😂 Yeah, though I love the imagery, we see this differently. Racist expression is already highly stigmatised. I agree that that's progress. But I still don't buy that racism is inborn. Bias (which I think *is* inborn) is different to bigotry. And if you really think about the roots of hatred…
😂 Yeah, though I love the imagery, we see this differently. Racist expression is already highly stigmatised. I agree that that's progress. But I still don't buy that racism is inborn. Bias (which I think *is* inborn) is different to bigotry. And if you really think about the roots of hatred of the other, you find yourself thinking about things like scarcity of resources and greed and simple fear of the unfamiliar.
I'm not even close to pretending that there are simple solutions. But I do think there are solutions.
There are mitigations. We have to keep making progress. Yes the worst expressionsare stigmatized but when as Republican talks about "quotas" and "porous borders" the meaning comes through loud and clear to those listening for it.
And we are a long, long way from a real solution. I don't need to remind you what the outcome would have been if Rittenhouse had been black.
"I don't need to remind you what the outcome would have been if Rittenhouse had been black"
I'm really leery of this argument. Nobody knows what would have happened if Rittenhouse were black. Do I think he would have been treated differently? For sure. I think, just for starters, that it's very unlikely the police would have let him leave the scene with the rifle still slung over his chest. But do I think he'd have been killed? No, not really. Not if he'd made it clear that he was surrendering as Rittenhouse did. I also think Huber and Grosskreutz would likely have acted differently if he were black.
People talk as if black men (even armed black men) are never taken into custody alive. This is very, very clearly untrue. The legal system doesn't treat black people equally. Nobody with even a passing knowledge of the legal system would deny this. But the disparities aren't *so* great that we can talk about hypotheticals with such certainty.
And as for Republicans and their border policies, again, there's no denying that conservatives are more anti-immigration than liberals (though not by nearly as much as most liberals believe - https://perceptiongap.us). But, for example, Biden just reinstated Trump's "Stay In Mexico" immigration policy. A policy that Biden criticised when Trump was in power. The lines aren't as clear cut as you think.
"A racist rally should draw the Soylent trucks"
😂 Yeah, though I love the imagery, we see this differently. Racist expression is already highly stigmatised. I agree that that's progress. But I still don't buy that racism is inborn. Bias (which I think *is* inborn) is different to bigotry. And if you really think about the roots of hatred of the other, you find yourself thinking about things like scarcity of resources and greed and simple fear of the unfamiliar.
I'm not even close to pretending that there are simple solutions. But I do think there are solutions.
There are mitigations. We have to keep making progress. Yes the worst expressionsare stigmatized but when as Republican talks about "quotas" and "porous borders" the meaning comes through loud and clear to those listening for it.
And we are a long, long way from a real solution. I don't need to remind you what the outcome would have been if Rittenhouse had been black.
"I don't need to remind you what the outcome would have been if Rittenhouse had been black"
I'm really leery of this argument. Nobody knows what would have happened if Rittenhouse were black. Do I think he would have been treated differently? For sure. I think, just for starters, that it's very unlikely the police would have let him leave the scene with the rifle still slung over his chest. But do I think he'd have been killed? No, not really. Not if he'd made it clear that he was surrendering as Rittenhouse did. I also think Huber and Grosskreutz would likely have acted differently if he were black.
People talk as if black men (even armed black men) are never taken into custody alive. This is very, very clearly untrue. The legal system doesn't treat black people equally. Nobody with even a passing knowledge of the legal system would deny this. But the disparities aren't *so* great that we can talk about hypotheticals with such certainty.
And as for Republicans and their border policies, again, there's no denying that conservatives are more anti-immigration than liberals (though not by nearly as much as most liberals believe - https://perceptiongap.us). But, for example, Biden just reinstated Trump's "Stay In Mexico" immigration policy. A policy that Biden criticised when Trump was in power. The lines aren't as clear cut as you think.