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Sixty-two percent of young African-Americans and 55 percent of Hispanics surveyed said they were very concerned about the threat of violence committed by white extremists, compared to one-third of whites and 41 percent of Asian-Americans.
GenForward is a survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll is designed to pay special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.
Gregg Higgins, 27, was one of the whites who said he was very worried about violence by extremists in his own race. In fact, he said he was more concerned about "the homegrown white extremists" than the threat of violence from people outside the United States or people inspired by foreign extremists.
One third of whites are very concerned about violence committed by white extremists? That alone is pretty telling about our media. They aren't even the targets of said imagined violence.
I think the real problem is even being comitted by this survey though; the media and everybody always speaking in terms of blacks, whites, asians, etc.
It used to be the right that was constantly concerned about race and unable to speak on any topic without reference to race. Now it is the left. How do you expect to get beyond racial divisions if you constantly push racial divisions?
One third of whites are very concerned about violence committed by white extremists? That alone is pretty telling about our media. They aren't even the targets of said imagined violence.
One third of whites are very concerned about violence committed by white extremists? That alone is pretty telling about our media. They aren't even the targets of said imagined violence.
Why shouldn't whites be very concerned about violence committed by white extremists? Violence is bad in and of itself, so I think anyone should be very concerned about a rise in violence, regardless of which race is committing the violence, and which race they target. Also, violence begets violence
Why shouldn't whites be very concerned about violence committed by white extremists? Violence is bad in and of itself, so I think anyone should be very concerned about a rise in violence, regardless of which race is committing the violence, and which race they target. Also, violence begets violence
I suppose it is in the parsing and interpretation. White extremist violence is pretty rare, so it is a little odd to focus on that violence over violence in general.
And infact, it is a little chickenlittle to be living in the USA and be super concerned about violence at all, unless you live in the most dangerous areas.
Violent crime rates have been in decline for a long time and we live in the most peaceful era of human history. Yet you'd never guess that from the US media. Its almost to the levels of child abduction Stranger Danger that was all over the US media in the 80s and 90s with black vans, etc, even though almost nobody gets kidnapped by strangers in black vans (99% of the time it is somebody the child knows and trusts).
Even up here in small town Canadia, my sisters kids (brainy chatty little 6 and 7 year old) were brought home by a police officer to my sister who was quite cross with said officer. The kids were in no danger, and have been free range for years already with no incidents whatsoever. The kids did get to ride in a police car and won't shut up about it, so I guess it wasn't all bad.

I wonder what the numbers are regarding whites and islamic extremism.I have as little love and respect for Ann Coulter as the next guy, but you do have to wonder if the constant barrage of unfounded and contrived claims of "white supremecy" and "white racism" on social media leads to the kind of incidents we saw recently where a white guy was kidnapped and tortured by four black kids. Unfortunately, kids these days are heavily influenced by what they read on social media, and often lack the critical thinking skills to see what's BS and what's factual. Nor do they bother to follow up on the supposed " white racist incidents" later. How many heard about the black church that was burned down in Mississippi, spray painted with "Vote Trump" but didn't know it was a fake hate crime done by a black guy? Or the Muslim women who made up stories about being attacked by white Trump loving white supremecists? Or that the whole "Hands up, don't shoot!" from Ferguson was determined to be a total fabrication?
A couple of months ago, I read a poll where young black kids were very concerned these days about white racists/supremecists. When in fact, its probably the last thing the average black kid needs to worry about. I'll have to see if I can dig up the poll. It was kind of disturbing.
ETA: Here it is:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6e2d...l-young-americans-worry-over-extremist-threat
Sixty-two percent of young African-Americans and 55 percent of Hispanics surveyed said they were very concerned about the threat of violence committed by white extremists, compared to one-third of whites and 41 percent of Asian-Americans.
GenForward is a survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll is designed to pay special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.
Gregg Higgins, 27, was one of the whites who said he was very worried about violence by extremists in his own race. In fact, he said he was more concerned about "the homegrown white extremists" than the threat of violence from people outside the United States or people inspired by foreign extremists.
I wonder what the numbers are regarding whites and islamic extremism.I have as little love and respect for Ann Coulter as the next guy, but you do have to wonder if the constant barrage of unfounded and contrived claims of "white supremecy" and "white racism" on social media leads to the kind of incidents we saw recently where a white guy was kidnapped and tortured by four black kids. Unfortunately, kids these days are heavily influenced by what they read on social media, and often lack the critical thinking skills to see what's BS and what's factual. Nor do they bother to follow up on the supposed " white racist incidents" later. How many heard about the black church that was burned down in Mississippi, spray painted with "Vote Trump" but didn't know it was a fake hate crime done by a black guy? Or the Muslim women who made up stories about being attacked by white Trump loving white supremecists? Or that the whole "Hands up, don't shoot!" from Ferguson was determined to be a total fabrication?
A couple of months ago, I read a poll where young black kids were very concerned these days about white racists/supremecists. When in fact, its probably the last thing the average black kid needs to worry about. I'll have to see if I can dig up the poll. It was kind of disturbing.
ETA: Here it is:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6e2d...l-young-americans-worry-over-extremist-threat
ZiprHead, apologize to Coulter at once!![]()
ZiprHead, apologize to Coulter at once!![]()
Dear Ann Coulter
I know you are a vile, disgusting, evil, born with sand in your vagina, cross of a dog and a woman.
But, please, accept my sincere apology.
Z
This just grinds my gears. When you are writing a statement, it is unnecessary to say "I repeat". Because a person reading it can always read it again if he didn't get it the first time. To state "I repeat" and repeat a message only makes sense in an audible announcement where the recipient may not have heard it properly. People who misuse language in this way should be shipped to concentration camps and gassed with Zyklon B.