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originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Reallyfolks
Not just racism but also how concentrated they are in ghetto's and how disenfranchised they are politically and economically. They are the easiest population to exploit.
originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: DeathSlayer
Yes, blacks in mass calling for the death of white people, and this is a civil war.. White against black phenomenon.
Its nice to see you think hate speech is no big deal, funny, when its the other way around you guys are up in arms
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
Sure we are and we are going to get better not worse. . . . LOL its called progress, and progress will smash racism like a bug given a bit of time.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Reallyfolks
No and obviously isn't. Hispanic people haven't faced the same type or level of racism that black people have, so they aren't as politically or economically disenfranchised. White Americans have been xenophobic about different people in different ways... with hispanic people it's been a perceived threat of taking jobs and things along those lines, with black people it's been to a not insignificant degree, that they're less than human. It's important to realize that we are only 4 generations removed from slavery, 1 from equal rights... a lot of programming is still with us today.
We have no proof that when cops (some of whom are black) kill black people, it's because they are black. We are still sticking with that point of view regardless.
So how does this whole racist system work exactly? Who is responsible? Who is making the calls on suppression? Who is benefitting, etc?
originally posted by: Sublimecraft
Hows this. I blindfold everyone who has contributed to this thread and sit them all in a room that was totally dark.
I then asked each one to count to 10.
Would you feel confident that, as each person spoke, you could identify their race, religion, sexual orientation and political leaning?
I think its time we addressed the elephant in the room, don't you?
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Reallyfolks
I think you're deliberately missing and twisting the points I was trying to make.
Black people haven't been allowed (first by policy, later by bias)to integrate throughout society as easily as other minorities have and in my opinion that is because of the immense propaganda that began in the time of slavery and particularly during the civil war. Considering we are only 4 generations removed from those days, a lot of that is still with is today (my grandparents hugely influenced me as did their grandparents for them). The bulk of the propaganda from that time was portraying Africans as subhuman.
We have no proof that when cops (some of whom are black) kill black people, it's because they are black. We are still sticking with that point of view regardless.
There's a lot of articles out there about black cops supporting systemic racism and how it happens. Here's one from Vox.
I'm curious as to how much you've bothered to learn about racism in general and then specifically institutional and systemic racism or do you just not believe that they actually exist?
So how does this whole racist system work exactly? Who is responsible? Who is making the calls on suppression? Who is benefitting, etc?
Local treasuries benefit. Private prisons benefit. Corporations that employ prison labor benefit. Politicians benefit. Local businesses benefit by enjoying lower taxes since revenues from fines and court fees can make up for it.
I think I've given you enough, if you need more it's time to research on your own. If you have already (which I suspect you have) then disagree/debate with me. Don't keep moving the goal posts.
originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
a reply to: Wolfenz
I knew there had been many riots over the years, but not that many, nothing has changed, people are very unhappy with the status quo. These riots are like a pressure relief valve, on pressurized populations. They keep blowing steam off then they are ok for a while, one of these days even that will fail to relieve the pressure, and it's going to be very ugly.
Black people haven't been allowed (first by policy, later by bias)to integrate throughout society as easily as other minorities have and in my opinion that is because of the immense propaganda