"Hey White People" - from the kids of Ferguson

mikes12 said:

Before I'm willing to accept the veracity of the conclusions made from those studies, I have serious questions about the methodology.

Just like the 'women make $.80 for every $1 a man makes, for the same job' studies, they fall apart under scrutiny, but it never stops the mantra of those who want to find sexism and/or discrimination.

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The authors find that applicants with white-sounding names are 50 percent more likely to get called for an initial interview than applicants with African-American-sounding names. Applicants with white names need to send about 10 resumes to get one callback, whereas applicants with African-American names need to send about 15 resumes to achieve the same result.

In addition, race greatly affects how much applicants benefit from having more experience and credentials. White job applicants with higher-quality resumes received 30 percent more callbacks than whites with lower-quality resumes. Having a higher-quality resume has a much smaller impact on African-American applicants, who experienced only 9 percent more callbacks for the same improvement in their credentials. This disparity suggests that in the current state of the labor market, African-Americans may not have strong individual incentives to build better resumes.

"For us, the most surprising and disheartening result is seeing that applicants with African-American names were not rewarded for having better resumes," says Bertrand.

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Jon said:

yeah, you know now that I think about it I get mob attacked every time I am around around a lot of black people. After 30 years in Atlanta you'd think I'd know better by now thanks for pointing it out!

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bama_wayne1 said:

I have always thought that as more racially diverse couples have children grandma and grandpa will have a harder time being prejudiced for a race that is in their own bloodlines.....
I grew up a navy brat and we were only allowed to be prejudiced against other branches of service LOL.

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twofbyc said:

IMO it will never "die", unless the culture of aggression and violence as acceptable behavior is changed, and I don't see that ever happening. Who would have thought, 50 years ago, that women (or even men) would be involved in MMA matches? It all comes from the same principle, it's just that some choose to not control it. I am waiting for myself to be the subject of my first KO attempt - I'll find out if my range practice works in real life.

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seebell said:

I think Cajun, gmart and DBF should make a "Hey Black People" video. :biggrin2: It would be cute and probably go viral. Bama Reb will handle the money.:smile:

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NationalTitles15 said:

I think a generation of people will have to die, maybe 2 or 3 to get the blacks bigots as well. (gmart, clean up needed on isle septarian).

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gmart74 said:

will you be our token, like the white dufus at the end? actually i guess we need a thug black kid to hold hands with us and agree that black kids should stop stomping white people's brains out. im thinking that guy from the leprechaun video from back in the day should work.

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Crimson1967 said:

The video was cool and made some good points but what turned me off was that it was a ploy to sell the shirts they were wearing.


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seebell said:

I make a great white dufus!! The video could be a gold mine gmart, bigger than "Hide Yo wife Hide Yo Kids"

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ccc2259 said:

Until a majority of a minority expands its paradigms about acceptable social behavior and understand what it means to be a contributor instead of a consumer, this issue isn't going away. The laws of human nature won't allow it. No matter how many politically correct slogans are launched. The black community needs to focus more on Bill Cosby's message than Al Sharpton's.

I can't speak for anyone but myself. I truly have no issue with a black person that behaves socially and contributes to society. I do not see his / her color, and while you might doubt my sincerety, I don't care. I have issues with all people (black, white, hispanic, asian, other) that misbehave socially and are a drain on society. Period. And until the black community recognizes that a majority of their numbers fall into this category, things will not change.

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seebell said:

I would really like to see your stats on that.

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