MSNBC headline....whats your thoughts?
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Originally Posted by CRAIGHIMSELF
So does everyone else, thats my point. Its like the media wants to make things stagnant instead of wanting to move towards futurisitic idealogical thoughts. Why must they insist on reporting of things so negative and from a past that everyone wants to move from?
Media, if youre reading this....kiss my ass.
Media, if youre reading this....kiss my ass.
I know. It's like always being labeled as. In Sociology, there's a theory called the Labeling Theory. If someone constantly labels you as BAD, then you will take on that secondary characteristic, and give them MORE of that, even if it's not in to BE bad. Constantly drilling the bad statistics is a form of institutionalized labeling.
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Originally Posted by Chefboiali
I know. It's like always being labeled as. In Sociology, there's a theory called the Labeling Theory. If someone constantly labels you as BAD, then you will take on that secondary characteristic, and give them MORE of that, even if it's not in to BE bad. Constantly drilling the bad statistics is a form of institutionalized labeling.
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Originally Posted by RicoD
not to sound stereotypical or whatever but my best friends mom makes the best fried chicken and corn bread 
h: yes shes black....
im just fueling the issue arent I? :hs:
h: yes shes black....im just fueling the issue arent I? :hs:
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Originally Posted by CRAIGHIMSELF
Great point. Sorry to rant, it just blows my mind on how this still lingers 200 years later. I mean, we've learned to fly, been to space, cloned sheep and yet people still pull the race card.
When I worked at Gladstone's in Malibu, I had a General Manager who would get hang out and have a few drinks with us after really busy nights. But one night he took things too far. Mind you, this is after 5 years of working there, and we ALL partied together. He's a tall White guy. Blond hair, and blue eyes.
A group of heads were hanging out one night, including my blonde haired, blue eyed ex girlfriend who still worked there. She was now dating a manager there who was Mexican. They were all talking, minus me and the current boyfriend, and The GM replies to one of my ex's comments, "Oh Julie, your opinion doesn't matter, 'cause you fuck ******s and Mexicans!
Needless to say, it got back to me, and HR was all over it. I could have completely pulled the race card, and have called Gloria Allred and could have been a millionare, but I didn't do it. Got him to go to rehab. I had to end a cycle of pulling the race card, and I got 350 people to watch me do it. Small victory for a fucked up deal.
I was one of the hardest working guys there. I quit 7 years ago, and they STILL compare the way I worked the Expo line to any new guy that is hired. It was horrible to feel that no matter HOW HARD I WORKED, It was still viewed that way in some form.
Tough issue.
