Racism clearly will never end...

[essential1]

Originally Posted by Goochi

ducktales, affirmative action is unconstitutional

If it is unconstitutional then why hasn't it been ruled as such throughout the country................... Exactly because it isn't unconstitutional...

 

[mytmouse76]

Originally Posted by Nike Star Jay

Originally Posted by mytmouse76

i still have hope/faith in humanity tho...

It's hard for me to have faith in humanity when stuff like this goes on regularly and especially when people with authority handle these situations nonchalantly. It doesn't surprise me, OP, that the head people in charge of your father's workplace didn't handle it seriously. They hired him off of affirmative action, that should say a lot.

its hard but i know thats not how everyone is...you have a few idiots who ruin it for all...

 

[goochi]

Originally Posted by Essential1

Originally Posted by Goochi

ducktales, affirmative action is unconstitutional

If it is unconstitutional then why hasn't it been ruled as such throughout the country................... Exactly because it isn't unconstitutional...

affirmative action in its original form, namely affirmative action, IS unconcstitutional. Variants of it supported by a "compellinginterest" are constitutional. As such he may have been hired because he was black and they wanted to increase diversity but this is a variant ofaffirmative action, not affirmative action in its purest state

 

[dirtylicious]

[h1][/h1]

[h1]NAACP takes on Myers Park over "Whites Only" deed[/h1]
http://media.wcnc.com/designvideo/bimVideoPlayer20091130c.swfhttp://media.wcnc.com/designvideo/bimVideoPlayer20091130c.swf

by BETH SHAYNE / NewsChannel 36
E-mail Beth: [email protected]

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Updated yesterday at 4:23 PM

[h5]Related:[/h5]

• Formal rebuke calling Myers Park deed discrimination
• Pie chart shows racial distribution in Myers Park

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- "The lot hereby conveyed shall be used for residential purposes only and shall be owned and occupied by people of the Caucasian race."

That inflammatory statement is the first rule listed on Myers Park's deed restrictions. Two years ago, Newschannel 36 spotted the wording on a "sample deed" listed on the Myers Park Neighborhood Association website. The complaints that followed our coverage prompted the NACCP to complain to the Charlotte committee that polices discrimination.

Now, Charlotte Mecklenburg's Community Relations Committee (CRC) has formally called that website publication "discriminatory" and the NAACP is making demands.

"You have to do more than say, 'Oops I'm sorry.' We're tired of people getting caught doing racist things and then just saying, 'Oops, I'm sorry,'" NACCP NC president Dr. William Barber said Monday.

That wording is nearly a hundred years ago from a time when rules like that were common in Charlotte neighborhoods.� Myers Park's attorney, Ken Davies, tells Newschannel 36 the provision is illegal, and furthermore, it has not been enforced. However, deed restrictions cannot be easily amended.

It is the publication of that sample deed on the associations website that prompted review from the CRC, based on a complaint from the NAACP. The committee cited additional language on the website that emphasized how seriously Myers Park takes its deed restrictions.

"Prospective purchasers of homes in the Myers Park neighborhood may have seen the MPHA's website containing the restrictive covenant and been discouraged from looking for a home in Myers Park," the committee wrote. "The Respondents have engaged in discriminatory practices made unlawful by the City of Charlotte's Fair Housing Ordinance."

The MPHA and the NAACP now have 30 days to negotiate a response. If no agreement is reached, the city could file legal action.

The neighborhood association's current president Pamela May released a statement :

"The restrictions on race were, of course, declared invalid in the 1940's. However, the language remains in the documents recorded as historical relic. MPHA has no authority to change this wording as recorded. The original language is offensive. We did not publish this with the intent to discriminate. We did not publish it with the intent to harm. It is regrettable that these words appeared on our site, particularly without an explanation. To those who read and were offended, we apologize. The Myers Park Homeowners Association has never attempted to discriminate against anyone.

We consider our neighborhood a place of special beauty within Charlotte. That beauty can only be enhanced by diversity. "

Davies explained that the wording has not been changed because it would subject the entire set of complicated and sometimes controversial deed restrictions to review. "It would be a circus," he said.

NAACP President William Barber says the apology is not enough. The organization has been in negotiations with MPHA since the complaint was first filed in 2007. "We don't know how many people were turned away. We don't know how many people were affected," he said. "It's kind of like speeding. You can't just slow down. You've got to pay the penalty."

The NACCP would not name their demands specifically, but Newschannel 36 has learned they could cost at least $50,000. Davies called them "outrageous" Monday. "They have not negotiated in good faith," he said.

NC NAACP's Housing Chair Stella Adams cited statistics on residences in Myers Park as proof that segregation has occurred, producing pie charts that showed just a small sliver of minorities living in Myers Park, compared to much larger populations of minorities citywide. "They had whited out the date. They had whited out the street address," she said, of the sample deed, "Guess what they did not white out? For Causcasians only."

