people who are not white, not rich, and not “connected”–have quietly succeeded. While the children of these people are winning spelling bees and getting top scores on the SAT, black “youths” are committing half the country’s violent crime–crime, which includes viciously punching random white people on the street for the thrill of it, that has nothing to do with poverty. The experiment has failed. Not because of culture, or white privilege, or racism. The fundamental problem is that white people and black people are different. They differ intellectually and temperamentally. These differences result in permanent social incompatibility. Our rulers don’t seem to understand just how tired their white subjects are with this experiment. They don’t understand that white people aren’t out to get black people; they are just exhausted with them. They are exhausted by the social pathologies, the violence, the endless complaints, the blind racial solidarity, the bottomless pit of grievances, the excuses, the reflexive animosity. The elites explain everything with “racism,” and refuse to believe that white frustration could soon reach the boiling point. They will be the only ones who are surprised when real revolution comes to the United States, and that it is white people who lead the revolt."
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:26 pm to bigpetedatiga
quote:That's what I'm saying. I hate all people equally.
I'm black, but I hate all people and I will like to join your group.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:31 pm to meauxjeaux2
A white guy wrote an article about a term coined by a white woman about white people yet the OP blames us. 
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:35 pm to Easy
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A white guy wrote an article about a term coined by a white woman about white people yet the OP blames us.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:35 pm to Easy
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RD: Exactly. And white fragility also comes from a deep sense of entitlement. Think about it like this: from the time I opened my eyes, I have been told that as a white person, I am superior to people of color. There’s never been a space in which I have not been receiving that message. From what hospital I was allowed to be born in, to how my mother was treated by the staff, to who owned the hospital, to who cleaned the rooms and took out the garbage. We are born into a racial hierarchy, and every interaction with media and culture confirms it—our sense that, at a fundamental level, we are superior.
And, the thing is, it feels good. Even though it contradicts our most basic principles and values. So we know it, but we can never admit it. It creates this kind of dangerous internal stew that gets enacted externally in our interactions with people of color, and is crazy-making for people of color. We have set the world up to preserve that internal sense of superiority and also resist challenges to it. All while denying that anything is going on and insisting that race is meaningless to us.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:36 pm to CP3LSU25
...and whitey's on the moon
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:44 pm to goofball
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It appears that another term was invented that helps identify the people who want to spread their brand of politics and race discussion everywhere and shut down any dissent with name calling. There is no logical discussion to be had with someone who chooses to live their life jumping from one delusional bite sized narratives like "hands up, don't shoot" or "white privilege" to another in order to be in a state of constant victimization.

Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:53 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
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ETA: Yes the black community has it's own self inflicted wounds, but let's not pretend we were set up for success in this country
I don't disagree. The problem is all you can do now is educate black youth and have more nuclear families. You can't just take away successful businesses from white people and hand them to black people. Even if you did that, chances are the businesses would fail.
All you can do is give black children a good education and hold African American men accountable to their children.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 4:29 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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quote: Most people are slaves to political correctness nowadays,
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Nah, a loud, vocal, very opinionated minority of people.
Yeah, I'm definitely not concerned about it anymore. Maybe a bit of age & experience and some amount of wisdom that comes with them caused me to realize that "political correctness" is absolutely worthless in helping to strengthen race relations, or any others, and in reality is a hindrance for open & honest communication in getting to the root of the true problems. People can be civilized and diplomatic in their discussions, while being frank, without having to sugar coat & walk on eggshells regarding absolutely meaningless "issues."
In my experience, on a personal level with friends and also professionally in the workplace, just communicating openly & honestly with people of any race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc., as fellow human beings regarding any issue, including "sensitive" ones, is appreciated & respected more so than tiptoeing around them. The vast majority of people I associate with, personally & professionally, don't want to be treated differently, regardless of their race or beliefs, and I know that I certainly wouldn't want that. No one I know, nor I, wants to feel like people are walking on egg shells around them, or being "too careful" in their conversations & behaving differently, thereby not being open & truthful, and I wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who does desire that since in essence, the relationship wouldn't be genuine.
So, whatever this popular new term, "white fragility," is all about, I have no clue, nor do I care to know. I'll just continue "being real" in all of my various relationships with others of all races, religions, etc., since that has been rather successful for me, pretty much always.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 4:34 pm to Ellakennedi
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I'm not ashamed. The truth is whites in general don't like blacks and blacks don't like whites. I'm ok with how it is. The only way to stop racism is to have an all out race war and one of the races not come out alive..
I can think of another way...people like you could simply not procreate.
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 7:41 am to goofball
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It appears that another term was invented that helps identify the people who want to spread their brand of politics and race discussion everywhere and shut down any dissent with name calling.
If you think about it, it's kind of incredible that its taken the left and their ilk this long to figure this out. Say whatever you want, and if anyone tries to refute it, call them a racist, sexist, "War on Women", "Black Lives Matter", etc.
Then the media runs with this, and the central issues are ignored, no matter how big. And your large, uneducated, uninformed populace runs with it.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 7:48 am to CP3LSU25
This entire article is absurdly racist, I don't care who you are. The tone of the entire thing ruins any point the write could be trying to make.
I'm not one to get into the internet racial slap boxing fights but are you kidding me?
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What he did not do, at any point, was consider whether being white and male might have given him—if not his ancestors—some advantage in achieving incredible success in America. He did not, in other words, check his privilege
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I do atypical work for a white person, which is that I lead primarily white audiences in discussions on race every day, in workshops all over the country. That has allowed me to observe very predictable patterns.
I'm not one to get into the internet racial slap boxing fights but are you kidding me?
Posted on 3/18/15 at 8:12 am to CP3LSU25
Glad I don't use FB anymore 
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