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Someone always has it harder than you, until you're dead.jayzz
Nah, just saying I grew up crazy to my knowledge and I'm blak too but I'm surviving and I don't have much money at all. I want but it's not that important anymore like it used to be
Black person has to work twice as hard to achieve same level of success..?Thanks for clarifying. I still disagree, though. Example... a newborn black child and white child are adopted by an Asian family. The kids/adults take the same route to success. They both eventually achieve the same level of success. Statistically the black kid/adult would've had to work almost twice as hard as his white brother to achieve the same level of success. Therefore, the black kid had it harder. That is statistically factual.
For those not aware, I'm not turning this into a race thread. Just sticking to the original discussion in the Ferguson thread.
Reference please
Someone always has it harder than you, until you're dead.
I'm worried about what I'll be eating in the next hour, kids in Africa have been worried for 3 days whether they're going to eat at all.
These two things can NOT be compared from YOUR view and here is why. The view of what is deemed a high quality of life is going to differ from the Sarasota and Indian man with birth defects.You mean to tell me the dude born in Sarasota to a wealthy family goes through the same amount of relative struggle as the dude who was born in to an Untouchable caste in India with birth defects?
Just because we're measuring on a grand scale, thus nullifying any kind of possible measure?
Come on b.
But here is the odd thing, this isn't a case of being right or wrong.On a case to case basis I'd say this is wrong and yeah I read the OP, specifically the part where it says what the quote really means.
It all balances out in each individuals mind. You can't tell the richest man in the World that he doesn't have it "hard" or have problems, because you can't fathom what another man's struggle is. We all have the capacity only because of the ability to adapt, to accept things for what they are and live inside or outside that particular box.The cloud does change
people deal with things differently so you're correct in some form
you may be a "god" in some situations/things but where you aren't can hurt
the equation gets balanced
Based on your own understanding you would think the Black kid had it harder. It's really not about the statistics as to that Particular black kids ability to accept the situation, adapt to it and again live within or beyond those parameters. The discrimination is there, and the strength this Black kid will gain from having to overcome odds that were stacked against him, will very much benefit him in another aspect of his life, particularly when competing against whites who has a "easier" route to get there. Pain and Struggle is never in vain. With struggle comes progress, and that is worth ALOT my dude.Thanks for clarifying. I still disagree, though. Example... a newborn black child and white child are adopted by an Asian family. The kids/adults take the same route to success. They both eventually achieve the same level of success. Statistically the black kid/adult would've had to work almost twice as hard as his white brother to achieve the same level of success. Therefore, the black kid had it harder. That is statistically factual.
For those not aware, I'm not turning this into a race thread. Just sticking to the original discussion in the Ferguson thread.
I wasn't actually using it in that way though.so while i do somewhat think i see where your heading with this post, this statement and mindset can't be used when speaking on a topic that is clearly proven statistically to have discrepancies based on (Gender/Race/Religion/color)
This is exactly what I'm am saying my dude. Your dead on.I wish there was a different example of something like this (because this is going to ruffle feathers) but i legitimately think this is what OP is trying to say in the most simplified manor. We may look at one persons problem and wave it off as something small compared to ours, but the person on the other side dealing with that problem may see that problem as something just as detrimental to their well being.
So using this pic
blk people are legally discriminated against in all social factors vs white people are discriminated against in sexual/ physical factors. Who's to say one plight is more damaging tha the other (This is what I THINK OP is trying to get across)
Also the reason i debated this in the Ferguson thread is because you used this when speaking on blacks upbringing in this country against whites upbringing in this country, and after this quote i want to touch on that topic also.
Its all perception, It's all a different reality for each and every individual on Planet Earth. Beauty and value is in the eye of the beholder
Pic is obviously shopped.Isn't that like a dead *** serious show?
Its all perception, It's all a different reality for each and every individual on Planet Earth. Beauty and value is in the eye of the beholder
This is where you begin to lose people fam. You understand what's wrong with this constructivism right? Why try and tell people to internalize generations of marginalization and horror on every front of life from social, political, historical, medical, institutional into a little quip.
You cannot make the statement, "NO ONE MAN HAS IT HARDER THAN THE NEXT" without mentioning equality.
