It does seem that we glorify the concept of cultural diversity while at the same time criticizing any discussions that mention unpleasant distinctions.
I'm from San Diego and I use to think the exact same thing as you dude. That all changed until I moved to New Orleans lol. When watermelons are in season down here most black people have about 3-4 watermelons in their carts when I go to Walmart. More black people consume watermelons down here than any other race.
A stereotype has to come from some place. Every popular stereotype has to be rooted in truth. And by the way, why is it such a bad thing that we point out bad qualities in a group? For instance, poor neighboorhoods often have a more black people than white. 50-80% of those families don't have a father figure. Both black and white families don't have a father figure, but its higher among the black community. If we focus on the largest effected community, we can make a better future.
Brad Hall a lot of black fathers leave their family. if we as a nation could figure out why, we could fix it. to figure out why, we have to agree that it (broken homes in the urban neighborhoods) happens.
Christopher, stereotypes are wrong because it leads to negative assumptions that all people of that specific race are seen within that stereotype. That is an unfair judgment, and negative judgments leads to racism. For instance, I could perceive & stereotype blacks and Latinos as groups who are the majority of people in prisons. Now whether true or false, people will start believing that perception. However, it is very important not to look at stereotypes and look at the individuals, that is the fair thing to do. Furthermore stereotypes don't leave room for the truth. Yes, there is a high percent of blacks and Latinos in prison, but the reason is because the judicial system on average do not prosecute whites as harshly as blacks and other minorities, that is fact and definitely not a stereotype. Also even before we meet someone we base our perception of them by stereotypes. I'm Jewish and a student of mine perceived Jews as dishonest. I laughed so hard at that.
Gidget Hrobowski this was my opinion 2 years ago, man. I guess I still fundamentally believe that generalizing isn't inherently bad, but I would really only leave it at "people with no or bad father figures suffer." I would cut out the part about focussing on the race aspect of it, as it does lead to allowing real racists to feel validated, which is inherently bad.
Good comeback, especially the part where you told me you weren't talking to me even though your previous reply addressed to ME said you were only referring to me as stupid.
Adam worked his ass off to get to where he is by being a carpenter and boxing instructor until he was 30. From then on he worked hard on loveline, his radio show, and now his record breaking podcast. I guarantee he works harder building on his podcast than most other Americans.
Black culture is basically bullshit. We are clearly cooler than this bullshit going on today contemporarily. I mean come on. Hip hop now is absolutely the lamest shit possible. No creativity what so fucking ever!
prejudice 1.an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 2.any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. 3.unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group. The difference is too minimal. It's a widely known fact that racists refuse to believe they are racist, and will try to justify it by any means possible.
Imagine you're a black man in America in the 1800's. You're a slave, you're treated like an animal, you have no rights, and the ones responsible for this mistreatment are all white guys. Not hard to imagine, is it? Now ask yourself... are you pissed off because of the way you are being treated, or do you have a problem with the skin color of those mistreating you? It's not about race, it's about BEHAVIOR. Stay in school, take care of your family, and you don't need whitey's permission for ANY OF IT.
I would think anyone with an ounce of common sense would realize that the majority of blacks do not have a problem with white people's skin color, that is generally a white issue. I believe that black people's major issue is unfair treatment, this countries serious lack of equality in employment, policing, housing, economic opportunities just to name a few things that I am aware of and a need for racism to be seriously addressed in this country instead of the constant denial. Thereby I believe most black people could care less about the color of a white persons skin, as a black friend of mine once stated that doesn't put food on the table and I agree with him.
+Ryan Nickens That is what you are implying judging by your comment. Love, I'd gladly go back & forth with you on this issue but I have got to study for final exams...take care....
Thomas Sowell makes a point that the main reason racism exists in America is because our Constitution states that all men are created equal. The only way to justify slavery, then, is to say that slaves are less than men. I just thought I'd share...
I'm very grateful someone like Adam exists. Especially when I was called a racist when I said that most Middle Eastern people are assholes and that they're primitive, live in a giant ashtray, and believe in stupid shit and just kill each other.
"Formed beforehand, without knowledge"That is a crucial and huge difference. If i were to look down upon Arab culture without any knowledge of it, that would be prejudice. If, however, i observed the dominance of theocratic dictatorships throughout the majority of Arab nations that execute homosexuals, subjugate women and persecute Jews and decided this culture was significantly less civilised than my own, that would be fair and rational judgement. Can you really not understand the difference?
