With trans I find it amazing how such a tiny percentage of people with a mental issue have such a massive lobby.
And you are right about blm. I have leafy wing cousins who despite having grown up in nice suburbs insist that they are oppressed. My parents said they didn’t want to raise my siblings and I to be obsessed with race because they had seen too many people go down that path. I’ve been called a white supremacist or “friendly towards white racists” for saying police issues are a symptom of disproportionate crime (and honestly having a good relationship with cops should be a goal), that out of wedlock birthdates are a massive problem, glorifying criminality and making excuses for criminals is not a good thing, or denouncing racism while being hateful towards whites is evil. But nobody listens.
I love Sanford and Son and completely agree. I have literally every song by James Brown. What is Last Chance U about?
Last Chance U is about American Football players who are effectively barred from the big universities (Longhorns, Michigan etc) and who then go to very small community colleges to try to make their way back -- the best example of success is Cam Newton (who is not in the show).
Most of the players are Black, but some are White. You can literally see the cultural and intellectual differences in real time. The show makes no comment about it, and I'm sure the show-runners would be appalled that I say that. The difference even extends to the marching bands. In one season they switch to a more Black school, and the difference between the Black drum corps and the White ones is... astonishing -- but neither is better/worse.
The show also gives a beautiful document of (dying) small town White/Black Americana (in different seasons). It's a fantastic palate-cleanse of all of the artificial 'racism' that's driven by the media/academia, and never by real human beings.
If you're into American Football (you've mentioned that you're Oklahoma/Texas, so odds are that you are) it's one of the best things you'll watch. It's full of wonderful human beings with disparate talents and disparate outlooks on life.
With trans I find it amazing how such a tiny percentage of people with a mental issue have such a massive lobby.
And you are right about blm. I have leafy wing cousins who despite having grown up in nice suburbs insist that they are oppressed. My parents said they didn’t want to raise my siblings and I to be obsessed with race because they had seen too many people go down that path. I’ve been called a white supremacist or “friendly towards white racists” for saying police issues are a symptom of disproportionate crime (and honestly having a good relationship with cops should be a goal), that out of wedlock birthdates are a massive problem, glorifying criminality and making excuses for criminals is not a good thing, or denouncing racism while being hateful towards whites is evil. But nobody listens.
I love Sanford and Son and completely agree. I have literally every song by James Brown. What is Last Chance U about?
Last Chance U is about American Football players who are effectively barred from the big universities (Longhorns, Michigan etc) and who then go to very small community colleges to try to make their way back -- the best example of success is Cam Newton (who is not in the show).
Most of the players are Black, but some are White. You can literally see the cultural and intellectual differences in real time. The show makes no comment about it, and I'm sure the show-runners would be appalled that I say that. The difference even extends to the marching bands. In one season they switch to a more Black school, and the difference between the Black drum corps and the White ones is... astonishing -- but neither is better/worse.
The show also gives a beautiful document of (dying) small town White/Black Americana (in different seasons). It's a fantastic palate-cleanse of all of the artificial 'racism' that's driven by the media/academia, and never by real human beings.
If you're into American Football (you've mentioned that you're Oklahoma/Texas, so odds are that you are) it's one of the best things you'll watch. It's full of wonderful human beings with disparate talents and disparate outlooks on life.
Thanks! I’ll check it out. Yep. Born and raised in Oklahoma and have lived in Texas since I got out the Air Force in 04