(07-17-2019, 09:54 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(07-17-2019, 06:23 PM)Bullseye Wrote: 1.  If you added one word to your opening statement, there would be some basis of agreement.  That word is "only," with other suitable replacements including "sole," "exclusive" or even "main" reason, such that the amended statement would read, in relevant portion "...your race isn't the sole reason bad things happen to you. "  Many misfortune befalls African Americans because of bad choices.  When Khalif Barnes decided to drive drunk and wound up being arrested, that was on him.  Furthermore, in most instances, racism is not an insurmountable barrier to personal, professional, or financial success or well being.  However, to suggest racism plays no role whatsoever in misfortune befalling minorities is not reflective of truth.  Otherwise, you would be hard pressed to explain Dylann Roof's nine victims.

2.  Being a Democrat my entire adult life, I must have missed those lessons.  Was there a course into which I needed to enroll?  Did you have to go to a physical location, or were there on line options available?  Were there text books involved?

Everyone has encountered situations where their race was used negatively against them. The difference is that black communities too often attribute bad experiences to their race. I also didn't say it doesn't play "no role whatsoever". I don't have to stipulate that racism exists every time I say racism isn't an issue. If Roof is your proof, then how does Emanual Samson play into that example? Can I play the race card now?

Besides, I'm not sure that I'd use a psychopathic murderer as proof that society is racist.

(07-17-2019, 07:33 PM)rollerjag Wrote: If you think race has nothing to do with why bad things happen to African-Americans, you must be willfully ignorant. It may not be the only reason, but it's one of significance.

Willfully ignorant is accepting that "bad things happen" simply because they're black. Maybe you can clarify that last sentence; it seems like you're implying something else.