(06-12-2021 03:36 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-11-2021 08:26 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(06-11-2021 05:03 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-11-2021 03:13 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  They think two wrongs make a right.

I think two wrongs make two wrongs.

If an 8 year old is beating up his 5 year old brother, that's bad. The solution is to make him stop doing it. It is NOT to let the 5YO beat up on the 8YO. It damn sure is NOT to let the 5 YO beat up on his older brother forever.

They think we live in a fairy tail world where there is no racism.

I think racism exists and policies that can help manage those impacts are appropriate.

I hate to tell you, that no matter what happens there will always be some form of racism and racist thought by individuals. Kind of makes your first sentence 'excuse' seem to be the ultimate in naivete, as well as being a 10 on the non-sequitor scale.

Reading beyond that veneer thin statement, =apparently you find the 5 year old beating up on the 8 year old as not just acceptable, but should be set out in the household rules by the parents? Sounds fun to me.

So if we know that racism exists, nothing should be done to address it? I guess it nihilism to save the day!

What a perfect summary of the current conservative ethos - sure these problems exist, but **** it if we should allow governments or corporations to try and fix them.

What a false equivalency. So, in your mind, the only two alternatives are:


A. Ignore it/pretend it doesn't exist
b. Fight it with racist policies.

Pardon the pun, but the world is not as black and white as that.

How about this:

C: Enforce anti-racist policies and don't enact new racist policies.

Enforce antidiscrimination laws and policies in lending, housing, employment, etc. Do not enact racist policies that discriminate for/against anybody on the basis of race.