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LeBron James Spotted Driving Rare Porsche 918 Spyder Convertible Worth $1 MILLION: WATCH

https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/basketball-news/lebron-james-spotted-driving-rare-porsche-918-spyder-convertible-worth-1-dollars-million-watch.html

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7 Most Expensive Basketball Shoes

https://successstory.com/spendit/most-expensive-basketball-shoes

2. Nike LeBron 9 “Watch the Throne” - $9,000

Sneaker collaborations are common these days but collaborations with celebrities seem to generate more buzz. One of the earlier collabs that gained massive popularity was the Nike LeBron 9 “Watch the Throne”. The shoe features gold accents and floral laces which is inspired by the “Watch the Throne” album released by Jay-Z and Kanye West in 2011 also featuring gold floral aesthetics for the album art. Unlike the Nike Lebron 9 general release, this shoe never went into retail and

was only worn by celebrities including James, Jay-Z, and Kanye.

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China Cables: Who Are the Uighurs and Why Mass Detention?

https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-cables/china-cables-who-are-the-uighurs-and-why-mass-detention/

What are the Chinese government’s re-education camps?

Starting in 2017, many Uighur detainees have been sent to camps the government calls “Vocational Education and Training Centers.” There, detainees are forced to learn Mandarin, renounce “extremist” thoughts and undergo daily indoctrination in Chinese Communist Party propaganda. Some former detainees say they suffered torture and sexual abuse.

Detainees are also given vocational training, and after completing the indoctrination program, are assigned to factories to work under conditions widely considered to be forced labor.

now this is racist

let me guess, your white.

Tariq be like:

Please explain.

I imagine certain parts of systemic racism become easier to see the wealthier you get. For instance, being told to "shut up and do the thing we pay you for you ungrateful, POS!".

Also, you don't have to be rich, black, or a celebrity to notice injustice.

911 what's the emergency?
My neighbor is being attacked! I can see it through the window! Please send help.
Ma'am, if you haven't been personally victimized, you can't call this number.

There is no statistics that prove systemic racism exists. A cop shoot a black guy committing a crime is not systemic racism. Using 911 for things that aren't emergencies isn't racism. If someone is being murdered, no matter what the color of the victim is or who is calling, the 911 operator needs basic information.

ANYONE, no matter what color you are, can prosper in this country. Racism isn't holding anyone back anymore. That's a bullshit narrative perpetuated by the government and their news media conglomerate to create racial hatred among the people.

And it's working.

Hypothetically, if I wanted to prove to you that a country has systemic racism, how would I prove it to you?

Straight data of police shooting unarmed black men in much higher numbers would be a start. But you can't really prove a cop shooting a minority is due to racism. That's the point. The idea is absurd.

Is there racism? Yes. But the vast majority of people in this country are not out trying to bring anyone down and making is harder for them to succeed. I would dare say white people are being attacked more than anyone else in the media, government, etc. Telling someone to hate themselves and feel bad for being a certain color is racist.

Why would you hate yourself if there was systemic racism? I've never understood that. I'm assuming you didn't write the laws that led to it. That you had nothing to do with the slave trade, redlining, or cointelpro.

It seems like the root of that is an us/them attitude. An assumption that when someone calls out one white person, it is a secret attack on all. It seems similar to the comfort some people have in condemning all Muslims ('most' if they want to soften the blow).

People are to be judged as individuals. If someone is being treated unfairly for an arbitrary reason like skin color, we acknowledge it and work to fix it. I'm only to blame if I continue to be part of the problem.

If I worked for a company and found out that there was a bug in the accounting software, or simply a preference for starting 'people like me' at a higher salary, it wouldn't be my fault. At least it wouldn't be if I said something and worked to get it fixed.

Unarmed black men are shot in larger numbers, though that itself can be a misleading statistic. I'm under the impression that different forces report differently: If I thought they were armed, do we report it that way? If I thought they weren't armed, but found a gun after the fact? I've actually had trouble getting a solid read on how that is reported.

Additionally: George Floyd wasn't shot, Philando Castile had a legal firearm on him and didn't try to draw it, Breonna Taylor wasn't armed but her BF was, John Crawford was carrying a BB gun he was planning to purchase; Tamir Rice - toy gun; Eric Garner - Choke hold...there are more. My point is "Shot & Unarmed" doesn't really cover it all.

