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You're a racist here, harboring anti Latin sentiments. You broadly paint all of Latin AMerica and all latinos with a huge broad brush.
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You drink the cool iad that many (light skinned) Latins gave you. Talk about the hypocrisy of people who scream and rant and rave if any one suggests that racism exists, but yet OPEN disparities exist and, when there are serious attempts to deal with this, as in Brazil, those involved are accused pof being divisive and introducing "American style racism".
As far as Brazil goes, affirmative action policies there mandate that universities be 25%-40% black. So if they have affirmative action there, quite clearly they had a discussion on how educated people there tend to be WHITE and they were acting to remedy this problem.
And you need to know that this activity is accompanied by screams by many that US style racism is being imported and Brazil didnt have this problem until a few "extremists" introduced it.
US Americans openly discuss racism and its impacts on its history. Latin Americans DENY the existence of racism. Furthermore they rant that any discussion of the under representation of the people of color is in itself racist, so squash the topic and demonize those who continue.
Yet there is MORE under representation of blacks in their media. Any idea if there is a Kerry Washington on Globo playing a similar role?
You speak for all Latin Americans to know that they deny racism?
Also, you should look at this forum. There are plenty of people here that would deny stop and frisk is racists. Granted, they aren't Black, but there are certainly Americans who do indeed deny racism. There are a lot of people who would shut down all talk of racism and its impact on history by dismissing it as politically correct.
Like I said I do not care what people call themselves and you need to stop pretending that I do. What I make note of is the pretense by Latin Americans that racism isnt an issue. Their attempt to pretend that the high degree of mixing is evidence of it (you point out tyhat mulato oscuros are little better off than the morenos/negros). And their denigration of AAs who have made far more progress in reducing the disparities caused by historic racism than equivalent groups have made in most parts of latin America.
And oh yes there is a notion that any light skinned person can be considered white, but yet they jump all over nominally mixed race African Americans/West Indians who self identify as black.
Number, I don't give a CRAP what Latin Americans think of African Americans, or what they call themselves, or what think they of anyone. I know I'm better than everyone, so I don't care how white or not they are. I'm an Ivy League genius, and I outrank them.
You must feel really inferior to these Latins to be so worried about what they think of you, what they call you, etc.
And you need to know that this activity is accompanied by screams by many that US style racism is being imported and Brazil didnt have this problem until a few "extremists" introduced it.
And there was plenty of opposition of affirmative action in the US as well, including constitutional challenges.
US Americans openly discuss racism and its impacts on its history. Latin Americans DENY the existence of racism. Furthermore they rant that any discussion of the under representation of the people of color is in itself racist, so squash the topic and demonize those who continue.
Yet there is MORE under representation of blacks in their media. Any idea if there is a Kerry Washington on Globo playing a similar role?
I think Latin Americans often sweep race under the rug while being very open about talking about socioeconomics/social class.
In the USA, U.S. Americans are too very openly aware and conscious and critical with race, but are often quiet and hush hush about classism and keep it swept under the rug.
You speak for all Latin Americans to know that they deny racism?
Also, you should look at this forum. There are plenty of people here that would deny stop and frisk is racists. Granted, they aren't Black, but there are certainly Americans who do indeed deny racism. There are a lot of people who would shut down all talk of racism and its impact on history by dismissing it as politically correct.
I think it's important to note that Kerry Washington is half Jamaican
You speak for all Latin Americans to know that they deny racism?
Also, you should look at this forum. There are plenty of people here that would deny stop and frisk is racists. Granted, they aren't Black, but there are certainly Americans who do indeed deny racism. There are a lot of people who would shut down all talk of racism and its impact on history by dismissing it as politically correct.
I'm not saying that stop and frisk isn't racist, but there are times when it's not racist. Personally I think it's just intrusive overall. It's hard to prove racist intent. Bloomberg's comments on the matter were stupid though and ignorant.
I believe the NYPD is often racist though. I don't think anyone can trust them due to past instances of racism but also because of gross abuse of power and police brutality.
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