(05-23-2021 07:20 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-23-2021 04:35 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(05-23-2021 03:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-23-2021 03:06 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(05-23-2021 01:09 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I've heard you say the bus analogy was bad. I don't agree. It is dead solid perfectly on point. Choices based on race are the same as choices based on race. Only the races are different.

I don't think our current methods of using race as a deciding factor are fine, any more than any other racist policy. I also would point out that "deciding factor" implies that all things were equal and no decision made until the ultimate step - not so. It is written into the very fabric of the laws or policies.

I don't see the relevance to self-reporting.

You are advocating for continued racist laws and policies. Keep on keepin' on could have been the war cry of a 1957 segregationist. Segregated schools working just fine...

Yeah, affirmative action is equivalent to Jim Crow laws. Hilarious.

I didn't say that. Don't blame me for your inability to follow what I say.

Equivalent is a word out of your mind, not my mouth. A dented fender is not equivalent to a rollover. But they are both still accidents.

When you say no whites allowed, it is the same as "no blacks allowed" in essence, though maybe not in impact. And it certainly is NOT as a "deciding factor", the excuse you added to make it all good.

You lefties just don't want to admit your brand of racism is racism, so you keep adding and creating these "nuances" to make it OK.

You are the only ones who reply "depends" to questions of racism.

And when did I say something even close to that?

I made it clear that Lightfoot was absolutely wrong when she said “no whites allowed” when it came to keeping white reporters out of the one-on-one interview sessions.

The closest I came was when I said an all black graduation, which would be a supplement to a main graduation ceremony, was OK to me.

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I would have had no problem if she had reserved X spots for POC reporters and Y spots for white reporters.