"Why would you hate yourself if there was systemic racism? I've never understood that. I'm assuming you didn't write the laws that led to it. That you had nothing to do with the slave trade, redlining, or cointelpro."

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I didn't say I felt bad, but this is how white people are being told to feel. My brother in law works for a gaming company in Seattle and this is what the company does. Their training includes "white guilt." Coke is another company that was in the news about this as well. Many companies are forcing their employees to "feel ashamed" of themselves for being white men.

"People are to be judged as individuals. If someone is being treated unfairly for an arbitrary reason like skin color, we acknowledge it and work to fix it. I'm only to blame if I continue to be part of the problem."

But that doesn't mean that white people are systemically racist. That type of thinking is racist in of itself.

"If I worked for a company and found out that there was a bug in the accounting software, or simply a preference for starting 'people like me' at a higher salary, it wouldn't be my fault. At least it wouldn't be if I said something and worked to get it fixed."

And judging by this comment, I'm assuming you're against affirmative action ....

"Unarmed black men are shot in larger numbers, though that itself can be a misleading statistic. I'm under the impression that different forces report differently: If I thought they were armed, do we report it that way? If I thought they weren't armed, but found a gun after the fact? I've actually had trouble getting a solid read on how that is reported."

But this isn't proof that a cop shot the individual because the cop is racist. "Sir, why did you shoot him?"

"Because he's a black man in a white neighborhood and he deserved it."

That would be racism.

"Additionally: George Floyd wasn't shot,"

George Floyd was also on an extremely high dosage of deadly drugs, which is why he complained 30 minutes before the knee that he couldn't breathe.

Some people are still on a grade school version of history. Finding out what history was really like feels like an attack. History isn't black and white (ha, pun).

There is racism. It used to be worse. Slavery became Jim Crow. It was white men who made these laws. They were clearly made to benefit them. While the worst laws were removed, there remain things like unfair sentencing guidelines.

Can you link me to something that pushes it as white guilt, because the definition of white guilt is the feeling some white people get when they learn about the history of racism in the US.

Those trainings are supposed to bring people together. It is supposed to make sure you are aware that our experiences aren't the only ones, and to hopefully understand and sympathize.

If someone doesn't know that the Tuskegee experiments and Black Wall street happened or about actual efforts by the government to blackmail MLK, how can you appreciate where black people are coming from? If someone is under the impression that MLK said I have a dream and everyone was onboard, that isn't what happened. If you sit in a classroom with a bunch of black people who probably already know about these things, and you don't, I imagine that could be uncomfortable.

Affirmative action - If a white person wants to go to a black college they would qualify too. You address inequality by trying to provide opportunities to those that might not have those opportunities. To me its just a matter of statistics and looking at the poverty rate. From slavery to present, there was never a time when POC weren't in greater poverty. Its convenient to blame "personal responsibility", but that only works at the individual level. We shouldn't see consistent patterns of disparity along racial lines.

Nobody thinks they are racist. NEO Nazis call themselves "race realists" and believe it. Most bias is unconscious because our brains create stereotypes to help us make quick decisions. The key is to be aware of that.

George Floyd - it doesn't matter what he had done or what drugs he was on. It wasn't drugs, it was the knee, but even if you don't believe that, they should have provided aid. maybe he would have died anyway, but we will never know for sure.

George Floyd and Chauvin aren't the systemic racism. The systemic racism was when the DA said they probably wouldn't file charges. Killed on video > DA announced he doesn't think he can get a conviction. That statement was when protests turned to riots.

"George Floyd - it doesn't matter what he had done or what drugs he was on. It wasn't drugs, it was the knee,"

No, it was the drugs that started it and was proven with the autopsy and the full length video. I didn't say he SHOULD have died. There is case for manslaughter, but 2nd and 3rd degree murder? No.

I don't think it was intentional, so I agree with the charges he was found guilty of.

there were ~37000 fentanyl overdoses in 2019 and George Floyd just happened to OD with a cops knee on his back? I suppose it isn't impossible, but it doesn't seem very likely.

