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ErikJ

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80. Biggest reason I'm Progressive. Truth and Honesty

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

I thought maybe I shouldnt before I posted it. But I thought to myself why try to hide what most people are thinking. It will only fester if it isnt discussed. This lady had a lot of guts for airing what a lot of people are thinking. I work in an inner city mall store that gets every age and race in there and I never have any problems with the black kids any more than the whites.

One black lady gave me hell though because I didnt get her order fast enough so she wanted her money back. Almost all the kids are very well behaved in fact. And lots of them, white and black, wear hoodies and pants down low. I'm sure the ghettos of Chicago is a different world though.

Its underfunded crumbling bad schools and the drug war, which must be solved.

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Black caller on Big Eddie radio just went ballistic [View all] ErikJ Mar 2012 OP

so...black-on-black crime is a big problem, but Sanford isn't Cabrini Green DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #1

No she was talking about the Trayvon case ErikJ Mar 2012 #2

right...but what I'm saying... DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #12

I should have made more clear ErikJ Mar 2012 #24

There's a "dominant black gang culture" ? Wow. alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #31

I'm a poor writer -give me a break ErikJ Mar 2012 #35

No, I don't know what you mean...and do you agree with the caller? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #39

I agree with Thom Hartmann ErikJ Mar 2012 #54

Yeah No CreekDog Mar 2012 #44

I see. Thank you for the clarification. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #58

Also the black male caller before her.. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #29

Podcast show ErikJ Mar 2012 #34

He also was angry about.. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #3

She may be a little "tilted". Why would she say that and be sane? and how do you Ecumenist Mar 2012 #4

Yep, it sounds like a setup FrodosPet Mar 2012 #10

Bullying ErikJ Mar 2012 #17

Her voice unmistakable ErikJ Mar 2012 #13

I don't think "sounding black" makes you black FrodosPet Mar 2012 #18

Because there isn't a difference! Hawkowl Mar 2012 #43

Not an accent.... a certain sound quality. See my post below. TalkingDog Mar 2012 #68

Re: Black Voices. I haven't been able to locate the study, but in the late 90's a study was done TalkingDog Mar 2012 #67

Please don't believe that all "black people" sound a certain way. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #21

Case in point: H. Cain and Clarence Thomas ErikJ Mar 2012 #26

I don't understand what you're trying to say... Ecumenist Mar 2012 #28

you don't need to try harder for the pizza CreekDog Mar 2012 #46

She sounds like Walter Williams. MissMarple Mar 2012 #32

I wouldn't put it past the other side to put up a voiceover artist to call in. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #38

I'm not suspicious Hawkowl Mar 2012 #42

Thom Hartmann says its extreme wealth inequality of America ErikJ Mar 2012 #53

Sounds like she should get a can of white spray paint and paint her skin. We don't teddy51 Mar 2012 #5

uh huh itsrobert Mar 2012 #6

That's the first thng I thought when I read about the call. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #22

Uncle Ruckus? Is that you? Taverner Mar 2012 #7

LOL Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #30

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #33

Antie Ruckus--calling from the Boondocks~!!! MADem Mar 2012 #97

Antie Ruckus!! Ow, my sides!! Number23 Mar 2012 #102

Reasons I don't listen to talk radio #2378 ellisonz Mar 2012 #8

Reasons I don't listen to ErikJ #2378 CreekDog Mar 2012 #48

i hope that lady doesn't have a gun Enrique Mar 2012 #9

some right wing plant. WI_DEM Mar 2012 #11

The OP? CreekDog Mar 2012 #49

That reminds me of another person.... sakabatou Mar 2012 #14

Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #23

I think a lot of us had that same thought Hugabear Mar 2012 #40

Since it's over the phone, it could be she's not African American at all? Cleita Mar 2012 #15

Think Clarence Thomas or Herman Cain ErikJ Mar 2012 #19

"Lots of blacks turn on their own race out of spite." WTF??? pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #41

