spaj, you’ve already made your position clear a long time ago on how you feel about treatment of white people in society.
i, on the other hand, believe bigotry and discrimination against ANYONE (even if they are in the majority) is still a travesty.
you may feel that just because whites make up a majority that you can try to use them as your personal punching bag, without any repercussions, but that’s not going to help race relations, or be productive towards making the world a better place.
No. Stating facts is not be using white people as punching bags. The only reason you're saying that is because you think that's what happening.
(spaj, you’ve already made your position clear a long time ago on how you feel about treatment of white people in society.)
I actually haven't. In your thread you kept harping on the same fake points over an over an over again. Lying about what i said. Lying about what other people said. And trying your best to play the victim.
Here's what you don't know about how i feel about racism from white people toward people of color.
You are a victim. Have been, are and always will be. And if i were to erase my natural attempts to make you see that logically. What would be left is me feeling for you. Me understanding in part the pain that comes with you believing racism is logical to any degree. Wanting badly for you to not hurt yourself this much.
What you don't know about my position when it comes to white people adopting racism into themselves that's geared to people of color is this. It does much more damage to them then people of color.
Surprising? Well that's understandable. People in general don't talk about the pain racists go through while being racist/them harming themselves every leg of the way. So here goes.
Racism as a whole. Is inherently illogical. It's like thinking bleach is koolaid. The more a person (in this particular instance a white male) believes in racism. The lonelier they are. The more illogical they are. The more their life is negatively effected. The less opportunities they find for themselves. The more brick walls they create for themselves. The more they rely on emotion. And the more they do so the wilder their life gets.
There's a reason why former racists, former misogynists, former homophobes, former transphobes feel better about themselves after leaving illogical ideas behind. They begin to see the world as it really is. Instead of how they were told by others and themselves it is.
Their potential circles of contacts opens up wider than ever before. They begin to hear people instead of see stereotypes. They become more logical or become logical to begin with. And start applying it to their daily lives. Finding solutions they never would have thought of before.
At that point the world isn't on their shoulders. They don't have to believe in the stereotype that they and they alone will save the world. The pressure of being at the forefront in majority white countries evaporates. Meaning much less stress. And the chance to be whoever they want to be instead of what movies, tv shows, comic books, novels, the news, politicians, history and other white people tell them they have to be.
They begin to understand philosophy better. Understand science better. Understand that emotional intelligence isn't just an sjw term. That it's ok to cry. Ok to be goofy happy about something small. They then begin to understand the people they've targeted for so long better. Making new relationships.
And the world at that point is full to the brim with promise.
Or.
They don't.
And wallow. In the prison someone else made for them, that they're punishing others who had nothing to with it for it. And they die miserable and alone. Or. Sense their ability to think logically has been perversely hindered. They end up ending the lives of others and end up with an even worse life.
Yes. White people who adopt racism against people of color are more harmed by it than people of color. Dying or being murdered is one thing. Becoming the walking dead is another.