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08-04-2010, 09:26 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
Prejudice, pure and simple.
Even if the young guy had been white, it is still prejudice.
Mind you, that many elderly people are just a bit more nervous anyway.
For all we know, Prax' landlord is black.
The landlord's actions would still reflect prejudice against the young black man, given what Prax has revealed about the situation.
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08-04-2010, 09:32 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
JD, your conclusion seems to be a stretch. Locking one's door is an ugly prejudice? Are we to presume you leave your doors unlocked? When you drive your car, do you trust every driver out there to follow the laws of the road and not hit you?
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08-04-2010, 09:35 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Prejudice, pure and simple.
Even if the young guy had been white, it is still prejudice.
Mind you, that many elderly people are just a bit more nervous anyway.
For all we know, Prax' landlord is black.
The landlord's actions would still reflect prejudice against the young black man, given what Prax has revealed about the situation.
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But your judgment of the mans actions isn't?
It is amazing how one sided the definition of prejudice is these days.
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08-04-2010, 09:38 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Prejudice, pure and simple.
Even if the young guy had been white, it is still prejudice.
Mind you, that many elderly people are just a bit more nervous anyway.
For all we know, Prax' landlord is black.
The landlord's actions would still reflect prejudice against the young black man, given what Prax has revealed about the situation.
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It's not necessarily prejudice, it's caution.
We live (sorta) in the country, and we've had people stop by before, with a very lame excuse. I've noticed them glancing around, taking things in. That makes me very uncomfortable, and I immediately wonder if they are staking out the place.
We'd love to be completely trusting of everyone, but that's foolish. Unfortunately, bad things do happen, and we are wise to take precautions at times.
Oh, and the people I'm referring to above have all been white, if that matters.
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08-04-2010, 09:47 AM
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Still Figuring It Out.
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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It's not necessarily prejudice, it's caution.
We live (sorta) in the country, and we've had people stop by before, with a very lame excuse. I've noticed them glancing around, taking things in. That makes me very uncomfortable, and I immediately wonder if they are staking out the place.
We'd love to be completely trusting of everyone, but that's foolish. Unfortunately, bad things do happen, and we are wise to take precautions at times.
Oh, and the people I'm referring to above have all been white.
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Per JD's definition I have done all sorts of prejudice things.
I locked my doors & rolled my windows up when driving through downtown houston after midnight.
I locked my doors each day when parking at work in Houston but did not do so back in my small town when I got back home.
Who knew these were evil things.
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08-04-2010, 11:07 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
I think if it had been a young white guy, a stranger, and he looked around and made the comment about money - I think your landlord would have been just as nervous.
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My son has a friend who tends to be a wild child, he is allowed to come to our house, but my son is not allowed to spend time at his (parents are a little too free with what they allow). One day the kid showed up at our door with some other friends who went on about our PS3, and our TV, after I fed them, they left. I have to admit that I made sure and locked the doors after that.
BTW the kids were white. Just a thought
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08-04-2010, 11:24 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
Bedroom door?
A deadbolt on your bedroom door is a bit extreme not matter who or what was said.
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08-04-2010, 11:30 AM
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Where did you pick him up from? Is he a friend that you know?
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One of our youth invited him and he has been hanging out with the youth group. He's attended a couple of services too
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08-04-2010, 11:34 AM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
I think if it had been a young white guy, a stranger, and he looked around and made the comment about money - I think your landlord would have been just as nervous.
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That is what I was hoping. Thanks. I've brought others over before but I guess that comment unnerved him.
And Im not sure my landlord fully understood what the young man was saying. Even I have a hard time understanding his slang at times and my landlord doesn't speak english really good. I was thinking he meant it as a compliment. But I don't want to ask the young man about it and get him thinking it was racism.
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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08-04-2010, 11:35 AM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: What Do you guys think of this?
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Originally Posted by jfrog
You mean he didn't already have a dead bolt on his door?????? Maybe you should be happy that he got nervous for whatever reason and decided to finally put a deadbolt on his door.
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bedroom door
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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