Stupidity has a knack of getting its way...

[joshuabruce]

Why can't Dayton (or Ohio in general) make the news for good stuff. I hate when I feel like I get pulled into stupidity and need to vent (I have other stuff I would rather be doing) so, I'm going to do this and go to bed and try not to think about it.

A LONG time ago Fairborn, Ohio was in the news. Why? A girl gave another girl a motrin (or aspirin

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[skittblink]

The meth law is just ridiculous- trying to curb meth production is a good thing, yeah, but how many 14 year olds are running labs? As to the rest of it, I think the sad fact is that minorities still don't feel welcome (with good reason) and thus band together because it makes them feel more comfortable. Individual attitudes are important, but we're not going to see it go away unless there's structural change.

[joshuabruce]

I don't know man, get me some NyQuil and a couple o' movies and I'm good to go!
I understand the desire to "belong" to something, I just think that if we are going to try to claim non-racism then we should be forming groups based on the content or desires of individuals not some arbitrary side-effect of birth. I was born this race - I didn't choose it.

"I have a dream that one day [people] will be judged by the content of their character, and not [the labels we bestow upon them]."

or

"I would never be part of a group that would have me as a member." -Groucho Marx

(They're having a "meeting" to talk about it at school on Weds. BaH!)

So, so sad

[anonymous]

Did I ever happen to mention to you I was named after Angela Davis...anyway, I can not believe that such a 'group' was started even as a joke (and why again was that funny?)! I don't think any group There are also other groups based on skin-color/ethnicity should have such a thing! We do not have the right to judge anyone (well criminal actions are different but you know what I mean), we are all human and deserve the same rights as anyone else. I'm not big on black history month because I think it's a form of segregation, I don't believe in special treatment (scholarships, hiring practices, etc) of any kind based on gender, race, etc. I am who I am and you love [sorry :-)] me because of who I am as an individual with a heart, soul and brain or you dislike me for that and that alone. News is news is nasty pretty much everywhere but who watches TV, not I said the fly?? Ang

Re: So, so sad

[joshuabruce]

The "joke," which is apparently a year old, is that all other ehtnicities/races can make a group without anyone saying anything against it, but as soon as it becomes a "white" group people get all pissy. Which I think is understandable in some regards given that the only real references people have to white-folk getting together on the basis of race were some pretty horrible people.
Any time a group is formed based a certain criteria, of which someone has no control (race, age, sex, etc.) it is segregation, further, could even be viewed prejudicial (there's a scene from Higher Learning which touches on this. I don't remember enough to say more than that). "If its secret, and exclusive it can't be good" (Skulls).
"Isms in my opinion aren't good. A person should not believe in an ism. I quote John Lennon 'I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me'" (Ferris Bueller's Day Off).