"The monolith attaches it to melanin without justification, except the gangstas purposefully create the association, a curse upon the majority of black people."
Yeah, this is the problem. The fact that this grouping is attached to melanin. White people as a group aren't associated with hillbillies or the Amish or (by sane people) the KKK.…
"The monolith attaches it to melanin without justification, except the gangstas purposefully create the association, a curse upon the majority of black people."
Yeah, this is the problem. The fact that this grouping is attached to melanin. White people as a group aren't associated with hillbillies or the Amish or (by sane people) the KKK. As I pointed out in a recent article, the percentage of black Americans who commit homicides, for example, is an infinitesimal fraction of the whole (0.008%). Yet many people hold this prejudice of "black criminality" because they just think of "black people".
If people were as discerning about racial characteristics as you suggest, considering nose shape, cheekbones, epicanthic fold, etc. when lumping people together, racism would be a far smaller issue than it is. But how often do you hear people differentiate between black people from Nigeria and black people from Ethiopia and black people from Jamaica in news reports or just in general? You can tell the difference between these groups quite easily by the characteristics you listed, but they're all just "black" in most people's minds.
This is the fallacy of the concept of race. For most people, it's just "everybody with the same skin colour is the same." Which is ridiculous whether you're talking about black people or white people or any other shade.
Yep, absolutely. So stupid. Of course, the idea that black peoples are one homogeneous lump is the one thing the racists on the left and the right agree on.
"The monolith attaches it to melanin without justification, except the gangstas purposefully create the association, a curse upon the majority of black people."
Yeah, this is the problem. The fact that this grouping is attached to melanin. White people as a group aren't associated with hillbillies or the Amish or (by sane people) the KKK. As I pointed out in a recent article, the percentage of black Americans who commit homicides, for example, is an infinitesimal fraction of the whole (0.008%). Yet many people hold this prejudice of "black criminality" because they just think of "black people".
If people were as discerning about racial characteristics as you suggest, considering nose shape, cheekbones, epicanthic fold, etc. when lumping people together, racism would be a far smaller issue than it is. But how often do you hear people differentiate between black people from Nigeria and black people from Ethiopia and black people from Jamaica in news reports or just in general? You can tell the difference between these groups quite easily by the characteristics you listed, but they're all just "black" in most people's minds.
This is the fallacy of the concept of race. For most people, it's just "everybody with the same skin colour is the same." Which is ridiculous whether you're talking about black people or white people or any other shade.
Which is why the MSM reification of race via the capitalization of Black is particularly gross.
Yep, absolutely. So stupid. Of course, the idea that black peoples are one homogeneous lump is the one thing the racists on the left and the right agree on.