My mother made a poor choice for a husband. From 7 to 21 I and my family were as poor as one can get without being bankrupt and living in total assistance from the government. I could have gone the drug pusher route but I was raised right by my poor as shit single mother who never once asked for welfare. I had a job since I was in the 3rd grade. No job, no new clothes for the new school year which essentially meant that I would be teased for wearing high water pants (a term you older half might remember). There was never, ever, a family vacation, the TV was circa 1950's black and white with needle nose plyers as a tuning tool, no air conditioning, no help from family, no parachute, one beat up car that constantly broke down, paid 100% for my own college education while working jobs to pay for food and we lived in neighborhoods where men beat their wives on a nightly basis and their children were in and out of juvey for 10 years. Me and my siblings had every opportunity to go to the dark side. One constant kept us from ever thinking about going there: My mother. She taught us to be responsible for ourselves, to save our money when we could, study hard, get an education, to never get a girl pregnant and we never, ever had a moment in our lives that we considered NOT going to college and getting a better life for ourselves. College was a minimum expectation. She was of the Rodney Dangerfield school of K-12 grades, "A, B, C your in the top three". Just graduate and get a degree in something.
When I hear people like Kobe spouting off about inner city kids that have no alternative than to sell drugs, systemic racism is holding people of color back, blah, blah blah, it just reinforces what I already know. That rats don't care about the very people they expect to be a consistent voting block for them. Their lack of expectation for their fellow citizens of a different color is all the proof you need that they are blatant racists. Black mothers and fathers are perfectly capable of providing for their children and setting minimum expectations. Many do. Nothing is holding them back but the gutless rats who support bad behavior and outcomes for votes. They don't want a real discussion on race. It wouldn't help them at all. Discouraging a 73% fatherless birthrate is like kryptonite to rats. They need the voting block. Keep them angry, victims, pregnant and poor and rats got them right where they want them. Its sickening, un-American and heartless but it is what rats are all about.
This is essentially my fathers story. Poorer than poverty poor. The townspeople “gave” his mother laundry to do -though they were more than capable of doing their own - so they had enough money to buy food.
He served in the military for 8 years including Korean War. Went to school on the GI Bill and was a teacher for over three decades. Totally beloved because he treated the rich kids and the poor kids, the black kids and the white kids the same - which probably wasn’t the norm in the late 50’s and 60’s. There were only “good kids” or “bad kids” in his eyes. And the good ones were the ones who did the best with the hand they were dealt and the bad ones whined and complained and acted with a sense of entitlement or victimness.
Literally hundreds have told me he changed the trajectory of their lives.
The message of opportunity and hard work and persistence is always the recipe for those willing to put the ingredients together.
Sad that the message of opportunity, hard work and persistence is now viewed as disqualifyingly white. Your father would be sent off to Teacher Union re-education camp today. Why I said that currently the US public education is now involved in negative education.
Rough estimate - about 75% of his male colleagues had served in WW2 or Korea. They knew what was important and what wasn't. Wallowing in self-pity had no place. They'd seen death up close and personal.
I might add, the first time my father interacted with people of color was in the military where he got his ass kicked on the camp basketball and baseball teams. Good life lesson about being the big fish in a small pond. Not a lot of blacks in bumfuck Wyoming in his youth.
Compulsory service would not be a bad requirement for dumbfucks like Kobe who swallow whatever shit their Marxist professors shoveled their way - and filled their heads with CRT and other crap. Having a the experience of work, competition and dealing with adversity is something severely lacking in the world today.
I came from such great white privilege that I got to spend a bunch of my summers picking strawberries, beans and cucumbers. The Slobberer would have stuck a knife into his knee to get out of that kind of labor which should of course only be performed by Mexicans.
I came from such great white privilege that I got to spend a bunch of my summers picking strawberries, beans and cucumbers. The Slobberer would have stuck a knife into his knee to get out of that kind of labor which should of course only be performed by Mexicans.
Recycling Newspapers < recycling Aluminum Cans < mowing and edging lawns < paper route < bagging groceries < tree work (mostly splitting wood & clearing brush) < specialized retail < construction & demolition < restaurant waiting & bartending & catering work < graduation < grad school < adult career < marriage < kids < empty nest.
Never once considered myself privileged or disadvantaged in any way. "If you want something, work for it" was the message from Mom, Dad & Grandma, all of whom survived the Great Depression, lost loved ones early in life to war or illness, and FUCKING HATED WHINERS AND BLAMERS.
All any motivated person needs is a chance or opportunity to show what they are capable of, and the world will literally open doors for them.
