Critical Race Theory Question

[Munimula1]

I know that all things I mentioned after slavery add up to systemic racism- caused by slavery.

[WuWei]

@Munimula1

I know that all things I mentioned after slavery add up to systemic racism- caused by slavery.

Not caused by.

Do they?

[Munimula1]

@WuWei

@Munimula1

I know that all things I mentioned after slavery add up to systemic racism- caused by slavery.

Not caused by.

Do they?

Absolutely. And slavery is at the root cause of all of them.

I really don’t get why people deny that this relationship exists, and also why people here are so upset and offended by that idea.

[WuWei]

@Munimula1

@WuWei

@Munimula1

I know that all things I mentioned after slavery add up to systemic racism- caused by slavery.

Not caused by.

Do they?

Absolutely. And slavery is at the root cause of all of them.

Is it? I’m pretty sure I disagree.

[Munimula1]

Really? Examine your conscience, while keeping in mind that slaves were dragged here, imprisoned, denied education, and even after emancipation, 2 world wars, and the Civil Rights movement, were not given equal status.

[WuWei]

@Munimula1

Really? Examine your conscience, while keeping in mind that slaves were dragged here, imprisoned, denied education, and even after emancipation, 2 world wars, and the Civil Rights movement, were not given equal status.

My conscience? It’s clean.

Equal status since 1976.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@PurpnGold

Long story short I was given an ultimatum… I had to cut my hair or I couldn’t be on the team. I did not join team because I was keeping the hair for him.

The kicker to this story is… there was one white dude who had long hair and was not asked to cut it.

I once had a first sergeant in the Air Force use the size of my nose as an example of why one of my subordinates shouldn’t have ridiculed a fat guy in uniform over at base ops. He said people might make fun of my nose and I wouldn’t like that.

The kicker to this story is… fat and overweight is against regulations, big Greek nose isn’t.

It happens to all of us, buddy. Toughen up.

[PurpnGold]

@Call_me_Ishmael

I once had a first sergeant in the Air Force use the size of my nose as an example of why one of my subordinates shouldn’t have ridiculed a fat guy in uniform over at base ops. He said people might make fun of my nose and I wouldn’t like that.

The kicker to this story is… fat and overweight is against regulations, big Greek nose isn’t.

It happens to all of us, buddy. Toughen up.

Did your fat nose keep you from serving?

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@Munimula1

Really? Examine your conscience, while keeping in mind that slaves were dragged here, imprisoned, denied education, and even after emancipation, 2 world wars, and the Civil Rights movement, were not given equal status.

And in Africa they could have been content to be impaled on a post by a competing tribe.

Or… they might have had to wait another 50 years to be freed from slavery like my grandfather did. The Ottomans OWNED their slaves, buying and selling them and even cutting off their balls to make them better servants.

So…Bull ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ history is full of atrocities.we all have to shed our victim status and become men and women.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@PurpnGold

@Call_me_Ishmael

I once had a first sergeant in the Air Force use the size of my nose as an example of why one of my subordinates shouldn’t have ridiculed a fat guy in uniform over at base ops. He said people might make fun of my nose and I wouldn’t like that.

The kicker to this story is… fat and overweight is against regulations, big Greek nose isn’t.

It happens to all of us, buddy. Toughen up.

Did your fat nose keep you from serving?

Did your hair keep you from being admitted to the school? You didn’t prove that it did.

PS. It’s not “fat”.

[PurpnGold]

@Call_me_Ishmael

Did your hair keep you from being admitted to the school? You didn’t prove that it did.

PS. It’s not “fat”.

My hair prevented me from getting a spot on mock trial. That further reduced my chances of admission to my preferred law school because I didn’t meet all requirements.

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@Call_me_Ishmael

Did your hair keep you from being admitted to the school? You didn’t prove that it did.

PS. It’s not “fat”.

My hair prevented me from getting a spot on mock trial. That further reduced my chances of admission to my preferred law school because I didn’t meet all requirements.

Which law school did you go to?

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@PurpnGold

@Call_me_Ishmael

Did your hair keep you from being admitted to the school? You didn’t prove that it did.

PS. It’s not “fat”.

My hair prevented me from getting a spot on mock trial. That further reduced my chances of admission to my preferred law school because I didn’t meet all requirements.

Many words. A yes or no would have sufficed.

[Munimula1]

@WuWei

@Munimula1

Really? Examine your conscience, while keeping in mind that slaves were dragged here, imprisoned, denied education, and even after emancipation, 2 world wars, and the Civil Rights movement, were not given equal status.

My conscience? It’s clean.

Equal status since 1976.

On paper only. You can’t just snap your fingers and say “Poof you are now equal” to people whose rights have been suppressed for decades.

[JayJay]

@Call_me_Ishmael

@Munimula1

Really? Examine your conscience, while keeping in mind that slaves were dragged here, imprisoned, denied education, and even after emancipation, 2 world wars, and the Civil Rights movement, were not given equal status.

And in Africa they could have been content to be impaled on a post by a competing tribe.

Or… they might have had to wait another 50 years to be freed from slavery like my grandfather did. The Ottomans OWNED their slaves, buying and selling them and even cutting off their balls to make them better servants.

So…Bull ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ history is full of atrocities.we all have to shed our victim status and become men and women.

I always love it when we compare the United States to the worst cultures out there and use that to say “Hey we are pretty good”.

Like “yeah we treat gays like ■■■■ , but they should cheer up…in Saudi Arabia they’d be killed”.

Nothing like measuring yourself by the lowest standards possible.

[WuWei]

@Munimula1

On paper only. You can’t just snap your fingers and say “Poof you are now equal” to people whose rights have been suppressed for decades.

No, no, no! @PurpnGold and I already reached a consensus. 1976.

And you took out “status”. Yes I can. So now what are you talking about? Outcomes?

Nice try.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

Is “afro” the only hairstyle available to black people?

Are black people the only ones who make their hair look like that?

It seems to me, you only proved that you chose to honor your grandfather instead of your future. That’s a noble thing to do but it had consequences.

[Munimula1]

@Call_me_Ishmael

Or… they might have had to wait another 50 years to be freed from slavery like my grandfather did. The Ottomans OWNED their slaves, buying and selling them and even cutting off their balls to make them better servants.

And that didn’t happen here?

[WuWei]

@JayJay

Like “yeah we treat gays like ■■■■ , but they should cheer up…in Saudi Arabia they’d be killed”.

“We” who?

[JayJay]

@Munimula1

@Call_me_Ishmael

Or… they might have had to wait another 50 years to be freed from slavery like my grandfather did. The Ottomans OWNED their slaves, buying and selling them and even cutting off their balls to make them better servants.

And that didn’t happen here?

Over here they got three squares, lifetime care, and their immortal souls saved, dontcha see?

We are just one step away from seeing those essays here again about all the ways slaves had it good, I tell you.