Walnut Creek vs Emeryville (Oakland, Compton: live in, relocate to, racist)

[jade408]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Racism is racism... a Black person hating Asians, a Asian person hating Hispanics, a White person hating Blacks... it's all the same. If you say it's only racism if it is a White person, than that is what I refer to as reverse racism and a hypocrite.

Are we taking about systemic racism or individuals. Systemic/institutional racism is something, at this moment, is something that can only happen from people in the power position. General hatred of people on race? That is equal opportunity. The earlier example was systemic and not individual.

For example, mortgage companies systemically charging higher interest rates to people of color, regardless of credit score. That is institutional. Or a store chain refusing to hire certain ethnicities in frontline jobs as a company policy is also institutional.

A store clerk discriminating against someone based on race or creed in a store is individual and different. It is racist but eliminate the person and you eliminate the problem.

Policy based racism is a different animal.




I am on my phone, please forgive the typos.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by matt345

I've seen it on this forum too. I've read posts on here complaining about San Francisco's apparent "lack of diversity", saying that it's becoming a city primarily of Whites and Asians. First of all, that's a pretty insulting statement to make, as if Asians (who come from VERY diverse backgrounds in and of themselves) somehow don't count when it comes to measuring a place's diversity Second, can you imagine if the role were reversed and someone started complaining about someplace becoming a city primarily of Blacks?

SF isn't diverse in many ways. But for some people diversity and segregation are convoluted. A lot of times when people complain about diversity are more so noticing the class segregation. (That is very common in the Bay Area) and that gets convoluted in with race as well.

But the idea of Asians being lumped in with whites has a lot to do with model minority myth. That's a completely different topic in why Asians are considered "minorities"

I am on my phone, please forgive the typos.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by matt345

I've seen it on this forum too. I've read posts on here complaining about San Francisco's apparent "lack of diversity", saying that it's becoming a city primarily of Whites and Asians. First of all, that's a pretty insulting statement to make, as if Asians (who come from VERY diverse backgrounds in and of themselves) somehow don't count when it comes to measuring a place's diversity Second, can you imagine if the role were reversed and someone started complaining about someplace becoming a city primarily of Blacks?

Exactly!
I can't agree with you more.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by aslowdodge

I think you are right. I have been on this forum long enough to have seen examples of this very thing you speak of. It's too bad. I can understand if someone feels more community living in an area with many of their
own race. Some people have relatives that are older living with them and would have an easier time integrating with their own race, language, etc. if there are more of their own kind around.
Only when someone says they don't want to live in an area full of xx race because ( enter derogatory trait) does it become a racist comment.
In truth there will always be people looking for any opportunity to pull out the race card. It's not just here
, I've seen it on many other forums too.

I completely agree with you!

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by jade408

Are we taking about systemic racism or individuals. Systemic/institutional racism is something, at this moment, is something that can only happen from people in the power position. General hatred of people on race? That is equal opportunity. The earlier example was systemic and not individual.

For example, mortgage companies systemically charging higher interest rates to people of color, regardless of credit score. That is institutional. Or a store chain refusing to hire certain ethnicities in frontline jobs as a company policy is also institutional.

A store clerk discriminating against someone based on race or creed in a store is individual and different. It is racist but eliminate the person and you eliminate the problem.

Policy based racism is a different animal.




I am on my phone, please forgive the typos.

I'm talking about the members on this forum who blast a White person for wanting to live in a White neighborhood, yet welcome a Black person wanting to live in a Black neighborhood. I'm also talking about how these same members say SF lacks diversity because it doesn't have a high Black population. I think they fail to realize that Black people aren't the definition of diversity.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

People do say things, but people treat it differently.

If a White person says, I want to live in a White area... the person will basically get blasted and called a racist, trust fund baby, they shouldn't move here etc.

If a Black persons says, I want to live in a Black area... the person will get all kinds of non-judgemental help.

^^^^
Reverse racism

Reverse racism is a stupid phrase not only for the reasons mentioned but those two words don't belong together. It sounds like you're racist against yourself. Or that we are making progress and reversing the effects of racism. Racism can only be, it can't go in reverse. Therefore racism, is racism.

As far as your other remarks; you do realize that blacks and whites have had very different motivations for saying those things right?

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Yes, racism is racism. The problem is... Whites are held to a much higher standard. You can even see it in threads here. Someone posted a thread saying I'm White and want to live in a White area and he was slammed, ohh the Bay Area isn't for you, we like diversity, don't come here etc. Soon after someone posted another thread, saying I'm Black and I want to live in a Black area and no one said, we like diversity, don't move here, etc. People condemned the White person who wanted to live in a White area, but welcomed the Black person who wanted to live in a Black area. Reverse racism.

If we're talking about the same black poster I recall myself saying those exact words you claimed no one said.

Regardless, go cry me a river... If the worst form of racism - "reverse" or not - you have to deal with is being told off by minority posters after effectively telling them that you don't want to see them in your neighborhood, you have next to nothing to complain about.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Reverse racism is a stupid phrase not only for the reasons mentioned but those two words don't belong together. It sounds like you're racist against yourself. Or that we are making progress and reversing the effects of racism. Racism can only be, it can't go in reverse. Therefore racism, is racism.

As far as your other remarks; you do realize that blacks and whites have had very different motivations for saying those things right?

Racism has been typically viewed as the majority against the minority. Reverse racism simply means that racism can also be from the minority against the majority. It seems like common sense, yet many people don't seem to notice. The reserve means... a minority can still be a racist.

Since you assume that Whites and Blacks have different motivations for wanting to live within their same race explains to me why you find it so difficult to understand this concept of reverse racism lol.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by Nineties Flava

If we're talking about the same black poster I recall myself saying those exact words you claimed no one said.

Regardless, go cry me a river... If the worst form of racism - "reverse" or not - you have to deal with is being told off by minority posters after effectively telling them that you don't want to see them in your neighborhood, you have next to nothing to complain about.

I just don't appreciate hypocrites, that's all. Ask a skinny blonde 18 year old in heels to walk one mile in Compton and see if she experiences anything bad. My point is racism exists on both sides.

[04kL4nD]

I think people are forgetting why a minority group would feel more comfortable around people from the same minority group. It's no different for Chinese people wanting to live in Chinatown, gay people wanting to live in the Castro, Hispanic people wanting to live in the Fruitvale, etc. These communities offer resources and support that would likely be denied elsewhere.It's NOT at all the same thing as a white person saying that they want to live where ONLY other whites live. White people are pretty much free to live wherever the hell they want, and they pretty much do anyway. I agree with 'reverse racism' being a BS term too.