I don't get how the watermelon stereotype is still around. I worked at a Grocery Store for 4 years and rarely ever saw a black person buy watermelon. Chinese people were the ones who always bought tons of it.
I went from going to a 95% white school to a 99% black school. Every stereotype I had ever heard about them came true. They had the black pride stuff all over the walls. The only thing white kids would do is either become a Neo-Nazi or a Wigger there was no inbetween.
Bahia, when Americans say "Asians" the default connotation is East Asians. And when Americans say "blacks" they mean African Americans. It's that simple. We're not speaking for an entire race. We're speaking about the race and culture most proximate to us. Stereotypes aren't stupid. They exist for a reason. Mutual observations.
the thing adam doesnt understand is that the real damage of racism is that, if it doesnt get squashed out of a culture, then it can turn around into a self-fulfilling thing. i mean, the most racist people against blacks, for example, are other blacks. the people who kill the most blacks, rob the most blacks, are other blacks. and i would wager that the people who act the 'n' the most, are the people who are most comfortable using the word the most.
"The difference is we done it on a bigger scale because we were more advanced, as we had the biggest empire ever." You talking about the Mongolians? cuz they had the biggest empire ever.
"looking down on another person culture is in fact being prejudice". No, it's not. I also don't look down on Mexican culture. I look down on Arab culture because it is homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic and primitive, though. It's not prejudice, it's judgement. Historically, whoever was the most powerful oppressed the other people. Blacks, asians and whites have all enslaved people.The difference is we done it on a bigger scale because we were more advanced, as we had the biggest empire ever.
These guys took honesty to the point of being assholes. That may be regional though; heavy urban people tend to be more honest and open, and my sensitivity may be due to growing up in a neighborhood away from a city.
If Racism means "the recognition and appreciation of traits and differences of race & ethnicity", then maybe racism is a good thing. A test: If the above definition isn't 'Racism', then what word/term do we have for that "recognition and appreciation of racial traits and differences" ? And if you/we don't have a commonly used term for it, WHY is that ? Does your media/academia discourage you from "appreciating your racial traits and ethno-culture", and so aren't taught a neutral/positive term?
nope I never saw them like that until I went to that school. I always thought people who said that stuff were stupid. Then I had the shock to realize I was the one wrong.
Whites have been the toughest military superpower for thousands of years. Could that be because they don't whine and complain about everything like other "minority" races?
@eleutheromaniac Usually food-related ones aren't factually acurate but they stick because they become tongue-in-cheek commentary and are facilitated and uttered by even the "victim". Behavioral stereo-types are the more accurate ones.
Just watched the George Lopez HBO special "It's not you, it's me". It is one of the most racists things I have ever watched. He has a mocking voice he uses whenever talking about white people. It also included derogatory statements (in English and in Spanish) towards blacks and gays. However, no one says anything about it because he is a minority. However, when a White comedian like Adam says anything remotely negative about minorities, he gets called a racist. WTF?
No, they didn't. Check Wikipedia for "Biggest Empires Ever". British first, then Mongol. In both size of land owned and population, the British Empire is larger. 33.7 million km, for the British, 24.0 million km for the Mongols. 458 million people for the British, 110 million people for the Mongols.
If you guys think this is racist, you're stupid. This is simple fact and the longer you delude yourselves and tell yourselves it's racist to talk about any problem, the longer those problems will exist. Nobody perpetuates a stereotype but the people the stereotypes are about. Unless your logic is,"Don't talk about something that is true, because if it's about another race then that makes you racist" That's the type of idiocy that keeps people down, and keeps stereotypes alive and healthy
Thanks for making the point. Stereotypes serve a purpose. They allow the lazy to use the conclusions of others. They say Asians are poor drivers, see this sorta supported four or five times and some suppose its true. Esp. if they don't much care. Look at all the time saved researching and thinking.
Carolla is wrong because stereotypes change constantly depending upon the socioeconomic status of the group. Seriously, look at the historical stereotypes of the Irish/Germans/whatever.
