When did it not become politically correct to judge a book by its cover?
Posted on Feb 28, 2010 under Whites Metal Detector | 4 CommentsIn today’s society it seems like we’re supposed to hold hands and sing Kumbaya. I watched several documentaries about gangs. In my hometown, Houston, there’s a large Hispanic gang name I believed called The Blastros. They make their own attire and have tattoos. They even go around flashing gang signs. Yet when they get pulled over, many of them pulled out the race card and accused the police of racial profiling. Tupac Shakur claimed vigorously that he wasn’t involved in criminal activities. He insisted his THUG LIFE tattoo stands for "The hate you give little infants f**ks everybody." How did Tupac die again? I believe he was gunned down on the strip in Vegas. Can you tell me that wasn’t gang-related? Before anyone accuses me of being a bigot, skin color has nothing to do with it. If I saw a white guy with his head shaved wearing combat boots with red shoelaces and several swastika tattoos, I’d know immediately I wouldn’t want him marrying my sister. What ever happened to the old adage, "What you see is what you get." I doubt anyone who went to a job interview like that, he wouldn’t get the job. I judge people by what they wear, how they present themselves, and what comes out of their mouths. You can tell a lot about a book by its cover. So If I figure some knucklehead, with enough tattoos to make a mural and enough body piercings to activate a metal detector, wears a bandana and tanktop goes around flashing gang signs, I trust my judgment. If he’s not a criminal, I’d think he’s a wannabe. He wants everyone else to think he’s the meanest baddest tough guy ever to walk the streets. If I see a clean-cut guy (black, white, brown, or yellow) wearing a business suit or professional attire and speaking proper English, I would give him more credibility. Am I being unkind thinking like this? Or am I being reasonable? You be the judge.
You’re too conservative, but I agree with some stuff.
i.e. I agree with the proper English thing. I’d never hire someone that couldn’t speak proper English (an accent is fine, some ain’t and y’know and that can be acceptable, but broken english or gangstaspeak is not).
I like tattoos, but I also think the hands and face should be left "as-is", because tattoed faces make people uncomfortable, and that looks unprofessional. Piercings are fine, but shouldn’t make one look as a criminal or be disfiguring (a basic rule of thumb).
That is, unless you plan a career as a pro wrestler, nightclub waiter, underground artist or club bouncer.
The clean-cut, clean-shaven approach is not something I favor, being a bearded man since I can remember 
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I know two kinds of people without beards: Kids and women, and I’m neither.
On hairstyles: As long as it’s neat and doesn’t make you look like a retard, I’m fine with it. But if you wanna look professional, no dreads, and if you have long hair, get it into a ponytail or sumthin’.
I hate the damn business suits, man. I prefer a couple jeans, boots or normal shoes, shirts (for work and going out) or T-shirts (for anything else), and leather or denim jackets, depending on the weather. Business suits make you look part of "the system", make you too impersonal, conservative and mainstream, so I hate that .
While I’m perhaps more tolerant of "alternate" styles because I’m both a biker and a metalhead, I still can’t stand the damn gangsta look. So yup, I wouldn’t hire a gangsta, I wouldn’t want nothin’ to do with a gangsta, and I’d dislike if my sis, or a daughter, or any woman I care about hooked up with one.
I’m working class and you’d notice, especially because I don’t care about whatever burgeois morals and behavior standards the middle class has in effect, but I speak proper English and try not to dress or look like a moron.
And if someone looks like a moron, I’ll feel inclined to treat him as such until proven otherwise
By mac on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
First let me state Jets rule. Jets 24 Texans 7. To answer your question the cover on Obama read Columbia University and Harvard Law School, graduated second in his class in a hyper competitive environment. In politics we are left to judge politics by the cover the political party shows us. Obama’s team with David Axelrod leading the helm was the best presidential campaign team ever put together. From the first primary day in Iowa Obama’s team ran a spectacular campaign.
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By Karl S, JPA on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
You’re too conservative, but I agree with some stuff.
i.e. I agree with the proper English thing. I’d never hire someone that couldn’t speak proper English (an accent is fine, some ain’t and y’know and that can be acceptable, but broken english or gangstaspeak is not).
I like tattoos, but I also think the hands and face should be left "as-is", because tattoed faces make people uncomfortable, and that looks unprofessional. Piercings are fine, but shouldn’t make one look as a criminal or be disfiguring (a basic rule of thumb).
That is, unless you plan a career as a pro wrestler, nightclub waiter, underground artist or club bouncer.
The clean-cut, clean-shaven approach is not something I favor, being a bearded man since I can remember
.
I know two kinds of people without beards: Kids and women, and I’m neither.
On hairstyles: As long as it’s neat and doesn’t make you look like a retard, I’m fine with it. But if you wanna look professional, no dreads, and if you have long hair, get it into a ponytail or sumthin’.
I hate the damn business suits, man. I prefer a couple jeans, boots or normal shoes, shirts (for work and going out) or T-shirts (for anything else), and leather or denim jackets, depending on the weather. Business suits make you look part of "the system", make you too impersonal, conservative and mainstream, so I hate that
.
While I’m perhaps more tolerant of "alternate" styles because I’m both a biker and a metalhead, I still can’t stand the damn gangsta look. So yup, I wouldn’t hire a gangsta, I wouldn’t want nothin’ to do with a gangsta, and I’d dislike if my sis, or a daughter, or any woman I care about hooked up with one.
I’m working class and you’d notice, especially because I don’t care about whatever burgeois morals and behavior standards the middle class has in effect, but I speak proper English and try not to dress or look like a moron.
And if someone looks like a moron, I’ll feel inclined to treat him as such until proven otherwise
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By I wish you love on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
We all judge & should but our best judge is the reaction of our chakras. Is our stomach, heart, head telling us something? They all have different ways of telling us to run or to trust. How many people even know what their charkras are or even listen to their gut freelings….I just people with tatoos. The reason is that no one is going to want a blemish. What is cool in 1960 is horrible in 1980. So tatoos are a sign of stupidity to me. I have seen people on here who ask if they should get a tatoo of something & I tell them to just get a tee shirt with that symbol & wear it everyday for 20 years & if they still want that then get the tatoo…my point of course if it would drive a person crazy if they had to look at the same thing everyday. We don’t even look the same naturally 20 years later. Oh, except me of course. Anyway, I would’t judge a person just because they had nice clothes on. This could be a way to decieve someone. Wasn’t the mass murdering who was engaged in the news called good looking. Many of them were like Ted Bundy, opps I think that is his name.
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By MAmaCIta RIcA on Mar 1, 2010 | Reply
Well, I’ve always believed that we should live and let others live, but in this country we’ve got the white anglo saxon thing going on while being run by corporations… if one wants to be taken seriously as a professional and wants to get ahead, one has to play the game. I don’t like it much, because appearance doesn’t measure someones intelligence or worth as a human being. But then again, I’m a communist, in the minority
BTW I can’t imagine the prez doing the gangsta thing.
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