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By denying systemic racism exists, who are you helping exactly? Nobody but the white man it seems to me. Why continue to prop up the white supremacist agenda? I try to open the eyes of the blind, why promote darkness?To say you've caused less harm than the combine total of millions of other people is nothing to brag about; you've also done less good than that combine total.
I will concede it is possible that I misunderstood you, however, I'm not about to go through all of your statements on this thread. From what I remember though, you have been staunchly against the notion of systemic racism. Unless you are ready to admit systemic racism does exists. Then I recant any statement I have put forward concerning your lack of belief in systemic racism. Are you willing to go that far?
I speak the truth because it needs to be said. Systemic racism was pretty much wiped out during the civil rights act of 1964. Racism will always exist, but racist systems have been made illegal.By denying systemic racism exists, who are you helping exactly? Nobody but the white man it seems to me. Why continue to prop up the white supremacist agenda? I try to open the eyes of the blind, why promote darkness?
What are you going to do with the concept of systemic racism, except inculcate a psychology of victimhood? That's "victim grooming."By denying systemic racism exists, who are you helping exactly? Nobody but the white man it seems to me. Why continue to prop up the white supremacist agenda? I try to open the eyes of the blind, why promote darkness?
Well, it wasn't wiped out immediately then, and it's not fully wiped out now. Hundreds of years of virulent racism cannot disappear in less than a saeculum. "Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is grown, he will not stray away from it" and "as the sapling is bent, so grows the tree," and such.I speak the truth because it needs to be said. Systemic racism was pretty much wiped out during the civil rights act of 1964. Racism will always exist, but racist systems have been made illegal.
I see systemic racism as legalized racism. To end it you simply change the laws so in order to do business, you can’t enact racist rules. Racism will never end, as a matter of fact, I see racism being alive and well in the current generation. I see far less white people accepting of racism, but more and more black and brown people embracing it.Well, it wasn't wiped out immediately then, and it's not fully wiped out now. Hundreds of years of virulent racism cannot disappear in less than a saeculum. "Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is grown, he will not stray away from it" and "as the sapling is bent, so grows the tree," and such.
But it's on its way out. The last generation of "as the sapling is bent" racists is soon to die out, and the "contact racists" behind us will themselves become less and less relevant.
Well, we do have government teaching racism again....I see systemic racism as legalized racism. To end it you simply change the laws so in order to do business, you can’t enact racist rules. Racism will never end, as a matter of fact, I see racism being alive and well in the current generation. I see far less white people accepting of racism, but more and more black and brown people embracing it.
Not only the Government, but Academia, Hollywood, much of modern music; many of the powers that be. There is even a popular claim that racism requires power (which it doesn’t) and because black people don’t have power (which they do) Black people cannot be racist. When you exempt any group from accusations an evil, the evil in that group will have no reason to refrain from it. Yes; unfortunately, racism is alive and well; it only wears a different face.Well, we do have government teaching racism again....
That's a recent redefinition of racism designed to maintain its social use. That redefinition is a result of making Black Studies a major subject in academia...those professors have to keep their field alive.Not only the Government, but Academia, Hollywood, much of modern music; many of the powers that be. There is even a popular claim that racism requires power (which it doesn’t) and because black people don’t have power (which they do) Black people cannot be racist. When you exempt any group from accusations an evil, the evil in that group will have no reason to refrain from it. Yes; unfortunately, racism is alive and well; it only wears a different face.
Didn't I do that in post #2227?Post #2227 has all the details you need to know. Admit I did not say racism does not exist and admit I did not say systemic racism exists and we well move on.
I think you are wrong Again 25 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in AmericaI speak the truth because it needs to be said. Systemic racism was pretty much wiped out during the civil rights act of 1964. Racism will always exist, but racist systems have been made illegal.
I think you are wrong Again 25 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in America
While Black people have made economic and health gains, they’ve slipped farther behind white people in education, social justice and civic engagement since this index was launched in 2005. A compendium of average outcomes by race in many aspects of life, it shows just how hard it is for people of color to overcome systemic racism, the civil rights organization says.
Annual report shows systemic racism continues to bring down Black people's quality of life
Urban League President Marc Morial says the index shows how hard it is to overcome systemic racism that's made life harder in many ways for people of color.www.pbs.org
Didn't I do that in post #2227?
I'm thinking more of corporate America. There are very few black people in the board rooms.Outcomes are not specifically indicative of systemic racism. It may be indicative of a number of other problems because there is always more than one thing happening. But a presumption that, for instance, there are fewer black doctors than Indian doctors is because of white supremacy is specious.
I don't think you believe racism does not exist but your posts do seem to imply that systemic racism does not exist. I disagree.No you didn't. You said "I thought you were arguing against systemic racism. If not then I apologize." That makes it sound like I suddenly was arguing that systemic racism exists.
That is NOT anywhere close to:
Admit I did not say racism does not exist and admit I did not say systemic racism exists.
Just admit you were wrong about it. I asked you to quote me and you didn't and couldn't. You blatantly made claims that were untrue. You did not misunderstand.
Just admit you were wrong. That's it. I will even give you a break on that. You don't even have to use the word "wrong".
Just say you were in error. That's it. But I suspect you won't admit it. You will come up.with some excuse or you will ignore it.
What are you proposing to resolve that? Have the government pass laws instituting promotion quotas for black people?I'm thinking more of corporate America. There are very few black people in the board rooms.
They probably don't and that's part of the problem.Are you so sure that there are that many black people who understand how the rules are being played by everyone?
Could it be because white officers have more opportunities to thrive?So, I began conducting an informal survey. I would ask young black officers, "Why didn't you go to flight school?" They had a variety of different reasons, but they nearly all boiled down to it being their own choice of to avoid taking that extremely demanding route. They had made an eyes-open choice right out the gate never to be on track to Chief of Staff, and black officers do that in greater proportion to their numbers than white officers.
I think black people as a group have a lot of power. Why do you think this entire country was turned upside down when cops put their knee on the neck of a black man; killing him, even though the exact same thing happened to multiple white people without anybody noticing or caring? Why do you think cities burned over the death of black men like Eric Garner, Michael Brown or Tamir Rice, even though far more white men are killed by the police the same way but nobody notices? Don’t know about you, but I call that power.It's true that black people as a group do not hold much power. Comparing identity groups, groups that flex their power as self-identified groups in society, black people have virtually no power.
Inequality of outcomes are not examples of systemic racism; even though there is no shortage of people writing articles claiming that it is.I think you are wrong Again 25 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in America
While Black people have made economic and health gains, they’ve slipped farther behind white people in education, social justice and civic engagement since this index was launched in 2005. A compendium of average outcomes by race in many aspects of life, it shows just how hard it is for people of color to overcome systemic racism, the civil rights organization says.
Annual report shows systemic racism continues to bring down Black people's quality of life
Urban League President Marc Morial says the index shows how hard it is to overcome systemic racism that's made life harder in many ways for people of color.www.pbs.org
Maybe if us white folk were better at sensing injustices and protesting, we wouldn’t have to rely on black folk to do the consciousness-raising for us?I think black people as a group have a lot of power. Why do you think this entire country was turned upside down when cops put their knee on the neck of a black man; killing him, even though the exact same thing happened to multiple white people without anybody noticing or caring?
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