'Having it harder' is historically entangled with equality and so far you've said nothing to contribute that discussion.
And bruh you mentioned the advantages of being Black, Mexican, Asian?
You're right though about one thing, it also adds nothingthe solution to dream if you were white
You're also right there is of course beauty in being Black, Latino, Asian. But many others & I feel this isn't the way to go about spreading your message bruh
Black person has to work twice as hard to achieve same level of success..?
Reference please
It isn't a question whether one situation is better than the other. It's about how well a person can handle a situation. If person A loses a person in their life who is very important but has a lot of deaths in their life, that may affect them how they react where as person B who has never lost anyone will take it much harder. Both have lost somebody but who has it harder? They both equally hurt but the way we take it is different.
It's all about experiences. A poor kid may have more meaningful experiences in his life than a rich guy.
No matter what the situation it is important as people not to judge and think that just because somebody might have it better actually mean they do.
I read over the article, then read the study conductedGoogle the following, "Employers Prefer White Felons Over Blacks With No Criminal Record".
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Then you have gained valuable work experience, WORKING through college. It will be on your resume when you graduate, while the white kid will hear that he needs more experience. Using one personal experience... Not gonna delve too deep into this.Me: working since I was 14. 1-3 jobs at all times through undergrad 2-3 jobs in grad school
White kid at school: literally never had a job in his life.
Both will have the same degree.
Who worked harder?
2 other things.
1. You are posting to convience people to believe like you, I refuse to accept this cop out anymore.
2. Have an opinion, ******* stand by it until proven wrong. Tired of this 'trying to keep the peace' have some intellectual balls.
Let's take example of a African American female slave. From a young age she is treated very poorly: starving, beaten, raped, works for no $, family members killed. While this is her normal life, and she perceives it as normal for her, she STILL comes to the conclusion that this life SUCKS. While she cannot miss the freedom that she has never had, and she accepts things for what they are. She thinks about her life objectively, and concludes it IS harder than the next.
These two things can NOT be compared from YOUR view and here is why. The view of what is deemed a high quality of life is going to differ from the Sarasota and Indian man with birth defects.
The sarasota guy is going to need, money, shoes, fast cars big houses
The India guy is going to have a total different Reality all together of what is deemed "hard" or valuable or a high quality of life.
Each Persons perception of what is, it what their reality is.
Same as why you can't assume a man born blind has it worse than you. Just because you know the feeling of sight and enjoy it, does not mean he cares to have it, for he can't miss what he never had.
But here is the odd thing, this isn't a case of being right or wrong.
It's all perception, and that is reality, and that is what creates each iindividuals definition of what's "hard"
It all balances out in each individuals mind. You can't tell the richest man in the World that he doesn't have it "hard" or have problems, because you can't fathom what another man's struggle is. We all have the capacity only because of the ability to adapt, to accept things for what they are and live inside or outside that particular box.
Based on your own understanding you would think the Black kid had it harder. It's really not about the statistics as to that Particular black kids ability to accept the situation, adapt to it and again live within or beyond those parameters. The discrimination is there, and the strength this Black kid will gain from having to overcome odds that were stacked against him, will very much benefit him in another aspect of his life, particularly when competing against whites who has a "easier" route to get there. Pain and Struggle is never in vain. With struggle comes progress, and that is worth ALOT my dude.
I wasn't actually using it in that way though.
The point was when I said it to the poster in the Ferguson thread was this: "why concern yourself with what it would be like to live WHite, not only is it not a possiblity but, Instead try celebrating the advantages you have for being Born Black, or Asian, or Mexican. Control the things that you can, and the things you can't control, don't bother yourself with them. And the dude wondered how easy it would be if he were white as opposed to Black, that should never enter your mind, because it's impossible
Let's take example of a African American female slave. From a young age she is treated very poorly: starving, beaten, raped, works for no $, family members killed. While this is her normal life, and she perceives it as normal for her, she STILL comes to the conclusion that this life SUCKS. While she cannot miss the freedom that she has never had, and she accepts things for what they are. She thinks about her life objectively, and concludes it IS harder than the next.