Spoke too soon Mr Obama

[KingMamba]

Yup. PC is strong with the American. Does not go very deep below the surface though. And Obama is being bashed because he needs to get off his pedestal and stop preaching to us when his own country has a less than stellar record.

Race riots. Police brutality. Grandfathers being slammed to the ground their backs broken. Suspects shot on the street running away. People choked to death.

We are a developing country of 1.25 billion, with a million faiths and languages and ethnicities living together. What's America's excuse?

There are hardly any race riots, even the recent Ferguson fiasco was not a race riot but an anti police mob fest. Police brutality is also likewise negligent and only if you act agressive towards cops. There was nothing wrong with that shooting and as for the choking it could have been avoided if the dude did not resist arrest. The grandfather part was because of language barrier and was entirely regretable as it could have and should have been avoided but that too is not the norm.

USA is called the melting pot for a reason so it has the same if not more of an excuse then Indians who largely adhere to one overlapping culture despite their differences.

 

[doppelganger]

You know ironically enough very....very few people care about a person's religion in Pakistan as well; the social conservatism and being opinionated is there but this 'live and let live' thing is practiced here in Pakistan as well. And I would always find it so ironic that I used to audit a company where we had a Hindu, a couple of Christians, some Wahabi and a fair mix of Sunnis and Shias. As a general rule people over there wouldn't talk about anything contentious; no one would bring up religion in front of the Non Muslims and no one would bring up the Sunni-Shia-Wahabi doctrinal differences otherwise.

I've seen this in other places too and I'd be very surprised to note how the common Pakistani (irrespective of his beliefs) is secure in his own religions conviction but very chill about another's religion and yet religious fanaticism is still an issue with an intolerant minority here - I dunno what to make of this dichotomy.

Education.

Its the same here.

 

[trident2010]

https://twitter.com/x/status/567565803449364480

Really !! These stupids first learn about the religions and then open their mouth.

The attack is clearly for muslims but got confused with brown people in temple.

 

[KingMamba]

You are correct .although it was done by same ppl that day.

I think you should edit you post and mention that because it can confuse others.

 

[Armstrong]

Education.

Its the same here.

I'm not so sure about that anymore; because I've seen illiterate people displaying the above !

 

[lightoftruth]

I think you should edit you post and mention that because it can confuse others.

mentioned.

 

[KingMamba]

I'm not so sure about that anymore; because I've seen illiterate people displaying the above !

Sufi influence, wahabbis can cry and moan all they want but sufism is well ingrained in Pakistani society despite repeated attempts to destroy it.

 

[doppelganger]

There are hardly any race riots

Most white Americans from the the North, North West, West, agree pretty openly that there is a big belt of America which is still deeply racist. Deeply. Not superficially. Segregation still being practiced at a societal level.

USA is called the melting pot for a reason so it has the same if not more of an excuse then Indians who largely adhere to one overlapping culture despite their differences.

I would like to live to see the day when a non Christian becomes the President of the United States.

They are probably going to get along to getting a woman next, now that a black is done and dusted.

 

[KingMamba]

Most white Americans from the the North, North West, West, agree pretty openly that there is a big belt of America which is still deeply racist. Deeply. Not superficially. Segregation still being practiced at a societal level.



I would like to live to see the day when a non Christian becomes the President of the United States.

They are probably going to get along to getting a woman next, now that a black is done and dusted.

Yeah because like I said pc is the norm here hence why people are always trying to point out flaws and injecting things into issues that need not be there for example a cop kills a white dude not a big deal but if a white cop kills a black dude it is front page headlines with race being highlighted lol.

Anyway it depends on your meaning of segregation for example I openly traveled through some parts that are considered conservative in fact white people from conservative Texas are much more polite then libs from NYC.

Although I agree about a non Christian taking a while to become President.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Race riots. Police brutality. Grandfathers being slammed to the ground their backs broken. Suspects shot on the street running away. People choked to death.

You dont think there's police brutality happening against white people too?

It's the US media that keeps adding this race element to everything. You can find examples of all of those things happening to white people too, some even worse, but you dont see US channels hyping that up, do they? It just doesn't sell. Yes, it's sad that some cops like to be bullies, misuse their authority, but it's not always a race thing when some cop is being a prick.

Btw, rarely did I feel like an outsider or sidelined because of my race. Kids didn't treat me any differently because of my race, this is due to their parents(never corrupted them), many Im still friends with since elementary school. Teachers, counselors, couches, etc, etc, etc. haven't treated me any differently, many are AMAZING people. Most of these people happened to be white. If this country was truly a racist country to the core, Asian Americans for example wouldn't have climbed up the ladder like they have.

Of course it's not perfect, but it's more equal than most.

 

[Bang Galore]

..... now that a black is done and dusted.

Even the description of President Obama as being black is a racist one, you would have to assume a person is black if he has any "black blood". Obama is exactly as much white as he is black, at best he could be the 1st President who is not, in appearance, completely white

 

[Steakhouse]

Even the description of President Obama as being black is a racist one, you would have to assume a person is black if he has any "black blood". Obama is exactly as much white as he is black, at best he could be the 1st President who is not, in appearance, completely white

Obama is half Jew and black.

 

[doppelganger]

Yeah because like I said pc is the norm here hence why people are always trying to point out flaws and injecting things into issues that need not be there for example a cop kills a white dude not a big deal but if a white cop kills a black dude it is front page headlines with race being highlighted lol.

I agree there would be a degree of sensationalism. But racial statistics of incarceration cannot lie. Nor the number of white cops to black cops in various forces, and how the demographics change depending on the region, city, state.

Anyway it depends on your meaning of segregation

Societal segregation. There is a white America. And a black America. And a other-colored America. The Chinese having recently graduated from the last one. The Japanese long before them. The desis still within that. In spite of being the cream professionally for the most part, unlike in the UK and Australia.

 

[Bang Galore]

You dont think there's police brutality happening against white people too?.

Yeah but very unlikely just because they are white. While all cases of police brutality are not race related, it is known to happen & almost never against whites.

 

[doppelganger]

Yeah but very unlikely just because they are white. While all cases of police brutality are not race related, it is known to happen & almost never against whites.

Just see the ratio of white cops to black cops.

The latest American cop-out is to explain racial violence as roid-raging; i.e. race neutral.

Please ......