Actually my assumptions are based on what you said on post #79. Perhaps I first should have responded to what you said on post #79, so I will do it below.
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No, it's part of an effort to reduce and eliminate racism.
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Remember when your momma told you two wrongs don’t make a right? She was right. You don’t fix years of racism by reversing the racism; you fix it by making things equal
I had a mother, not a "momma". Never called her "momma". Maybe your momma didn't know otherwise.
As for what my mother did teach me, she raised me as a Christian. Therefore, I learned that one principle of fairness and justice was "an eye for an eye". What that means is that when one person does a wrong then the authorities can enforce retribution by inflicting on that person what they inflicted upon someone else. More literally, if one man takes another man's eye out, then the victim has the right to take the eye from the assailant as justice, and authority will enforce that.
Do you consider it "two wrongs make a right" when a criminal is caught and forced to pay back what he stole? Are you saying "Just because the criminal stole doesn't make it right for the courts to steal back what he stole and return it to his victim!!!" Because that's basically what you're saying here. (And it's dead wrong.)
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I don't know what that means - they didn't take a job opportunity because there weren't enough white people at the company? In the field? In the department? If a white person told me they didn't take a job because there weren't "enough white people" I'd say they are racist because there are plenty of white people in every job, field, company, position, etc. Yeah, they'd have to be pretty racist to say there aren't enough white people out there when there are tons of us all over the place.
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Here you are wrong. In the USA there are jobs, fields, positions, etc. where there are not plenty of white people. When I was manager at a specific job, I was constantly pressured by some blacks to hire only blacks regardless of qualification. I’ve seen situations where a brown person gets supervisory position, and he only hired brown people and soon nearly the entire department comprised of brown people. You guys aren’t the only ones who can be bigots you know!
The fact that you made comments like above gives me the impression that you have limited experience with black and brown people on a professional level.
Thanks for your anecdote, but unfortunately for you anecdotal evidence doesn't mean anything. Perhaps you have something that backs up your anecdote? That's something I'll take more seriously.
As for me being wrong, you're wrong. I'm correct. Here's a report from the Brookings Institute that backs up what I'm saying:
Black and Hispanic underrepresentation in tech: It’s time to change the equation
I'd be like "Wow you need more white people in your life despite being surrounded by a majority of white people? Tell me what severe problems you have from being white, because I'm a white person and I know I have way more privilege and almost no disadvantages because of my being white.
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Comments like this give me the impression that you somehow think that because you are white that you somehow have privileges that I don’t, and because I’m black, that I somehow experience disadvantages that you don’t. I don’t know if that’s because of what you hear in the media, lack of diversity with your outside sources that you get your information from, or just plain ignorance (lack of knowledge) But these are the type of comments you made that caused me to reply the way I did.
So you think that neither you nor I have any privileges over each other in life? Come to my office in midtown Manhattan and I can easily show you.
This I gotta hear!" And I'd probably laugh at whatever they'd tell me because it would probably be a ridiculous explanation.
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I would caution you against criticizing those who have experiences different than your own; consider the possibility that you could learn from these people.
I would laugh so hard at white people who try to tell me what you proposed! I wouldn't have any problem with that! LOL
I'd hear out his complaints first but I'm pretty sure they'd be completely invalid, insipid, inane complaints and I'd probably laugh at them and then set them straight.
Yeah, I agree - any white person who says they have those problems is most likely racist and needs to work on those problems.
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Believe it or not; white people have not cornered the market on racism and bigotry; non-whites are just as capable of this too. The fact that you seem to have one standard for whites and a completely different standard for non-whites tells me you have a lot to learn (assuming your double standard is based on ignorance rather than bigotry)
I never said that whites are the only racists, so I don't know where you get that idea from. I'm white, so I own up to the racism that I as a white person am responsible for and I speak up about the racism of other white people as well. I'm not black or hispanic or female so I don't speak for the racism or sexism of people from those demographics, because I can't, because I don't have experience with living life as those demographics.
So you think whites are pretty much not racist? Or you think that whites are no more racist than any others? Really? Please state as much.
Anyway; the above quotes from you is the reason I got the impression you believe white people have all the privileges, are never discriminated against because of their race; and black and brown people have no privileges and are constantly discriminated against because of their race.
I assume much of what I said you will disagree with, so let me know where you think I’ve gone wrong. Looking foreword to your reply
Ken
I never said that white people have all the privileges. That's what I meant when I said you don't understand the difference between "privilege" and "privileges". White people have an overall privilege in life. I don't get treated the same (negative) way as my black and hispanic friends when I go through life dealing with different stores, eateries, cops, etc. I've seen it, and my friends have told me about it, and those same friends and I have seen it and talked about it together on many occasions that we've gone out and it's happened.
So you believe that you get treated exactly as any white person in general society? That's great if you do get treated the same; but do you really believe that? You believe that you and I can spend a day in liberal New York City and everywhere we go we'll be treated the same way by everyone? LOL, wow.