Tatakai

you have no right to speak for/about the northwest.

i live in seattle, and its pretty ------- diverse. there's 2 highschools in the seattle school district (out of like 8 or 9) that are more colored students than white, and half of the other schools are only just over 50% white. i've got friends whose parents are from countries you've only heard of that one time in social studies.

there's even parts of this giant city that are primarily other races. southpark is hella mexicans, a lot of the signs are in spanish, highland park and delridge has a lot of asians and black, white center is full of asians and mexicans, northend and alki are probably the only areas that are mostly white.

not trying to like.. sound mean or anything, or trying to proove that seattle is hella mega diverse, im just saying its not as white as OREGON..

MikeJ-2009

Wait. You don't feel sorry for them because they are black, you just understand what it might be like if you were "with all black kids" (because you aren't one of them). How does that not go back to the color of thier skin?
YOU might want to read what you wrote again. Empathize with me the way you do the black kids. You don't sound like you're praising diversity as much as you are bashing all white areas for not being diverse.
On another note, I had 2 black kids (early 20's) working for my painting company. They both grew up in Idaho, and they were probably the most respectable blacks I've met. I've got money that the 2 black guys you grew up with in Oregon had a better chance in society than most blacks in black area's. If you're just making a point of how you like urban areas better than rural, than that's a different subject.

BeastBass

Oregon isn't all white - there are shitloads of mexicans and people from ALL over the planet live there to work for Intel

all in all, Oregon is pretty diverse whatever good that does,..

MikeJ-2009

Don't worry, it doesn't amount to anything good. The most diverse place in the world (So Cal) is so diverse that everyone eventually lives in a city of thier own kind.
EX: Downey, Ca. (Used in a sentance)
"Downey is where all the mexicans live" or "Downey is fairly well known for "LP" (Los Padrinos), the juvenile prison where all the mexican kids go." Oddly enough, in the late 60's my mom grew up, lived, and went to high school in Downey, and now the only time we go there is to visit LSD Mike. lol

BeastBass

of course it doesnt do any good

but then again without blacks we wouldn't have all sorts of music or mannerisms

96turboracer

On the first note, say you went to school and all the other kids had parents, but you were an orphan, wouldn't you feel a little bit alone? because you were a little bit different? in this case the medium is their skin, although that's not specifically what I was referencing.

I think I am bashing white areas for not being diverse, mainly because it's my personal opinion that I'm a better person for experiencing this. My mistake is in thinking that other people share this exact view.

I absoloutely agree with your statement about the black kids having a better chance in society, why? because of their environment, they did not grow up poor, they had the opportunity to go to college and are both actually doing quite well.

On the last part, maybe I am saying that? I'm not sure exactly what the point of this post was in the first place, just some thoughts that came to my mind.

Also to point out, I'm not specifically focusing on black people here, they were simply the ONLY diversity in my small town. it could have just as well applied to any race or nationality.

although I will say that these kids had to deal with one thing that I never had to deal with. because it was a mainly retirement town that didn't have any diversity, the only exposure to black people these older folk had was through the media that convinced them they were all trying to steal anything worth money. That has to suck, anywhere you go people looking at you suspiciously.

Yeah that makes sense. Oregon is mainly the only experience I've had I haven't gone to Washington very much.

signorelli21

this is a funny post, so basically you feel sorry for the black kids because they go to an all white school, or well you can empathize with them. i don't really see how someone can think that way.

i live in kansas city missouri, there are quite a few places where white people just are not welcome and frankly you will get your *** beat or shot for no reason other than the fact that you are in their hood, which is fine.
also if you were to have gone to school here in the city then you would be at a predominately black school, do you think that they would show you the same heartfelt compassion because your the only white kid at their school? no.

it bothers me when people talk about races of people like they are really that much different from themselves. i have lived and worked with a huge number of people from all over the world and have come to find that its more your enviroment and the influences around you that dictate what kind of person you will become, NOT the color of your skin.

i know and work with a few black people that are alot whiter than i am ( does that make sense?)

basically there would be no racism if people would stop talking about it, i mean why do i have to be a white man, or an indian or a black man, why can't we all just be americans?

Inquisition

Since when is San Diego diverse? I mean more diverse than white America, sure, but seriously, in terms of a melting pot, not even close. I was there last January for about a week. I flew out of Newark airport and which is one of the largest international airports in the world and the amount of different people there compared to San Diego air port wasn't even comparable. Driving around San Diego I noticed two different types of people: white and Mexican, and believe me, white people out numbered the Mexicans.

96turboracer

So because you spent a week in San Diego that makes you a qualified expert? makes sense

This is kind of hilarious, where are you people getting the idea that this post is about me feeling sorry for black people? Go back and re-read what i wrote, PLEASE.

MikeJ-2009

Sorry to take this to the extreme, but the only difference between them and anyone else is their skin color. That was the difference you referenced. It's ok though, I'm just giving you a hard time.

I'm also of the believe that racism is confused with skin color, when it doesn't have anything to do with it. Say we have Colon Powell and DMX standing next to each other. One is a ------, and one is an American. The real point is how they conduct themselves, not thier skin color.
Plenty of black people have come up in the business world, government, ect. ect, as well as all other races. The only difference between those people and the people we call ------s, beaners, gooks, hick *** hillbilly rednecks, ect. is the way they act. I think race is only what we recognize because statistics tell us the truth and we sometimes forget to remember the 10% of the statistic (or whatever the actual number is)

Cliff notes: I'm a racist.