Not at my company. In general white males have been told they’re the problem for years. Joe Biden said America has a racism problem from white males. Remember whites are the most dangerous people in America. The damn president said that. That’s just a fact. It’s a reason the under 25 crowd is the most conservative group in modern history. They’re tired of it.
You answered your own question. No race or group or ethnicity should be “propped up”. We are all equal and should judge each individual on their own merits. Not broad brushes like race. It’s stupid.
Got you. You gave those examples from your company and then talked about being scapegoated and blocked, so thought it was personal experience. I've heard all those things you're saying as well, but as a white male in a generally progressive company have never felt any of those things, and thought you were saying you had.
I will say that they don’t really care what I think or anyone like me and that’s completely fine. I think we should keep workplaces professional and not have political crap all over. It’s ridiculous. I don’t think it’s appropriate to fly that flag, that’s irrelevant to what our company does and business in general. It also can be offensive to religious people. I find it so backwards that it’s ok to insult and offend religious folks but not anyone else. But again. They don’t care.
I’ve never once complained about it nor will I.Thank you, was it this study?
You mean "at work" ONLY right?I will say that they don’t really care what I think or anyone like me and that’s completely fine. I think we should keep workplaces professional and not have political crap all over. It’s ridiculous. I don’t think it’s appropriate to fly that flag, that’s irrelevant to what our company does and business in general. It also can be offensive to religious people. I find it so backwards that it’s ok to insult and offend religious folks but not anyone else. But again. They don’t care.
As long as these "illegals" don't have a path to citizenship and their employers can pay them far less than what they would be paying 'Murican citizens, you're all good with it, eh? That might work with respect to truly seasonal agricultural workers, but what about "illegals" who are working in this country year 'round? Construction workers, garment industry workers, restaurant workers, gardeners, house cleaners, etc. Those people don't have an off season in which to return "home."
I’m sorry. It was from two or three. This one and there was one that was forecasting 10 year and 20 year. I don’t recall the other thing. I’m on my phone. I’m out on the road working so I apologize for not having the links. It was Pew and maybe one other. I’ll try and find it. But I was and am very skeptical of the 95% claim thing. That’s an incredibly high percentage. Meaning CA would get virtually zero benefit and that’s absolutely not true.
Do you think the average non-white person in America CURRENTLY has the same opportunities/privileges as one another? Ie, do you think a black citizen or Hispanic citizen in 2026 that's coming into the workforce would be judged equally, compared to one another?
Please DO explain the above gibberish. How would continuing to employ illegals at wage levels FAR below what U.S. citizens would demand "destroy our economy?" Presumably, continuing to use low priced "illegal" labor would allow for continued cheap fruits and veggies, thereby propping up rather than destroying our economy..
Even if we removed all illegals, the impact on House seats would be negligible so this is much ado about nothing. Thanks Biden!
Yes I do. Maybe not in the 1960’s but today I would argue that poc have not only the same, but greater, opportunity than white people. There are countless policies in place that have ensured that is the case. I also think that the standards placed on many people have been manipulated to ensure this as well. I think accountable, hard working, smart, intelligent people of color absolutely have the same opportunities. I come from a sports background, like all my formative years were spent on teams with every race and religion of people under the sun. I still coach to this day. I have young black men, young hispanic men, young biracial men and young white men on my teams. I treat them all equally. I constantly harp to them at practice about seizing your opportunities and being ready for the moments. But I also show them there’s accountability, meaning you must perform to play, it’s just the way it is. Not about race or religion or sex or any of that. It’s about execution and being prepared for your moment and taking full advantage of every opportunity you get. You don’t choose what opportunities you get, you choose how you embrace them. I truly love them and want the best for them. All of them too! If we preached that as much as we preach division we may fix this place. Sorry. Love you too bud.
Entitlements. The number one expense we currently have. If 51% end up on welfare AND they’re working low wage (low taxes) jobs that’s a recipe for disaster. We need inventors investors and innovators. They create. We can be selective, and we should be.
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I hear ya- and while opportunities may be the same (which was my framing, not yours, so no critique), I do think that one thing that differs is privilege and safety nets. There is alot of verified data that shows that opportunities are not the same (people of color having to change their name on their resume to white people sounding names to even get interviews, pricing differences in rental applications for people of color, etc.), but I think perhaps a better framing would be safety nets/privilege.
