At this point he asked me to roll down my window. But it was all fine. Like I said, I’m white.
For people who love to dwell in contradictions, the US is the greatest country in the world: the land of the free built on slavery, the country of law and order where everyone is entitled to a gun, a place of unimpeded progress where they cling to backwardness out of sheer stubbornness.
I’ve never been to a place as white as Iowa.
The whiteness of my existence was my iPhone and the fumes of bourbon and beer, and the game from last night and the tingling in my thigh. The tingling in my thigh was my body – the reality I can’t look at because I’m too afraid of my mortality.
The fundamental difference between the Trump and Sanders crowd was that the Sanders crowd has more money, the natural consequence of the American contradiction machinery: rich white people can afford to think about socialism, the poor can only afford their anger.
The ancient dreams are still so vivid here. In the United States, 240-year-old writings can be recited by heart by people who cannot be described as educated. Documents written by men who owned slaves are spoken of as if they could solve the problems of today and tomorrow and any conceivable future no matter how distant.Thomas Jefferson believed that the constitution should expire after 19 years, so that the dead would not have dominion over the living. That fate seems to have arrived. The Americans are in constant debates with ghosts and their conversations with dead people are most powerful, most ferocious, at exactly the points where they are most nonsensical. They state defiantly that all men are created equal when any casual observer of life knows they aren’t. They claim that men and women should be judged by the content of their character, when nobody can know the content of another’s character. These dreams, these impossibilities, are the absolute and real foundation of their nation. And the dreams are so entrancing that it’s unclear whether the problem is that the Americans believe them, or that they don’t. It’s supremely childish, either way.
BlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.
Quote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.
Quote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living?
Quote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too.
Quote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]
Quote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:20:47 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:19:52 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too."i dont have a source""I'm too lazy to look into it myself and I demand you back up everything you say with media. Unless the media source has an agenda counter to my own, in which case I will discount it anyway"How about no. One only needs to look into the pop-culture perception of poor southerners, and Appalachians in particular, to understand this. They're literally the only group you can make fun of without being targeted by the PC crowd.
Quote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:19:52 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too."i dont have a source"
Quote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:34:44 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:29:00 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:20:47 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:19:52 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too."i dont have a source""I'm too lazy to look into it myself and I demand you back up everything you say with media. Unless the media source has an agenda counter to my own, in which case I will discount it anyway"How about no. One only needs to look into the pop-culture perception of poor southerners, and Appalachians in particular, to understand this. They're literally the only group you can make fun of without being targeted by the PC crowd.i do not deny that poor southerners, especially "hillbillies" in the appalachians, are culturally discriminated against- as a southerner with family in the appalachians, and having worked volunteer duties for poor families in the appalachians, ive experienced this firsthand.you made an assertion, its not unreasonable for me to ask that you provide a citation. burden of proof is on you when you say something like "the single most discriminated-against group in the country." so dont get all asshurt at me when i ask you to put up or shut up kiddo.I don't know what kind of proof you want. Media articles are of no value in this context thanks to bias, and no researcher on earth is going to get funding to look into it. It is pretty fucking clear that poor, inland southerners are the biggest targets of hostile attitudes in the country, you only need to look at pretty much any media depiction of them vs for example urban latinos or muslims. Negative depictions of other groups are almost always met with criticism, but negative depictions of southerners are generally much harsher and rarely if ever cause mainstream upset.
Quote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:29:00 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:20:47 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:19:52 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too."i dont have a source""I'm too lazy to look into it myself and I demand you back up everything you say with media. Unless the media source has an agenda counter to my own, in which case I will discount it anyway"How about no. One only needs to look into the pop-culture perception of poor southerners, and Appalachians in particular, to understand this. They're literally the only group you can make fun of without being targeted by the PC crowd.i do not deny that poor southerners, especially "hillbillies" in the appalachians, are culturally discriminated against- as a southerner with family in the appalachians, and having worked volunteer duties for poor families in the appalachians, ive experienced this firsthand.you made an assertion, its not unreasonable for me to ask that you provide a citation. burden of proof is on you when you say something like "the single most discriminated-against group in the country." so dont get all asshurt at me when i ask you to put up or shut up kiddo.
Quote from: † on January 19, 2016, 03:06:05 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:34:44 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:29:00 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:20:47 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:19:52 PMQuote from: Azumarill on January 19, 2016, 02:11:06 PMQuote from: † on January 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PMQuote from: CÆSAR GAIVS AVTISMVS on January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 PMQuote from: DAS THE HALLS on January 19, 2016, 09:37:15 AMBlehI go to the coal region too often to take anyone who mentions white privilege seriously.Aren't the Appalachians like a third world country in terms of poverty rates and standard of living? Yes. They're also the single most discriminated-against group in the country.[citation needed]Yes, because a media source is going to report something so awkward to say as "Appalachians discriminated against". In fact, a sociologist would look into it so there's something to report, too."i dont have a source""I'm too lazy to look into it myself and I demand you back up everything you say with media. Unless the media source has an agenda counter to my own, in which case I will discount it anyway"How about no. One only needs to look into the pop-culture perception of poor southerners, and Appalachians in particular, to understand this. They're literally the only group you can make fun of without being targeted by the PC crowd.i do not deny that poor southerners, especially "hillbillies" in the appalachians, are culturally discriminated against- as a southerner with family in the appalachians, and having worked volunteer duties for poor families in the appalachians, ive experienced this firsthand.you made an assertion, its not unreasonable for me to ask that you provide a citation. burden of proof is on you when you say something like "the single most discriminated-against group in the country." so dont get all asshurt at me when i ask you to put up or shut up kiddo.I don't know what kind of proof you want. Media articles are of no value in this context thanks to bias, and no researcher on earth is going to get funding to look into it. It is pretty fucking clear that poor, inland southerners are the biggest targets of hostile attitudes in the country, you only need to look at pretty much any media depiction of them vs for example urban latinos or muslims. Negative depictions of other groups are almost always met with criticism, but negative depictions of southerners are generally much harsher and rarely if ever cause mainstream upset.but door if one of the four major news outlets didnt report on it then it doesnt happen!!!
The White Man Pathology: Inside the Fandom of Sanders and Trump
