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Originally Posted by MikeT;61040
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The facts of the matter indicate that there is no such thing as discrimination being "equal" in our white society so your statment that it is equal is false.
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You are correct. The amount of discrimination is not equal but my point was that minorities are equally at fault for racism against whites as are whites for racism against minorities.
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"Degree" is the key word here. Minorities don't have enough power to cause harm to white people by any racial beliefs they may have come to due to the discrimination wrought against them. Also, there is little belief that blacks and other minorities--even in their own cultures--that their skin color MAKES them superior to white people.
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Actually anyone can cause harm to another by racism and the degree of harm doesn't alter the underlying effect.
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What I cannot aggree with is that blacks or minorities need to change in order to do away with the racism that white society has cultivated
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Blacks and other minorities need to address their racism against whites just as whites need to address their racism. White society needs to change systemic racism--not blacks or minorities--
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because only the whites have the power to change themselves. Blacks and minorities didn't create systemic racism, nor do they continue that practice on themselves
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Blacks and other minorities have to an extent become racist just as whites have. They have as much ability to change their behavior as whites do.
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I would appreciate it if instead of making accusations, you share your position, beliefs and what facts and evidence you have to support them. Let's not make this about the people participating in the discussion--but keep it on topic instead.[/left][/
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I haven't, so why are you?