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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Given the Mickey Rooney level race jokes you make I highly doubt you'd recognize subtle racism.
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Did I say racism didn't exist in Ireland? I did not. We're totally racist here. I've been out of the work loop for nearly ten years now, so it may have changed, but when I was working I never saw this idea of white people being hired over other races, mostly because it looked like we just didn't have that divide, at least, not as sharply as you do over there.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
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That's possible. I'm not saying I know a lot about it. I'm just saying it isn't a big issue you read or hear a lot about. Neither are a lot of things; doesn't mean they're not there. I guess I'm pretty isolated really, but I'm just telling you what I see. I don't see black people being chased by Gardai, hassled in shops, shot down in the street or being particularly a large section of the homeless here.
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Originally Posted by elphenor
bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy when Jamal's job application to the grocery was rejected under the assumption he might steal stuff
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You mean that genie from Aladdin is ... oh no. That's Jafar, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
To all: If everyone in the entire world was one race, do you think there wouldn't be certain groups of people that got ahead? It seems to be a fundamental characteristic of society.. what would you blame it on if there were only white people and how do you know some of those factors aren't also part of the problem currently? As always, I take the position.. yeah there's that, but there is also this.
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My belief is that, race or no race, those with money, power and influence will always have the upper hand, and therefore be treated differently, to those who do not. I don't think we'll ever get away from that, as long as wealth=power.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
The problem with rejecting the existence of white privilege is the idea that it has to be systematically enforced when it's really a cultural norm. Also, the definition WIDELY varies.
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At least you didn't say "whitely" varies.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
This pleases me. How
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Did someone shoot you in the middle of a sentence?
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
I don't know about that. I think solutions like Betadine are better than band-aids, unless you are talking band-aids that contain ointment e.g. Neosporin.
I think people should take time to clean the wound and use solutions. If a wound isn't properly cleansed then all a band-aids does in trap in germs.
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and sing songs about famine.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
I work for a dude with a truck and some basic yard work tools. My competition is whoever around the neighborhood needs drug money.
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Last man vertical gets the job!
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Originally Posted by Frownland
Were your parents poor? And yer grammies and granpies? White privilege doesn't mean that every cracker's rich, it means that minorities haven't had as long to build a stable family line to fall back on which makes them more likely to end up impoverished. Whites have always experienced poverty. Every race has. However, if you take the proportion of the minority that's impoverished and compare it to the proportion of impoverished white people in America, it's a rather stark difference. People build their perceptions on the world around them and seeing more impoverished minorities than average or prosperous ones can easily influence someone's paradigm, especially if they're as dumb as an American. A lot of recruiters go on gut instinct for "company culture" and poor people usually have a hard time getting on with the wealthy people who run the company that the recruiter is hiring for. Also, the recruiter is cousins with the boss.
If a white family has a history of poverty it can be hard to shake too. Just because there's a trend in white people being able to use their familial network and minorities being subtly snubbed in ways that the snubbers are't even conscious of doesn't mean that there aren't minorities who are rich as **** or that there aren't white people who are dying on the streets.
Both you and dumbasses who misuse it for bull**** really ought to consider what it actually is. We need to shame mother****ers into logic or you're just going to keep chalking it up to luck and a nice excuse. The best that most of us can do is just be mindful of what we do and try to have an open dialogue.
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Who are you directing this at?
