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  1. #101
    Quote Originally Posted by Ivanstone View Post
    Or at least not legislate racism. The U.S. looks racist because they allow institutionalized racism to occur even to this day.
    Not really, US racism is mostly due to how diverse we are. If human skin color goes from paper white to blue black, the further you are to the black side of the spectrum the more racism you experience.

    I can't think of any institutionalized racism off hand. There was some back in the 1950's.
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  2. #102
    Quote Originally Posted by Slush View Post
    No.

    The link kinda says it all.. one of these genocides still happens in Asia/Africa every 5-10 years.
    Well when you are getting slaughter by the 10 of thousands for years you tend to rebel in the most extreme kind of way.
    read the history of the monks against the people they are now killing and then talk, Don't read one sided history that want to whitewash the whole situation, putting the blame on one side of the perpetrators.

  3. #103
    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    The country has racism written into our founding documents.

    Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution:
    Not racism, more discrimination.

  4. #104
    American? No. Look throughout history; you'll find examples of discrimination anywhere and everywhere. White people are not the only ones who've hated someone else based on their qualities. If it isn't skin color itself, it's also nationality and faith. We, as humans carry qualities of tribalism and that can askew our opinions. We also have our histories with people that can sway our opinions. And you can surely tell me nowdays that we're not exactly going far in the proper direction of race relations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hubcap View Post
    Not really, US racism is mostly due to how diverse we are. If human skin color goes from paper white to blue black, the further you are to the black side of the spectrum the more racism you experience.

    I can't think of any institutionalized racism off hand. There was some back in the 1950's.
    They've put together a nice list of links and information to showcase the ongoing problems...
    http://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/20...racism-is-real
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  6. #106
    Quote Originally Posted by vain View Post
    just an other liberal that hates himself and his country
    well said.
    is like i said about white guilt. If you have nothing to hide you won't feel any guilt, when you are that internal over oozing white guilt is because internally you are massively racist which happens with many if not, all liberals.

  7. #107
    Quote Originally Posted by Hubcap View Post
    Not really, US racism is mostly due to how diverse we are. If human skin color goes from paper white to blue black, the further you are to the black side of the spectrum the more racism you experience.

    I can't think of any institutionalized racism off hand. There was some back in the 1950's.
    Institutionalized racism as a legal entity was largely outlawed and thus broken up in the mid 1960s but existed in a variety of forms before then depending on a variety of factors.

    Quote Originally Posted by Prince Oberyn Martell View Post
    My ironic contention is with the fact how quick people are to shout out: "That is not racism!!!" just because it is something that happens between people of the same skin color.
    Fair enough.

  8. #108
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    Quote Originally Posted by petej0 View Post
    Not racism, more discrimination.
    Laughably wrong. Sorry, dawg. The 3/5th compromise is built on the notion that whites are worth more than blacks (2/5th more). That is the epitome of racism and white supremacy.
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  9. #109
    White Fragility is a real thing that exists, and many in this thread are victims of it. From a scientifc journal study conducted on the subject:

    "White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to what I refer to as White Fragility. White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. This paper explicates the dynamics of White Fragility."
    Basically, a lot of white people are super insulated from the reality that instituitonalized racism is a thing that exists. They're so well-insulated from racial stress that even so much as to SUGGEST the existence of instituitonalized racial discrimination prompts an immediate defensive, and sometimes angry reaction. You see it every time they immediately try to shut down any discussion of the topic, sweep it under the rug under the pretense of "white guilt", or "rampant liberalism". In reality, these snowflakes are just getting their pants in a twist because discussing a very real problem in America makes them uncomfortable. Unfortunately for them, real social issues take precedence to their feelings.

  10. #110
    Racism only exist in America?

  11. #111
    Quote Originally Posted by Boomzy View Post
    Racism isn't just an American concept, it's a universal human constant and it comes from tribalism not from an actual hatred of skin color.

    Which is why black people can be super racist against mexicans and middle easterners just like white people can. It's all about being afraid of the unknown. It's also why you can see racist people being friends with the "good" black people or whatever, because those black people are part of the tribe.
    Impossible. Only white people with European and Asian roots can be racist. Twitter told me that.

  12. #112
    Quote Originally Posted by Boomzy View Post
    > Doesn't link the journal

    > account has 1 post

    seems legit.
    New accounts aren't allowed to link. You can type 'white fragility' into Google and get the result yourself in all of half a minute if you feel like. It's the very first result. And you can help further the discussion by including a link which I can't.

    Edit - unless your white fragility has prompted a defensive reaction and you'd rather sweep the discussion under the rug because of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wildtree View Post
    They've put together a nice list of links and information to showcase the ongoing problems...
    http://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/20...racism-is-real
    The problem with this is its just talking points, no explanation of whats actually going on. Also, B&J is probably the most openly lefty leaning company in the entire world, so its not much of a surprise they wouldnt offer any facts to back up their talking points.

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    They think America is the only country is racist? Boy, they very uninformed.

    Can't expect anything else from three people that look like they nodded and agreed fanatically at everything their gender studies professor said.

  15. #115
    Y'all sure do love your racism, that much is true.

  16. #116
    Long story short; racially insulated white people get REALLY defensive when you even so much as suggest that institutionalized racism is a thing (which it is), to the point that they will start immediately hurp-durping out "WHITE GUILT!1!", etc.

    It's a defensive measure to suddenly having to deal with race-based stresses they're not used to having to acknowledge. So they rather just sweep the discussion under the rug as soon as possible so they can go back to their comforting obliviousness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    Laughably wrong. Sorry, dawg. The 3/5th compromise is built on the notion that whites are worth more than blacks (2/5th more). That is the epitome of racism and white supremacy.
    Lmfao, says the white guy, to the black guy, while exemplifying racism by calling him "dawg"

    Jesus Christ lmfao i'm dying

  18. #118
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazyyrogue View Post
    Lmfao, says the white guy, to the black guy, while exemplifying racism by calling him "dawg"

    Jesus Christ lmfao i'm dying
    It's pretty hilarious, isn't it?

    Hey Boomzy, why don't you link us the journal on white fragility, since new accounts aren't able to? It'd help further the discussion by giving it some actual scientifc backing.

  19. #119
    I can't hear you over the sound of your fragility and defensiveness.

  20. #120
    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    Laughably wrong. Sorry, dawg. The 3/5th compromise is built on the notion that whites are worth more than blacks (2/5th more). That is the epitome of racism and white supremacy.
    Two problems with your position.

    1.) The compromise applied to slaves, not blacks, whites, Chinese or Japanese, Irish, German or Italian.
    2.) The compromise was apportioned to reduce the power of the Slave Sates by reducing their representation in Congress. Thus Slave States wouldnt have inflated representation based on counting slaves as a full person and having more power than non Slave states.
    Last edited by petej0; 2017-09-14 at 02:55 PM.

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