Posted on 05/31/2018 5:16:18 AM PDT by Kevin in California
I see it as an entry point to a real conversation instead of the usual hysterical accusations, finger pointing, virtue signaling, claims of victim hood status, etc.
I wont deny for a second there is an ugly history in America and everywhere else in the world wrt racism. It happened. Its true. The official kind is long in the past and its debatable how common it is today in society. The big question: whats the best way to get past it?
Should we self segregate, claim victimhood status, claim anybody who doesnt agree with our politics must be racist, act like government is always the only solution to our problems, have quotas, nurse historical grievances from before most Americans today were born
OR
Treat each person like an individual to be judged solely on his/her own merits?
Which approach is more fair to each person and more likely to lead to the outcome everybody claims they want?
You seem to misss the point.
The We, the black community, is a political construct to put forward the vision of homogenity that does not and never has existed. There is no existence allowed outside the homogeneous concept because if allowed, the concept would be shown to be invalid.
The whole Black Lives Matter concept is to allow black criminals to be above the criminal justice imposed by the American Society. Those insisting that Black Live Matter are in fact demanding the right to escape punishment for crimes. Similarly the black atheletes will not stand for the National Anthem
All those have ceased to be Americans
This post is not racist but rather a cultural/political analysis
I just think the whole race hustling poverty pimping grievance group approach is terrible and will not lead to a good outcome for people in the long run. Weve been doing it that way for two generations now. Thats the Liberal Democrat approach. It goes far beyond BLM.
The other approach is to treat people like individuals. We can take into account if somebody is from a broken home or poor circumstances. But we need not automatically ASSUME somebody needs extra help or set asides just because they happen to be from this or that ethnic group.
Of course that would require looking at each persons circumstances rather than engaging in race hustling so naturally the industry that has grown up to profit from that and Democrats who want to keep the Plantation system going to harvest votes will oppose it.
Nice... Time for minorities to speak out against liberalism. I think you are seeing a change in politics...
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