Red Mosquito

If everyone woke up tomorrow with no memory of the history of racism, we'd all be better for it.

Strat wrote:

If everyone woke up tomorrow with no memory of the history of racism, we'd all be better for it.

Is the most absurd thing ive ever read about this.

durdencommatyler wrote:"move on" and "get over it" are just as racist as "color blindness."

E.H. Ruddock wrote:White people not caring is a huge part of the problem though

verb_to_trust wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:White people not caring is a huge part of the problem though

I can't wait until rebranded syrup unites us.

verb_to_trust wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:White people not caring is a huge part of the problem though

I can't wait until rebranded syrup unites us.

durdencommatyler wrote:"I don't see a problem so there is no problem" isn't an argument, tree.

One thing that might be useful is to stop thinking about your own perception and start engaging with the perceptions of those who are most affected and seeking justice/reform. I understand that it can be difficult to expand beyond one's own perception. I know that from personal experience. It's something I have struggled with. But it's necessary work if you really want to understand it and progress.

Bammer wrote:I viewed a seminar / town hall type of thing yesterday and one of the panelists (who appears to be well educated and well respected in this arena) made the outright claim that homelessness simply would not exist if it weren’t for racism.

Thoughts?

wease wrote:

Bammer wrote:I viewed a seminar / town hall type of thing yesterday and one of the panelists (who appears to be well educated and well respected in this arena) made the outright claim that homelessness simply would not exist if it weren’t for racism.

Thoughts?

What about white homeless people?

one of the panelists (who appears to be well educated and well respected in this arena) made the outright claim that homelessness simply would not exist if it weren’t for racism.

B wrote:

wease wrote:

Bammer wrote:I viewed a seminar / town hall type of thing yesterday and one of the panelists (who appears to be well educated and well respected in this arena) made the outright claim that homelessness simply would not exist if it weren’t for racism.

Thoughts?

What about white homeless people?

If you target services toward minorities, but allow anyone to use them equally, you'll scoop up a lot of homeless whites while you're at it.

We're beginning to be able to discuss just how preposterous the movement is. Which does not mean that the fuel that is driving it isn't based on something very important. The frustration about an economic system that is rigged against many people, millennials through debt, many populations, based on where you are born and grow up, what kinds of schools are there. The frustration is real. It is bewildering to everybody. It seems to be that either you land on the "I'm in favor of these protests" side and therefore "I accept their discussion of what has taken place and what should happen now", or "I reject these protests and I believe civilization is pretty fair and I'm not listening". The right position is in the space that has not existed until now, or has struggled to exist and so far failed to get a foothold, which is "how can we discuss the actual problem without embracing this lunacy?" And it is lunacy. The idea of removing the police is basically a gun to the head of the Republic.