I just asked him that myself PinBoy....He better be because he's saying alot Ecumenist Mar 2012 #47

More than cheeky--I'm not Black, but I find this whole thing highly offensive pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #57

I don't buy that the fact the the caller "sounded" black that it's an automatic default Ecumenist Mar 2012 #59

Just look at the OP... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #66

I would join you BUT I'm about 400 miles north of you. I have to wait until there's a local march. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #72

I questioned the post the second I saw it, having heard that pathetic call myself. Unbelievable! Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #78

"It's very surprising to me to see people replying to the OP and not questioning the posting itself. Number23 Mar 2012 #103

ErikJ, Are you black? You're coming up with alot of things that needs to be backed up Ecumenist Mar 2012 #45

So... she would have shot Trayvon for just wearing a hoodie? Lint Head Mar 2012 #16

Maybe the Ignorant woman should have listened to some 2-Pac snooper2 Mar 2012 #20

Well, like the internets...anyone can say anything Rex Mar 2012 #25

I wonder how much did the NRA pay her to call Big Eddie's radio show? Crowman1979 Mar 2012 #27

That's EXACTLY what I was saying and I'M BLACK! Doesn't make sense. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #60

SMH Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #37

As a person with sensitivity towards people with disabilities, I object to the word "tard" cbayer Mar 2012 #61

Thank you FrodosPet Mar 2012 #74

Amen. Mr Dixon. I'm black too but I have to tell you that I'm suspect. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #62

Just FYI, we don't use the word "tard" to describe people on DU. MineralMan Mar 2012 #64

Indeed but please edit your post Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #76

Really Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #89

Actually your post was the subject of a discussion over in the H&M forum. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #92

Mister Dixon, you have the ability to edit your post. MADem Mar 2012 #95

Fuck her. SpencerShay Mar 2012 #50

Exactly.. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #52

He might have went after whites who are "acting black" FrodosPet Mar 2012 #75

+1! uponit7771 Mar 2012 #83

"She said she HATED being black..." Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #51

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure she was black. And Dave Chapelle heads the KKK nt LaydeeBug Mar 2012 #55

Amen, LaydeeBug. I have more that a bit of suspicion. I don't believe it Ecumenist Mar 2012 #63

+10,000! Zalatix Mar 2012 #93

Bonus points for Clayton Bigsby reference, lol! pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #94

Bullshit. SpencerShay Mar 2012 #56

BAM! You get a cigar, banana and a cookie! Ecumenist Mar 2012 #65

Listen to the Podcast yourself then ErikJ Mar 2012 #71

Erik, all we're trying to say is that just because they "sound" the way people THINK people Ecumenist Mar 2012 #73

I'm sorry, but you just can't be sure liberalhistorian Mar 2012 #91

Your insightful comment applies not just to the call--but to the OP itself pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #69

ding! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #87

It's the "You kids, off of my lawn" mentality taken to the ultimate extreme. GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #70

Along with a few hits of "fukitol" FrodosPet Mar 2012 #77

Why start your post with "ouch?" Who should be offended? Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #79

Biggest reason I'm Progressive. Truth and Honesty ErikJ Mar 2012 #80

Most people do not believe black people are responsible for violence against them. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #81

he/she can't fascisthunter Mar 2012 #86

"This lady had a lot of guts for airing what a lot of people are thinking." Number23 Mar 2012 #104

Wrong! This IS a federal case & it IS about racism! countryjake Mar 2012 #82

Maybe Tsiyu Mar 2012 #84

STFU! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #85

The fact is that laws like Stand Your Ground JDPriestly Mar 2012 #88

Get back under your bridge!! retread Mar 2012 #90

And we know she is black....how? MADem Mar 2012 #96

Ann Coulter has friends??? pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #98

Heh heh! nt MADem Mar 2012 #99

Older people vs the youth. It happens a lot. Jennicut Mar 2012 #100

She'd probably make a great conservative Republican in the Clarence Thomas mold nt MrScorpio Mar 2012 #101