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JHan

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18. hippie shaming was a thing because it was based on values:

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:23 PM

Jul 2017

meaning hippies came to represent a set of values outside the norm at the time and treated with disdain. If you had cut your hair and wore a suit, people would have been none the wiser as to your philosophical leanings.

Racism is pernicious specifically because it ignores value systems, merit, ideology, and judges a person solely on their ethnic heritage.

Even in circumstances where whites were discriminated against by other whites, it was based on "ethnicity" , for example the Irish or the Sicilians or the Polish, but eventually these groups came to be seen as "white" as "anglo-saxons" . No such cover exists for black people unless you had african ancestry but could still "pass".

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This is the Best Explanation of Why White People Cant Recognize or Accept the Reality of Racism [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Jul 2017 #1

All humanity suffers from the effects of racism randr Jul 2017 #2

While I agree with some of what you say, this is wrong. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #8

yeah and once you took heaven05 Jul 2017 #17

hippie shaming was a thing because it was based on values: JHan Jul 2017 #18

i grew up integrated + i loved it. little white me. i always felt racism + sensed it, but now i pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #3

black people don't understand the biggest source/excuser of racism because certainot Jul 2017 #4

No. Invisible systemic zentrum Jul 2017 #5

no, there's a really idiotic situation where 1200 radio stations are used certainot Jul 2017 #6

i disagree, people who listen to that crap are already racist and listen to it because they agree JI7 Jul 2017 #7

Exactly. Rush or Sean or Trump appeal to people who Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #9

rw radio is a PSYOPS and the racists may be part of the primary target but certainot Jul 2017 #11

Not at all, for instance when a certain progressive radio host and a certain Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #13

there are a shitload of people getting it passively along with news traffic weather etc who certainot Jul 2017 #15

in most parts of the country there are no free easy alts for politics and news certainot Jul 2017 #10

I'd love to see some objective numbers which support your premise alone. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #12

what would you say happened in this country the last 30 years? certainot Jul 2017 #14

We had a black president. What we are seeing now is a backlash against the progress we made JI7 Jul 2017 #16

what fuels the backlash? certainot Jul 2017 #19

Talk radio appeals to them because it says what they want to believe JI7 Jul 2017 #20

so you're saying it's a 95% monopoly because that's what americans want? certainot Jul 2017 #21

Not all. Just the racists. JI7 Jul 2017 #22

racism isn't the only reason they listen certainot Jul 2017 #23

you think racism is genetic and environment doesn't matter then certainot Jul 2017 #24

Because being a racist is something that you either are or are not, obviously, with no in-between. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #28

Yes there is in between but when one supports trump its very clear JI7 Jul 2017 #30

You claim correlation between cause and effect as an absolute, and offer zero evidence. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #25

your sister's a whore, your brother a thief, and you're a traitor certainot Jul 2017 #27

Black people deal with bigotry throughout their lives. Even more so decades ago JI7 Jul 2017 #29

White people stopped supporting democrats before Reagan. They stopped after lbj signed civil rights JI7 Jul 2017 #31

there's a huge spectrum of degrees of racism based on life experience, education, certainot Jul 2017 #32

they aren't living in north korea. and right wingers in boston and philadelphia also spew the racist JI7 Jul 2017 #33

never mind, you either didn't read or won't believe that certainot Jul 2017 #34

Here's a test for those of us who are white- Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2017 #26