Dr. Barber said the CRC finding shows that Myers Park had "intent." Davies called that "a fabrication and a falsehood." He accused the NAACP of blowing this up for political ends. "We resent the implication. It is unfair and unfounded," he said.

The NAACP vowed to get the remedies it says it's due. "We have all reason to believe they are going to fight -- they fought us all the way -- but understand we are going to fight too," Dr. Barber said.


yeap...racism clearly not a problem in the US anymore...

 

[los yankees]

So all them ppl puttin Obama tshirts on a monkey a paradin em around like they're proud isn't racism? U are very delusional. Oh yea, how about he's not from America, he's a muslim, he's an Arab because of his middle name and the fact that he's Black (which technically he's bi-racial) has nothin to do w/ racism?

U and Essential must live extremely sheltered lives. Just because it's not as blatent as Jim Crow doesn't mean that racism isn't a problem. It's just concealed more. Why is it that groups like the Black Panthers get so much grief but the KKK is allowed to have rallies and protests? Think about it. I could go on an on about the issue of racism but this isn't the time nor the place. Right now we're discussin the hatred towards OP's pops.

And the fact that u're black doesn't have *%$% to do w/ u not seein racism, maybe u just don't wanna see. That is all. Have a blessed day

I live a sheltered life because I dont look for racism like you? I live a shelterd life because I wanst raised to look at peoples skin color first? Don'ttalk to me about the Panthers, my father was a Panther when while he was at Berkely and was a very good friend of Eldrige Clever. Do you see the KKK havingrallies and protest now? If so, where? When was the last time you heard the Klan was having a national protest or Panthers for that matter?

News for you son, I'm not a politician and I don't plan to be BUT if I were I would wipe you off the map.

What?

Seen my best friend get stopped by security thinking he stole the jacket he walked in the store with, Seen your "affirmative action"you hate so much reject people in college for further tuition when they were on the Dean's List.... Had a local businessman tell me he didn't hire black people as much because they were "ïnferior"

SO BEFORE YOU GO OUT AND JUDGE WHO THE #@%+ I AM GROW A SET AND LOOK AT THE WORLD..

Clarance Thomas...

Oh and it is not about blaming whites... It is about trying to knock down the economic barriers your precious capitalistic system has held up in this country for hundreds of years

Listen, dude. No where in my post did I say racism wasnt relevent, I'm saying it isnt as big as an issue as YOU make it seem. Clearance Thomas? Why bringhim in this? Are you implying I'm an "Uncle Tom", are you saying that I'm "real" enough? If you are telling yourself you arentracist and the fact you mention Clearance Thomas because he has already been labled as an "Uncle Tom", you are much as a bigot as the people you arecomplaining about.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

I couldn't believe someone had the audacity to say "I don't wanna hear anything about racism anymore. Obama's president."

As if racism just died when he took the oath. The ignorance some people display is truly alarming.

My father's experience racism in the workplace as well. Hope everything works out in your case. Damn shame some people still think this way.

Also Los Yankees, I could be wrong but didn't the KKK plan to hold something at Ole Miss?

 

[ph3n0m3n0n]

Some people think it's all jokes throwing racial slurs around and making hate statements like everyone is playing along with them, especially over theinternet. Then they wanna follow up with a just kidding like everything is all good. As if dudes just came off the boat and don't know what's good.

I just wanna know what fuels people to do this type of #$% in the modern world.

 

[bigtomgetsgwap]

Im not surprised but I do think as our generation gets older it won't be as bad as it is now

 

[kyrac2]

Originally Posted by bigtomgetsgwap

Im not surprised but I do think as our generation gets older it won't be as bad as it is now

that's what you think. OP tough break for ya pops i'll be praying for him and that the situation gets handled the best possible way

 

[dirtylicious]

Back to Guilty verdict in Asian angler assault case
[h1]Guilty verdict in Asian angler assault case[/h1]
December 15, 2009

Gail Swainson

Newmarket-A Sutton man has been found guilty of assault and criminal negligence in a 2007 attack on a group of anglers that left one of them confined to a wheelchair.

A jury convicted Trever Middleton, a professional motorcycle racer, on all six charges he faced in a Newmarket court Tuesday.

The court heard that Middleton had tried to run a car carrying Asian fishermen and their friends off the road near Jackson's Point in Georgina Township early in the morning of Sept. 16, 2007, after the fishermen were pushed into Lake Simcoe.

The car hit a tree, leaving one of its occupants with severe head injuries.

After Tuesday's verdict, the Crown asked the court to revoke Middleton's bail pending sentencing, and warned he faced a "substantial jail term."

