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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 18:32:36 GMT -6
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Post by lowell on Jan 12, 2016 4:44:02 GMT -6
I think it is partly because of the perception of blacks as being more dangerous than whites. The idea that blacks need a less merciful justice. It is a holdover from the days when they were slaves. Slaves were viewed as requiring total obedience to their masters and having natures that were wild and which required taming. Some men view their wives and daughters this way too. As a wild animal that needs to be subservient to an authority figure to be domesticated, this is how blacks were treated and it is the way, that many are still treated. Women too, are often treated this way. When my time in the Army was up, I ended up homeless in Seattle, staying with whoever was willing to let me sleep on their floor. One of the couples that put me up for a night or two, had a relationship that featured complete control by the man. He had a pistol that he brandished at her and she was clearly very afraid of him. For me it was disgusting. I left as soon as I could. I told the friend who sent me to that home about it.
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Post by tindalus on Jan 12, 2016 13:44:21 GMT -6
Also the police tend to sterotype black people and will often not enforce the law against whites, while they will use the least little excuse to prosecute and arrest black people.
Example, there is no evidence that black people deal more in drugs then white people, but black people are far more likely to be prosecuted and given severe sentences.
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Post by matador on Jan 15, 2016 21:14:48 GMT -6
There are several reasons; 1. They get public defenders, usually lawyers fresh out of law school. So they really do not get the best in defense. The bulk of those are plea bargained and that almost always results in jail time. 2. The system is biased against them. Watch the news and you will see three to four times as many on cameras and so the public is biased, even though just as many whites are criminals few make the news. 3. The majority of crimes are the same race, white on white or black on black. It is the ones that are biracial that gather the most news coverage. And a black on white crimes will be the one where the criminal will get the most time or in capital crimes the death penalty.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2016 7:06:26 GMT -6
I think it is partly because of the perception of blacks as being more dangerous than whites. The idea that blacks need a less merciful justice. It is a holdover from the days when they were slaves. Slaves were viewed as requiring total obedience to their masters and having natures that were wild and which required taming. Some men view their wives and daughters this way too. As a wild animal that needs to be subservient to an authority figure to be domesticated, this is how blacks were treated and it is the way, that many are still treated. Women too, are often treated this way. When my time in the Army was up, I ended up homeless in Seattle, staying with whoever was willing to let me sleep on their floor. One of the couples that put me up for a night or two, had a relationship that featured complete control by the man. He had a pistol that he brandished at her and she was clearly very afraid of him. For me it was disgusting. I left as soon as I could. I told the friend who sent me to that home about it. Off the topic, humor me. Lowell how did you get your life straightened out, what happened. If you like start another thread.
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Post by lowell on Jan 17, 2016 16:23:58 GMT -6
That was before I encountered - found Nichiren Shoshu. I was honorably discharged with an early out to go to college in December of 1971. The short stay with the abusive gun brandishing man and his woman, happened in 1972, A hometown (Walla Walla) friend helped me move out of Seattle to Bellingham in 1973. I was found by Nichiren Shoshu there several months later in May of 1973. I used the G.I. bill to attend college at Western Washington College for a year as a music major from the summer of 73 to the the spring of 74 . The reason I failed to get into college in 72 was because the German doctor that the Army used, to examine me for my end of time in the service (ETS) physical, said I had a double inguinal hernia and I had it operated on when I got out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2016 17:28:18 GMT -6
Interesting, not sure I understand it all, but I'm glade it worked out well for you.
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Post by lowell on Jan 17, 2016 20:24:03 GMT -6
Nichiren Shoshu straightened me out. I had an eye injury in the Army and the Army doctors told me to have the eye pressure checked every year. They said it could develop glaucoma. I didn't have it checked after I got out. It did develop into glaucoma. I was invited to chant to the Gohonzon for anything I wanted by buddhists. I did and it instantly cured my eye. So I joined. I ended up working at restaurant jobs until I got jobs working on the waterfront. Eventually I got a Teamster job and worked as a heavy duty laborer for 15 years. I solved most of my problems during that time with help from Buddhism. Then I worked at an aerospace firm for 13 years until I got sensitized to the chemicals. Then I paid several thousand dollars to become a commercial truck driver and worked several truck driving jobs. The last 8 months before I retired, I worked as a temporary laborer because I had to. The credit for the modest success of my life is due to the benefits of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. (and my extraordinary mother)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 9:09:49 GMT -6
Wonderful, You're modest and take little credit yourself.
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