TOURE Sep 17 2015, 12:00pm I just didn't understand how so many white people in American could believe that they are the primary victims of racism. So, I asked some white folks about it to find out why. Excerpt: What Is Racism? Some of the white people I talked with feel like many white people lack of a deep understanding of race and racism. Tim Wise said, "Whites are used to thinking of racism as an interpersonal thing, rather than institutional. So we can recall that time we got shitty customer service by a black person, or had some black person make fun of us for something, and we think, 'we're the victims of racism now,' paying no attention to the ongoing systemic imbalance in our favor." This is in part because the nature of privilege is that you don't have to think deeply about your privilege if you don't want to. Erikka Knuti, a political strategist, said, "Part of white privilege has been the ability to not know that your privilege exists. If you benefit from racism, do you really want to know that?" I can see where it would be uncomfortable for people to admit that their lives are shaped by unearned advantages, especially in an environment where those advantages may be beginning to slip away, but the blindness itself is a part of the problem. White people have duties as part of the American community. They must be honest with themselves and their co-citizens and admit that white privilege shapes a lot of life in this country. They must understand that the truly pernicious, life-defining sort of racism is not interpersonal, it's institutional. The systems that shape who lives where, who gets educated, who gets jobs, who gets arrested, and so on, these things shape lives, and they are all heavily weighted in white people's favor. To ignore all of that is to misunderstand America. If white people admit those things, it will be plain that they are not, in any way, victims. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/...campaign=sharebutton?utm_campaign=sharebutton Step One: Attack the reporter Step Two: Deny the report Step Three: Attack the poster
I dont care who has it worse. Racism is bad either way. I dont play the pity point game. Just focus on the specific issues and less on who has the bigger booboo and we be good.
Another racist thread started by a racist. Unsurprising. Yes, call that "attack the poster", but since you are a racist, it's truth, not an "attack". First, one report is interesting, but science demands a replication of results. Second, this quote is interesting "It showed that over the last five decades both blacks and whites think racism against Blacks has been slowly declining, but white people think racism against whites is growing at a fast rate." Do you agree that racism against blacks is declining, Cigar? Please say "yes". Third, there is a logical disconnect between saying "White people are increasingly certain that they're being persecuted" and saying "Why is it that some white people feel like they are the primary victims of racism?"
Please point to the institutional racism in Chicago, or Seattle, or Baltimore, so that it can be addressed. Then answer me why it is there in predominately Democratic cities/states and have been Democrat controlled for decades. As to the comment "who gets arrested", I obviously can't speak for other cities, but when I listen to the morning news in my city the majority of Shootings only as an example are in the area of the city that is predominately not white. Even if you go with National statistics on Gun violence you will notice that whites are the minority of the perpetrators on the list. So the next logical question is; are you saying that the FBI is not recording incidents? Does law enforcement really "ignore" white crime so as for it to be under reported? Please also keep in mind that all of the recent statistics are from the FBI when controlled by Obama, so there should be no institutional racism to factor in.
Bull Crap! What a bunch of lib speak. Problem is you can't handle the truth and that is that black people can't handle a progressive society. Thats why you got taken over by the muslim's in the 700sAD and why Africa is still a violent enslaved land with rich resources that are sold off to the highest bidder by your black leaders. Yet your victimhood mentality is your problem so when a black man socks it to you you relate back to primitive lifestyles and ways. Look at Winnie Mandella and her burning tire necklaces why did any of you listen to that crazy bitch. Now S.Africa is a hellhole again. All people are good and bad like all cultures. Some thrive and grow others denigrate.I'm sick of hearing how bad the white man is. You fools are going to bring us all down with your poor me bullcrap. Blacks and whites built this nation together and we are losing it together because so many listen to the snakes who want to take us down. While we divide they are uniting against us both. Mostly you hate knowledge and choose to be ignorant with need of masters.
The problem is the bulk of civilizations great advancements were done largely by white men and yes women, there were of course others, but the fact is white people did it and perhaps on the backs of slaves but also more often the backs of poor whites so should we be ashamed of the greatness you see all around you and if some people were hurt by this - too bad you can't make a cake without breaking some eggs. The world is as good as it is due to white achievements and our ruthlessness to get there. So your all are appropriating our civilization and our technological greatness.
