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Post by rainbow on Aug 10, 2019 12:06:19 GMT 10
I don't remember what I did in 2008 I was 3 most of that year then I turned 4 towards the end This makes me feel old. I was 7 in 2008. I remember the reaction to the 2008 election and the first black president. As a young black kid back then, I remember hearing that he would be the next president of the united states. And my family and I were excited about that. I remember my parents sitting in our house in the middle of the night watching the news and thinking "this guy might be our next president". After the results came in we saw the president and his family on tv in the white house and there was a big celebration. When you come from a community that has gone through so much in the past few decades, seeing someone like president obama in power and being able to celebrate it is awesome I wish I could remember the 2008 election that well lol. I was six years old but I just wasn't interested in politics back then. I said this before, but there's a very good chance that our generation will experience the first female president at some point in our lives. I'd even go as far to say it's inevitable that we'll experience the first female president. I wonder how it'll play it.
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Post by prodanny288 on Aug 10, 2019 12:12:07 GMT 10
This makes me feel old. I was 7 in 2008. I remember the reaction to the 2008 election and the first black president. As a young black kid back then, I remember hearing that he would be the next president of the united states. And my family and I were excited about that. I remember my parents sitting in our house in the middle of the night watching the news and thinking "this guy might be our next president". After the results came in we saw the president and his family on tv in the white house and there was a big celebration. When you come from a community that has gone through so much in the past few decades, seeing someone like president obama in power and being able to celebrate it is awesome I wish I could remember the 2008 election that well lol. I was six years old but I just wasn't interested in politics back then. I said this before, but there's a very good chance that our generation will experience the first female president at some point in our lives. I'd even go as far to say it's inevitable that we'll experience the first female president. I wonder how it'll play it. Haha a female president sounds like a reeeaaalllly long time from now.
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Post by dount2005 on Aug 10, 2019 12:15:33 GMT 10
Whoever the first female president is, please for the love of god give us back our reproductive rights.
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Post by Khal on Aug 10, 2019 12:17:13 GMT 10
I wish I could remember the 2008 election that well lol. I was six years old but I just wasn't interested in politics back then. I said this before, but there's a very good chance that our generation will experience the first female president at some point in our lives. I'd even go as far to say it's inevitable that we'll experience the first female president. I wonder how it'll play it. Haha a female president sounds like a reeeaaalllly long time from now. Do you know who the 2020 candidates are? Half of them are women, few are people of color, and half are men. A female president is possible within the next 10 years. It could be a woman of color too
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Post by Cassie on Aug 10, 2019 12:20:48 GMT 10
2008 was definitely 2000s, or at least the first half of it.
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Post by prodanny288 on Aug 10, 2019 12:22:16 GMT 10
Haha a female president sounds like a reeeaaalllly long time from now. Do you know who the 2020 candidates are? Half of them are women, few are people of color, and half are men. A female president is possible within the next 10 years. It could be a woman of color too Haha Khal, I respect your opinion bud, but you’re being optimistic if you think a democrat will win in 2020. They’re all practically the same. Trump will get a 2nd term. And I hope he wins.
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Post by Khal on Aug 10, 2019 12:32:11 GMT 10
Do you know who the 2020 candidates are? Half of them are women, few are people of color, and half are men. A female president is possible within the next 10 years. It could be a woman of color too Haha Khal, I respect your opinion bud, but you’re being optimistic if you think a democrat will win in 2020. They’re all practically the same. Trump will get a 2nd term. And I hope he wins. I didn't say within the next year, I said within the next 10 years. The 2020 candidates come from diverse backgrounds -- more women, more sexual minorities and more people of color, but (with the exception of a black president) we haven't seen these kinds of figures before taking over the white house. Within the next decade as more minorities run for president the likelihood of a woman or any other marginalized group winning increases. And that's a big change
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Post by prodanny288 on Aug 10, 2019 12:44:45 GMT 10
Haha Khal, I respect your opinion bud, but you’re being optimistic if you think a democrat will win in 2020. They’re all practically the same. Trump will get a 2nd term. And I hope he wins. marginalized group Aaaand this is where you lost me. If these candidates are “marginalized” whatever you mean by that, why are they able to run for president? Isn't that a white mans job?
