How Can We Address Anti-intellectualism in Our Communities?

[bigDeeOT]

The American society like one of the vids in the op says is designed to be anti-intellectual. All these programs on tv like American idol and love and hip hop are used as distractions to keep people stupid.

This is 100% true. Noam Chomsky basically devoted his life to proving this point.

The black community is especially targeted and assaulted by this anti-intellectualism culture. .

But here's the thing, we embrace it. You don't ever see any leaders in the so called african american community speaking out and denouncing anti-intellectualism. The only person I can think of is Ben Carson. If we as a community wanted to get people educated and stop them from being sucked in to all these distractions, you would think there would be a movement to do so, but there isn't.

The law is designed to keep the black community in a state of confusion and the prison industrial complex profits on this. Wall street profits off this. They get prisoners to work for pennies on the dollar for profit.


It's modern day slavery with a twist. It's slavery. Nothing's changed. We have to look at them as the problem first.

I'm not sure what laws you're talking about but right now liberal policies are designed to keep the african american feeling like a victim so he doesn't have to work to get anywhere. Why should someone stand up on their own two feet if they've been brainwashed to believe no amount of education will ever get him anywhere? There's nothing holding back the modern day negro except himself, and the welfare state helps to keep him feeling like a victim with a sense of entitlement .

 

[bigDeeOT]

The biggest problem in our community when it comes to anti-intellectualism is that being educated benefits us less then it does anyone else. So the reality for a lot of poor blacks is that crime and fukkery are a better idea than school.

The fact that you actually believe this nonsense is the epitome of why we're in the state of degeneracy you see today.

Explain how education benefits us less than it does anyone else. And after you explain that, tell me by how MUCH does it benefit us less than anyone else. Because if you're going to tell me with all else being equal, african americans make 10% for the same job as a white person, that is no excuse to reject education.

And let me preempt something here. I know you're going to cite statistics that say african americans get less jobs out of college than whites. The problem with that is that you're not controlling for other factors. Because one huge reason for that could be the fact that blacks have lower GPAs than white people do. So naturally, of course you're going to find lower post grade employment rates among blacks.

 

[bigDeeOT]

That's because we don't own our businesses anymore.
If we had more ownership, we would feel more like we're working rather than being worked.

We don't own our own businesses anymore because so many blacks lack any skills or education to do so. It takes a certain skill set to run a business of a any nature and the black community is so closed off from learning how to do anything.

 

[bigDeeOT]

I disagree. I my experience the vocabulary that comes with picking up a book from time to time is looked down upon..

This has been my experience as well.

 

[bigDeeOT]

I don't deny the reality of racism.
But I also won't deny that we have many self-destructive habits. Perhaps, such habits are the part of the legacy of slavery. At any rate, we must openly and honestly discuss them so that we can take steps toward positive change.
But if we continue to deny it and instead blame everything on white people, guess what--not much will change.

This is what I'm talking about. More people in our community need to have this kind of attitude. I don't believe the state of blacks today has anything to do with slavery but even if it did, even if slavery started this, what are we doing to get out of it? Absolutely nothing.

What have we accomplished in this country within the last 50 years? They had the 50th anniversery of the march on washington and what in the world did they even talk about? Oh, trayvon martin. That's what we've accomplished, justice for trayvon martin. Ridiculous!

 

[bigDeeOT]

What are these destructive habits and are they exclusive to the black community?....If you show me a poor black kid that had potential and threw his life away because of drugs, I can turn around and show you a white kid that abused drugs, but always had someone to give him the benefit of the doubt which allowed him to get back on his feet....

We can talk about destructive vices all day, but everyone does them...The difference is that the playing field isn't level, so the chances of blacks rebounding as opposed to whites, is severely mitigated.

Ok so then the destructive habit is the fact that we don't have enough black role models in our community. Lets see we've got Ben Carson… and a whole bunch of entertainers. Oh, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a big one too.

Even among well-to-do blacks, they aren't looked up to in our community because when these blacks finally do achieve something either one of two things will happen.
1. Other blacks will foster a crab-in-the-bucket mentality and see him as a sell out for following the white man's way of success.
2. The successful black man ought to denounce the actions of the criminal minded thugs but he doesn't. Instead, he tells these thugs that the reason why they're in the position they're in today is due to slavery and racism. So, where's the motivation to achieve anything if you're just going to convince people they're victims?

