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It won’t. You’re right.
But we aren’t that far removed from the brutality of civil rights. The world is so much better than it was 50 years ago, but there are deep stains and divisions in this country when it comes to race.
I think protests like this jar people a little, which is the point of all protests. They definitely touch a nerve as we can see here. That doesn’t fix anything but it does get us into the conversation.Comment
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LeBron James’ wealth isn’t a systemic problem, though. Racism is.
When trying to understand the thing that many Black folks are protesting against, consider something Du Bois said (and I’m paraphrasing here): Black people had to wait about two hundred years before they were able to even begin to accumulate their own wealth, education, social standing — you name it. They’ve been socially handicapped since the day they were freed from bondage, and many feel (rightly so, in numerous ways) that A. not enough has been done to close that gap, and B. there are still a lot of people who would prefer that we maintain that distance.Comment
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Well, I did. As did a couple of others apparently.
At the very least there seems kind of a shruggy, “Eh, what are you gonna do?†sort of tone.
The riot and how people—white UK fans in this instance—think about it is the very reason we’re even having this conversation in the first place.
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Racism is a choice people make. You or I cannot change anything about anything that is systematic. You can give your wealth to them if you want but that's about it. To say people want maintain that gap is reach. I think most people are just busy trying to keep their own life from falling apart. Its easy to say something exist but let me ask you this. What have you done to promote white privilege? What are doing to nullify white privilege? Not saying you but many people stand on a soap box and scream white privilege because it makes them feel good. In truth many people who scream white privilege and those that so called want it to continue are probably living similar lives.Comment
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I disagree with this. I guess it's true if people accept your stance, but this is exactly why other people protest, and vote, and donate, and write, and on and on.
I'm not screaming about "white privilege." I think we can accept the fact (and it is a fact) that slavery severely handicapped Black people's social progress without buying every feature of the white privilege theory. But to your point, I've probably done plenty to promote it without even realizing it, and not enough to change it when I should've. It's something I think about a lot, actually. The belief that people only protest to make themselves feel good (virtue signaling, as Jload would put it) also needs to be checked. It's cynical, and it undermines good work that a lot of people do for genuine reasons.
But this idea that people don't want to maintain the gap is simply (and sadly) false. Exhibit A, from last week's "patriot" demonstration:
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Oh man, this is way wrong. You’ve never met someone who was racist and changed their views? I can’t believe that.
It surely doesn’t happen a lot but it absolutely does happen. Had some relatives who went from being pretty bad to ready to fight fools over racist remarks in just a few years. The reason was I suddenly had black cousins after my aunt married a black man.Comment
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So where did that come from? If you didn't see it yourself I wouldn't put too much on it. Even if it's true they have as much effect on issues as taking a knee. Employers need to hire blacks if they are qualified. Banks can give loans. Things that actually make difference. This country has made more effort than any country on earth to remedy the wrongs it has made. It's not perfect but it has been a gargantuan effort. If you are making a difference in someone's life that's great.Comment
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If you have to see everything with your own eyes before you're willing to believe it, then what do you believe?
Like it or not, objective truth still exists, and there are still a heck of a lot of people whose lives are dedicated to presenting those objective truths as accurately as possible.Comment
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I'm not screaming about "white privilege." I think we can accept the fact (and it is a fact) that slavery severely handicapped Black people's social progress without buying every feature of the white privilege theory. But to your point, I've probably done plenty to promote it without even realizing it, and not enough to change it when I should've. It's something I think about a lot, actually. The belief that people only protest to make themselves feel good (virtue signaling, as Jload would put it) also needs to be checked. It's cynical, and it undermines good work that a lot of people do for genuine reasons.
What kind of privilege is that Black is capitalized?Comment
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