(12-15-2021 05:24 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-15-2021 05:12 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-15-2021 05:08 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(12-15-2021 05:02 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-15-2021 04:59 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I do.
One, I don't believe that people of color are truly oppressed in any way in the USA today. Maybe 100 years ago, but you're not going to do anything in one of those club meetings to undo something that was done 100 years ago
Two, therefore I see the primary function of such clubs as places to piss and moan and foment anger against whitey.
Three, if people of color spent as much time and effort getting their own stuff together as they do blaming others, they wouldn't have anybody to blame because they wouldn't have anything to blame on anybody.

100 years ago? Would you like to revise that to a more realistic number of years?

Pick whatever number you want.

If we’re talking about whether there are continuing impacts on groups who were legally discriminated against, I’m going to take the opinion of someone who is off by almost 50 years with a grain of salt…

Quite shocking to hear someone who was alive during the Jim Crow era not reference their own age when talking about the last time a group dealt with legalized oppression.

Quite shocking to hear someone who wasnt much more than alive at the turn of the century lecture many of us about the differences between the 60s and 70s and now, and not reference their own age when talking about the how it was then when dealing with legalized oppression or a direct comparison of the issue between the timeframes.

There are a lot of words and not a lot of punctuation…

My point was clear - if your mind thinks that legal oppression stopped in 1921, then you need to recalibrate your perspective and enter the real world.