Gram? Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Do you know any black women? Yup, an ex-girlfriend was black. Lovely lass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yup, an ex-girlfriend was black. Lovely lass. So why rule black girls out as potential babysitters? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 So why rule black girls out as potential babysitters? I don't get it. He didn't rule them out entirely; he just said he'd prefer white. I know I have certain biases that I should not have. I cannot remove them. What I can do is try to overcome them; knowing that they exist, make an effort to put them aside when dealing with people. I probably don't always succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gram? Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 So why rule black girls out as potential babysitters? I don't get it. I didn't rule them out. Learn to read kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 You can have thoughts that you yourself will not agree with. Some things aren't worth discussing but others are worth asking in an attempt to rationalise without forcing. I'll often lay myself open to being classed as something even when i'm not, but i'd say there is method to my madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 fair points all these. but the world being what it is we all have to make do with hypocrisy day to day. i was made god father and had to go to the christening though I'm not christian. but i felt it was the right thing to do, as so to speak. we do have to act 'opposite to our opinions' a lot of the times, especially if they are minority ones. society demands it. coz i think if we didn't then chaos would ensue. My friends know me well enough to know that I would not agree to be godmother to their children no matter how much commitment I have to help them as they grow up, so we had a humanist ceremony as well as a christening and I have instead vowed to be life guardian to the children, so they have both godparents and a life guardian. I don't act opposite to my opinions and have been known to quit jobs rather than do something that was contrary to my fundamental beliefs. I treat everybody with the same basic level of respect and expect them to do the same back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I didn't rule them out. Learn to read kid. Fair point, but why a white one in preference to black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimani Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Fair point, but why a white one in preference to black? gram, i hadn't really seen what you said in your post. is there a reason for the preference. no judgment passed. just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gram? Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Fair point, but why a white one in preference to black? Less chance of a crime being comitted. Statistically there are more blacks in the prison system worldwide then whites. And that's a fact. So I'm just working on the laws of averages to protect my cherished children, Timmy and Bobby-Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Less chance of a crime being comitted. Statistically there are more blacks in the prison system worldwide then whites. And that's a fact. That is, indeed, a fact. But for you to infer that a given black person is more likely to commit a crime than a given black person is not only unwarranted; in this country, it's actually false! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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