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Re: OT: Ignorance about racism

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: OT: Ignorance about racism
Date 2014-05-04 22:28 -0700
Message-ID <CF8C6FA6.367F8%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References <CF8C4CA7.367D6%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <ghufa0.3a@rooftop.invalid> <CF8C5F37.367E7%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <eit03.a4@rooftop.invalid>

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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.


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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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