Racism (Yeah, that's right: I'm callin' it!)

The Batlord · 09-05-2017, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

This thread isn't "Racism in America". It's "Racism (Yeah, that's right: I'm callin' it!)".

The nerve touched is one of irritation whenever I hear Americans whine about racism when the racism they see is weak compared to race relations on a global scale.

Well that's stupid. I got shot in the chest so some bitch with a stab wound in the leg better shut his whiny face.

Zhanteimi · 09-05-2017, 08:29 PM

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The Batlord · 09-05-2017, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

Perspective.

That reminds me of one of my least favorite quotes, "I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." Aside from the fact that it's condescending to assume that someone with a physical disability is necessarily worse off than someone who can't even afford shoes, and that both problems are wildly different, it's silly to think that someone's worse problem makes your problem not suck. A woman from Rwanda who was raped and had her tits cut off is not going to make a woman who was "just" slipped a roofie at a bar feel any better while doing a rape kit.

It's also a convenient excuse to ignore the problems of others when you simply don't want to be bothered.

Zhanteimi · 09-05-2017, 08:37 PM

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**Frownland** · 09-05-2017, 08:39 PM

I don't have any feet, I just have two foots.

Perspective.

Neapolitan · 09-05-2017, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

This thread isn't "Racism in America". It's "Racism (Yeah, that's right: I'm callin' it!)".

The nerve touched is one of irritation whenever I hear Americans whine about racism when the racism they see is weak compared to race relations on a global scale.

I was a bit disappoint when Trollheart created this thread. I wanted to start a thread to talk about ethnicity and nationality in a positive way. I always shied away from creating it, always having the fear it would go down in flames a like village being torched by Godzilla.

The Batlord · 09-05-2017, 08:41 PM

One of my fav moments on the forum was when that guy with the missing foot got mad at somebody who posted that no shoes/no feet quote.

Lisnaholic · 09-05-2017, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

lulz. Not even sure what nerve I touched, but I still doubt that your place in Japan gives you an understanding of race relations for blacks in the West. Just from my hole in Virginia I get to see the end result of 200 years of slavery, 100 years of segregation and Jim Crow, and years afterward of racist housing policies that kept blacks out of middle class housing. Lo and behold they're poorer per capita.

Oddly enough I watched a documentary about Section Eight Housing last night, and that backed up your statement, Batlord.

From what I've seen and read, a regular black guy trying to make ends meet or better himself has a much harder time of it:-

in the USA, as Batlord says.
in Britain, by subtler but effective discrimination, in the job market for instance.
in Africa, where standards of living are low and so many of the governments are corrupt or sporadically genocidal.

Zhanteimi · 09-05-2017, 08:42 PM

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RoxyRollah · 09-05-2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

For example you can be mentally retarded but you'll still never be as dumb as Roxy itt

Sigh .Is* you tit is. Im not dumb at all I just have my own thoughts and ideas. Get fucked.

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