The maximum term for the assault convictions is 14 years each and for criminal negligence, 10 years each.

The jury of eight women and four men all spoke up firmly when they were polled individually for their unanimous verdict. Middleton shook his head or stared straight ahead as each declared him guilty. They had deliberated for three hours Monday and two hours Tuesday before coming back at 11 a.m.

The family of Shayne Berwick, 26, who suffered severe brain damage and is now confined to a wheelchair, held hands as the jury returned to the courtroom and burst into tears as the verdict was announced..

Middleton had told the court he was convinced the car's passengers had beaten Nick Perry, 19, to death near the Mossington Park bridge in Georgina Township.

Court has heard Perry refused medical attention after having his eyes blackened in a scuffle that morning, after an Asian fisherman and his friend were pushed into Lake Simcoe. Perry survived his injuries.

Middleton testified he was trying to overtake the car on a narrow road to force it to stop.

He had became testy when assistant Crown attorney Amit Ghosh reminded him that two witnesses in the trial said they thought they saw him shove a fisherman into Lake Simcoe from behind.

"Everyone in this trial is lying or mistaken except for you, right?," Ghosh asked.

"Yup," Middleton replied.

.....

Leaders from the GTA's Asian-Canadian community are applauding yesterday's guilty verdict in the case against Trevor Middleton, who along with pals attacked Toronto fishermen at a lake north of the city, pushing two in the water and injuring two others by ramming their car with his pickup truck.

But they say the 23-year-old Sutton man must receive a stiff punishment in order to send a strong message to others that society will not tolerate racially motivated attacks such as "nipper tipping."

"We thank the jury for reaching the right verdict in this case," said community activist Susan Eng, who served as a member of the Community Reference Group.

It was especially noteworthy that it was "a jury of his peers" who found Middleton guilty of aggravated assault and criminal negligence causing bodily harm for his role in the Sept. 16, 2007, incident, she said.

"It just boggles the mind that he thought he could get away with this," she said of Middleton, who pleaded not guilty.

Karen Sun of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter said the verdict has "galvanized" the community to work harder with police and the courts to end such attacks.

Brad Lee, also a member of CRG, said it's "unfortunate" the charges against Middleton don't reflect the racial aspects of the case.

yeap...more of racism not being a problem

 

[jermz101]

that's so messed up

 

[r31j23]

your dad about to get paid.

 

[mac a roni]

[color= rgb(102, 0, 153)]Ras Kass- Nature of the Threat[/color]

 

[sloane kettering]

i thought this was common knowledge....

 

[new wu]

I have a false sense of hope in mankind....SMH.

 

[p mac one]

Originally Posted by HarlemToTheBronx

I couldn't believe someone had the audacity to say "I don't wanna hear anything about racism anymore. Obama's president."

I read it in a book for one of my classes

 

[stateofsingularity]

Originally Posted by Essential1

Originally Posted by Goochi

ducktales, affirmative action is unconstitutional

If it is unconstitutional then why hasn't it been ruled as such throughout the country................... Exactly because it isn't unconstitutional...

First things first, I'm Black, because unfortunately, it does matter

Both AA and EO are very much unconstitutional. Nothing in the Constitution grants the government authority to engage insocial engineering. AA is not even a result of a Congressional act, it was effected by JFK's Exec. Order 10925, the constitutionality of which is dubiouseven in and of itself. Read Bakke or Bollinger, decided 5-4. Even the most liberal constitutional scholar will admit that both were poorlyreasoned and partisan opinions.

 

[spsfinest212]

I figured it out finally.

J Burner is Los Yankees is Goochi

Essential there is no point in arguing with the same person three different times, just put the lame(s) on ignore.

Unless your one the dudes alter ego's....

 

[shaunhillftw49]

Originally Posted by Los Yankees



I live a sheltered life because I dont look for racism like you? I live a shelterd life because I wanst raised to look at peoples skin color first? Don't talk to me about the Panthers, my father was a Panther when while he was at Berkely and was a very good friend of Eldrige Clever. Do you see the KKK having rallies and protest now? If so, where? When was the last time you heard the Klan was having a national protest or Panthers for that matter?

Ole Miss game last month

Originally Posted by spsfinest212

I figured it out finally.

J Burner is Los Yankees is Goochi is Fede EPT

Essential there is no point in arguing with the same person three different times, just put the lame(s) on ignore.

Unless your one the dudes alter ego's....

 

[T0INE]

 

[dreamhigh]

OMG

SO SAD AND IGNORANT.... I HOPE THINGS TURN OUT OK BRO

 

[essential1]

Originally Posted by spsfinest212

I figured it out finally.

J Burner is Los Yankees is Goochi

Essential there is no point in arguing with the same person three different times, just put the lame(s) on ignore.

Unless your one the dudes alter ego's....