Sterotypes HAVE truth in them but they aren't 100% true for every member of a certain race. Example: Someone whos black but is a vegetarian, but according to stereotypes all black people eat chicken, so what is that person an anomaly? No
Leftist support abortion on demand, leftists support bombing animal research facilities, leftists spike trees, leftists intimidate opponents, leftists impose censorship on campuses, leftists want to shut down businesses to protect some minor ecosystem, leftists smear their political opponents, leftists overlook their own camps transgressions etc etc etc etc Who are the compassionate ones again?
@atikker This is very cute. You're just happy if your homeland is mentioned. I guess we americans don't really appreciate that b/c almost everything- good or bad is about us. Yay for Finland!!!!
When did i say anyone was below me? Do you not look down on homicidal homophobia, genocidal antisemitism and primitive misogyny? If you don't, i'd suggest it's you who has completely missed the point of what Adam is saying.
Im discussing this by the minority to minority ratios incarceration estimations of 2,096,300 prisoners held in local jails federal and states prison 841,000 were incarcerated 693,800 were white and 442,000 were hispanic granted this estimation did not include other minorities or any one who was accounted for as 2 or more minorities.roughly speaking they make up for 40% of 94% of prison populations there are more of them in prisons than other races by extension they are most of the population.
@79pensacola I'm not brain washed. I just don't agree w/ his whole premise that, "I make an observation regarding a few people, so then I will make a vast generalization about the entire group until I am specifically proven wrong." I think that type of thinking is just short sighted and it's an easy cop out. Oooh I'm so edgy and controversial, going against the man! Yeah Carolla, whatever.
That's being racist there. Just because he's from Saudi Arabia, doesn't mean he identifies with the culture. He identified with your culture, therefore he was of your culture. You keep proving yourself racist by saying every point I've made that proves you are racist, and saying it's wrong. Your story there is a perfect example of racism. Keep on proving yourself wrong when you think you're proving yourself right. I'm having fun here.
sounds like you have some good information there, but due to a lack of punctuation and sentence structure, i find it incredibly hard to decipher what you are actually trying to say...perhaps you have a website like or something to that effect?
@fibrillatorD "N" is just an arbitrary contruct, it doesnt have to exist at all. so you can say "stereotypes exist for a reason," but, at least as far as black stereotypes go, you can just as easily say, "the behavior wouldn't have to follow if the stereotype weren't there to give it legs." i mean, adam knows that people take the path of least resistance, so it shouldnt surprise him that any black person raised around the "N" word would subconsciously begin to think and behave like one.
first of all, watermelon is delicious, and im white. that stereotype still exists because black comedians use it as a running joke. now, take a black stereotypical food, ie pigs feet, and youll find that use of that stereotype has severely declined... why? because do you know anyone that eats that shit, regardless of race? watermelon and chicken are delicious...it doesnt matter what color you are
Measuring population is kinda silly since the Mongol Empire was a good 500 years before the British Empire. A better measurement would be to see what % of the earths population was under their control. I bet if you did that they would be a lot closer. British would still be higher though I'm sure.
In the vast majority of Muslim countries gays are executed, women are second class citizens and legally beaten by their husbands and jews are demonized with disgusting propaganda which praises the holocaust. Muhammad was a warlord who beheaded hundreds of people and had sex with a nine year old girl. Please don't buy into this whole conspiracy about the media misrepresenting Islam, because they're not.
I'll give an honest example of a stereotype. Black people are known as horrible tippers. When I get a black patron, I expect to be given a lousy gratuity. 90% of the time, I am right. Does it make me some sort of intellectual amateur for adhering to a stereotype that is almost always true? Does that make me a racist?
Out of 2,000 kids in my high school, there were 5 non-white kids. Also, why would i care if people who were the same colour as me were outnumbered by those who weren't? I'm not a racist unlike you.
You just proved how retarded you are right there. By judging a culture, you judge the people of that culture. Keep going, you're going to to continue to prove yourself wrong.
@spyu no most people who like to point fingers saying racists are usually the bigoted racist. being truthful and speaking you mind is no longer ok in america
Most racists and bigots hide behind the "I'm just reporting what I observe" argument. Come on Adam I know you're smarter than that. Take a second and think about why your logic is flawed. Hint: Statistics and sample size.
Noticing differences ,means you are awake....:)
Stacy if you see this 10 years later, had you yet heard the word "Woke" when you wrote this?
It does seem that we glorify the concept of cultural diversity while at the same time criticizing any discussions that mention unpleasant distinctions.