Sure thing man. I can only speak to my experience. My experience is much different than what studies say or what media tells me. I fault culture, not the system. Every human is capable of unbelievable greatness at scale, all of them. But culture matters. Culture will be there when there are no safety nets or privilege. I am blessed but my life has been far from easy. I have been presented opportunities and I’ve done well with some and not with others. But I don’t point fingers and blame others. I’m ultimately responsible for my life period. Not you, not the government, not anyone or anything or any policy - it’s just me. That’s the right way to live and we should encourage self sufficiency and resolve. Too many people quit and give up and blame others when they need to take a look in the mirror. I have no ill will towards anyone. I believe we need to take care of the issues here at home first before we open our doors to millions of people that need real help. It’s not that I don’t care, it’s pragmatism, at some point you must understand that we aren’t and can’t be everything to everyone. Resources are finite, we must be selective with them. We should be great stewards of what we’ve been given and preserve that for our children - and we are not. And people need to quit just wholesale blaming all white people for everything, it’s ridiculous. I’m sick of it, it’s such a waste of time to even have a discussion if that’s the jump off point. People are individuals.
Good attempt at moving the goalposts bear. Illegal is illegal. The only tax I see an illegal paying is sales tax. The company that employs them illegally is not collecting taxes from their pay.
This discussion is over illegal immigrants and not on skin color regardless of what the skin color of most of the illegals is.
I totally agree- People are individuals but we all LIVE in community. The community that makes up the states, and the experience therein is different for individuals, and unfortunately imo effects, prohibits, and empowers different people groups in different ways.
No, it's not. That's not what the "great replacement theory" is about. So if you want to talk about illegal immigration, then you started a thread under wrong pretenses and don't know what you're talking about.
You have tds and love illegals so can't fathom the discussion from a rational viewpoint imo.
I've been having a very rational, understandable conversation about different viewpoints around white culture and other cultures of American Citizens in the United states.
Ultimately my viewpoint is self reliance. Discipline, integrity, honesty, hard work are all more important and more fulfilling than policies or programs. Politicians and their stupid virtue policies come and go - our real strength is internal, it’s not given by policymakers. This is a culture war. America was built by men that would not be denied, now it’s half full of men that need government to buy their food for them. When I speak of being replaced I am specifically speaking of what I consider American culture being replaced. Self discipline, self sufficiency, self reliance, accountability, freedom being chief among those. I want all my American brothers and sisters to thrive but people will not thrive as long as government is constantly pushing narratives and choosing winners and losers. The game becomes rigged and then no one wants to participate. That’s what’s happening. Whites are being told by the media, by many liberals, by the former president and his entire administration, by current democrats that WE are the problem, we are the racists, we are evil and I for one am fuckimg tired of it. Instead of building up those communities and people imo liberals and democrats just point fingers at whites and say, they’re the problem. You asked originally about opportunities and even you agreed that for the most part everyone is given opportunities. But if you’re a poc in Chicago you miss it bc you’re too wrapped up in blaming whitey - no self reflection. They’ve been listening to Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzkers racist anti white propaganda and become full fledged victims It’s disgusting. I reject that premise fully. We are a fair nation and all people are given opportunities at scale equally. It’s not white peoples fault if others don’t take advantage or aren’t prepared for the same opportunities they took advantage of. You don’t need policies for that. You need culture change. You need accountability and discipline. Even the last sentence of your post is a little off to me - I have the best intentions for people, idc what color they are. People with discipline, accountability and responsibility will always be successful here regardless of skin color or orientation. Most issues in lower economic communities regardless of skin color arise from lack of discipline and accountability NOT racism. I could give 100’s of real life examples of this. IMO the only way to break this vicious entitlement reliance and finger pointing is through reinvigorating our culture. That can’t happen when millions of people that do not share our culture are being ushered in and then being placed on social welfare programs. We are going backwards on the discipline and accountability scale, not forwards.
I'm not sure your last sentence/point is accurate. I'd imagine some are not collecting tax, but others are