There was disagreement on whether the fentanyl caused the death. Before the autopsy though, nobody watching that video doubted that it could have killed him. Its the first time i remember cops across the country speaking out against a cops action.

But once there were high levels of drugs in his system...time to change the narrative.

There have been other cases where people without fentanyl died with a knee to their back like that, so the best I can do is agree that it likely contributed.

How did the full length video prove it was the drugs? He was acting high, of that I have no doubt, but 'proven'?

so he overdosed AT THE SAME EXACT time he had an knee on his back and couldn't breathe HMMMMMM maybe conecct the dots yes the drugs were in his system but was it because he died. no

I didn't say the drugs killed him. I said the drugs helped contribute to his death.

how your telling me he died of drugs, right but the knee on his knee wasn't the main cause.
your just trying to defend the cop.

I need to start saving these offline. I keep repeating the same arguments. I need to work smarter.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/
"Victims were majority white (52%) but disproportionately black (32%) with a fatality rate 2.8 times higher among blacks than whites. Most victims were reported to be armed (83%); however, black victims were more likely to be unarmed (14.8%) than white (9.4%) or Hispanic (5.8%) victims. Fatality rates among military veterans/active duty service members were 1.4 times greater than among their civilian counterparts. Four case subtypes were examined based on themes that emerged in incident narratives: about 22% of cases were mental health related; 18% were suspected “suicide by cop” incidents, with white victims more likely than black or Hispanic victims to die in these circumstances; 14% involved intimate partner violence; and about 6% were unintentional deaths due to LE action. Another 53% of cases were unclassified and did not fall into a coded subtype. Regression analyses identified victim and incident characteristics associated with each case subtype and unclassified cases."

Now apply population statistics and see your numbers evaporate.

How do you figure?

You guys should watch old episodes of cops , it doesnt mstter what ur race is . What they were getting away with was pretty bad and was a uncalled for in most csses . Bad polices and training is to blame more than racist mind sets of cops

Motive is irrelevant. If I think you keep robbing me because of a personal vendetta, but you keep robbing me because you just suck; you are still robbing me.

There is no law against being a racist cop. The accusation is that racism was motive to conduct a crime. So if you don't believe it is about racism, just skip that and jump to whether a crime occurred.

Do we still live in 1800? No we don't.

Does the time period matter when it comes to racism? No it does not.

Bringing up shit that happened over 200 years ago that has no bearing on what we do today is asinine and does nothing to deal with today's issues. We aren't murdering people based on their skin color on a grand scale like we did during that period.

racism still exists. let me guess your white.

Does it matter what color my skin is? Why are you obsessed with race?

answer. the. question.

because if your white. shut the f**k up.

How do I answer a question if a question wasn't asked?

"because if your white. shut the f**k up.'

No.

ok. so your white. tell me how you gonna tell a WHOLE race that you are not apart of. that is the MAIN TARGET OF RACISM, systematic racism isnt a thing. you arent ever going to be oppressed because of skin color. when alot of black people have, put yourself in our shoes for a day. stop going based off of what you see. theres always 2 sides to the story.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSh completely over your head. you took pre-k from this? Notice how you didnt take ANY thing from all the evidence i have alot more kid."

Like I said earlier, I'm done with all this. You keep spamming my comments instead of posting everything in one comment. If you posted everything in one comment, I could respond much easier to it. And I don't have to respond to everything you post, guy. I gave you the statistics on the crimes committed in the US FROM THE FBI website. So you can keep playing your little "you're a racist" card, but I'm not going to reply any further.

not playing the "you are a racist" card.

"ok. so your white."

Not that it's any of your business, but no, I'm not.

And how am I going to tell someone there isn't systemic racism? Pretty easily, actually. I'd like you to provide proof of it instead of just claiming it's true without actual evidence. And "I'm black and that's all the evidence you need" isn't evidence.

I'll wait with baited breath for your racist reply.

is that enough evidence? or do you need more i have ALOT more

Nonwhite districts received $23 billion less in funding than their predominantly white counterparts in 2016

"that my friend is a prime example of racism ."

No, it's an actual statistic. I didn't make anything up.

