I was flabbergasted to see this recent survey that has white americans feel that they suffer more from racism towards them than blacks. Do you agree with this? Very curious to me. My father in law had mentioned this survey when I saw him over the holidays, and I guffawed thinking it was preposterous. But when I read so many of the posts here at PF, all of a sudden it makes sense. Interested to hear what PF posters think about this. here is hte article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390205/Whites-suffer-racism-blacks-Study-shows-white-people-believe-discriminated-against.html
We defiantly suffer more racism than those of blacks. They get preferential treatment for jobs, universities and politics. When they murder our police, we do nothing.
Yes, of course they do silly. Whites ARE not a protected class of people. There are no White scholarships. There are loads for Hispanics, Native Americans---but not a single one for Whites. All Affirmative Action and government welfare programs are anti-White. Blacks are ordered to be promoted over Whites in the US Army. Obama has demanded that Blacks not be punished by the virtue of their ethnic features. I could go on and on.
Interesting. I think it's a combination of different aspects. When it comes to "institutionalized racism", which the SJWs always go on about, then yeah it's actually the whites who suffer more racism, by far. When it comes to prejudice, both light ("light" as in a quick judgement of someone passing by) and severe ("severe" as in the vitriolic racist insults), blacks suffer more racism. So I think it's really a matter of which one you look at. Myself, my phenotype is white, and I don't experience much racism (though its bad in a college environment, with the bs attempts of some to say essentially that I don't get to speak on such and such a matter because I'm white), but I think there's some pretty significant institutional racism I've experienced. Literally a majority of the scholarships offered by my academic institution I was declared ineligible, because I'm a straight white male - I would have been eligible for more if I was anything else.
I can't for the life of me believe that this is even a question. Whites suffer more than Blacks? What?...................No!! Just ask yourself this question: Would you rather be a Black person in America or a White person? Be honest. Then answer the poll honestly. It's hard to take the poll seriously when it is ridiculously neck in neck .
One merely needs to look at the 100s of whites who were lynched by roving bands of black supremacists from the late 1800s to the mid-1950s, who never were caught or prosecuted for doing it as black local officials overlooked or ignored the lynchigs. Or how black officials used poll taxes and "literacy tests" to deny voting rights to whites...and thus kept the South a "black rule only" system. Or how whites were unable to use blacks-only restrooms or water fountains. Or how whites were forced to sit in the back of the bus by black segregationists.
I would have to say that racism is in everyone. The fault lies not in the stars but in ourselves. I think "race" as an "issue" is slowly dying. The people in the "race issue" biz are doing their best to fuel the fire, but in the new America, everyone is a number assigned to them by the central nexus. Nobody cares anymore.
Has anyone ever taken an implicit bias test? It's very easy to say that you're not racist or sexist, or otherwise biased against a group. It has been proven, though, that we often have certain associations and preferences related to race or sex, gender, or sexuality. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html Is there reverse racism, or reverse sexism? It's difficult to ignore the issue entirely. In some vitriolic individuals, I would say clearly, yes. However, there are very few of them. Unfortunately, they do sometimes seem to have a way of grabbing the "social progress megaphone" and hijacking the message. It's something to watch out for, but doesn't invalidate the real problem of sexism or racism.
I laugh at how liberals in America still think it is 1964 in terms of "Black Oppression." I laugh harder at Black liberals in American that still think it is 1864 in terms of "Black Oppression." BTW, how many more hundreds or thousands of years will it take before Blacks can finally overcome the distant past of slavery and Jim Crow and the KKK? I think 10,000 years won't be enough.
I think Whites suffer from a different form of racism than Blacks, but, usually have the upper hand over Blacks.
You understand that these things are within our lifetime right? May 17, 1954: Supreme Court unanimously outlaws segregation in public schools in Brown v. Board of Education. Aug. 29, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 aims to increase black turnout at the polls by making it a crime to obstruct voter registration. July 2, 1964: Civil Rights Bill of 1964 bans segregation in the workplace and public accommodations. April 10, 1968: Civil Rights Bill bans discrimination in housing.
Blacks suffer more from racism in this country than whites. It is no where near what it was in the 50' and it is still getting better. But if you have ever REALLY looked into the subject in an unbiased way you can see it. I am very lucky I was born as a white man, not because I am superior but because it would suck to have to deal with the things the common black man has to deal with.
All four of your laws discriminate and target Whites. Has any urban liberal Black school district every been investigated for being too Black or having at or near 100% Black students? NO. As long as any public or private school is less and less White, then the bigots will rejoice. Have any Blacks ever been convicted of obstructing voters in the last 50 years since the law, as the Black Panthers obviously did? No. Has any company in the US ever been fined for having too many Hispanics, Blacks or Asians working there? No. Has any housing firm ever likewise been convicted of having too many Hispanics, Blacks or Asians living there? No. All 4 laws should be thrown into the trash dumpster, as they don't treat all ethnic groups the same. Only a true bigot would still want them them in 2016.
There is a huge problem concerning the issue of racism and that is the idea of intersectionality. On a theoretical level it is nothing more than Marxistoid fantasies and when one tries to apply it in practise it just ends up being a vaste of letters. The worst thing is that it is this idea of "Intersectionality" that dominates the racist discourse. In its simples form intersectionality tells that people of colour, women and disabled are the most oppressed groups in society, but most oppressed are black, disabled women. Least oppressed are of course white, able-bodied men and they therefore can never be victims of oppression and racism. This Marxistoid perspective only serves to put people into stages of forced victimhood and neglects other and real forms of oppression that does not firt its worldview. As white, able-bodied men are the "bourgoise" they can of course never, ever be victims of oppression, only can they oppress. The facts that this perspective is status quo is ruining the whole debate about racism as it does not serve to anything at all about the issue. Racism is, in my opinion, a subjective and individual experience and therefore anyone can face it. From an intersectional perspective I am supposed to be "less privileged" but I have actually never in my entire life faced racism.
Libbies discriminate against whitey. If the libbie is black then whitey is the 'man' holding them down. If the libbie is white then they are constantly flagellating themselves for being whitey.
Hatred of the oppressors runs deep and has a way of hanging on through generations. Just look at the M.E. Nothing good ever comes from hatred.
Yes, racial hate groups like #BLM, the NAACP, LaRaza, and so many others keep fueling the fire of racism. Our out-dated Civil Rights laws since the 1950's continue to oppress Whites, males and Christians. Remember, none of these civil rights laws or racial hate groups demand equal rights---they demand extra rights and protections.
The most discriminated class is the poor and since there are more poor whites than blacks, or any other race, they are still number one when it comes to being discriminated against, under today's standard. 1950's or earlier is not today's standard at all.
you mean when white supremacists murder cops society does not thing who are the majority in politics? who are the majority in high paid construction jobs? who owns all the wealth in society? these right wingers - what a laugh!
Racism against blacks is frowned upon, racism against whites is not. Refuse a job or an admission to a school because someone is black and you will be charged with a crime... do it against a white and you will be complying with affirmative action mandates.
