dredd i knight wrote:[quote="Android Bishop
You can call it whatever you want, but it isn't horseshit until you prove it otherwise. You have NOT addressed the core of the arguments AT ALL,
and issues such as when discrimination is coming from white people in positions of power and authourity are something you seem to keep sidestepping.
there is an argument that places racism in the hands of institutions and power, which are all overwhelmingly white.
i've tried to show how there is the micro kind of predjudice, which everyone has, and then the macro institutionalised racism which is overwhelmingly coming from white culture. this is the type which aa is trying to balance, and it has a place in a society that doesnt even see its own bullshit prejudices.
plus how often is a minority subject to resentment, for having a job which "a white person should have got" whether or not that is the reality. like i said before it cuts both ways, and to ignore these situations is to prove your own prejudice.
I have to say I've met just as many black bigots as I have white ones. You argue as if blacks are not racist and only all the other races are racist. Thats bull crap and playing race card. And the dreadlock job thing c'mon. If a person of any race had long heavy metal hair and was applying for a job that asked for a clean cut looking individual they would get turned down just as quick as you with dreadlocks.
@chang i never said that black people couldn't be racist and it was "everyone else." i dont know what a race card is. i said that black racism comes from a position of defence. i think the same for all minorities actually. my british jamaican heritage can back this up a hundred times over. the west indians which came to england loved the idea of the "colonial motherland", they came here to work, with no idea that their race would cause such outrage amongst white britons. they got abuse from white people, and became more insular and agressive to white eople as a result.
and dreadlocks are a respectable hairstyle; there's not one job a person with clean, presentable dreads could not do, and having them should not reflect on their worthiness for said job. they can be neat and tidy. i dont know what you mean by heavy metal hair, and what does it have to do with mine? i think your answer shows EXACTLY WHY AA IS NECESSARY. your preconceptions and swiftness to compare me with someone folowing a fashion are ridiculous. dreads are a natural hairstyle for afro hair; and mine are damned smart. you are playing the reverse race card.[/quote]
I think I know what you are saying but just incase could you clarify the position of defense cause that sounds like something I can't agree with, I mean the definition of racism is judging someone based on their race if one defends themself by hating others based on their race then that's no defense thats racism for instance the american slaves would never have gotten freedom without thier non-racist white brothers and sisters so broadstroking white people makes no sense since all of them are not racist but I think that is not what you are saying based on some things you said earlier i just wanted to put that out there
they don't understand that it was only the begining of many beginnings we have a long way to go. There is a saying that you can only judge where we're at by looking at the lowest common denominator of society, if prison life is anything to go by then we have quite a ways to go.
