Bomberman
Like a C4.
I'm not a writer, but I hope I can clearly state my point:
I know a lot of brehs here aren't religious, and I completely respect that. I can see the logical arguments made against it. I myself am religious, although I do see a lot of hypocrisy in beliefs (to be fair almost any ethos has theirs).
Also I don't have anything against white folks, at all. I can't talk all of this speech about love and say "they all" are at fault. I can't preach all this talk about loving yourself, yet hate a group of people just because they were born white. They had no control, just like none of us had control over how we came out as either. To me, being white isn't a problem at all. There is nothing wrong with being what race you are.
Here's the issue, I think we all need a dragon to slay. One concentrated focus here on this forum and all around the internet and globe. Now I look at studies like this that were released today:
http://www.kait8.com/story/29037803/study-americans-becoming-less-christian-more-secular
Less Christian more secular, however racial tensions are at an all-time high within the last decade. shyt we see today is no different than:
Here's another study discussed here:
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/study-tv-kills-black-boys’-self-esteem.305261/best-posts
Putting these two together, and I think it's apparent what the problem really is.
I also think because whites (mainly the progressive and liberal ones) who feel ashamed, yet don't want to release their privilege (who would really), point at religion and religious people and use it as a scapegoat to hide and keep their benefits. That way the masses continue their attack on religion, yet don't touch the infrastructure: that simply being white is the emphasis and social norms of everything. That this itself creates at least a subconscious divide. From a white person's perspective: us vs them, from everyone else's perspective: them vs us.The spotlight isn't on the main problem, that every time you turn on the TV one group of people are catered to much more significantly than everyone else. That to me, is the whole problem. Today at least. I don't believe the solution is to make any group the social norm either.
Here's yet another study:
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/35e421/research_has_shown_that_the_brain_has_a_very/
(don't know why the link isn't working) Yet here's the discussion and title of what the study was about on reddit:
The reason why I say "today at least" is because we all know there were racial tensions and bias long before television had it's influence. However I think if we were to make television and other media integrate to an even/more normalized portrayal (black folks aren't all over-the-top, asians aren't all submissive, whites aren't all square, latins aren't all rowdy, middle easterners aren't all barbaric) we can then rely on the communication we have through the internet and or technology to work out issues as a species there.
However, given our current state and the way we use technology today: Sadly maybe we are all just doomed/wired to only see the differences in other people because that's the easiest thing to do?
tl;dr: Religion not really the main problem, simply being born and being white isn't the problem, but "white" as the only social norm (despite tiny pockets of "other") is the leading problem. Making any other group the social norm instead isn't the answer either.
I know a lot of brehs here aren't religious, and I completely respect that. I can see the logical arguments made against it. I myself am religious, although I do see a lot of hypocrisy in beliefs (to be fair almost any ethos has theirs).
Also I don't have anything against white folks, at all. I can't talk all of this speech about love and say "they all" are at fault. I can't preach all this talk about loving yourself, yet hate a group of people just because they were born white. They had no control, just like none of us had control over how we came out as either. To me, being white isn't a problem at all. There is nothing wrong with being what race you are.
Here's the issue, I think we all need a dragon to slay. One concentrated focus here on this forum and all around the internet and globe. Now I look at studies like this that were released today:
http://www.kait8.com/story/29037803/study-americans-becoming-less-christian-more-secular
Less Christian more secular, however racial tensions are at an all-time high within the last decade. shyt we see today is no different than:
Here's another study discussed here:
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/study-tv-kills-black-boys’-self-esteem.305261/best-posts
Putting these two together, and I think it's apparent what the problem really is.
I also think because whites (mainly the progressive and liberal ones) who feel ashamed, yet don't want to release their privilege (who would really), point at religion and religious people and use it as a scapegoat to hide and keep their benefits. That way the masses continue their attack on religion, yet don't touch the infrastructure: that simply being white is the emphasis and social norms of everything. That this itself creates at least a subconscious divide. From a white person's perspective: us vs them, from everyone else's perspective: them vs us.The spotlight isn't on the main problem, that every time you turn on the TV one group of people are catered to much more significantly than everyone else. That to me, is the whole problem. Today at least. I don't believe the solution is to make any group the social norm either.
Here's yet another study:
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/35e421/research_has_shown_that_the_brain_has_a_very/
(don't know why the link isn't working) Yet here's the discussion and title of what the study was about on reddit:
Although it doesn't replace solid interacting with other races, having the TV portray things at a fair percentage can still make a significant impact regarding empathy.
The reason why I say "today at least" is because we all know there were racial tensions and bias long before television had it's influence. However I think if we were to make television and other media integrate to an even/more normalized portrayal (black folks aren't all over-the-top, asians aren't all submissive, whites aren't all square, latins aren't all rowdy, middle easterners aren't all barbaric) we can then rely on the communication we have through the internet and or technology to work out issues as a species there.
However, given our current state and the way we use technology today: Sadly maybe we are all just doomed/wired to only see the differences in other people because that's the easiest thing to do?
tl;dr: Religion not really the main problem, simply being born and being white isn't the problem, but "white" as the only social norm (despite tiny pockets of "other") is the leading problem. Making any other group the social norm instead isn't the answer either.
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