Why is he asking for Ramona Khoury when she was identified as Ramona El Nachar?
See the full clip of that segment to find out more! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C6rL78wspz4
Spoiler alert: you were convinced by the intro of a debunk clip, do your research as always
Well, apparently you can get assistance without,
Hargie Randall, 72, was born in his family’s home in Huntsville, Tex., and has lived in the state his entire life. Randall, now living in Houston’s low-income Fifth Ward neighborhood, has several health problems and such poor eyesight that he is legally blind. He can’t drive and has to ask others for rides.
After Texas implemented its new law, Randall went to the Department of Public Safety (the Texas agency that handles driver’s licenses and identification cards) three times to try to get a photo ID to vote. Each time Randall was told he needed different items. First, he was told he needed three forms of identification. He came back and brought his Medicaid card, bills and a current voter registration card from voting in past elections.
That's a hell of a life experience to have, mine may have been humble but it doesn't compare. Thanks again for sharing.
As much as I preach, I don't have answers either. Reparations in the form of cash payout isn't going to correct course, but I hope that a meaningful way to offset historical mistakes can be found.
It's not just about wealth wealth, per your previous comments it's also about stability that modest means provide. I applaud your success through adversity, but not everyone would have made it, and some of those who wouldn't have grew up in a stable family environment which afforded them the opportunity to succeed regardless. Not everyone was on the same starting line, whether it's due to their parents being recent citizens from another country, or being recent citizens due to emancipation. Parents who have trouble providing for their children are more likely to produce parents who have trouble providing for their children, and here we are.
Absolutely true, but regardless of who is celebrated, those who succeed are more likely to have started with a solid foundation (generational wealth). And, the subject I was avoiding, black people arguably are hugely disadvantaged in this regard, due to the impacts of racism on their ancestors.
Realistically, you're not going to will everything you have to charity so that your children grow stronger in adverse conditions, it's just not how the human brain is wired.
Would be great if all things were equal, and if everyone had the same opportunities and starting place in the race.. but I think we can see that's a whole other can of worms ;)
Thanks for the discussion and the insights
I appreciate the analysis.
I'm not going to draw any conclusions from the "hits" datapoint, but it sounds like if there are more "misses" on the other side, that they're more likely to be stopped for baseless reasons, no? Would require a little more digging through the data I suppose.
Your possible conclusion could have an impact on the data, but I have reservations that it would make up the entire disparity.
It also raises questions that can't be answered by the available data -- are blacks & hispanics with a broken taillight more likely to be pulled over than whites with a broken taillight?
If you're speaking of the study I think you are, it was more about "scientists" creating small-sample studies to find correlations that would generate viral headlines (and funding), usually to do with food, and the extent to which researchers would trip over themselves to make such a connection.
It shouldn't be used so broadly to discredit anything one doesn't like. The study referenced earlier was based on millions of pre-existing traffic stops which couldn't be massaged to the will of the person conducting the studies, and the numbers in this case were black and white (pardon the pun!). How many times were white people stopped, how many times were black people stopped, what are their respective portions of the population.
Mind you I wholeheartedly agree that we should think critically about what we're told, regardless of who is doing the telling, naturally.
"I only believe what I can see, I don't believe other people and assume they're lying if their studies, that I won't verify, disagree with my world view"
Your approach really doesn't leave a lot of room for debate so I'll let it go, but some generic questions:
Why can't things be different outside your personal sphere?
Why does your personal and anecdotal experience trump those of people who experience the opposite?
This seems to get missed by a lot of new people. #qanon was trending on Twitter back in the day and not because of msm.