Lol internet is not that serious of business.

But I just like to throw the ball to the dogs to entertain myself.

 

[suckafree85]

Thats $%*%*+ up.. Your dad is a strong man. I would of snapped if I were him.


Hopefully everything turns out ok for him.

 

[fromthatown]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

Back to Guilty verdict in Asian angler assault case
[h1]Guilty verdict in Asian angler assault case[/h1]
December 15, 2009

Gail Swainson

Newmarket-A Sutton man has been found guilty of assault and criminal negligence in a 2007 attack on a group of anglers that left one of them confined to a wheelchair.

A jury convicted Trever Middleton, a professional motorcycle racer, on all six charges he faced in a Newmarket court Tuesday.

The court heard that Middleton had tried to run a car carrying Asian fishermen and their friends off the road near Jackson's Point in Georgina Township early in the morning of Sept. 16, 2007, after the fishermen were pushed into Lake Simcoe.

The car hit a tree, leaving one of its occupants with severe head injuries.

After Tuesday's verdict, the Crown asked the court to revoke Middleton's bail pending sentencing, and warned he faced a "substantial jail term."

The maximum term for the assault convictions is 14 years each and for criminal negligence, 10 years each.

The jury of eight women and four men all spoke up firmly when they were polled individually for their unanimous verdict. Middleton shook his head or stared straight ahead as each declared him guilty. They had deliberated for three hours Monday and two hours Tuesday before coming back at 11 a.m.

The family of Shayne Berwick, 26, who suffered severe brain damage and is now confined to a wheelchair, held hands as the jury returned to the courtroom and burst into tears as the verdict was announced..

Middleton had told the court he was convinced the car's passengers had beaten Nick Perry, 19, to death near the Mossington Park bridge in Georgina Township.

Court has heard Perry refused medical attention after having his eyes blackened in a scuffle that morning, after an Asian fisherman and his friend were pushed into Lake Simcoe. Perry survived his injuries.

Middleton testified he was trying to overtake the car on a narrow road to force it to stop.

He had became testy when assistant Crown attorney Amit Ghosh reminded him that two witnesses in the trial said they thought they saw him shove a fisherman into Lake Simcoe from behind.

"Everyone in this trial is lying or mistaken except for you, right?," Ghosh asked.

"Yup," Middleton replied.

.....

Leaders from the GTA's Asian-Canadian community are applauding yesterday's guilty verdict in the case against Trevor Middleton, who along with pals attacked Toronto fishermen at a lake north of the city, pushing two in the water and injuring two others by ramming their car with his pickup truck.

But they say the 23-year-old Sutton man must receive a stiff punishment in order to send a strong message to others that society will not tolerate racially motivated attacks such as "nipper tipping."

"We thank the jury for reaching the right verdict in this case," said community activist Susan Eng, who served as a member of the Community Reference Group.

It was especially noteworthy that it was "a jury of his peers" who found Middleton guilty of aggravated assault and criminal negligence causing bodily harm for his role in the Sept. 16, 2007, incident, she said.

"It just boggles the mind that he thought he could get away with this," she said of Middleton, who pleaded not guilty.

Karen Sun of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter said the verdict has "galvanized" the community to work harder with police and the courts to end such attacks.

Brad Lee, also a member of CRG, said it's "unfortunate" the charges against Middleton don't reflect the racial aspects of the case.

yeap...more of racism not being a problem



But no, Dirty, you got it all wrong, it's really just the blue collar world. That's how they act. Yes, sarcasm.
The shrimping and fishing industry hits close to home for me. My dad was a shrimper/fisherman for 15 years in Vietnam and Texas. All my uncles in Vancouver,B.C are fishermans too because that was their trade in Vietnam. Not only was it a dangerous job, but they had to deal with the racist folks, that would try toblack ball, lowball them or make it harder for them to earn a living by nitpicking their boats down to the size of the net and sickle. Plus the languagebarriers didn't help when these racist people would mock our language. I was 8 when I started shrimping with my dad, but I sure did wish I could have beenolder to fight it through the legal system. I felt helpless. That article just brought back memories, but made me feel really good.

 

[clarkkent415]

*Updated 12/17/2009*

My father got a call from the equal opportunity officer from Caltrans. She basically informed him that an investigation is in process. He's very upsetbecause he feels that the superiors that he's reached out to aren't taking it serious. For example, a law firm said they weren't going to acceptthe case. I know it could be because they felt that not much monetary benefit would come from it or it could be (in their minds) not enough evidence. I'mpissed about that. It seems that people are just going about it nonchalantly. He told me that some of his associates even said just to move on and it's ajoke. If people have the nerve to hang nooses on a person's jobsite you don't know what kind of heinous acts they maybe capable of. If someone gotkilled would that get their attention?