So in predominately black areas, blacks are racist because they outnumber the whites and can therefore deny them access to what they want?

You're stating that every majority is guilty of an "ism" (race, age, sex).

What an odd stance.

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I used the election as a way to demonstrate how racism could prevent a person from being elected President. It is not about majority or minority as much as it is about power and the ability to oppress.

Blacks lack the resources to oppress Whites. Whites do not lack the resources to oppress blacks.

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Forgive me, but I'm having a hard time following your argument.

Are you saying that you can only be racist if you have the power to oppress another race?

How would you describe the feelings of the oppressed race towards their oppressors?

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So when white people are no longer the majority in America will they also be incapable of being racist?

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its better this way

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And men have lost their reason.

Interesting. I asked about this late last year. I doubt it because the new majority will still feel the whites still hold the power. Not making a direct comparison but think South Africa. One issue I have with that power definition (not that it isn't true) is that there is an assumption that one race (oppressing) always acts in lock step and the other (oppressed) experiences it in lock step.

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Elections have consequences.

Prejudiced. Biased. Discriminatory. Not Racist. Racists emanates from Racism. Blacks aren't really a component in perpetuating racism thus they really can't be racist.

Seems a little apologetic but it really isnt. When you look at every sector in this nation you find that they are controlled by whites. Does anyone think it is an accident?

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I'll take Words That Describe Elmhurst Steve for $600, Alex.

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In what year?

Is the Mugabe govt racist against white Rhodesians in Zimbabwe?

You referenced every other ism. I didn't

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Hopefully, I was not misunderstood in my South Africa comment. I was referring to the past South Africa where the whites were a minority but had all the power, apartheid.

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Elections have consequences.

A FB page for one of the female suspects is still active... And people have found it.

If the FB comments are any indication, this situation definitely isn't helping race relations.

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no link?

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Elections have consequences.

I'm sorry PM. I don't want to give any of the board racists an easy avenue to troll that page like it's a Julie DiCaro twitter account.

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Ugh. I don't know what's more annoying: Facebook Warriors feigning surprise that "this could happen in our back yard" or making this a race issue.

Evil is evil. Always has been. This isn't something new. We just have video cameras now.

This is definitely a racially motivated event. When you throw in the fact the kid was special needs makes it much worse. The parent of the kid put trust in that idiot and he betrayed that too.

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Correct.

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Surprised to see this Tumblr rhetoric make it to the board in a serious manner.

If your definition of "racism" is such that you need to say "well actually, this race is incapable of racism", maybe you need to cease playing word games and think about what the term is actually trying to define.

Because otherwise, you're saying that a black guy trying to sell his house isn't being racist when he doesn't want to sell it to a white dude, or hispanic or asian dude because they are white, hispanic, and/or asian. That's absurd.

You can parse through and define it anyway you want. I really don't care. When you speak of systemic racism and the institutionalization of it you cannot find any era or instance where black racism has prevented whites from obtaining anything they have sought to obtain. I stated that blacks (plural) can't be racist. If one black guy wants to prevent him from buying his house then he is discriminating against him because of his race. He will still be able to buy a house and more than likely on that very block if he chooses.

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So ltg, when white people are no longer a majority will it still be possible for them to be racist?

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If you are talking about American history than yes, but certainly this is not the case in world history.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Didn't Pittmike just provide the South Africa example for you?

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You are right. I'm only speaking about America.

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He did but with my question your "Deny the Presidency" criteria fails.

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That's good. Some people try to paint the picture that racial hatred is something primordial to whites, but I do not believe that to be the case. I recall in a college history class reading some Chinese fables that the gods first overcooked Africans, then undercooked whites before arriving upon the superior race. It seems that when a group from a certain region enjoyed military power over another group they justified their oppression as part of some natural order.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Grandfathered in

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

You leave him out of this. He grew up in a different time!

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Obviously, the numbers aren't what makes the racism. One need look no further than South Africa.

Slavery is in many ways like original sin for the U.S. It has definitely informed our institutions and continues to do so to this day, although perhaps- perhaps- to a somewhat lesser degree. I don't know what the answer is. In some ways it's like trying to repair a shattered glass.

Of course a black person/people can be hateful toward a white person/people. Clearly many are using this video to gleefully point out that fact. That isn't really the definition of racism, but usage and language changes all the time. If we're just going to make "racism" a synonym for "bigotry", then we probably have to find a word that describes what racism used to mean.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The definition ltg is using does require whites to be a majority. See his example about denying the Presidency to a black person.

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