False, black people can be racist but inost cases they/we choose not to.Black people can't be racist, the way society is set up. Racism is a system n the perpetrator has to have power.
Is he confusing racism with positive discrimination/supporting our own first?
Cuz the choice isn't legally enforceable....False, black people can be racist but inost cases they/we choose not to.
We had this same debate on the Blackboard.Cuz the choice isn't legally enforceable....
The only way for a black person in america to be racist is to be responsible for the well being of white people and to purposefully deny them the same resources as black folk soley for the reason that they feel they are interior.
Even black people in power cannot do this with out facing a discrimination lawsuit.
People gotta stop confusing prejudice,, preference, and discrimination with actual racism....
RACISM is a very specific thing.
Banner and Cain, y'all both calling the wrong shit racism.
Word. I believe in black nationalism.Like I still think desegregation was a mistake.
Black folk studying staying with black folk, might have meant limited resources for a few decades, but I feel together our progress would have been stronger....
That's essentially what banner and a lot of other folk calling for.... Black folk to be make more combined efforts......
But again....
That ain't racism
This is racism.
I'm a boss. I pay my black workers 15% more than every other race, because I believe black employees are more valuable.
I give my black employees the benefit of the doubt, for shit I'd fire other races for.
In fact, I rarely even hire outside of black folk to begin with.... But the only reason I do is bcuz if for any reason I gotta make cuts.... It ain't gonna be the black folk.
That's a black racist.
prejudicial treatment is a factor of racism.....No. This is discrimination.
dis·crim·i·na·tion
dəˌskriməˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1.
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
prejudicial treatment is a factor of racism.....
and if you look at my words i said because i feel that are more valuable.....
value, as in superior value. If i believe that black people by design are more effective at the work I want than other races.....with no proof other than my personal prejudices.....and i use that opinion to provide opportunities for those people...that makes me a racist...
rac·ism
ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
- prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
"a program to combat racism"
synonyms: racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, casteism
"Aborigines are the main victims of racism in Australia"
- the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Power and authority are key to racism in America.Yeah but you can be racist and not have any power or authority to act on that racism, which would be discrimination. Racism is a thought or belief of superiority.