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Our culture is decidedly individualistic.
~Bella
For most minorities safety in numbers is preferred over individuality.
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Our culture is decidedly individualistic.
~Bella
How do you know this?
I can't imagine anybody believing racism or any other type of hatred is a thing of the past that no longer exists.People who really, honestly believe that racism is entirely in the past, and that everything is good today, are people who have not been keeping up with the news. (I didn't say opinion pieces, I said news.)
People who really, honestly believe that racism is entirely in the past, and that everything is good today, are people who have not been keeping up with the news. (I didn't say opinion pieces, I said news.)
If you hold with the pure capitalist notion that the owners of a factory, or other means of production have carte blanche to conduct its business as they wish, then you are correct.Nobody owes anybody a job.
I can't imagine anybody believing racism or any other type of hatred is a thing of the past that no longer exists.
For most minorities safety in numbers is preferred over individuality.
In that respect workers who have contributed to an enterprise, in some case for decades, are entitled (ethically) to have their roles placed a little higher on the list of priorities than a milliion dollar bonus for the CEO and 2% dividend for shareholders.
I've even heard of the NBA and other sports organizations being referred to as the "modern day plantation", as if black people who lived on the plantations of the days of slavery were payed multi-million dollar contracts to play sports, or athletes of today are given whippings when they lose a game.
I think its fair to say that some cultures value working together more so than others. Would you say that is true for the minorities you’ve known?
~Bella
I think it's more of an economics thing than a racial one.
The poor in America are rich compared to the rest of the world.
I'm overly familiar with the issues you speak of. I simply note that with great rewards comes great responsibility. That responsibility - in a just society - lies not only to the shareholders.When you open the door to venture capitalists and shareholders the dynamic shifts. Investment has a price and the greatest loss is autonomy and control in the areas named.
The CEO is rewarded for his prowess and delivering profits. His capacity is decidedly different from the laborer and compensation moves along those lines. Whether he’s worthy of millions is a different matter. On a scale of ROI they consider the leader more difficult to replace and assign a larger stake on his contribution than other persons.
I’m not debating the appropriateness of the practice but illustrating the compromises outside investment brings to a firm. It’s a catch-22 for some. They need the resources (for growth) but it comes at a steep price.
~Bella
It works both ways; some jobs leave the country, some jobs come to this country it kinda works out. But most people in the Ghetto aren't poor because their jobs left for foreign countries; it's a little more complicated than that.If you hold with the pure capitalist notion that the owners of a factory, or other means of production have carte blanche to conduct its business as they wish, then you are correct.
If you take a more nuanced, respectful, contemplative, approach (one might even say a Christian approach) then all the stakeholders in a business (owners, managers, workers, suppliers, customers) have an interest in that business and responsibilities to each of the other stakeholder groups. In that respect workers who have contributed to an enterprise, in some case for decades, are entitled (ethically) to have their roles placed a little higher on the list of priorities than a milliion dollar bonus for the CEO and 2% dividend for shareholders.
But you are, of course, entitled to your purer capitalist approach and to lay at the former workers' door responsibility for the consequent hardship (and reaction to it).
That has nothing to do with any thing I or E.J. said.What has changed is the responsibility for racism. In the beginning it was likely 100 percent the fault of whites. Now the responsibility can be shared almost equally, imo. Minorities have much more control of their destiny than they did 100 years ago.
I can't imagine anybody believing racism or any other type of hatred is a thing of the past that no longer exists.
And that's the problem.For most minorities safety in numbers is preferred over individuality.