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Originally Posted by Chuckity
Listen, I really don't care where black people live. But the fact of the matter is, is that as Cal City became more black, crime went up. It's not bad BECAUSE it's black, it's bad AND black.
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I guess then it would be fair to say that as it became less white, it also became less racist.
It wasn't racist BECAUSE it was white, but it was racist AND white.
If America is going to be the melting pot that it
pretends to be, it's citizens need to transcend the superficiality that is race-- know that when people in a society are left behind, regardless of color, or lack thereof-- there will be dire consequences for ALL, as anything is only as strong as its weakest link.
So until then, we can all look forward to more of
US against THEM, a nation of
races of Americans, instead of a nation of Americans.
(Further, Blacks in this country have only been "oppression-free" for a mere 40 years-- I'd say they (as a whole) have progressed quite well, as well as ANYONE could in the face of resistance and intolerance)*
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And screw people who keep talking about how their people are oppressed by 400 years. My family never participated in the slave trade and even for those with ancestors who were slave owners their ancestors are long dead and those of us in society today owe you nothing.
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I think this is one of many an obstacle and misconception that prevent people from really getting to know their fellow citizens -- I'm sure that Black Americans are pretty much settled with the notion that they won't be receiving any "payback" from ordinary (white) citizens; that is absurd....
Further, if you are a white citizen, of course slavery was not your fault; no one should argue that-- but to pretend that you don't benefit GREATLY from the discriminating practices set into place over the course of 4 centuries is to be oblivious--
and
that is what minorities are trying to catch up to-- if you are a minority person in this country or one who is open minded and worldy, only then will you see just how things are tilted in the favor of white citizens.
And it is beyond insensitive to keep telling someone to "get over" something of which you have no conception-- and to insist that racism doesn't exist when you are not on the
receiving end of it.
If people
could look beyond race and be
empathetic, they would understand the after effects,
pervasive in
today's society, of such an ugly time in this country's history.
You
(general) cannot just exploit, degrade, systemically and physically oppress a sizeable portion of the population, strip them of their identity
and dignity-- tell them they are free after a few centuries, leave them to deal with the fall out, in the face of intolerance, mind you-- all the while, still favoring the your own "race" in society and then say, 'why can't they just get over it'
perhaps because it is not over for them.
You would not tell someone who has been raped to
get over it, neither would not tell a Jewish person to
get over the Holocaust.
It's not for you to decide when someone should get over something.
BTW, How many
white citizens have a
black boogey man story, i.e., was robbed at gunpoint; black man in the alley scared my wife 40 years ago, etc., etc.-- and wearing those unfortunate events as segregation badges-- Well, Get over it!! and stop bringing those tired, pointless stories up to justify your fear & prejudice.
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