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Was Trump's Slur Racist? Depends On The Definition Of Racism
Forbes ^ | 07/19/2019 | Chris Ladd

Posted on 07/19/2019 7:46:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

What baloney:

“Were Trump’s “s***hole” comments racist? Yes. By confining his “s***hole” definition to “black” places, his comments reflected the belief that these places are bad because of the fundamental racial qualities of the people who live there.”


21 posted on 07/19/2019 8:28:32 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SeekAndFind

Averages are not the same as the very top tier.


22 posted on 07/19/2019 8:29:28 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SeekAndFind
The author defines racism as the belief that race determines certain individual qualities and then several paragraphs later he generalizes about the "white" race.

By his own definition, he is a racist.

23 posted on 07/19/2019 8:32:08 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: 9YearLurker
What baloney:

“Were Trump’s “s***hole” comments racist? Yes. By confining his “s***hole” definition to “black” places, his comments reflected the belief that these places are bad because of the fundamental racial qualities of the people who live there.”

Baloney or just utterly stupid.

24 posted on 07/19/2019 8:34:00 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SeekAndFind

Racism is any republican within sight of a democrat


25 posted on 07/19/2019 8:44:26 AM PDT by McGavin999 (injustice Roberts repeatedly making a mockery of the rule of law)
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To: SeekAndFind
Black culture creates inferior cities and neighborhoods - often areas too dangerous for people of ALL other ethnic groups living in the United States to even drive through. These violent neighborhoods are most dangerous for honest decent black citizens. Why does this happen? Because black culture with the help of white liberal elites, protects the black criminal class...

White liberal 'elites' encourage this dysfunction because it keeps their black base desperate and dependent. (Black citizens are NOT inferior but black culture ginned up by white liberal elites IS inferior.)

IF YOU NOTICE THE ABOVE YOU ARE CALLED A RACIST.

If you object to people breaking into our country, you're a racist.

If you disagree with a 'person of color' you're a racist...

If you believe that a ban on terrorist countries ( countries that together represent less than 8% of the world's Muslims) is a 'Muslim ban', you're a racist.

If you object to people in congress expressing hated for YOUR country, you're a racist.

If you notice the white liberal 'elites' in DC are much more like white trash - you're a racist...

26 posted on 07/19/2019 8:54:17 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: SeekAndFind

That would depend on the black neighborhood and the Chinatown, I suppose.

You’re talking about making inferences and generalizations, which is how the human mind works. That, in itself, is not destructive or invidious or racist.


27 posted on 07/19/2019 8:55:44 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-)
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To: SeekAndFind
Racism is the belief that people of a particular race determines learn and pass down certain individual human qualities, and those qualities render some races inherently more or less superior productive to others.

How's this?

-PJ

28 posted on 07/19/2019 8:59:03 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I like your changes. It makes Martin Luther King’s dictum that CONTENT OF CHARACTER is the key and not skin color more enlightening.


29 posted on 07/19/2019 9:01:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: FreeReign

Venezuela is a shithole Country and it isn’t in Africa.

Most of the Population is mixed Raced Caucasian, while 20% is simply Caucasian.


30 posted on 07/19/2019 9:06:58 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Socialism is a gateway Ideology.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Racist (n)
1. A white person
2. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal
3. Anyone who disagrees with a member of a protected minority group

Racist (adj)
1. An argument a liberal cannot counter (e.g., "That's a racist argument.")
2. Any fact which is counter to the liberal narrative (e.g., "That's a racist fact.")

31 posted on 07/19/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not talking about countries. I’m talking about Jews, wherever they may live. And, specifically, the “great” mathematicians of the world. e.g. Einstein, among others.


32 posted on 07/19/2019 9:14:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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Racism is _not_ wanting your nation to be populated with citizens of your own nation.

There is no requirement to accept foreigners into your nation, especially because of what race they are.


33 posted on 07/19/2019 9:26:07 AM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; USAgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, he’s right. There are turd world sh!thole countries. However, countries are comprised of many races. So, no that wasn’t racist.

The tweet wasn’t racist, either. If he directly named a blonde Swede in the “go home” tweet, this would never have made the headlines. He didn’t mention race. He also didn’t mention, gender, religion, sexual orientation or actual names. That mean girls click assumed it was all about them. But, hey, at least one should legally be sent back home.

Now Republican Trump would have been racist saying, “I mean, you’ve got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a story-book, man.” OTOH, if that was said by anyone but a Republican, it isn’t racist.


34 posted on 07/19/2019 9:58:04 AM PDT by bgill
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RE: I’m not talking about countries. I’m talking about Jews, wherever they may live.

Well, where do you find most Jews? Aren’t they in Israel?

Or maybe it can be said that ON AVERAGE ( since the chart talks about averages ), Jews aren’t really that mathematically superior. Perhaps the UPPER TIER of the Jews tend to be more mathematically superior than the average of ANY race ( e.g. Einstein ).


35 posted on 07/19/2019 10:06:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

A few sensible points mixed in with a pile of poisonous junk.


36 posted on 07/19/2019 10:10:23 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

RE: A few sensible points mixed in with a pile of poisonous junk.

Can you show us where the poisonous junk are?


37 posted on 07/19/2019 10:13:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

Perhaps the UPPER TIER of the Jews tend to be more mathematically superior than the average of ANY race ( e.g. Einstein ).


Yes. It’s along those lines. This is something Jordan Peterson discusses regarding skills, prison population breakdown, etc. It’s why most pro basketball players are Black even though they are a minority of the population, and most “great” mathematicians are Jewish.

But really, my point is that the races are definitely different. That means that each one brings different strengths and weaknesses to the table - generally speaking. And the article seems to say that if you acknowledge that fact you are, by definition, racist.

Looking at it that way, I don’t see racist as a bad thing. It’s only when you choose a mathematician or basketball player solely because of their race that it gets kinda stupid. I’ve known black guys that can’t play basketball.


38 posted on 07/19/2019 11:05:14 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If the author is white, Mr. BROWN is a racist.

If he is a person of color, he is a sellout.

If he is a regular guy, he is a privileged, heteronormative bigot.

Sorry, I have to discard his words, forever.

J/k


39 posted on 07/19/2019 11:45:41 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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