Systemic / Institutional / Societal Racism

[spike]

Gee, I wonder how blacks would react if white was capitalized and black wasn't. It's a real mystery! They totally wouldn't feel antagonized!

You feel antagonized?

I feel capitalized.

Being a white guy is pretty rough, huh?

[Mickey]

[BurtReynolds]

Gee, I wonder how blacks would react if white was capitalized and black wasn't. It's a real mystery! They totally wouldn't feel antagonized!

You feel antagonized?

I feel capitalized.

Being a white guy is pretty rough, huh?

2006 wants its talking points back, you dinosaur.

[dad]

i kind of hope this white discussion never ends.

[spike]

Gee, I wonder how blacks would react if white was capitalized and black wasn't. It's a real mystery! They totally wouldn't feel antagonized!

You feel antagonized?

I feel capitalized.

Being a white guy is pretty rough, huh?

2006 wants its talking points back, you dinosaur.

there weren't blue checkmarks back then

[simple schoolboy]

Gee, I wonder how blacks would react if white was capitalized and black wasn't. It's a real mystery! They totally wouldn't feel antagonized!

You feel antagonized?

I feel capitalized.

Being a white guy is pretty rough, huh?

2006 wants its talking points back, you dinosaur.

there weren't blue checkmarks back then

I think you misread that, champ. 2003 had a massive media push for war from the media. 'Member Weapons of Mass Destruction and UN resolutions that Iraq was not in compliance with?

There's always been talking points. Blue checks are just the clearest way of pointing out their disseminators.

The funniest part of Mickey's argument is that "white adjacent" complies with his standard, especially when applied to Asians. (Not gonna fix that autocorrect "A")

[Mickey]

What...is my argument?

[spike]

Gee, I wonder how blacks would react if white was capitalized and black wasn't. It's a real mystery! They totally wouldn't feel antagonized!

You feel antagonized?

I feel capitalized.

Being a white guy is pretty rough, huh?

2006 wants its talking points back, you dinosaur.

there weren't blue checkmarks back then

I think you misread that, champ. 2003 had a massive media push for war from the media. 'Member Weapons of Mass Destruction and UN resolutions that Iraq was not in compliance with?

There's always been talking points. Blue checks are just the clearest way of pointing out their disseminators.

The funniest part of Mickey's argument is that "white adjacent" complies with his standard, especially when applied to Asians. (Not gonna fix that autocorrect "A")

There have?

[simple schoolboy]

What...is my argument?

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

How is "Whiteness" or "White adjacent" merely a descriptor and not a category? White adjacent seems to be a category that acts out whiteness.

What I love about the Asian adoption of wokeness is that the variety of Asian politicians has been whittled down to about two. Moderate Asians that actually want policing and woke Asians that parrot all that white progressive shit. Neither have been super successful yet, but I look forward to the day a former ARVN Lieutenant (or their kid) makes state office in Texas on an explicitly anti communist platform

[Mickey]

You missed the follow-up post:

I am not endorsing any of the above (I don't care) but it's obviously intentional and it's not particularly hard to guess the reason for it.

[JuanHamm]

Wow, two whole pages on how a lower case w triggered Bammer and Burt. There's nothing sad about that at all.

[spike]

Wow, two whole pages on how a lower case w triggered Bammer and Burt. There's nothing sad about that at all.

SNOwFLAKES

[BurtReynolds]

Wow, two whole pages on how a lower case w triggered Bammer and Burt. There's nothing sad about that at all.

once again: you idiots would not be reacting the same way if white were capitalized and black wasn't.

"Lol you're mad about sitting at the back of the bus? How fragile! It's like 5 extra steps!"

[BurtReynolds]

It's not about being mad/triggered or anything like that anyway. It's just a simple acknowledgement of the real reason why a tiny handful of devious people decided to capitalize one and not the other while hiding behind false reasons for doing so.

Absolute dullbrains.

[spike]

Ah, Burt’s daily affirmation.

[BurtReynolds]

Ah, Burt’s daily affirmation.

Are you tRiGgeReD?

[dad]

someone's got a lowercase of the monday's.

[spike]

Ah, Burt’s daily affirmation.

Are you tRiGgeReD?

In case you’re not at your desk right now!

[Mickey]

w.M.A.

[BurtReynolds]

Ah, Burt’s daily affirmation.

Are you tRiGgeReD?

In case you’re not at your desk right now!

I always capitalize I, for the same reason one should capitalize God or Him when referring to God.

It's a positive quality of the English language.