I know someone who gave 2millions worth of building supplies, hvac equipment etc to build a school, a grocery store and a youth sports center in Haiti. Everything got there but 2 days later his team was killed execution style and the supplies stolen.
He does not contribute to overseas project anymore.
Kind of like Amy Biehl.
Went to South Africa to help the black folks, who then killed her the hard way. Kind of like the Reginald Denny beating in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Biehl
Sounds like, in those difficult crowd control situations, if you aren't allowed to provide for your own protection, it's better to stay home.
FSM-eligible - means the child/student gets 'Free School Meals' - usually because the parents (if around) cannot afford to feed them - due to lack of finances/care - so the government/social services - steps in and has a free school meals fund to prevent starving kids -
- it denotes a level of poverty
Perhaps it was the impoverished white boys in England playing the music of the impoverished southern black musicians and selling it to white segregated American kids of privilege that gave us rock and roll?
Perhaps it was the impoverished white boys in England playing the music of the impoverished southern black musicians and selling it to white segregated American kids of privilege that gave us rock and roll?
Yeah - when I was a kid/teen forming a potentially successful rock and roll band and/or being a good footballer were two of the few routes to possible success for the white working class - remarkably similar to how young blacks stateside could possibly become something in life too - thru music and sports - you could say that we had something in common -
This is a perceptual problem. You shouldn't assume that in a country that has wealth and power, that wealth and power is distributed equally. Britain is not a communist country. Just because some white English people are rich and lead a comfortable life, doesn't mean Britain is the land of milk and honey. There are a lot of people smugglers, making serious money, telling lies to foreigners about Britain, in order to fleece these people out of their life savings. Getting an immigrant on a dinghy into Britain isn't hard, but their future in Britain is not a Rosey one. It will consist of a life of poverty and cold weather. Not an equal share of the riches. Most will end up living on the streets or sharing a house with 20 others. Throughout history, the wealth and power in this country has been concentrated between a few, the majority either made a meager living, or didn't and starved. The British poor, made this country, while the poor in other countries didn't develop their own countries. Now those poor want what our poor sacrificed their lives to create for their kids, and for some reason, think they are entitled to come here and get their share of it. Well the truth is our own poor don't get their share of it, and the British public are sick of people coming in illegally and draining what we do have. So life in the UK for illegal immigrants, isn't going to be that great. You can call that racist or what ever you want, but it applies to any race, any skin shade, if you didn't build it, don't claim it.
Yeah - when I was a kid/teen forming a potentially successful rock and roll band and/or being a good footballer were two of the few routes to possible success for the white working class - remarkably similar to how young blacks stateside could possibly become something in life too - thru music and sports - you could say that we had something in common -
How is the term 'white privilege' pitting one group against another? Why would a white person, who is themselves not in an advantaged position in life take insult from a genralised term?
It is not directed at anyone, it isn't personal to anyone, it is not directed at white people to feel guilty of anything....
It is different all over the world.... and it's just an issue of *trying* to do what's right from today-forward.
This is a perceptual problem. You shouldn't assume that in a country that has wealth and power, that wealth and power is distributed equally. Britain is not a communist country. Just because some white English people are rich and lead a comfortable life, doesn't mean Britain is the land of milk and honey. There are a lot of people smugglers, making serious money, telling lies to foreigners about Britain, in order to fleece these people out of their life savings. Getting an immigrant on a dinghy into Britain isn't hard, but their future in Britain is not a Rosey one. It will consist of a life of poverty and cold weather. Not an equal share of the riches. Most will end up living on the streets or sharing a house with 20 others. Throughout history, the wealth and power in this country has been concentrated between a few, the majority either made a meager living, or didn't and starved. The British poor, made this country, while the poor in other countries didn't develop their own countries. Now those poor want what our poor sacrificed their lives to create for their kids, and for some reason, think they are entitled to come here and get their share of it. Well the truth is our own poor don't get their share of it, and the British public are sick of people coming in illegally and draining what we do have. So life in the UK for illegal immigrants, isn't going to be that great. You can call that racist or what ever you want, but it applies to any race, any skin shade, if you didn't build it, don't claim it.
Worse is paying them to stay home and have more kids. We tried that in the UK, there are generations of people who seem to have children they can't afford as an occupation. The more kids you have, the greater your income and the bigger the council house you get. Be responsible and don't have children you can't afford and you get nothing.
I'm all for a universal income for everyone, rich and poor alike. Anything you earn on top is then what separates you. Any bad decisions you make, you pay for. Watch the rush for work then and the single parent family numbers will plummet.