People love success and want to see as much of it as possible, regardless of race, background, education or history.
Now watch @dflea commit this entire passage to memory and try to burn me with it for the next several weeks.
I’ll just say statistically I’m not supposed to be where I am in life
But as others said, education was always a focal point and the carrot I needed was that I could look ahead and never have to pass on doing things I wanted to do because of means or lack thereof
It by no means was easy and I had some areas that perhaps I’m lucky to have had that others may not have. But those lucky elements are a small % of why I’m where I am.
What my path taught me is that I will always be available to be a resource for those who want to make the best for themselves ... but I got no time for those that aren’t willing to help themselves
I’ll just say statistically I’m not supposed to be where I am in life
But as others said, education was always a focal point and the carrot I needed was that I could look ahead and never have to pass on doing things I wanted to do because of means or lack thereof
It by no means was easy and I had some areas that perhaps I’m lucky to have had that others may not have. But those lucky elements are a small % of why I’m where I am.
What my path taught me is that I will always be available to be a resource for those who want to make the best for themselves ... but I got no time for those that aren’t willing to help themselves
Kudos to you, Teq.
But honestly, drunken, thick-tongued TSIO slur-casting was your true medium and purpose in life.
The truth is, I feel sorry for the kobe's of the world (when I am not angry at them). Their country, educators and parents did them a horrible disservice; They believe in their hearts that black people are inferior. That the Irish, Chinese, Mexican, Korean, Vietnamese (etc) people succeeded because they aren't black skinned. That black skinned people are inferior and that is not only horribly racist, it is incredibly ignorant and stupid. Nothing has changed on the left. They still believe black Americans are incapable and what is worse they want to continue to try to keep a great many incapable. To do differently would mean they would lose votes. The kobe's of the world are just foot soldiers who parrot whatever their leaders tell them to parrot. He could be so constructive for something different but he literally has drunk the liberal Kool Aid and there is no hope for him. What a waste......
The truth is, I feel sorry for the kobe's of the world (when I am not angry at them). Their country, educators and parents did them a horrible disservice; They believe in their hearts that black people are inferior. That the Irish, Chinese, Mexican, Korean, Vietnamese (etc) people succeeded because they aren't black skinned. That black skinned people are inferior and that is not only horribly racist, it is incredibly ignorant and stupid. Nothing has changed on the left. They still believe black Americans are incapable and what is worse they want to continue to try to keep a great many incapable. To do differently would mean they would lose votes. The kobe's of the world are just foot soldiers who parrot whatever their leaders tell them to parrot. He could be so constructive for something different but he literally has drunk the liberal Kool Aid and there is no hope for him. What a waste......
Kobe definitely doesn't view blacks as his equals. He holds them to lower standards of behavior and performance he'd never hold white people to.
Who do you think is the intended audience for Biden and the Rat's claiming the Georgia Election laws are "Jim Crow on steroids?" It's the Kobe/AOC/CBC wing of the Rat party he is preaching to.
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I might add, the first time my father interacted with people of color was in the military where he got his ass kicked on the camp basketball and baseball teams. Good life lesson about being the big fish in a small pond. Not a lot of blacks in bumfuck Wyoming in his youth.
Compulsory service would not be a bad requirement for dumbfucks like Kobe who swallow whatever shit their Marxist professors shoveled their way - and filled their heads with CRT and other crap. Having a the experience of work, competition and dealing with adversity is something severely lacking in the world today.
Never once considered myself privileged or disadvantaged in any way. "If you want something, work for it" was the message from Mom, Dad & Grandma, all of whom survived the Great Depression, lost loved ones early in life to war or illness, and FUCKING HATED WHINERS AND BLAMERS.
All any motivated person needs is a chance or opportunity to show what they are capable of, and the world will literally open doors for them.
People love success and want to see as much of it as possible, regardless of race, background, education or history.
Now watch @dflea commit this entire passage to memory and try to burn me with it for the next several weeks.
Rent Free, Fishboy.
But as others said, education was always a focal point and the carrot I needed was that I could look ahead and never have to pass on doing things I wanted to do because of means or lack thereof
It by no means was easy and I had some areas that perhaps I’m lucky to have had that others may not have. But those lucky elements are a small % of why I’m where I am.
What my path taught me is that I will always be available to be a resource for those who want to make the best for themselves ... but I got no time for those that aren’t willing to help themselves
But honestly, drunken, thick-tongued TSIO slur-casting was your true medium and purpose in life.
All else is secondary.