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Re: OT: Ignorance about racism

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Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 5/4/14, 9:53 PM, in article eit03.a4@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 5/4/14, 8:24 PM, in article ghufa0.3a@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>> <http://wp.me/p3wtJm-1nU> [Political Blind Spot]
>>>>>    -----
>>>>>    Study Finds White Americans Believe They Experience More Racism
>>>>>    Than African Americans
>>>>> 
>>>>>    There's a saying that "the new racism is to deny that racism
>>>>>    exists." If that is the case, it may explain a study conducted by
>>>>>    researchers from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences
>>>>>    and Harvard Business School. Their findings claim that
>>>>>    self-described white Americans believe they have "replaced blacks"
>>>>>    as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary
>>>>>    America.
>>>>>    ...
>>>>>    An astounding 11% of Caucasian respondents assigned the maximum
>>>>>    rating of 10 to the seriousness of anti-white discrimination.
>>>>>    Compare that with only 2% who reported the same of anti-black
>>>>>    racism. Caucasians, the study found, often believe that racial
>>>>>    equality is "a zero sum game," where one group gains at the
>>>>>    expense of others.
>>>>>    -----
>>>>> 
>>>>> Makes me think of the fools in COLA who think they know what it is like to
>>>>> have their rights denied to them because, oh no!, some people find it hard
>>>>> to pronounce their names! Or those who just want to sweep the facts of
>>>>> racism under the rug. I mean, really... just stupidity.
>>>> 
>>>> Blacks are the most racist of all races.
>>> 
>>> Even if true, in the U.S. they clearly do not have the power to do much
>>> about it. And, of course, it is a completely unsupported claim.
>>> 
>> 
>> They have shown that they have the power to completely ruin society.
> 
> Baseless accusation.
> 

I wouldn't expect someone stuck to a chair to have any experience with
what's happening in society, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
 

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OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-04 19:59 -0700
  Re: OT: Ignorance about racism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-05 03:24 +0000
    Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-04 21:18 -0700
      Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-04 21:29 -0700
      Re: OT: Ignorance about racism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-05 04:53 +0000
        Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-04 22:28 -0700
          Re: OT: Ignorance about racism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-05 05:33 +0000
            Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-04 22:39 -0700
              Re: OT: Ignorance about racism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-05 05:48 +0000
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-04 22:50 -0700
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-05 06:00 +0000
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-05 08:30 -0700
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 16:48 -0700
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 13:51 -0700
                Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 11:26 -0700
            Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 11:30 -0700
      Re: OT: Ignorance about racism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 10:45 -0700

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