The system

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Originally Posted by Sawin

I believe it?s as simple as acknowledging that every person of every race tends to prefer to build relationships with people that act, believe, behave, and perhaps even look, like them.... since there are more white people, many minorities may literally perceive their influence and importance is lessened because there aren?t as many of them. The results and effects of that vary widely based on culture, education, religion, economics, etc... so we see ?tribalism? develop in many forms.

We have plenty of ?tribes? in the gun community too...

That?s it in a nutshell as far as I can tell.

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I always found this interesting.

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/15...ed-Themselves/

I always thought saying a system, organization whatever is racist is just an easy way to cover your ass. You don?t have to prove it, it just sounds good to say, it?s Lazy and everyone is guilty.
Kids in the school I once worked in used to say ?This schools is racist!? Then I would ask them ?Is the school racist on the weekend or during vacation when nobody is here? It is an empty building, is it still racist??
Stumped them every time.

I'm just going to drop this right here, it's a minority gentleman's view of "the system" and other topics.

**WARNING** Language and other potentially offensive comments within.

https://youtu.be/o5nwTkrp57Y

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Originally Posted by buffalobo

Seems the system would benefit the current complainants. Where do they get it is racist.

I personally experienced losing out on a very good job due to quota hiring.

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And this is what's hard for me to understand. As long as we have check boxes or pie charts showing what amount of what race there is in a group, it'll be impossible to get rid of racism. We literally REQUIRE racism on a daily basis as part of affirmative action.

But I was told this week that "ignoring color" is actually racist. Here this entire time I was under the impression that considering someone's color when making decisions was what was racist. Now not considering it is...

I'm so confused. But that's because I'm white and that makes me a racist bad person...wait, isn't labeling someone bad simply because of their skin color, racist? Nevermind...

The system isn’t racist. The system is systemic. If the population magically flipped overnight, whites would be burning down, tagging, and rioting over the same shit.

If you don’t design points of flexibility into rigid systems, they will design themselves.

"If the population magically flipped overnight, whites would be burning down, tagging, and rioting over the same shit. " And what "shit" is this? Marxism? There are whites burning down, tagging and rioting.

Anyway, there is systematic racism and institutional racism implemented, against whites in education, government etc. Affirmative action and all it's manifestations, diversity, multiculturalism etc.

Yes. Affirmative action is racist. I never claimed otherwise.

Who has built and is promoting a "system" that identifies people based on the color of their skin and not by the quality of their character?

Democrats. Identity politics is their bread & butter. They must continue to divide and label people based on these attributes. Qualities that the individuals had no control over, which makes them 'victims'.

Having lived during 'affirmative action', I'd like to know how my 'white privilege' is assumed when it was held against me by government mandates and quotas. I've experienced discrimination based on the color of my skin.

Everyone is different. Everyone's life experiences are different. Don't assume anything other than the people you encounter are fighting their own battles that you know nothing about.

We'd be much better off if government forms and applications were assumed to be completed by a human. If biological sex is important, for things like medical forms, then have that as an option. Hire the best qualified candidate, not the individual that meets an arbitrary quota pulled from some politician's lower abdomen. If a job has physical requirements, there shouldn't be separate requirements based on biological sex. Anyone that can meet the criteria, regardless of biology, then they're qualified.

Y'all haven't figured it out yet?

The system is broken.
The system is rigged.

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Originally Posted by Irving

If you think that a bunch of white people are going to be able to figure out how the experiences of non-white people shape their perceptions, without the input of non-white people, prepare for disappointment.

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That's one of the left's "big lies" ... this notion that understanding other people's experience requires you to have the same skin color is just foolishness. "Racial knowledge" is racism.

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Originally Posted by Gman

Having lived during 'affirmative action', I'd like to know how my 'white privilege' is assumed when it was held against me by government mandates and quotas. I've experienced discrimination based on the color of my skin.

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"White Privilege" is a lie designed to justify racism against a scapegoat group ... the only difference between now and 30s Germany is that the scapegoaters are scapegoating the majority instead of a minority.

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"
- Voltaire

Nobody is prevented from criticizing the white man.

The concept of systemic racism is grounded in the victim mentality promulgated by the media and US educational systems. It is much easier to say"I failed because of racism, the whole world is holding me back because of the color of my skin" than to confess " I failed to make the most of the opportunities that were available to me, and I failed because of the decisions I made". Everyone has inherent biases, and many fail to recognize them. I'm not colorblind, but I at least recognize my personal biases, and am somewhat successful in getting past them to see people AS people. I don't have black friends, or white friends, or asian friends, or hispanic friends. My friends are simply friends. I recognize and accept that there are cultural differences, but really, who wants to be surrounded by people that all look, act, and think exactly like themselves?