Racism in the United States

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  1. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

  2. Van Zandt

    Van Zandt Mr. High Kick

    That's a hella long blog post! Got the TLDR version? :D
     
  3. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Yup, North didn't win the civil war, South quickly became a terrorist dominated region that oppressed black people and put them into de facto slavery, history continues to dominate and inform American political dialogue and race relations.

    But because we have a black president, racism is over... Kidding. It's actually not that long, just a ton of comments.
     
  4. greg1075

    greg1075 Valued Member

    He's applying the racial positive discrimination logic to classes. White people have built a wealth on the work of other white people as in the lord-serf system. What then?
     
  5. Van Zandt

    Van Zandt Mr. High Kick

    I don't want to derail this thread, so punch me in the back of the head if this isn't related.

    Do you think "white privilege" is predominantly a US phenomenon?
     
  6. holyheadjch

    holyheadjch Valued Member

    White privilege is a thing in basically every country with a majority white population and in many with significant minority white population.
     
  7. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Yeah, I can definitely see the logic in that. By the same token, we can see discrimination happening today and, often, modern racism is couched in a kind of cultural critique. We have avenues available for white ascension through the classes while I don't think black people have that avenue as open to them. The fact that black folks are still targeted, blatantly, for racially based oppression is pretty heinous and in my mind validates the extra measures to combat them.

    As I've said though, I can't really speak to conditions in Britain. I think that any claims about America being classless are bankrupt though, so maybe the same critique holds true.
     
  8. dormindo

    dormindo Active Member Supporter

    What are you trying to do to me, philo? I've already given myself a moratorium on posting in the feminism thread until June (if it goes that long), and then you go and start this? I'm supposed to be TAing and writing! :)

    May give the article a read and give a brief comment this weekend.
     
  9. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Good luck on the writing, I just finished grading my second to last exam.

    [​IMG]
     
  10. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    I kinda think it would be cool to just divide everything equally between every inhabitant of the planet Earth. What?
     
  11. Van Zandt

    Van Zandt Mr. High Kick

    True.

    So let me rephrase: Is it fair to say the US is most vocal about it, or opposition to it is more visible in the US, because of its civil rights history?
     
  12. Dead_pool

    Dead_pool Spes mea in nihil Deus MAP 2017 Moi Award

    Your not discriminated against for being white, and neither were anyone in your previous family tree who is still alive.

    There's people alive today who were discriminated against, and there's people alive today who's parents were slaves. (US)

    When it comes to being poor, that's unrestrained liberal capitalism for you. If you don't think k that's right, socialism is what you need to look at.
    Which is what my point about equality, private schools and tax was about.
     
  13. SWC Sifu Ben

    SWC Sifu Ben I am the law

    Systematically, no. Discriminated against, yes.
     
  14. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    Or...
     

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  15. Moi

    Moi Warriors live forever x

    Unfortunately there's a reason for this
     
  16. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Everything I know about modern gypsies I learned from the movie Snatch; how much reading do I have ahead of me?
     
  17. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    The gadjos might be considered fair game, but centuries of fierce discrimination might have something to do with that...
     
  18. Moi

    Moi Warriors live forever x

    Like many alternative lifestyles the conflict arise when they mix with the indeginous population
     
  19. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

  20. Moi

    Moi Warriors live forever x

    That would depend on whether they used to behave as they do now?
    Although I'm not talking about Romanian gypsies but Irish
     
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