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LOL..... Your being a bigot.
funny how they believe they are clean in soul ,and spirit, when they disagree with someone.
LOL..... Your being a bigot.
It is, unlike one dude on a random forum unilaterally declaring a new definition. If you think people can just redefine words to suit their needs during a debate and then claim that the dictionary definition is irrelevant and invalid, I have no idea how you can take yourself or your ideas seriously. It's literally the definition of making it up as you go along.You're still implying that the dictionary definition is the "actual" definition.
No, because racial oppression and privilege did and does exist in America - against them and not against you.
Perhaps, but sometimes it IS taken too far, such as when there are riots because a person was found guilty of a crime and things like that. They are automatically chalked up to racism, when they usually are not due to racism but because the person actually did commit a crime.
No, because racial oppression and privilege did and does exist in America - against them and not against you.
My point is regarding terminology and the importance of recognizing oppression and privilege in discussions of racism. Stripping the term racism of all sociological context is more or less an intention to equate common bigotry with a much deeper and dangerous societal problem and to perpetuate ignorance regarding its impact.
In this day and age, it only exists because they permit it by giving those slurs the same power they held when real oppression against blacks in this country existed.
My point is regarding terminology and the importance of recognizing oppression and privilege in discussions of racism. Stripping the term racism of all sociological context is more or less an intention to equate common bigotry with a much deeper and dangerous societal problem and to perpetuate ignorance regarding its impact.
I think people are trying to say that racism exists among minority groups and individuals. A person can be racist and doesn't have to have any kind of governmental backing to be dangerous either.
My point is regarding terminology and the importance of recognizing oppression and privilege in discussions of racism. Stripping the term racism of all sociological context is more or less an intention to equate common bigotry with a much deeper and dangerous societal problem and to perpetuate ignorance regarding its impact.
No, racism exists today. It's real and it hurts all of us, even those not targeted.
It's not racism until it becomes a system of oppression and privilege - that's what the real subject is, not merely prejudice based on looks. Until it permeates a system and brings real consequences against a group, it's just common bigotry and no more meaningful (sociologically) than pissing in the wind.
You can keep saying no all you want. It doesn't change the fact that if you're black, and someone calls you a "nigger" the only reason that word holds any power is because you're permitting that word to hold power. It's just a word. Its power is an illusion, and nothing more.
Conjecture.
It's not racism until it becomes a system of oppression and privilege - that's what the real subject is, not merely prejudice based on looks. Until it permeates a system and brings real consequences against a group, it's just common bigotry and no more meaningful (sociologically) than pissing in the wind.
I'm not denying that racism exists towards black people and other minorities. I just don't think it's as a big a problem as some people make it out to be. Personally, I don't think I know anyone who is a racist. If someone I know is a racist, they are VERY quiet about it.
I think that people like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson do nothing but perpetuate hatred and a victim mentality among black people too. If you FEEL as if you are a victim, what does that make you?
That's what they learn at liberal schools these days ....garage
It's not racism until it becomes a system of oppression and privilege
That's what they learn at liberal schools these days ....garage
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That's not material to my sociological argument, beyond actual racism existing in America today and affecting society.
Race baiting is not racism.
Don't you think racism exists elsewhere? It certainly isn't just an "American" thing. It happens all over the world and has probably always existed to some extent. If anything America has improved and just gets better all the time in regards to this issue, so I think that you are exaggerating the problem.
It encourages racism and hatred. It's bad for everyone.