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I live in a city of 100,000 now for the past several years. In majority white middle class suburbs and nope, still no racism from as far as I can see. Then again, this is a very Republican area, maybe that has something to do with it
Lol pulling out the straws because you're running out of steam I see. Now you're insulting my intelligence because you don't seem to get what I'm saying By the way in Uganda and Rwanda, the racism was against different tribes that were not the same as the perpetrators of genocide. So that argument fell flat.
Are you incapable of realizing that the word you're looking for is TRIBALISM, not RACISM? Seriously? I've realized that racism has been stretched now in the political sphere to mean just about anything but wow. I give you a textbook definition of racism and you somehow manage to still think that THE UGANDANS ARE BEING RACIST AGAINST THE RWANDANS WHEN THEY'RE BOTH BLACK. No wonder why you don't seem to get the rest of what I'm telling you... you don't even know what the key idea of the entire discussion means. I'd advise you to leave this discussion alone for now and come back when you understand what racism means and have checked it against another scholarly source (ie a teacher you know).
I completely agree with your point of view. And I'm not black. White privilege is also greatly extended to white women, too. I've been discriminated against by white women a lot more than white men. I'm ethnic. The white bigots see me and a look of horror flashes over their eyes. lol. You know what I'm saying.
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Try to put yourself in a black person's shoes. Ever since you were little you had very little, but white people had nice cars, nice houses, their kids get allowances, their own rooms, and a liscence and a car by the time their 16.. Then you watch Roots or something and see what evil whites have done to blacks. How the h*ll would you feel towards white people! Blacks built this country through their hard work while whites sat in a pretty office. Did they get credit? NO. Equality? NO. Just because laws change mindset that has been passed down the generations are not. That mindset is that whites are "better" than blacks. Because of this, they were never given "equal oppurtunity." A black baby from the "hood" will always have to work ten times harder to get where that white baby from the suburbs will get with little effort. I am far from racist, but it truly, truly, pisses me off when white people act like it doesn't exist anymore and that the messed up history from the past is not directly affecting the world today. YOu cant, as a culture just get over centuries over mistreatment and abuse with a couple of signed pieces of paper (slavery and segregation laws).
Are you incapable of realizing that the word you're looking for is TRIBALISM, not RACISM? Seriously? I've realized that racism has been stretched now in the political sphere to mean just about anything but wow. I give you a textbook definition of racism and you somehow manage to still think that THE UGANDANS ARE BEING RACIST AGAINST THE RWANDANS WHEN THEY'RE BOTH BLACK. No wonder why you don't seem to get the rest of what I'm telling you... you don't even know what the key idea of the entire discussion means. I'd advise you to leave this discussion alone for now and come back when you understand what racism means and have checked it against another scholarly source (ie a teacher you know).
Ad hominem Don't have any arguments to make against my claims except my preferred usage of words. But thanks for educating me. After all Spanish is my native language and I'm still learning English, despite being fluent nowadays
Try to put yourself in a black person's shoes. Ever since you were little you had very little, but white people had nice cars, nice houses, their kids get allowances, their own rooms, and a liscence and a car by the time their 16.. Then you watch Roots or something and see what evil whites have done to blacks. How the h*ll would you feel towards white people! Blacks built this country through their hard work while whites sat in a pretty office. Did they get credit? NO. Equality? NO. Just because laws change mindset that has been passed down the generations are not. That mindset is that whites are "better" than blacks. Because of this, they were never given "equal oppurtunity." A black baby from the "hood" will always have to work ten times harder to get where that white baby from the suburbs will get with little effort. I am far from racist, but it truly, truly, pisses me off when white people act like it doesn't exist anymore and that the messed up history from the past is not directly affecting the world today. YOu cant, as a culture just get over centuries over mistreatment and abuse with a couple of signed pieces of paper (slavery and segregation laws).
Not that I don't agree with the general point here, but being black at this point doesn't have any sort of mutual exclusivity with being poor. Some people on this board *ahem* might want to believe that, but it doesn't. While obviously you didn't intend to, you're only reinforcing what some of these people already believe to be true.
Try to put yourself in a black person's shoes. Ever since you were little you had very little, but white people had nice cars, nice houses, their kids get allowances, their own rooms, and a liscence and a car by the time their 16.. Then you watch Roots or something and see what evil whites have done to blacks. How the h*ll would you feel towards white people! Blacks built this country through their hard work while whites sat in a pretty office. Did they get credit? NO. Equality? NO. Just because laws change mindset that has been passed down the generations are not. That mindset is that whites are "better" than blacks. Because of this, they were never given "equal oppurtunity." A black baby from the "hood" will always have to work ten times harder to get where that white baby from the suburbs will get with little effort. I am far from racist, but it truly, truly, pisses me off when white people act like it doesn't exist anymore and that the messed up history from the past is not directly affecting the world today. YOu cant, as a culture just get over centuries over mistreatment and abuse with a couple of signed pieces of paper (slavery and segregation laws).
Oh... please shut up... there are more whites in poverty than blacks.
The blacks build the US? What? You're a stand-up comedian?
You watch too many movies...
That's right. Because Sharpton's and Jackson's ancestors were slave owners and they forced white people into doing subservient tasks. White people had to get up and go to the back of the bus for Sharpton and Jackson. Oh wait. No.
Blacks did a lot of slave labor for decades. Next time your boss throws a hissy fit and refuses to give you a raise think of the blacks who did slave labor in terrible conditions for decades upon decades.
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Oh... please shut up... there are more whites in poverty than blacks.
The blacks build the US? What? You're a stand-up comedian?
You watch too many movies...
Try to put yourself in a black person's shoes. Ever since you were little you had very little, but white people had nice cars, nice houses, their kids get allowances, their own rooms, and a liscence and a car by the time their 16.. Then you watch Roots or something and see what evil whites have done to blacks. How the h*ll would you feel towards white people! Blacks built this country through their hard work while whites sat in a pretty office. Did they get credit? NO. Equality? NO. Just because laws change mindset that has been passed down the generations are not. That mindset is that whites are "better" than blacks. Because of this, they were never given "equal oppurtunity." A black baby from the "hood" will always have to work ten times harder to get where that white baby from the suburbs will get with little effort. I am far from racist, but it truly, truly, pisses me off when white people act like it doesn't exist anymore and that the messed up history from the past is not directly affecting the world today. YOu cant, as a culture just get over centuries over mistreatment and abuse with a couple of signed pieces of paper (slavery and segregation laws).
Typical liberal BS. I'm white and grew up in poverty, but escaped it through hard work. Anybody of any race of ethnicity can do the same -especially in America. If you can't make it here, you can't make it anywhere.
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By the way in Uganda and Rwanda, the racism was against different tribes that were not the same as the perpetrators of genocide. So that argument fell flat.