Huge, Massive, Incredible etc. difference between noticing, mentioning etc & celebrating.....
@@discernment8963No there isn't.
in my opinion stereotypes only stick because it gets reinforced at every chance it gets.
Amen, praise the words of Carolla. I hate political correctness being used to accuse people of bigotry.
I'm from San Diego and I use to think the exact same thing as you dude. That all changed until I moved to New Orleans lol. When watermelons are in season down here most black people have about 3-4 watermelons in their carts when I go to Walmart. More black people consume watermelons down here than any other race.
Well said Mr Corolla
The stereotype of Chinese people eating fetuses came from one stunt/hoax, early in 2000, but I still hear some people bring that up.
I’ve never heard of that and that’s his point.
A stereotype has to come from some place. Every popular stereotype has to be rooted in truth. And by the way, why is it such a bad thing that we point out bad qualities in a group? For instance, poor neighboorhoods often have a more black people than white. 50-80% of those families don't have a father figure. Both black and white families don't have a father figure, but its higher among the black community. If we focus on the largest effected community, we can make a better future.
what?
Brad Hall a lot of black fathers leave their family. if we as a nation could figure out why, we could fix it. to figure out why, we have to agree that it (broken homes in the urban neighborhoods) happens.
Christopher, stereotypes are wrong because it leads to negative assumptions that all people of that specific race are seen within that stereotype. That is an unfair judgment, and negative judgments leads to racism. For instance, I could perceive & stereotype blacks and Latinos as groups who are the majority of people in prisons. Now whether true or false, people will start believing that perception. However, it is very important not to look at stereotypes and look at the individuals, that is the fair thing to do. Furthermore stereotypes don't leave room for the truth. Yes, there is a high percent of blacks and Latinos in prison, but the reason is because the judicial system on average do not prosecute whites as harshly as blacks and other minorities, that is fact and definitely not a stereotype. Also even before we meet someone we base our perception of them by stereotypes. I'm Jewish and a student of mine perceived Jews as dishonest. I laughed so hard at that.
Gidget Hrobowski this was my opinion 2 years ago, man. I guess I still fundamentally believe that generalizing isn't inherently bad, but I would really only leave it at "people with no or bad father figures suffer." I would cut out the part about focussing on the race aspect of it, as it does lead to allowing real racists to feel validated, which is inherently bad.
Christopher, so proud of you.....
Good comeback, especially the part where you told me you weren't talking to me even though your previous reply addressed to ME said you were only referring to me as stupid.
Adam Carolla, smacking the libtards in the face with truth and they can't handle it.
Your Avatar and use of 'libtard' shows why you support something like this.
Culturebreach Yeah that and the fact that I'm not stupid like libtard Obama voters.
@@CulturebreachYeah, the facts.
Adam worked his ass off to get to where he is by being a carpenter and boxing instructor until he was 30. From then on he worked hard on loveline, his radio show, and now his record breaking podcast. I guarantee he works harder building on his podcast than most other Americans.
Black culture is basically bullshit. We are clearly cooler than this bullshit going on today contemporarily. I mean come on. Hip hop now is absolutely the lamest shit possible. No creativity what so fucking ever!
Blacks were never inherently cool. Some black people are cool. Black people are not cool.
Hiphop culture = oxymoron
prejudice
1.an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
2.any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
3.unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.
The difference is too minimal. It's a widely known fact that racists refuse to believe they are racist, and will try to justify it by any means possible.
WOW!!!!!! Sick stuff. I really didn't know that.
Sherri Sheppard makes Jessica Simpson look like a Rhodes Scholar.
Simply, so right.
I like that your photo and chosen video on your profile are of a band from my city :)
hahaaha so true! stereotypes would not stick if they did not ring true for the most part!
Yes, we realize you dislike anyone who doesn't embrace the basic tenets of Marxism, as all leftists do.
Imagine you're a black man in America in the 1800's. You're a slave, you're treated like an animal, you have no rights, and the ones responsible for this mistreatment are all white guys. Not hard to imagine, is it? Now ask yourself... are you pissed off because of the way you are being treated, or do you have a problem with the skin color of those mistreating you?
It's not about race, it's about BEHAVIOR.
Stay in school, take care of your family, and you don't need whitey's permission for ANY OF IT.
