How embarrassing this site has become...

Because as a black man, he believes the only reason that the real Brian Scalabrine played in the NBA was because he is white.

By using the players NBA picture as his av, he is merely making yet another racist point in his long line of racist views.

Meanwhile, this idiot continues to portray himself as a white man here on Covers, who is just lobbying for the rights of blacks. If the person typing all the nonsense truly believed in racial equality, perhaps he should start with being honest about the color of his own skin ... oh wait, he couldn't do that because then more people would recognize him as the racist that he is.

Carry on   

A hell of a lot more whites voted for Obama than Blacks voted for McCain. FACT!!

The problem with your argument about comparison of the methodology of dissemination of my message and yours is that you work for the private sector. Your sole purpose is to represent a client. Once a client and monetary goals are involved, any resulting action for the sake of true justice is corrupted. You MUST represent your client in the best way possible to convince a judge or jury that your argument is the one that should be ruled in favor of. 

I, on the other hand, have no clients to serve, nor do I receive any monetary gains for the stance I take. That is the single most important prerequisite when considering whether an argument can or should be believed. I serve a minority interest in general, but there is no single minority that can claim I represent them for a personal gain. As a matter of fact, the anonymity of this site even furthers the just purpose of the message. It simply can't be self-serving because there is no overarching achievement I am laying claim to other than deliverance of truth. (Some say I like to get a rise out of others and that is pure poppycock and not worth my time).

The vitriol that flows through my threads lies in the obstinateness of the members here who blindly refuse to recognize history with regard to the current socioeconomic condition blacks and the caucasian role, both present and historical, with regard to that condition. ABooksNightmare even had the gall to compare statistics I cited from as recent as 1998 to the era of slavery! 

Now what historian, or public intellectual, or pundit of any worth would disregard Israel's recognition of statehood in 1949, or the centuries of Middle East conflict, or the the wars going back to antiquity when considering how to evaluate the legitimacy (or illegitimacy) of the Palestinians plight to gain statehood within the UN today? 

The answer is of course, no one. It not only plays a role, it is the sole reason why their IS conflict. 

But when it comes to race lines demarcated in America and its institutions, and the socioeconomic status of blacks in the US, there isn't a single social scientist, economist, or historian outside of the US who would disregard decades of redlining, housing discrimination, loan discrimination, de jour segregation, employment discrimination, lack of quality health care, flagrant civil rights violations, unjust arrest/prosecution/execution/mass incarceration, and the stigmatizing of the black race in general etc. etc. etc. by American caucasians throughout history. You couldn't find ONE.  

But what do you see on covers? EXACTLY this. "Look ahead! You're always looking at the past. For the black race to better itself, you need to look AHEAD!" Why? Miseducation, misinformation, implicit bias, overt bigotry and lack of basic knowledge about the topic (given our schools both public and private want NO PART of upsetting the apple cart owned by dominant society). 

Also, resentment plays a MAJOR role. Why? America's caucasian history is a sordid and gruesome one of exploitation, domination, subjugation, corruption, murder, and genocide all in the name of Western capitalism, white expansionism, and manifest destiny (which no doubt still reigns supreme today). There are of course, good things about American history but the genocide and exploitation that has occurred so commerce and technology could evolve, and alleged prosperity could be shared among a few, and the ability for us to surf the web on our cellphones and shop at Target, in no weigh outweighs those aforementioned atrocities. 

As an example, I ask anyone here to stand up and proudly justify the "Indian Removal" and eventual Indian extermination after the Revolutionary War that occurred on the land you currently have rights to (you don't 'own' it); which was accomplished by (and is not limited to) the violation of DOZENS of treaties and the outright slaughter, starvation and diaspora of men, women and children of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole etc. Nations; ALL in the name of Western capitalism and the domination and proliferation of the white race. Was that worth it? Speak to the Indian blood in the soil beneath your feet when you do. Could those treaties have been honored? Could we have peaceably existed with Indians to achieve or capitalist based goals? Now that that era has passed, and 'sovereign' Indian lands are some of impoverished in the US today, do the 'profits' of our economic model belong solely to the caucasians whose ancestors slaughtered Indian ancestors to set our current economic model into motion? Could those profits have existed otherwise? 

These are questions people REFUSE to ask and answer because they know the answers would upset the current status quo and alter their standard of living. 

Therefore, I KNOW I will be confronted with push-back, intolerance and insults when making a post. It is part of the process. And like a prize fighter, I willingly dish it back. When the bell is rung, whoever lays bleeding on the canvas is irrelevant. The message itself has never changed and is no less true than before the fight began. I was simply the one who confronted the issue, on this site anyway. I wasn't the first, nor will I be the last. But one thing is for certain, the people here, however frivolous you deem a gambling website, will be informed of there implicit/over personal prejudices as evidenced by their conduct here, as well as the prejudices of their living peers and ancestors, and the harm those collective prejudices have on millions within American society who they deem unlike themselves.

I can't believe you are still willing to show your face around these parts considering you ran away from a capping contest that you knew you would lose.

I recall you using the word 'box' too...Irony thicker than your subcutaneous belly fat...

 

Your point is what?

Wouldn't that FACT!! happen by default since they outnumber blacks 6 to 1 and the Democrat party has had loyal party voters for decades regardless of who is representing the party?

I did. No one on the site objected to them with regard to fairness and you asked if we could have a poll. The answer was no. I wanted public picks for accountability. Your picks are meaningless to me and again, if you wanted to fade mine I would be happy for your to do so.

Anyhow, everyone here saw your response (i.e. letting the thread die) so it's all good. You've wasted enough of my time and the point (i.e. your cowardice after false bravado) was made anyhow.

I made the rules. I wanted public picks. That's not an unusual demand.

Do you even understand what you offered?

People now know who the box was (not like they thought any different of you otherwise)...

When I'm ready...

Put your little hoagie there in your open fly and wait...There's more than enough room...

I wouldn't concentrate on myself since I belong to the dominant cultural group in American society; the very one that dictates the social norms and laws by which all racial groups must acquiesce. 

The problem with your last sentence is that you put the onus for racism on the ones who suffer because of it. The ethnic groups, religions, and races in this country are not responsible for allegedly 'failing to meet the white requirement' to be accepted into the larger society (ultimately as lesser inferiors, not equals) and the spoils that that accompany it. 

 Definitely can't type that fast after finding out that 212 wpm is the world record.

Well said. 

I have no power or leverage to eradicate, or even mildly diminish something like systematic racism within the US court system, prison system, or corporate hiring practices without getting arrested myself. 

As you can see, I can't even promote my ideas in a digital enclave without being censored. This is not surprising considering the class and racial make-up of the moderators. They find such topics distasteful and irritating because they gain nothing from allowing them to flourish.

One must first and foremost speak out about the pernicious outcomes of racism that are largely unseen by the caucasian masses to even remotely approach mitigating them in any way.

You may all be degenerate gamblers. But, for those who reside here, you are American citizens first. And until the zeitgeist of dominant society reaches a stage of enlightenment with regard to race (and a biracial presidency is not enlightenment ---conversely, it has enflamed racial tensions), the status quo will not be altered.