How Stupid Are They?

[MYmoo]

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[HONDO74]

Wayne et al.,
First I must say that I am often wrong.
The Bugs cartoon is from 76 years ago. Not all but many of us have progressed beyond that stage.
I agree with a lot of what BH says above.

Remember we all grew up with Hollywood western movies, "cowboys and Indians" that always depicted the Indians as the bad guys. Nobody in this country have suffered more that native Americans

[webenda]

First I must say that I am often wrong.

Me too, welcome to the club.

The Bugs cartoon is from 76 years ago.

To add to your data, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was published December 21, 1937, 80 years ago. It is still popular today.
"If I Ran the Zoo" was published in 1950 and still popular.

Little kids are not born with prejudice, it is taught to them. I think some of Dr. Seuss' books are good tools for teaching kids to recognize what is disrespectful but those are not the books Melania Trump sent to the schools. I agree with Melania Trump, "Turning the gesture of sending young school children books into something divisive is unfortunate."

Now for the, "How Stupid Are They?" part. Melania's staff helped her chose books that would not generate controversy. Liz Phipps Soeiro ("The Librarian") brought to mention two Dr. Seuss books that were not sent to her school. The Fake News is making like Malenia sent racist books to children's schools and the public is eating it up. How stupid are they?

Melania Trump's book list:
Seuss-isms!;
Because a Little Bug Went KaChoo;
What Pet Should I Get?;
The Cat in the Hat;
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!;
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish;
The Foot Book;
Wacky Wednesday;
Green Eggs and Ham;
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!.

[rogruth]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?
I forget which communist leader said that it would take some time but
they would beat us without firing any shots. Paraphrased.
That time is getting closer each day.

[MYmoo]

Little kids are not born with prejudice, it is taught to them.

(by *.*)
(Everyone they encounter.)
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[MurphOnMillerAve]

Crime has a way of making folks wary of some, especially those who seem to have selected it as an enjoyable career.

[Roy]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Very good question. I wish someone would do a PBS TV series about how we became such nasty, torturing, murderous white racist asssholes.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Why do you think it is a recent development?

[rogruth]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Why do you think it is a recent development?

Oh no. It seems to go back at least to biblical times and probably dates to when there first were more than one person.
But I do wonder when we got to this degree in the U.S. The depth of hatred seems to be the worst in modern history.
I know or think I know that there are no satisfactory answers. So I should shut up. Now. I'll try.

[robert.]

It's good for tv ratings.

[Mitch]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Very simple, Roger. PALM... Politics, Academia, Law, Media

I forget which communist leader said that it would take some time but
they would beat us without firing any shots.

Nikita Kruschev

In the words of Tom T. Hall, "Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes. God bless little children, while they're still too young to hate".

[webenda]

You chose the right word for what the Chinese went through building that railroad , "sacrifice."
Also, posting that picture with those statistics is particularly poignant since their working like that was the origin of and inspiration for the expression, "not a Chinaman's chance in hell," which referred to some of the men in charge of planting and firing the dynamite inserted by the Chinese into those cliff sides exploding the charges before the Chinese could get clear . Furthermore , it is my understanding that many of them were buried right where they died along the railroad, as legend has it .
Now, that was some racism worthy of complaint and umbrage, as opposed to cartoon concerns.

It is the degrading cartoon depiction of other races that make it seem the people depicted are not worthy of humanitarian treatment. People like you who make light of the cartoons are part of the racial hatred problem.

[up148]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Very good question. I wish someone would do a PBS TV series about how we became such nasty, torturing, murderous white racist asssholes.

They do that almost every time they air a segment on racial issues, income equality, BLM protests, DACA, Illegal Immigrants, refugees, etc. (IMHO). I've never seen a public station or its talking heads so hell bent on painting white people as evil, racist, totally unfair and uncaring about people of color. They have an agenda and seem to be getting it done.

If your statement was only tongue-in-cheek. I apologise for the rant.

BH

[Roy]

I wonder why/how we have become so prejudiced against each other?

Very good question. I wish someone would do a PBS TV series about how we became such nasty, torturing, murderous white racist asssholes.

They do that almost every time they air a segment on racial issues, income equality, BLM protests, DACA, Illegal Immigrants, refugees, etc. (IMHO). I've never seen a public station or its talking heads so hell bent on painting white people as evil, racist, totally unfair and uncaring about people of color. They have an agenda and seem to be getting it done.

I'm not speaking of news coverage, I'm talking about a show covering the entire history of white racism. There's nothing wrong with pursuing social justice. Unfortunately, far too many of us American whites are evil, racist, totally unfair and uncaring about people of color. I'd like to know why.

[HONDO74]

far too many of us American whites are evil, racist, totally unfair and uncaring about people of color. I'd like to know why.

Why do you think it is just white people that are evil, racist, totally unfair and uncaring about people of color. Do a little research on sub Saharan Africa and get back with us when you can tell us why blacks are killing millions of other blacks in Africa. and it is still going on.

Evolution says humans came from Africa. Apparently humans have not evolved past being primitive.