I would think anyone with an ounce of common sense would realize that the majority of blacks do not have a problem with white people's skin color, that is generally a white issue. I believe that black people's major issue is unfair treatment, this countries serious lack of equality in employment, policing, housing, economic opportunities just to name a few things that I am aware of and a need for racism to be seriously addressed in this country instead of the constant denial.
Thereby I believe most black people could care less about the color of a white persons skin, as a black friend of mine once stated that doesn't put food on the table and I agree with him.
Gidget Hrobowski you are questioning my behavior, are you perfect? Stupid thing to say, Gidget.
+Ryan Nickens
That is what you are implying judging by your comment. Love, I'd gladly go back & forth with you on this issue but I have got to study for final exams...take care....
+Gidget Hrobowski Sure you would... By the way... not all women who call themselves Gidget are superficial. Just some. What am I implying now?
+Ryan Nickens
Since it was Dad who named me, not I, I would not be implying anything.....again, take care......
I do not judge people based on their culture, i judge cultures based on their culture.
Thomas Sowell makes a point that the main reason racism exists in America is because our Constitution states that all men are created equal. The only way to justify slavery, then, is to say that slaves are less than men. I just thought I'd share...
Too funny. I love the way he works himself up.
I'm very grateful someone like Adam exists. Especially when I was called a racist when I said that most Middle Eastern people are assholes and that they're primitive, live in a giant ashtray, and believe in stupid shit and just kill each other.
ILLEGAL MEANS ILLEGAL!!! YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW!! OUR LAW!! THIS IS NOT RACISM, ITS THE LAW!!
"Formed beforehand, without knowledge"That is a crucial and huge difference. If i were to look down upon Arab culture without any knowledge of it, that would be prejudice. If, however, i observed the dominance of theocratic dictatorships throughout the majority of Arab nations that execute homosexuals, subjugate women and persecute Jews and decided this culture was significantly less civilised than my own, that would be fair and rational judgement. Can you really not understand the difference?
I don't get how the watermelon stereotype is still around. I worked at a Grocery Store for 4 years and rarely ever saw a black person buy watermelon. Chinese people were the ones who always bought tons of it.
Truth and logic will never fly in this country.....or at least in Ca
Had no idea the Middle-East was a part of a country. I learn new things everyday.
I went from going to a 95% white school to a 99% black school. Every stereotype I had ever heard about them came true. They had the black pride stuff all over the walls. The only thing white kids would do is either become a Neo-Nazi or a Wigger there was no inbetween.
Loved Adam since the man show.
The best basketball players all come from Guatemala.
Bahia, when Americans say "Asians" the default connotation is East Asians. And when Americans say "blacks" they mean African Americans. It's that simple. We're not speaking for an entire race. We're speaking about the race and culture most proximate to us. Stereotypes aren't stupid. They exist for a reason. Mutual observations.
the thing adam doesnt understand is that the real damage of racism is that, if it doesnt get squashed out of a culture, then it can turn around into a self-fulfilling thing. i mean, the most racist people against blacks, for example, are other blacks. the people who kill the most blacks, rob the most blacks, are other blacks. and i would wager that the people who act the 'n' the most, are the people who are most comfortable using the word the most.
Wooooot, Finland mention! ;) (hi from Helsinki)
"The difference is we done it on a bigger scale because we were more advanced, as we had the biggest empire ever." You talking about the Mongolians? cuz they had the biggest empire ever.
He's always said that. He said that on loveline and on his podcast.
"looking down on another person culture is in fact being prejudice". No, it's not. I also don't look down on Mexican culture. I look down on Arab culture because it is homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic and primitive, though. It's not prejudice, it's judgement. Historically, whoever was the most powerful oppressed the other people. Blacks, asians and whites have all enslaved people.The difference is we done it on a bigger scale because we were more advanced, as we had the biggest empire ever.
He's not wrong right now, 2012.
Someone hasn't been to a Popeyes.
These guys took honesty to the point of being assholes. That may be regional though; heavy urban people tend to be more honest and open, and my sensitivity may be due to growing up in a neighborhood away from a city.
If Racism means "the recognition and appreciation of traits and differences of race & ethnicity", then maybe racism is a good thing.
A test: If the above definition isn't 'Racism', then what word/term do we have for that "recognition and appreciation of racial traits and differences" ?
And if you/we don't have a commonly used term for it, WHY is that ? Does your media/academia discourage you from "appreciating your racial traits and ethno-culture", and so aren't taught a neutral/positive term?
