Racism we see being reported in Main Stream media is not what it seems.

Has anybody else wondered about why Whites are racists, and no other race is?

Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans.. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'... And that's OK..
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you....
So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET....
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that??

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships... You know we'd be racists. 

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US .

Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights.
If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it.
But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us, play knock out on us.
But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud of being an American and a Veteran.  But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??

There is nothing improper about this post.

That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country.
We won't stand up for ourselves!

It's not a crime YET.... But getting very close to be!

Just my opinion on all this so called racism garbage.

Kent County Housing Discrimination Trap.

Wow. Never thought I would have to write something like this.

My friend John who is also a disabled Veteran, is living on Social Security disability. Nationally this pays about 1350 a month on average.  John is currently living in a building that has been sold and all the residents need to move out by the end of July. 

John has lived there 7 years and paid his rent on time every month. He also gets HUD Section 8 housing assistance for Veterans.  This means HUD pays about 2/3rds of his rent and he pays the remainder plus a utility fee for water, gas, and trash removal. This is about 300 dollars a month.

Now keep in mind, we are just exiting the COV19 economic shutdown here. Many businesses are still not operating with full staff. 

John has applied at 2 apartment complexes for a 1 bedroom apartment. Each complex charged John an application fee of between 25 and 40 dollars.   

He just found out neither of the apartment complexes will rent to him without a co-signer or a guarantor.  This is because he has no credit history  - he doesn't use credit, and unbeknownst to him, each of these apartment companies have a policy that the renter have 2.5 or 3.0 times the rent, in income to be qualified to rent. 

John's income is 1350, plus HUD amount of 400 for a total of 1750.  Under these rules, he would qualify only for an apartment that costs less than 700 a month for a 2.5x requirement, or 583 a month with a 3x requirement.  He will not qualify for any apartment at either of these places, and is now out his 65 dollars wasted on application fees. 

Now when is the last time you found a decent apartment not in down town GR, in a high crime area, or worse, for less than 700? Its been at least 5 years.  The average apartment now is 800 or more for a 1 bedroom, and I have found them as high as 1200 a month! 

The fact that these 2 apartment complex's did not disclose their Income requirements on their applications, is something that I think could be seen as false and misleading information designed to get people to spend money for an application fee that the company knows many will fail.  This is just wrong. 

So my advise to any of you - before you pay money for an application, Inquire about income requirements. If they refuse to answer you,  Look somewhere else. A company that does not make full disclosure up front at the beginning will only be trouble later on. 

You aint Black! What does that mean exactly?

I am starting to come to a rather unusual conclusion about a problem that has existed long before I was born. 

I have lived my entire life listening to the black community of the USA complain about slavery which we as a nation ended with a civil war 100 years before most of us were even born, while not saying a thing about the slavery still being practiced in Africa. At the same time they complain about racism, the very racism that they themselves practice on a daily basis as a minority group. They constantly whine about how they are oppressed, yet have shown us they cannot live by the simple rules of society, and get violent when they are held accountable.

As a child, I started my public education in a public school, that was as mixed race as any. My 3rd grade teacher was of African heritage and Mrs. Jackson was one of the best teachers I had in my elementary years.  At the time, we had no idea what racism was. I didn't even know what the N word was until later that year when Nikki told me what it meant - and he was black kid. As I look back I see now, racism starts at home. 

My stepdad was a cop in the Detroit Riots of the 1960's and became a very prejudicial man. He hated black people.  I never understood why. But I am starting to understand how he could have ended up that way. We moved to the country between 3rd and 4th grades, and I found myself in a predominantly white community with a few Mexican minorities but no blacks.  Now I see that as Dad's version of white flight.  

However, still, I did not see any difference between myself and the other kids, no matter what their ancestral linage was. After all we went to the same schools, learned the same things.  Then I joined the military and was exposed to even more diversity which further ingrained that we are all in this together, Americans first, with diverse backgrounds. 

Ok.. so what happened? Rodney King incident in California. The brutal attack of the truck driver Reggie Denny by a black american for no reason other than racial hate. Riots resulted in many cities over this and America started burning.  Later Rodney asked people to just get along and stop the senseless destruction.  Apparently they did not get the memo. 

We have people judging all cops by the actions of a few, while at the same time telling us not to judge the protesters by the actions of a few (that burned down parts of the cities). Hypocrites! I got another idiot who says destruction of property (that is not theirs) is not an act of violence. That person is a dumbass; and there are a lot of them in the news lately. 

For the last 20 years the main stream media has focused on some bad cops who caused the deaths of fellow Americans (who were black).  A  political movement called Black Lives Matter or BLM was created. But I cannot take that group seriously as it does not address the biggest threat to black lives. That threat comes from within the black community itself. But MSM never talks about that simple and true fact. 

Now we got a Presidential candidate telling people who are of African heritage that "you ain't black".  So what does being black really mean?  Apparently being black is more than just skin color, its a mentality, a way of life, a social status. And it is behavior that most Americans are starting to find to be unacceptable; even some of their own minority members. 

I am coming to the conclusion that if you mention your skin color as part of a conversation, you are probably a racist. And I don't want anything to do with you or your organization, or your stupid ideas. 

We are Americans First. Black, White, Red, Brow, Yellow, Green, does not matter. The color of our skin should NEVER matter. Our status as one of the very lucky few to be living in this great country as AMERICAN CITIZENS should be first, foremost, and the ONLY important part of any conversation, both casual and/or political.  

And the term "you ain't black" should be seen as a compliment, not an insult.  

Smoking pot makes you stupid.

That is the conclusion I have come to, after many years of thinking on this subject. 
Right or wrong, it is my opinion based on years of observation.

I have watched what happened to the states on the west coast that slowly allowed it. 

I have watched what happened to my state of Michigan as we allowed it.

I have a few friends who did it, some still do, and all of them are people who were once very smart, but now have the common sense of a fruit fly. 

I watched a friend search for an hour for his wallet (that was in his back pocket). 

I watched another friend lose 3 good paying jobs because he could not put down a 10 dollar bag of weed long enough to pass a drug test.

The apartment complex where I live makes it a violation of your lease to use it anywhere on the property. This includes smoking, vaping, or even having it in your possession even though Michigan law allows it. Michigan law also allows landlords to restrict or forbid its use/possession.  

Yet 3 times in the last year, new people who have signed said lease, have moved into our building and within 7 days have been caught using it in the halls, on the balcony, or in their apartments. I mean how STUPID can you be? The stuff reeks.. its worse than cigarette smoke as this lingers for hours.. and the office takes great pains to inform the lease holder about the requirement. Yet these stupid people do it anyways and end up getting kicked out. 

No one that I know that uses it on a regular basis, has remained untouched by it. They slowly sink into a state of total dumbness. Even when they are not smoking it, their behavior is affected by it.  

I have had to walk away from most of these friends, because I cannot stand to watch them self destruct in this way. 

Yes, smoking marijuana, aka pot, aka weed, what ever name you use, turns you into a total drooling, unable to function, complete dumb ass, over time. It makes you stupid.