So, you are saying common sense behavior doesn’t apply to blacks because of racism. How many blacks were shot by cops last year who acted as I described - didn’t run, didn’t fight, presented all their papers, stayed buckled up in their seat, and didn’t do anything that is generally considered stupid? This is your shining moment to prove to a non-believer that racism is widespread among cops! Go ahead and bombard me with hundreds of links to cases where a complying black citizen with all their docs in order got hurt by a cop.
Trust me, I believe you when you say that you feel like you are attacked when Coca Cola posts something like that for their employees even if you are not an employee yourself. People who suffer from victim mentality see things that way. They think they are always under attack. They WANT you thinking like that, because then your political leaders can present themselves as the government who is there to help you. "..voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” - Goering 1945 Well...LOL..... they (84% of them) ARE saying that, so how can I lose credibility saying something that is factually correct, and even provided evidence for it. You watch a video and assume it invalidates everything else what happens. Man, you really ARE easily played, aren't you.
I am sure you understand its not just about getting shot or hurt, but how people are treated in general. I posted a link from PEW, showing even majority of whites agree they are treated better.
Well that's kind of an odd claim, out of curiosity I just simply googled white people need to pay reparations and you'd be amazed at the plethora of search results
Is it? this is my shining moment? to convince someone who refuses to believe that white privilege exists, that racism impacts non white people? yea, no one is changing anyone's mind. I'm not worried about what you believe. Sorry if you assumed my posts here were some attempt to change your mind.
Humans society is a bunch of groups and sub groups. My group is white. An attack on white people because they are white is an attack on me. Just as an attack on a black person is an attack on all black people. I should have to explain basic human nature to you but here we are. And if you think I'm alone on feeling like this, taking offense or getting angry and learning to hate those perpetuating attacks on white people...you are grossly ignorant to the subject. And don't get shocked as the attacks on white people end up with a more divided America. Keep going down this road. Watch where this goes.
That kind of group-think / race based tribalism is not only a primitive way of thinking, but also totally irrational given the fact that are complaining about your race being under attack when Coca Cola sends an email to their employees. Seriously? Both of my parents are Nordic white and I don't give a rats ass what some corporation sends to their employees. No, you are together with your "angry / hateful white tribe" folk, but fortunately most people don't let themselves be played to that extent. Your trialist mindset mandates division. You are already digging the trenches because you have been told you are under attack. "voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” - Hermann Goering
You know you can’t prove it. Systemic Racism must be taken on faith, without questioning it or asking for hard proof. Just like a religion.
The only poster in that exchange to mention anything about chains of a group of people is yours. In reference to slavery. You and you alone. You have no problem putting blacks back in chains. You want to enslave them again.
Trenches were dug the moment white people were openly being attacked for being white. All that's left now is to watch how many people get in the trench. Doesn't matter if you don't get offended. You do not encompass everyone. And if you think your thinking is the majority...I got some magic beans to sell you. As this continues, so will the division and hate. Warm up to it. OR perhaps...get on the side that says "maybe it would be for the best if you guys knocked it off with all this ******** on white people, crap"?
A cop needs probable cause to pull one over. A black person driving to nice a car is not probably cause.
As are most whites turned off by the victim mentality of threads like this. Thinking whites are attacked. Force to apologize. Are being persecuted. Poor white victims. I am white and have not been asked or required to do any of the above. But you said you were pulled over by a cop, I asked if it was because you are white. You never answered. So you've not been targeted, attacked, or forced to apologize. Yet you still feel like a victim? How?
I was targeted and attacked by a black man with a bottle. The bottle didn't hit me, so I was not a victim.
You explained you are offended because of tribalism (an attack on a white person is an attack on you aka "us vs them"). You also gave examples of these "attacks", like an email sent by Coca Cola to their employees, whicih has nothing to do with you. Majority of people are not that easily offended. That mindset is pretty messed up to be honest with you. Even the Bible talks about how foolish it is to be easily offended, They are whipping it up in you, and you are fertile ground for the hate.
Even if you get pulled over by mistake, doesn’t mean you can be mean to the cop, or act in a threatening manner.
Some people are offended by ANYTHING, and you just proved by using a corporate email as an example. It offended you even though you dont even work for that company. I said most people are not as easily offended.
Then what are you doing on the Internet forum? Do you want a discussion with facts, or do you want an echo chamber? You believe systemic racism exist. If you won’t want systemic racism and the white privilege thing to be treated as facts, then you must enumerate and quantify the problem. So far you are acting like a member of a cult that believes in their own “truth”, regardless whether their “truth” is aligned with reality. If you ask a religious Christian or a Muslim to prove god exists you’ll see them come up with similar bovine excrement like the one you are trying to smear here.
Oh I posted that originally to prove to you your idea of "propaganda" (meaning lies) was bullshit. These are real things that are happening. There is no "propaganda". It's real. It's racism. And yes...more people than myself are smart enough to notice it and be offended by it. I just haven't decided if it's more offensive to see coca cola promote racism against the race I belong to, or if people like you who elect to not notice it because it hasn't landed on your doorstep yet. The ignorance you are displaying is remarkable but not unexpected.
There is nothing smart about being hyper-sensitive to things you see in the internet. There is also nothing smart about being easily offended. On top of all, the screen shot was not even a part of their diversity training. Who knows what is was, but obviously someone is using it so rile up the people who bought into all this race baiting.
What you think this dumb ass "blame straight white men for everything" idea hasn't spread pretty much everywhere in the western world? It's in our pop culture. Our news. Our schools. If you can believe that the ****ing ok symbol ..which is used by everyone to say "ok". Can be used unironically by racists...so everyone shouldn't use the ok symbol. But then seeing all these major news networks, schools, media, businesses unironically blame white people and are actively racist against them creating policies that do harm....you can't make that connection? I know you can you've commented about threads regarding the stupid okay hand gesture like it's a big f****** deal. But here's the thing, okay hand gesture isn't even remotely as damaging as this blame everything on white people mantra that society is adopted. Because who gives a f*** if one racist makes a hand gesture to communicate to another racist who gives a s*** I don't f****** care they're going to communicate regardless but when you start adopting policies that negatively impact white people because everywhere else is adopting policies so they think "hey you know what this is okay this is the way to go!" and you don't have a problem with that? I'd say that spells more about your hypocrisy and a strong lack of sincerity on your part