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Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by pleep(m): 5:24am On Aug 24, 2014
For the last couple of months i have been working part-time at a fast food restaurant near campus. The staff is majority white, with me being one of the few black employees and the patronage is 20/80% with whites being the majority of customers.

In the united states it is customary to offer free water to customers, and so when our water fountain broke we simply began giving out regular 2$ drink cups free to people who requested water. These cups came with the instruction to fill it up with water from our soda fountain. The white patrons at the store adapted to this change without issue, filling their cups with water as instructed. However, this was not the case with our black customers. For the several months i worked at this restaurant i observed the fact that 9/10 customers who stole drinks (would ask for a water cup and then fill it with soda) were black. In fact almost every black person who asked for a water cup proceeded to fill it with soda and run out of the store.

Today the restaurant decided to stop giving out free water-cups as a general policy, but in practice only to blacks. This is racism, but is it also the logical and rational response to black behavior? If so, then racism is justified and how can anyone then claim that racism is wrong?
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by pleep(m): 5:26am On Aug 24, 2014
P.s this is a philosophical debate, which means no emotional or illogical posts will be considered.
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by pleep(m): 5:29pm On Aug 24, 2014
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Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by PAPAAFRICA: 9:44pm On Aug 24, 2014
Lol
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by Stillfire: 9:49pm On Aug 25, 2014
It is not justified. Why? The blacks are just...for lack of a better word - 'hungrier'

1) The median household wealth between white and black is $91,405 and $6,446 respectively
2) Median household income ratio between white and black is $59, 754 : 35,416
3) Unemployment rate ratio between white and black 5.3% : 11.4%
4) Poverty rate between white and black 9.5% : 27.2%. More than one in four blacks live in poverty, while fewer than one in 10 whites do.


Is it rocket science why one would rather rip off an ordinary $2 cup of soda than the other? Absolutely not. It is unfortunate that what ought to be a mere social divide between the rich and poor has a skin color attached to it in America.

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Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by anonymous6(f): 10:11pm On Aug 26, 2014
It's not justified cause there are many honest blacks that would follow those rules, regardless of socioeconomic status, at the sametime you would not see a rich person doing that whether they are white, black, Asian, Hispanic or whatever; so this maybe more about financial status then race. However nobody should be surprised by the response of the fastfood restaurant because it is human nature when someone keeps seeing a certain group at times doing a certain act that is negative they will react back.

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Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by pleep(m): 4:33am On Aug 27, 2014
Stillfire: It is not justified. Why? The blacks are just...for lack of a better word - 'hungrier'

1) The median household wealth between white and black is $91,405 and $6,446 respectively
2) Median household income ratio between white and black is $59, 754 : 35,416
3) Unemployment rate ratio between white and black 5.3% : 11.4%
4) Poverty rate between white and black 9.5% : 27.2%. More than one in four blacks live in poverty, while fewer than one in 10 whites do.


Is it rocket science why one would rather rip off an ordinary $2 cup of soda than the other? Absolutely not. It is unfortunate that what ought to be a mere social divide between the rich and poor has a skin color attached to it in America.

The GDP of black America is almost 2.2 trillion, which is equal to or greater then most countries in the EU. Based on this alone African Americans should be a global force with power on the world stage. But how does a 2.2 trillion end up equating to 6,446 median wealth? Utter stupidity of indescribable magnitude.. the most shocking indictment of black peoples depravity and materialism. Spending and debt is why black people don't have money, we spend more on consumer goods then some of the richest nations on earth.

In light of the fact that black peoples poverty in America is of our own doing, none of your points (except 3 ) give a compelling argument against racism.

3. Unemployment is a factor, but i would argue that black peoples behavior and reputation is largely responsible for that as well. The majority of people that ask for job applications where i work are black, but most of them are never highered. This is probably due to the behavior of black customers creating a bad image for black applicants. Its justified. i've even seen a black teen ask for an application, then a water, and then fill that water cup with soda in full view of everyone. I threw his app in the trash myself.
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by itstpia1: 5:57am On Aug 27, 2014
pleep: The GDP of black America is almost 2.2 trillion, which is equal to or greater then most countries in the EU. Based on this alone African Americans should be a global force with power on the world stage. But how does a 2.2 trillion end up equating to 6,446 median wealth? Utter stupidity of indescribable magnitude.. the most shocking indictment of black peoples depravity and materialism. Spending and debt is why black people don't have money, we spend more on consumer goods then some of the richest nations on earth.

In light of the fact that black peoples poverty in America is of our own doing, none of your points (except 3 ) give a compelling argument against racism.

3. Unemployment is a factor, but i would argue that black peoples behavior and reputation is largely responsible for that as well. The majority of people that ask for job applications where i work are black, but most of them are never highered. This is probably due to the behavior of black customers creating a bad image for black applicants. Its justified. i've even seen a black teen ask for an application, then a water, and then fill that water cup with soda in full view of everyone. I threw his app in the trash myself.


i wonder where you got your hardcore racism form.

were you taught it by your parents?
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by PAPAAFRICA: 8:28am On Aug 27, 2014
itstpia1:


i wonder where you got your hardcore racism form.

were you taught it by your parents?
isnt pleep black?
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by itstpia1: 6:03pm On Aug 27, 2014
black racists are just as bad as white ones.

they're more insidious because they use their colour as an excuse to propagate their hatred of other black people while they pretend to be anti-white.

very dangerous set of beings.
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by pleep(m): 11:13pm On Aug 27, 2014
PAPAAFRICA: isnt pleep black?
Yea, im just unbiased
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by tpia99: 6:23am On Jan 03, 2015
itstpia1:
black racists are just as bad as white ones.

they're more insidious because they use their colour as an excuse to propagate their hatred of other black people while they pretend to be anti-white.

very dangerous set of beings.
Re: Racism, The Rational & Logical Response To Black Behavior (philosophical Debate) by tpiadotcom: 5:00pm On Apr 13, 2015
PAPAAFRICA:
isnt pleep black?

dunno.

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