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lsu-i-like · Jun 17, 2008

LSUMASTERMIND said: ↑

I was just going to leave this thread alone, but the phucking ignorance is glaring through this thread. Like black men and black people are the only ones that dont live up to their responsibility. Fathers from all races, leave their kids and dont want to take care of them. Skip out on child support and leave children with their mothers.

Hey guess what, I grew up with my mother and father and 4 grandparents. I guess they didnt get the memo about skipping out on their families because they are black.
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I don't think the point is that because people have dark skin they will be bad parents. I think the point is that a lot of poor inner city people doesn't raise their families right and a lot of those people are black. I recently heard on the news that Jacksonville, FL has the infant mortality rate of a third world country. Maybe it was just a segment of Jacksonville, FL, but really, that is a disgrace.

I think in general it is poor folks who grow up in a cycle of failure who have a higher tendency to fail. It seems a large segment of the black population in the US falls into that category.

I'm not defending everything that has been said in this thread, nor the way it has been said, but this is a touchy subject that needs to be discussed.

How stupid is this post, actually Barack has about 89% of the black vote. 14% of the black vote voted for George Bush twice. How is it that he is worried about whitey, he didnt win the Democratic nomination with just the black vote, but your ignorance shines through your post. It really takes post like this for people to show their true colors. So I will break it down to you.

Black people make up 14% of the population, when you drill it down to the ones that are registered to vote,thats probably 4% of the black population. So I declare that Obama had a few white and hispanics voting for him to win the Democratic nomination.

And I guess its just black people that have him leading in every poll I have seen against McCain.
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I don't have much sympathy for anyone who voted for Bush twice. Yuck.

I think Obama is and should be concerned about the white vote; sure he is getting a lot of white votes but I really think a big reason Hillary had so much success is that some white dems didn't want to vote for a black guy. You might be surprised to find out that prejudice still exists. Especially in older white people. That's frustrating, but I don't think there is any denying that it is reality as well.

LSUGradin99 · Jun 17, 2008

LSUMASTERMIND said: ↑

Where are the moderators now, I am calling them out publicly, you close threads and delete post. This one should be deleted, I dont care whos words they are, they shouldnt belong here. Its very offensive.
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Go right ahead, but I don't believe any of us are going to delete a post that is a right on target. CC is referencing the exact same words that Obama referenced Sunday in his Chicago speech. Here is part of what Obama had to say:

"Chris Rock had a routine. He said some—too many of our men, they're proud, they brag about doing things they’re supposed to do. They say "Well, I- I'm not in jail." Well you're not supposed to be in jail!"
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Go to 13:03 in video, where he references Chris Rock.
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