AC looks vaguely like FM in this pic
nope I never saw them like that until I went to that school. I always thought people who said that stuff were stupid. Then I had the shock to realize I was the one wrong.
Whites have been the toughest military superpower for thousands of years. Could that be because they don't whine and complain about everything like other "minority" races?
There so many people that don't fit stereotypes, Adam calls other people stupid, and doesn't realize the stupidity of what he's saying.
@eleutheromaniac Usually food-related ones aren't factually acurate but they stick because they become tongue-in-cheek commentary and are facilitated and uttered by even the "victim". Behavioral stereo-types are the more accurate ones.
Great point about Sherri Shepard. She has no real reason to be on TV
3 of the 4 car accidents I've been in were caused by Asians.
I didn't know people were allowed to speak the truth out loud?!
Just watched the George Lopez HBO special "It's not you, it's me". It is one of the most racists things I have ever watched. He has a mocking voice he uses whenever talking about white people. It also included derogatory statements (in English and in Spanish) towards blacks and gays. However, no one says anything about it because he is a minority. However, when a White comedian like Adam says anything remotely negative about minorities, he gets called a racist. WTF?
He has a point. Never been considered a thief myself but its a bad stereotype.
Waaay worse than the watermelon thing.
No, they didn't. Check Wikipedia for "Biggest Empires Ever". British first, then Mongol. In both size of land owned and population, the British Empire is larger. 33.7 million km, for the British, 24.0 million km for the Mongols. 458 million people for the British, 110 million people for the Mongols.
My evidence is that you say you are not racist, yet judge people based on their culture. I'm willing to keep at this for hours.
If you guys think this is racist, you're stupid. This is simple fact and the longer you delude yourselves and tell yourselves it's racist to talk about any problem, the longer those problems will exist. Nobody perpetuates a stereotype but the people the stereotypes are about.
Unless your logic is,"Don't talk about something that is true, because if it's about another race then that makes you racist" That's the type of idiocy that keeps people down, and keeps stereotypes alive and healthy
Thanks for making the point. Stereotypes serve a purpose. They allow the lazy to use the conclusions of others. They say Asians are poor drivers, see this sorta supported four or five times and some suppose its true. Esp. if they don't much care. Look at all the time saved researching and thinking.
speaking of Misogyny, Italian men are well know for being Misogynists. Why doesn't Adam mention the fact that most Italian men beat their wives?
Carolla is wrong because stereotypes change constantly depending upon the socioeconomic status of the group. Seriously, look at the historical stereotypes of the Irish/Germans/whatever.
Sterotypes HAVE truth in them but they aren't 100% true for every member of a certain race. Example: Someone whos black but is a vegetarian, but according to stereotypes all black people eat chicken, so what is that person an anomaly? No
The fact that you think that anyone is below you proves you didnt get the message
blacks be aksin "way you stay at?" 'stead "Where do you live?"
Leftist support abortion on demand, leftists support bombing animal research facilities, leftists spike trees, leftists intimidate opponents, leftists impose censorship on campuses, leftists want to shut down businesses to protect some minor ecosystem, leftists smear their political opponents, leftists overlook their own camps transgressions etc etc etc etc
Who are the compassionate ones again?
When did he say high school is a waste of time?
@atikker This is very cute. You're just happy if your homeland is mentioned. I guess we americans don't really appreciate that b/c almost everything- good or bad is about us. Yay for Finland!!!!
When did i say anyone was below me? Do you not look down on homicidal homophobia, genocidal antisemitism and primitive misogyny? If you don't, i'd suggest it's you who has completely missed the point of what Adam is saying.
Everything said about Sherri Shepherd was 100% correct. The woman is a complete idiot.
Im discussing this by the minority to minority ratios incarceration estimations of 2,096,300 prisoners held in local jails federal and states prison 841,000 were incarcerated 693,800 were white and 442,000 were hispanic granted this estimation did not include other minorities or any one who was accounted for as 2 or more minorities.roughly speaking they make up for 40% of 94% of prison populations there are more of them in prisons than other races by extension they are most of the population.
bingo! but even the ones built by statistics are flawed.
