Quote from: Cal427eb on Jul 18, 2013, 04:27:58 PM
You're ignoring everything he's saying as well.
In what way have I ignored what he said? I think you're just saying that because you more or less agree with him.
Seriously, I've argued with him on every point he has come up with. Reasoned with him and given him explanations, been very thorough etc., whereas he just ignores what I have to say completely or ignore parts of what I say to make it convenient for himself.
QuoteEvery race gets judged. Not just black people.
That's such a high-horse lazy cop-out answer.
Of course there is prejudice against all ethnicities/races etc., but African-Americans (together with the Native Americans) have suffered more than most other people i this country when it comes to structural racism as well direct racism. It's a part of our history, and our history has shaped our society to what it is today, both the good and the bad. The reason why white people don't suffer from structural racism (other than the back-clash and side effects of racism) is because the white people were free, they were the masters, they directed and shaped things to come, not the slaves. That's why there there is white privilege because the rest of the population were unprivileged. People have it good today because of our history, because black people were slaves, the land was taken from the Native Americans, the Chinese Americans abused to death building the railroads (but also poor white immigrants - poor but white and free with full rights, which enabled them to live the American Dream without any hurdles)... and that's what our country and wealth is built upon, and from there things have progressed, things have gotten way better, but still, the old system is still there, embedded deep in our society and culture, hidden and more complex and confusing than ever, yet affecting us in various different ways daily, directly or indirectly.
Denying that just shows that people who never have had to face structural racism live in a privileged bubble, or are reactionary, or are in denial, or are uneducated, or are racist, or simply just don't have the time or interest to care about it (because they believe it doesn't affect them).