"https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-43"

ive given you evidence and you take a complete different message YOU CAN SEARCH UP EVERY single one. they all are true.

Black students accounted for 18% of the country’s pre-K enrollment, but made up 48% of preschoolers with multiple out-of-school suspensions

Black students make up 16% of student enrollment, but represent 27% of students referred to law enforcement and 31% of students subjected to arrest. White students, on the other hand, make up 51% of enrollment, 41% of students referred to law enforcement, and 39% of those arrested.

Black students were more than three times as likely to attend schools where fewer than 60% of teachers meet all state certification and licensure requirements. Latino students were twice as likely to attend such schools

Black, Latino and Native American students attended schools with higher concentrations of first-year teachers (3% to 4%) than white students

i never said I'm black and that's all the evidence you need" tho

Black students are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than white students. On average, 5% of white students are suspended, compared to 16% of Black students. American Indian and Native-Alaskan students are also disproportionately suspended and expelled, representing less than 1% of the student population but 2% of out-of-school suspensions and 3% of expulsions

dude have you given up? now that i have allll this evidence you fold? wow.

Okay, a few things ...

1) There's no need to spam my inbox with a bunch of comments. You could have simply put everything in one comment.

2) You still have not provided any proof. You saying something is true doesn't make it true. I still don't see any proof of your supposed systemic racism.

3) Even if what you claim is true, I still don't see racism. You aren't giving any depth or clarification to what might be the root cause of your claims. Black enrollment being lower than white enrollment doesn't mean the schools are racist. It could very well be that these schools don't receive adequate applications (meaning the kids enrolling may not meet the requirement of the school to get in) or they simply aren't applying. And dumbing down the qualifications isn't helping anything, either.

4) Again, pre-K enrollment. What doesn't that have to do with racism? You're telling me that these schools are purposely denying black kids an education based solely on the color of their skin? I find that hard to believe. If the schools did that, they would lose their licenses and status as educators.

5) Black kids are are expelled at a higher rate than white kids? As I said, IF this is true, you're not looking at the reasons for being expelled. It's the same as black people being shot by police. In MOST cases there's a reason they were shot. And in MOST cases there was a good reason they were shot. But you want to simply state that it was due to racism without looking at the reasons behind the shootings, or in this case, the students being expelled. Not everything is racism, guy.

I would continue on with this argument, but I'm tired of arguing with race-baiters and anyone who think everything has to do with race. You know, there are more black people murdering black people than any other race... You know this right? And the majority of attacks on Asians are perpetuated by black people... you know this, right? Is that black people committing acts of terror because of racism? Or is it just the white man's fault, as it usually seems to be these days?

Oh, and one more thing, you complain about me not answering you right away, but it takes you over 24 hours to answer me, soooo ....

One study found that homes in Black neighborhoods were undervalued by an average of $48,000 due to racial bias, resulting in $156 billion in cumulative losses nationwide

African-Americans (53%) and Latinos (43%) are more likely to receive high-cost mortgages than Caucasians (18%)

In 2015, according to Pew, less than two-thirds of Black and Hispanic households held home loans with rates below 5%. Some 73% of white and 83% of Asian households had such mortgage

In the first quarter of 2020, the Census Bureau reported that Black households had the lowest homeownership rate at 44%, nearly 30 percentage points behind white households

African Americans make up 40 % of the homeless population despite only representing 13% of the general population (source).

since you want to play dumb heres more evidence

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSh completely over your head. you took pre-k from this? Notice how you didnt take ANY thing from all the evidence i have alot more kid.

"You know, there are more black people murdering black people than any other race... "
that my friend is a prime example of racism .

Oh ok so history only matters to those who understand it. Good to know. What a dipshit. Well you are banished from my talks. You have a peanut brain unable to understand we ARE what our history MADE US.

Sorry you feel the need to live in the past instead of learn from it. And insults don't help your arguments.

You disregard it completely as if it matters not. I am sorry this black man is not going to take advice from a spoiled white kid who thinks they are the only race on the planet. You are losing your power grip and you are scared shitless. And you should be using a VPN if you gonna post racist talks online.

You think I'm white? How cute.

you are.

you wont answer my question.
ARE. YOU. WHITE. SIR?