@79pensacola I'm not brain washed. I just don't agree w/ his whole premise that, "I make an observation regarding a few people, so then I will make a vast generalization about the entire group until I am specifically proven wrong." I think that type of thinking is just short sighted and it's an easy cop out. Oooh I'm so edgy and controversial, going against the man! Yeah Carolla, whatever.
When your black you get by with anything cause the race card is used always. We have to change this b.s. fast
The problem is stereotypes don't fit a lot of people
That's being racist there. Just because he's from Saudi Arabia, doesn't mean he identifies with the culture. He identified with your culture, therefore he was of your culture. You keep proving yourself racist by saying every point I've made that proves you are racist, and saying it's wrong. Your story there is a perfect example of racism. Keep on proving yourself wrong when you think you're proving yourself right. I'm having fun here.
sounds like you have some good information there, but due to a lack of punctuation and sentence structure, i find it incredibly hard to decipher what you are actually trying to say...perhaps you have a website like or something to that effect?
So if I say, "Many people from Indonesia are Muslim" am I stereotyping?
+nick3812 You made a factual statement therefore you are a racist
Explain to me why it is wrong to look down on another culture?
Should we not judge a culture based On there ideas,values,and accomplishments?
@fibrillatorD "N" is just an arbitrary contruct, it doesnt have to exist at all. so you can say "stereotypes exist for a reason," but, at least as far as black stereotypes go, you can just as easily say, "the behavior wouldn't have to follow if the stereotype weren't there to give it legs." i mean, adam knows that people take the path of least resistance, so it shouldnt surprise him that any black person raised around the "N" word would subconsciously begin to think and behave like one.
He's right, but I hope he doesn't think that the Middle East's customs justify anything close to the last 12 years of war we've created in the region.
dude.... AMERICAN NEWS IS NOT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF HTE MIDDLE EAST
Ah Adam, if you'd only run for president...sigh...
@MrG0dbar i dont think this is loveline. theres no drew and adam got away with a 'fuck off' at the end. no way that would fly on the radio
first of all, watermelon is delicious, and im white. that stereotype still exists because black comedians use it as a running joke. now, take a black stereotypical food, ie pigs feet, and youll find that use of that stereotype has severely declined... why? because do you know anyone that eats that shit, regardless of race? watermelon and chicken are delicious...it doesnt matter what color you are
Measuring population is kinda silly since the Mongol Empire was a good 500 years before the British Empire. A better measurement would be to see what % of the earths population was under their control. I bet if you did that they would be a lot closer. British would still be higher though I'm sure.
@pupilove2 I'm black and I agree with Adam. Stereotypes are 99% true.
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In the vast majority of Muslim countries gays are executed, women are second class citizens and legally beaten by their husbands and jews are demonized with disgusting propaganda which praises the holocaust. Muhammad was a warlord who beheaded hundreds of people and had sex with a nine year old girl. Please don't buy into this whole conspiracy about the media misrepresenting Islam, because they're not.
Culture is different from appearence.
But who does not like fried chicken?
I'll give an honest example of a stereotype. Black people are known as horrible tippers. When I get a black patron, I expect to be given a lousy gratuity. 90% of the time, I am right. Does it make me some sort of intellectual amateur for adhering to a stereotype that is almost always true? Does that make me a racist?
+CandidCarl Sorry to break it to you, but the left views anyone proclaiming the truth as racist
True.
not really mexicans aren't lazy think about how hard physical labor can be
Out of 2,000 kids in my high school, there were 5 non-white kids. Also, why would i care if people who were the same colour as me were outnumbered by those who weren't? I'm not a racist unlike you.
You just proved how retarded you are right there. By judging a culture, you judge the people of that culture. Keep going, you're going to to continue to prove yourself wrong.
They're not actually stereotyped as any of those things by anyone with a brain though, are they?
@spyu no most people who like to point fingers saying racists are usually the bigoted racist. being truthful and speaking you mind is no longer ok in america
clearly a better english teacher than the one you blew
I love Stereotypes. Lazy Mexicans, Stupid Polaks, Blacks Eating Chicken and saying "FO" for "Four" etc.
Most racists and bigots hide behind the "I'm just reporting what I observe" argument. Come on Adam I know you're smarter than that. Take a second and think about why your logic is flawed.
Hint: Statistics and sample size.
But Finns are vodka-drunken Nazis who say "perkele" all the time.
Adam's so right about Sherri Sheppard. I fucking CRINGE just looking at her.