Polish-Hammer
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But, Elon Musk is Afrikan Amerikan.
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Get StartedBut, Elon Musk is Afrikan Amerikan.
It looks like Donald Trump's America wearing an adult diaper.your avatar is disturbing :hmm:
But, Elon Musk is Afrikan Amerikan.
Ironic!
There was some criticism of Barack Obama being considered "African American," not because he was half white, but because his father came from Africa, and was not descended from American slaves.
The distinction didn't matter to American racists though. He was just a black guy to them.
Obama basically made the same point himself in an interview when he said when he hails a cab, he looks black and is going to be considered black. which is true.
Here are some links to studies about this:
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/an_economic_analysis_of_acting_white.pdf
John Ogbu's Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ogbu
Ironic!
There was some criticism of Barack Obama being considered "African American," not because he was half white, but because his father came from Africa, and was not descended from American slaves.
The distinction didn't matter to American racists though. He was just a black guy to them.
Obama basically made the same point himself in an interview when he said when he hails a cab, he looks black and is going to be considered black. which is true.
He'd be the victim of the sort of "personal bias" racism that is prevalent in America, which Gulo mentioned. but to the point of those who criticised his upbringing, having grown up with his white mother and grandparents, he never had to endure the "systemic racism" in this country: they didn't have trouble getting a mortgage and having a home, he didn't face oppressive police patrols and harassment, he attended good schools that were not neglected or underfunded by the state, etc. and his ancestors didn't start out poor because of the legacy of slavery, segregation, job discrimination, redlining, racial violence, etc.
So...you're saying Toni Morrison is right?
That Clinton is the first and only black president?
no. I'm just saying what I'm saying.
I don't really know why Chris Rock (I think?) said Bill was the first black president. the Clintons were pretty shitty on race. They coined the whole "super-predator" gimmick to pander to white racists.
Heard something on the radio in an interview about the Flint water crisis. There was a statistic looking at the places that were managed by a state government appointed emergency city manager. 50% of African American residents in Michigan lived under an emergency manager. 2% of white residents lived under an emergency manager.
sure that seems bad to you and me. and sure seems like statistically significant evidence of systemic, state-sponsored racism.
But by being open-minded and willing to listen to others, I've learned a few things from people who post here and share different viewpoints than we do:
1) if something affects a race of people negatively, it's just a coincidence. Even slavery or Jim Crow laws. It is just a coincidence those things affected people of African descent, not racism.
2) if something affects geographic areas that are majority African American, that's because those areas are poor, crime-infested, and mismanaged by choice. And it wouldn't be racist to say that "those people" are more likely to choose to be criminals, lazy, or incompetent. that's just a fact. facts can't be racist.
3) If you start a serious enquiry as to why poverty, high unemployment, and high incarceration rates persist against African Americans, and your conclusion is anything other than "it's just a coincidence that's how they are" then you're the REAL racist here because white Conservative guys say so.
sure that seems bad to you and me. and sure seems like statistically significant evidence of systemic, state-sponsored racism.
But by being open-minded and willing to listen to others, I've learned a few things from people who post here and share different viewpoints than we do:
1) if something affects a race of people negatively, it's just a coincidence. Even slavery or Jim Crow laws. It is just a coincidence those things affected people of African descent, not racism.
2) if something affects geographic areas that are majority African American, that's because those areas are poor, crime-infested, and mismanaged by choice. And it wouldn't be racist to say that "those people" are more likely to choose to be criminals, lazy, or incompetent. that's just a fact. facts can't be racist.
3) If you start a serious enquiry as to why poverty, high unemployment, and high incarceration rates persist against African Americans, and your conclusion is anything other than "it's just a coincidence that's how they are" then you're the REAL racist here because white Conservative guys say so.
how is it state-sponsored racism?
It would be more accurate to call it institutional racial discrimination, when half of the people of one race don't get to be led by their elected leaders while only 2% of the majority face that situation. Some people don't distinguish between racism and racial discrimination because too many of the people that do voice that distinction do it to justify the discrimination as not racist in motivation.
Isn't the reason the state took over because their elected leaders failed them?
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