Why the Hell does Oprah get a Presidential Medal of Freedom??

Then are you going to respond in a manner where he isn't owning you. You didn't establish racism. You just posted the criminal statistics of one ethnicity group. The choice to commit criminal acts is an individual choice.

 

He's unable to refute my points or even answer my questions, so he resorts to cussing and name calling. Clear signs of him being owned.

 

Yes, similarly, the fact that India had a woman President shows that there's no sexism there. All it takes is one example of success to invalidate millions of examples and tons of statistical data showing otherwise.

 

I posted a number of data points that all indicate some level of racist outcomes in our criminal justice system, you and texxx have posted your naive speculation that racism is somehow a thing of the past. I suppose in some warped, alternate dimension that amounts to my being "owned."

You're welcome to a bunch of other data, but sadly, you would just ignore it in favor of baseless conjecture, as texxx does.

You really think black people CHOOSE to commit crimes at six times the rate of whites (the rate at which they are incarcerated)?

If so, you're delusional.

 

I posted data, you posted your opinion, I will trust the data.

Every. Single. Time.

 

Poverty is the driving factor in the criminal justice system, not racism.

 

You base this on what? When people are sentenced, the judge and jury know who is poor and who is not and that's why blacks receive harsher sentences than whites for the same crimes? Please present your evidence.

Of course you believe race plays no role in crime despite the mounds of evidence behind racial profiling. How do you logically get to that belief?

Are you in the BBS race bait crew that believes Oprah Winfrey, a billionaire, complains about racism because she's a liar, a race baiter, and is looking for handouts and racial preference? Is her career not built on her own hard work and talent but rather by virtue of being black and achieving based on sympathy, white guilt, and leveraging her race as a preferred minority in America?

 

Take the money out of politics and that goes a long way to stopping it. This isn't a new phenomenon though, this has gone on since the inception of the country.

I think it's difficult to argue that Oprah freaking Winfrey does not fit the criteria for the award regardless of who she supported for President.

 

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.


I ****ing wish.

 

And the most influential media host in the last 30 years, bigot.

 

That's ridiculous. There are dozens of people who deserve the award. Instead, he gives a talk show host the award. Did President Bush give Dr. Phil a Presidential Medal of Freedom? Did he give Dr. Oz a PMOF? Did he give Fox & Friends one? It's ridiculous. The only reason she got one is because she is a black woman and President Obama needed to fill his quota.

 

es, similarly, the fact that India had a woman President shows that there's no sexism there. All it takes is one example of success to invalidate millions of examples and tons of statistical data showing otherwise.



Where in my post did I say there is no racism at all left in America??? Of course there is some but my point stands no way Oprah would have become successful if this was an inherently racist country..

lol..smh..

 

Some seriously scary hate in this thread.

 

It's pretty odd how a societal disadvantage in being a black woman is somehow an advantage in their minds and the reason for her success.

That. Just. Happened.

Whaaaat?

 

You realize that's less than 1 per week? That's about 4 hours per week in a job that they work 7 day weeks, generally from morning until night, are on-call 24/7, and have stress unlike any other job in the world. Is that really excessive?

You do know many of those days were spending working too, right? Just because he's on the ranch doesn't mean work stops.

I don't think you have any idea what the job entails.

 

And dozens received it. 50, in fact, in this group. All sorts of random people have gotten them in the past - Bear Bryant, for example. Kirk Douglas. Bob Dylan. Johnny Carson. Bill Cosby. Joe DiMaggio. Pat Summitt. On and on. You seem to be attaching some significance to it that doesn't exist.

 

interesting list of winners:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients

great for her

 

She's calling in some favors for that Oscar Best Supporting Actress nomination. She's really thirsty for it.