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I struggle to see how saying ridiculous and untrue things boils down to poor presentation of otherwise valid/to-be-taken-seriously points. Imo their 'arguments' against the OP are completely valid. Maybe the responses to him may show him how ridiculous a statement like "real racism hasn't existed since the 50's" really is. Maybe then discussion would serve a purpose beyond people flexing their superior intellect and knowledge to no real end.
Although, even then, the posters you've not chastised for being Shit don't know how to spell retarded, don't know what it means, and claim that the only manifestation of racism in most western countries is the existence of slurs, and anything less than albino people being killed in Africa doesn't count as real discrimination..... so the board is still lacking in any display of intellect or knowledge, I guess.
Obviously race relations are better off in 2019 than they were in 1950, but there are still so many subtle and systemic issues that it's impossible to say in good faith that racism no longer affects anyone in the US or similarly developed western countries. You don't even really need to look further than the highly covered "scandals" around the Obama presidency. Despite actually doing fuckshit like expanding military programs and killing civilians in warzones overseas, he was accused of not being a US citizen until the very end of his second term. He was consistently accused of being muslim for some reason?? Obviously people are still racist, and racism still effects people, especially around islamophobia. The backlash to Ilhan Omar is another example of how racism and islamophobia still influences people's reactions and opinions of people and remarks.
All without getting into the long-term effects of racism, none of which have ever been remedied, and the systemic issues that persist to this day. Black people on average still have way less in net worth than whites, they serve longer sentences for the same crimes, they're convicted more often for the same offenses, the trend continues.
Anyone claiming otherwise just doesn't pay attention -- that's especially the case when you aren't even aware of any racism after the 50s.
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no one sentence posts, no backseat moderation etc. etc., obviously you've no authority to tell people not to post here ele etc. etc.
Although, even then, the posters you've not chastised for being Shit don't know how to spell retarded, don't know what it means, and claim that the only manifestation of racism in most western countries is the existence of slurs, and anything less than albino people being killed in Africa doesn't count as real discrimination..... so the board is still lacking in any display of intellect or knowledge, I guess.
Obviously race relations are better off in 2019 than they were in 1950, but there are still so many subtle and systemic issues that it's impossible to say in good faith that racism no longer affects anyone in the US or similarly developed western countries. You don't even really need to look further than the highly covered "scandals" around the Obama presidency. Despite actually doing fuckshit like expanding military programs and killing civilians in warzones overseas, he was accused of not being a US citizen until the very end of his second term. He was consistently accused of being muslim for some reason?? Obviously people are still racist, and racism still effects people, especially around islamophobia. The backlash to Ilhan Omar is another example of how racism and islamophobia still influences people's reactions and opinions of people and remarks.
All without getting into the long-term effects of racism, none of which have ever been remedied, and the systemic issues that persist to this day. Black people on average still have way less in net worth than whites, they serve longer sentences for the same crimes, they're convicted more often for the same offenses, the trend continues.
Anyone claiming otherwise just doesn't pay attention -- that's especially the case when you aren't even aware of any racism after the 50s.
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no one sentence posts, no backseat moderation etc. etc., obviously you've no authority to tell people not to post here ele etc. etc.
Last edited by pouffy; Mar 6, 2019 at 08:59 PM.
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