Look at Bill Cosby. He's successful and he denounces the degeneracy of the black community and everyone calls him a sell out. We don't want any leaders in our community. We want to get rich quick.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

The fact that you actually believe this nonsense is the epitome of why we're in the state of degeneracy you see today.

Explain how education benefits us less than it does anyone else. And after you explain that, tell me by how MUCH does it benefit us less than anyone else. Because if you're going to tell me with all else being equal, african americans make 10% for the same job as a white person, that is no excuse to reject education.

And let me preempt something here. I know you're going to cite statistics that say african americans get less jobs out of college than whites. The problem with that is that you're not controlling for other factors. Because one huge reason for that could be the fact that blacks have lower GPAs than white people do. So naturally, of course you're going to find lower post grade employment rates among blacks.

It's a well documented fact that black people get paid and hired less when compared to whites of similar education/experience. It's also a well documented fact that blacks get worse rates on loans/credit cards.

 

[bigDeeOT]

It's a well documented fact that black people get paid and hired less when compared to whites of similar education/experience.

I'm sorry to say this but you have a serious comprehension problem. Reread my post. I already addressed this.

 

[bigDeeOT]

It's also a well documented fact that blacks get worse rates on loans/credit cards.

And like I said before, you're not controlling for other factors. Show me a study that says black people get worse rates on loans/credit cards with the SAME credit score. Of course, if blacks have on average lower credit scores (which they do), then they will get rejected from loans and credit cards more often.

And then after you show me that study, tell me by HOW MUCH. By what magnitude are blacks getting worse rates on loans/credit cards, given that they have the same credit scores? Because I certainly do believe racism exist, but I don't think it affects the black community as much as people like yourself would lead people to believe.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I'm sorry to say this but you have a serious comprehension problem. Reread my post. I already addressed this.

You talking about the part about GPA's?

A lot of black candidates don't even make it to the point of showing off their GPA.

There are statistics that say that a white felon is more likely to get a job and get paid more than a black college grad. Is that due to GPA's too?

 

[theworldismine13]

This whole idea that we're all victims and its all whitey's fault for everything is exactly why black america is so degenerate. If we're ever going to succeed in this country its going to be by first taking accountability for the state we're in today instead of always trying to blame it on white people and slavery. Right now there are too many tools available in this country for black people to succeed and be successful but you've got the white liberal media and Al Sharpton pulling out the race card any chance they get. But of course they're so conveniently silent about the eight thousand blacks that are killed every year by their own brothers.

You know the ironic thing is that a big reason why so many people are racist is because so many black people think they're problems are due to racism.

yep, what i notice is that a lot of people dont have a real black action plan, all they have is white action plans, all they have is a list of things that white people need to do, too many black people swear on their moms that our destiny is dependent on white people

 

[MeachTheMonster]

And like I said before, you're not controlling for other factors. Show me a study that says black people get worse rates on loans/credit cards with the SAME credit score. Of course, if blacks have on average lower credit scores (which they do), then they will get rejected from loans and credit cards more often.

And then after you show me that study, tell me by HOW MUCH. By what magnitude are blacks getting worse rates on loans/credit cards, given that they have the same credit scores? Because I certainly do believe racism exist, but I don't think it affects the black community as much as people like yourself would lead people to believe.

Yes it's with similar credit score and income levels. And I'm not showing you shyt, you know how to google.

 

[bigDeeOT]

There are statistics that say that a white felon is more likely to get a job and get paid more than a black college grad. Is that due to GPA's too?

Again, you're not controlling for what type of felony. I think white collar felonies are lot more likely to get a job than a violent fellony, which most black felonies have.

 

[bigDeeOT]

yep, what i notice is that a lot of people dont have a real black action plan, all they have is a white action plans, all they have is a list of things that white people need to do, too many black people swear on their moms that our destiny is dependent on white peopl

That's a really good way of putting it. It's always about what white people need to do, never what WE need to do.

 

[bigDeeOT]

Yes it's with similar credit score and income levels. And I'm not showing you shyt, you know how to google.

Ok I'll give you that. I acknowledge that blacks do have it harder in this country due to racism. However all this discrimination doesn't come anywhere CLOSE to accounting for the state black america is in today.