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Post by Khal on Aug 10, 2019 12:57:13 GMT 10
Aaaand this is where you lost me. If these candidates are “marginalized” whatever you mean by that, why are they able to run for president? Isn't that a white mans job? I think you are misinformed on the concept marginalized. Most people in power are straight, white, and male. Anyone who isn't all of those things at once is marginalized in some way or another because their opinions and viewpoints are different from the people in power. Lets take a look at the alabama situation. The men who decided on the abortion ban were all white men, and the woman who signed the bill was white. Abortions disproportionately affect black women, so women's right to choose is no longer a right and the women most impacted are black women. Next up we have police brutality. Black people are more likely to get arrested, serve longer sentences than white people, get shot, followed around in stores (happened to me) and are more likely to get stopped by the police (also happened to me) This information is all over the internet. It takes a quick google search to learn about the oppression of black people and other minorities
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Post by rainbow on Aug 10, 2019 13:08:51 GMT 10
Aaaand this is where you lost me. If these candidates are “marginalized” whatever you mean by that, why are they able to run for president? Isn't that a white mans job? I think you are misinformed on the concept marginalized. Most people in power are straight, white, and male. Anyone who isn't all of those things at once is marginalized in some way or another because their opinions and viewpoints are different from the people in power. Lets take a look at the alabama situation. The men who decided on the abortion ban were all white men, and the woman who signed the bill was white. Abortions disproportionately affect black women, so women's right to choose is no longer a right and the women most impacted are black women. Next up we have police brutality. Black people are more likely to get arrested, serve longer sentences than white people, get shot, followed around in stores (happened to me) and are more likely to get stopped by the police (also happened to me) This information is all over the internet. It takes a quick google search to learn about the oppression of black people and other minorities The problem with your argument is that you seem to think that anyone who isn't a straight white male automatically doesn't agree with the abortion laws. There are black women that are pro-life. Not all women are pro-choice and some women do agree with the abortion laws. And they're not all just white women Also, black-on-black crime kind of is a serious issue. I'm going to be very honest here. I think the reason people perceive black people to be "more dangerous" is either because of the way they're portrayed in the media or the fact that black people statistically commit the most crime in the country, or both. It comes from implicit racial bias and we usually form that based on what's around us. I think both are a big problem and give black people a bad reputation. Now as someone that is half-black, I can't say I've ever been followed around in store, and I don't pay attention to race because it's not relevant to me, but I can still acknowledge that it hasn't gone away and we can take further steps to reduce it. Also, racism doesn't just affect black people.
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Post by prodanny288 on Aug 10, 2019 13:15:55 GMT 10
Aaaand this is where you lost me. If these candidates are “marginalized” whatever you mean by that, why are they able to run for president? Isn't that a white mans job? I think you are misinformed on the concept marginalized. Most people in power are straight, white, and male. Anyone who isn't all of those things at once is marginalized in some way or another because their opinions and viewpoints are different from the people in power. Lets take a look at the alabama situation. The men who decided on the abortion ban were all white men, and the woman who signed the bill was white. Abortions disproportionately affect black women, so women's right to choose is no longer a right and the women most impacted are black women. Next up we have police brutality. Black people are more likely to get arrested, serve longer sentences than white people, get shot, followed around in stores (happened to me) and are more likely to get stopped by the police (also happened to me) This information is all over the internet. It takes a quick google search to learn about the oppression of black people and other minorities I'm pro life. In no way do I think abortion bans are oppression. They're meant to protect the unborn. Oh, plus affirmative action fucks over whites and asians and benefits blacks. So yeah, racism exists.
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Post by mc98 on Aug 10, 2019 13:17:48 GMT 10
Well, this thread got derailed very quickly.
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Post by dount2005 on Aug 10, 2019 13:27:49 GMT 10
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 10, 2019 13:28:24 GMT 10
Let's get back on topic now. If you would all like to continue the political discussions, please discuss them in the "Politics" board.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 10, 2019 13:29:31 GMT 10
I said it before and I will say it again
Summer 2008 is the last time things felt 2000s in the world
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