Fixed.
Fair point. Autocorrect makes for some interesting statements.
So long, Folks
Right, but that’s another complicated issue.
I’ve pondered this many times.
If a person loses their job because they’re racist, theyre going to get even angrier and more racist.
So what’s the solution?
Racism needs to end, but how do we get rid of it?
How do we convince people that its only detrimental, not logical, and helps no one?
People get so set in their ways, words no longer work.
I wish I had the answer, if I’m completely honest.
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Lol Racist Fire.
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YOU CANT STOP ME.
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Racism which succeeds often is brought on by systemic racism. That is, racism that is rooted in a group of people in which this racism is trusted in its’ proprogation. You can only stop it by putting a stop to the entirety of that system.
Like during Covid, the entire system stopped. and thus, society brought up those issues on mass. Did it succeed? I don’t know. Time will tell.
Systemic racism is like a Unionization of devotees to a paradigm. I can’t say whether or not ‘indifference’ plays a part in society because sometimes in order for others to succeed, indifference must play a part. Can’t make an ommeltte without breaking eggs.
That said, inclusiveness is a problem in itself.
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Yeah, I’m not trying to be a smartass either. Was looking if there was a better solution. If job was important to that person, that person may realize that it’s better not to act that way. Same thing with crime and losing your freedom/earnings. Of course there are people who will resist and keep doing the wrong thing.
What do you think about it being ‘ok’ for let’s say black people to say racist terms to other black people or minorities? Supposedly they are not being racist and not in that context, but the words are still out there being used, getting the publicity as to say. Should that be ok?
Dont confuse nigga with the hard R.
But if you’re not talking about that, that whole thing black people cant be racist is bullshit.
Any race can be racist.
But if you are talking about nigga, people dont understand that is simply the ghetto version of dude.
Youd have to grow up or live around ghetto areas to see that.
That’s why you see non white ghetto people say nigga so often too.
It’s a ghetto thing at this point.
Theres some disagreements on that, but that’s literally how it is.
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Again, being black or african or what have you of being dark skinned has tramednous systemic problems and issues relating directly to the country of the origin and the history of that culture.
Can’t say if modern culture can save itself from those problems because poverty has alot to do with the conditions of the land. Its impossible to be a farmer if you’re living in the desert and impossible to build homes on less sturdy ground that is turbulent with quakes.
But sometimes loaning to those countries make it possible to build a future. But then systemically, that means that country needs to borrow from other countries.
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Edgy Senate & Racist Fire. Dear lord what have we done.
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There is a systemic root to that as i had just posted.
Where demographics would suggest that is racist, the black people might only think there is a issue that is not solved. and thus leads into the problems of their home country.
So if let’s say a white guy grew up in a ghetto it would be ok for him to say nigga there? I do mean there only, because other people will not know his background and will not understand that it may be ok for him to say it.
Systemic. People elsewhere might find it outrageuous where as where they are saying it, could be common place because of the systemic anger, hatred, social economic status.
I think its true to say Racism is different everywhere much like hatred is different everywhere. In someplaces hatred could be a nationalistic pride ingrained in their homecountry in order to keep their country stable economically.
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That kinda works as an argument for Africa, but what about Latin America, Asia?
Latin America is rooted etimologically in the mirgation of the indo european countries …believe it or not. I kind of did a trip down that rabbit hole.
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I have actually heard of this, and seen it like once.
That is completely up to the people they hang out with.
It’s not that often as far as I know, but i have seen cases where there has been some white people who grew up in ghetto areas, and say nigga.
So that’s just a rare variable.
But it does exist. However, some of them know not to say it around all black people as some might not know and get pissed off and consider him a wigga.
But it’s like everything in life. Nothing is simple.
Theres many variables, exceptions, ect.
My personal take is that its wild to see, but makes sense since they grew up ghetto.
But its extremely rare like I said.
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Some people who exist in that scenerio could be brought up with the knowledge that slavery was a part of their condition for success. I wouldn’t be surpirsed if some of them departed from that and changed their family names.
Like some white folks who were named “Cotton, now called Katten” associated with the cotton trade.
That’s fair. Africa and Latin America to an extent were taken advantage of my while folk sailing/exploring. You kinda have similar thing with British control in India.
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My point is that the words are very similar sounding and if one persists it kinda makes it hard for the other one to go away.
We had a conversation that pertains to this about 1.5-2 years ago. About a decade ago I received an extremely dangerous traumatic brain injury (TBI or severe concussion). My amygdala and prefrontal cortex were among the most damaged from this (however at the time all of my brain was affected due to the swelling).
The result of this is two separate cognitive changes in memory and emotion.
For memory my short term was permanently damaged, and I still struggle with short term recall to this day. However to compensate my long term memory has become nearly photographic.
For my emotions, I lost the ability to feel all that much. To the point where if I want to, I can turn off all emotions and I will feel nothing until I want to again. And whatever I do feel when I want to is extremely fleeting & surface level. It takes a lot for me to have any significant emotional response, and even then I am still in complete control. Interestingly enough I do have a conscience (albeit only logic driven) and a moral code as I developed that before the brain injury.
The closest thing I could compare it to would be a combination Secondary and Pro-social Psychopathy. The word psychopathy really isn’t accurate as I still can feel somewhat if I try, but is the most fitting. Secondary means I acquired it and was not born like this, and Pro-social means that I’m not committing crimes or anything, but use the fact that I can be entirely logic driven to further my position in life. Again, not entirely accurate, but a close comparison.
The advanced fields of emergency/urgent medicine, especially surgeons, have insanely higher rates of pro-social psychopaths because the gore and possibility of losing a patient just does not affect them.
In short, I completely understand what you’re saying about how being emotionally driven causes problems. And for me completely removing that is as easy as flipping a switch.
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