I'm sure there are black people who feel that way, but I watched a travel video by a black guy visiting, I believe it was Thailand, and he was adamant about not wanting to go to jail as a black man in that country. I would guess that most black people who have the benefit of travelling to non-white, non-black countries figure out pretty quick that racism is everywhere.
I agree about your comments on racism being a natural thing that everyone is born with. yet blacks would have you believe that the only whites are capable of racism.
I was surprised by MiB3. If I had to critique, I'd say the villian was weak and it was short on sexy, but this one is about J and K so that stuff doesn't matter.
Prometheus - all the flaws of Lindelof's Star Trek script, without the likeability of the Enterprise crew. You'll be ready for the Prometheus characters to die, and disappointed at the uninventive deaths they get, and the lack of gore. Even the C-section scene is sanitary compared to the real thing.
Kanye, my comments are about him rather than the black community as a whole. He needs to take a step back and look at who he is and count his blessings. He's a talented musician but he's no Prince or Michael Jackson. As a vocalist and lyricist he's average. As a sex symbol, he's a small guy of unremarkable appearance, blinged out. He's phenomenally lucky to be where he is, and it's obscene for him to compare himself to a guy who may have been caught with a little pot on him but got sent to prison to do free labor for a corporation.
On racism, I personally, unscientifically, suspect we will eventually find there is a bioevolutionary reason for it, and most people are born with it to a greater or lesser degree. I doubt it can be eliminated and, as with everything else, choosing to live in the Land of Make Believe instead of facing the ugly truth will make things worse in the end.
Wow! Your opinion of MIB3 surprised me. Haven't seen it yet, so that's cool.
Also, I've read very similar things about Prometheus, in that very little of the plot makes sense except as it is fed to the viewer.
And as far as your opinion of Kanye West and his ilk: I have lived and worked very closely with American blacks for the last five years, and I agree with you completely. Every single one of the blacks I know is more successful than me , and they all bitch about being taken advantage of. What the fuck is that about? They tell me that they are sold out to the illusion of "hope" and "change", and disappointed that their new messiah hasn't given them the entire world on a solid gold platter...
I wasn't a racist until I actually lived and worked with American negroes, the most racist people on the planet. Go figure.
23rd May 2013
This one is pretty much what the comic is about though.
22nd May 2013
21st May 2013
21st May 2013
Prometheus - all the flaws of Lindelof's Star Trek script, without the likeability of the Enterprise crew. You'll be ready for the Prometheus characters to die, and disappointed at the uninventive deaths they get, and the lack of gore. Even the C-section scene is sanitary compared to the real thing.
Kanye, my comments are about him rather than the black community as a whole. He needs to take a step back and look at who he is and count his blessings. He's a talented musician but he's no Prince or Michael Jackson. As a vocalist and lyricist he's average. As a sex symbol, he's a small guy of unremarkable appearance, blinged out. He's phenomenally lucky to be where he is, and it's obscene for him to compare himself to a guy who may have been caught with a little pot on him but got sent to prison to do free labor for a corporation.
On racism, I personally, unscientifically, suspect we will eventually find there is a bioevolutionary reason for it, and most people are born with it to a greater or lesser degree. I doubt it can be eliminated and, as with everything else, choosing to live in the Land of Make Believe instead of facing the ugly truth will make things worse in the end.
21st May 2013
Also, I've read very similar things about Prometheus, in that very little of the plot makes sense except as it is fed to the viewer.
And as far as your opinion of Kanye West and his ilk: I have lived and worked very closely with American blacks for the last five years, and I agree with you completely. Every single one of the blacks I know is more successful than me , and they all bitch about being taken advantage of. What the fuck is that about? They tell me that they are sold out to the illusion of "hope" and "change", and disappointed that their new messiah hasn't given them the entire world on a solid gold platter...
I wasn't a racist until I actually lived and worked with American negroes, the most racist people on the planet. Go figure.