Red Mosquito

It's so fucking silly if you think about it. Skin color. Who gives fuck?

tree_ wrote:

swan wrote:Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.

Give me an example of systemic racism in America.

Slavery, Jim Crow, Redlining, Segregation, Gerrymandering, building a wall on one border in particular..... etc.

Electromatic wrote:

tree_ wrote:

swan wrote:Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.

Give me an example of systemic racism in America.

Slavery, Jim Crow, Redlining, Segregation..... etc.

Those are words. Where do they exist in America today?

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tree_ wrote:

swan wrote:Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.

Give me an example of systemic racism in America.

Did you happen to see the voting lines in Georgia yesterday? Just your everyday example...

That line? Mostly whites it looks like...

The problem with this question is that there are so many examples, many of which are easily apparent, that you really don't know where to start. Here's two you can answer.

- Black Americans own about one tenth the wealth of white Americans. Even college degrees don't close that gap; median wealth for black households with a college degree is about 70% of white Americans without a college degree. Why do you think these gaps exist?

- According to the Department of Justice, in 2018, the imprisonment rate of black males was 5.8 times that of white males, while the
imprisonment rate of black females was 1.8 times the rate of white females. Why do you think that is?

Tree, Did you think a 4th Dave Rubin video would do the trick?

Tree, true or false - America has solved racism. And if your response is some kind of "the magic 8 ball says the evidence isn't clear," then fine, that's your opinion. But it's a non-answer and a foolish opinion in the minds of most people. You don't really needs stats, you need a functioning pair of eyes and some common sense.

digster wrote:The problem with this question is that there are so many examples, many of which are easily apparent, that you really don't know where to start. Here's two you can answer.

- Black Americans own about one tenth the wealth of white Americans. Even college degrees don't close that gap; median wealth for black households with a college degree is about 70% of white Americans without a college degree. Why do you think these gaps exist?

- According to the Department of Justice, in 2018, the imprisonment rate of black males was 5.8 times that of white males, while the
imprisonment rate of black females was 1.8 times the rate of white females. Why do you think that is?

Josh and macphisto would say because of single-parent households.

They would, of course, fail to ask the follow-up question: why are there more black single-parent households? What historical and social forces might give rise to that phenomena?

Those stats are not proof of racism. Even if they are correct the only illustrate that something is going on don't know what

swan wrote:Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.

In light of this post, please change your fucking signature.

verb_to_trust wrote:It's so fucking silly if you think about it. Skin color. Who gives fuck?

tree___, the President, the President’s followers...

i swear its like yelling at a dog not to eat its' own shit and then it looks at you with that dopey look like, what do you mean?

Laugh out loud

So according to wheeze if I don't see evidence of systemic racism I'm a racist wow better not get any more left you might fall off the cliff

Guys, he’s tree___ trolling. He’s done this in virtually every thread he’s posted in. He’s nothing but a racist troll. Stop giving him the time.

Nah peeps I'm just asking questions while you're being the obedient dog that does whatever his master tells him blindly

The funny thing is that I'm actually asking for evidence and if I see it I will believe it I have never once said that any skin color is inferior to another skin color. Remember what racism is?

Remember kids don't question popular opinion or prepared to be chastised and called a racist by the lemming tribe

tree_ wrote:Laugh out loud

So according to wheeze if I don't see evidence of systemic racism I'm a racist wow better not get any more left you might fall off the cliff

Only you know what's truly in your heart, friend. At the very least you're showing an anti-left attitude (rather than a pro-something attitude), and you're certainly not the first person to be blinded by this. The worst thing about the last 5-10 years isn't really Trump, it's watching the right half abandon everything they claimed to believe because they feel threatened by the left (which is obv why we have Trump now).

tree_ wrote:Those stats are not proof of racism. Even if they are correct the only illustrate that something is going on don't know what

OK; what's causing it if not systemic racism?

I don't know what's causing it, but it's for damn sure not the thing I don't like!