Back in 2008 I penned a article about The Truths and Myths of Fair Housing. In that article I pointed out what a scam and a farce the whole "fair housing" thing is. I also noted that true racism and discrimination is not what the "investigators" are looking for but money!
Since then I have seen even more of the most ridiculous claims of discrimination you could ever imagine. Literally I don't think a week goes by that someone doesn't claim we are treating them differently based on something they perceive themselves to be that we really didn't even notice. Once, based on a complaint from a neighbor we asked a tenant to please stop urinating outside their apartment, we were immediately accused of being racist.
Getting into the Wayback Machine I recall my nights in the early 1980's working at 7-11 in Columbia, MO. Over the years I worked there I grew tired of seeing people send their kids in with food stamps for a piece of bubble gum, after several trips the adult would come in with a pocket full of change and buy cigarettes and alcohol. Now in California you can just buy cigarettes and booze with your food stamps.
After a discussion with the manager we imposed a .50 cent limit on all food stamp purchases, this was mostly in an effort to eliminate the lines of kids with one piece of bubble gum holding up the progress at the register. Nearly immediately we heard protestations from patrons, oddly many claimed that this was racism.
Now some 25+ years later, seldom a week goes by that someone doesn't accuse me of racism, the term has become so mundane that is no longer has meaning. For the members of my family who are of multiple varying ethnicity's and races I regret that this term has become so ineffectual. Some of the most absurd arguments came with people shouting racism at employees of my small company who were themselves minorities.
Racism in it's true form is rare, it is an ugly cancer that when it does arise is easy to spot. Politics and greed are what drive most claims of racism today, politicians like Emanuel Cleaver looking for votes, claiming to have been spat upon when they weren't. Greedy opportunist looking for a target in a lawsuit, or greedy lawyers and contractors looking to find a means to justify their pitiful existence.
Today's political climate will label you a racist based on your views or political affiliation, further diminishing the words meaning and true ugliness. If you don't like a political stance of the President you are called a racist. In-fact this insanity lead to a whole new definition of the word; “The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.” - Peter Brimelow.
Yet the term "race" has been watered down now from when I was in school to be widely defined as the human race. Reading a Wikapedia article on the subject one would think there were no differences at all. According to Wikipedia, races are no longer about appearance but about "social constructs". So I can be a racist based on your social construct, because the other notions were based on "fuzzy" sets of traits and the scientific community feels that the idea of race is often used by the general public in a naïve or simplistic way...
Once again, we are just stupid, naive and simplistic, and the liberal elites have all the answers. Poor dumb Gringo! I guess the times I have been called a cracker, pecker-wood or honky don't add up to racism.
Now we have "Hate Crimes", what is a hate crime? Mostly it is applied to a non-minority who commits a crime against a minority; but wait if we are no longer using the "fuzzy" sets of traits" then by which standard are we defining which is the minority. Is it just by those pesky "appearance" traits. What about "social constructs" if a non-minority is attacked by a minority who makes more money does that mean it is a hate crime because of the social constructs of income?
I had an employer once who had survived the concentration camps of the Nazi's, most of his family had been exterminated in the quest to destroy the Jews. One time an "investigator" came to investigate the claims of discrimination and met privately with him.... I can only imagine her gasps when he rolled up his sleeve and showed her his tattoo. Now tell me, what discrimination is!
I was once refused a job as a janitor at the University of Missouri Columbia, because (as they told me) they had to hire more minorities. Even though I had experience in the field, I could not be hired because I was not (as they perceived) a minority.
Because I am a conservative I didn't sue someone, or file a complaint... I found another job! I worked my ass off managing apartments, cleaning houses, shoveling snow, mowing grass, painting houses, fixing plumbing, cleaning sewers and doing whatever the hell I had to do to make it.
Later I was turned down for jobs because I was over-qualified... Really I worked too hard, I know too much, WTF were you looking for? Did you want someone who didn't know how to do the job?
In 1990 I took a job with a huge real estate company in Kansas City, my immediate supervisor was a homosexual, (I'm sorry - Gay) he repeatedly invited me to engage in his lifestyle... Because I didn't he fired me which left me homeless and unemployed.
I didn't whine or bitch or sue somebody, I found another job and worked my way up!
Today I live in the shadow that everything I say and do is regulated by the all-seeing Federal Government, I can't advertise a house with a family room, because someone without a family may be offended. I can't market a house next to a church because someone who doesn't like God may be offended. I can't tell you this is a nice neighborhood, because someone else may think it is not. I can't tell you this is a family friendly area, because someone may not have a family.
So there you have it, I'm a racist, because I see differences. I know that this neighborhood or that area is a war zone and I know that certain areas of this city, Kansas City are full of violence and mayhem. But when you ask me I can't tell you, even for your own protection or benefit, because the laws don't allow me to. So Caveat Emptor, Buyer Beware. You may be buying a house in one of the most violent war zones in America but because of political correctness, I can't tell you squat!
I actually had a renter scream at me recently that we should have told him that he would be the only (insert description) in the neighborhood! REALLY? I'm sorry I'm not allowed to comment on the "Social Constructs" of a neighborhood!
the Lake. Rockhaven Park is part of the Clinton Lake area maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Park is set up perfectly for horses and riders who trailer in and camp on the shores of Clinton Lake.
Convertible for air fare to chase after a Scottish girl I had met on the beach in Florida. She was a tall blond who had been a ballerina and gymnast. You can imagine my excitement!
deserve better than the socialist state that has been thrust upon you!
With the 10X optical zoom I can zero in on a homes features from the street. (useful if shooting an occupied home for a lender about to foreclose).
wanted to eat them.