So we all saw the horrible death of George Floyd. And I will not deny that that particular officer was racist. I will not deny that some police are racist. I will not even deny that some people are racist. But I do not think that America overall has a race problem.
I hate how the media loves to publicize when a white man kills a black man. Y'all know I'm from Chicago, and I see more deaths every weekend (especially in summer) than ALL deaths from police IN A YEAR. If white police are racist for killing a few black people, then how racist are fellow black people for killing each other? What about the countless Latinos killing each other because of gangs?
If America was racist, why do so many other countries want to come here? Nobody dies trying to get to Canada, and Canada's a liberal's wet dream not too far from here. (Don't give me that bs that it's "too far up north" when Dominicans go to New York and Mexicans come up here to Chicago. You're telling me they can't go up a few miles farther north? LIES. We are better and more welcoming than Canada). If America was so racist, why would Dems push for more immigration? It's pretty fucked up that they would push for it if they truly believed they'd be mistreated simply for the color of their skin. (LIES, we are treated pretty well).
Don't trust the media. We are not some wild west where anyone with pigment in their skin is a free target. The truth is, we are treated well here, better than our mother lands. And we'd rather be here than in all those other liberal utopias (Canada, Europe, Australia). Many of us our extremely religious and gun friendly. I'd post sources, but liberals in general don't care about them and I waste my time finding them. I still love all my liberal friends, but I just can't even have a conversation without y'all hurling insults and posting shitty memes instead of actual data.
First, we have no idea what the motivation was for that officer, we cannot claim that it was racism that caused it (George Floyd had a criminal record that involved a lot of things (one of which was him assaulting and robbing a pregnant (black) woman. For all we know this guy could have known this and decided to be a vigilante, or he could have been high off the fact that he had been in similar situations and managed to get away with it before so he thought he could do it again without consequence (which says a lot about him but even more about his superiors who stood by and did nothing when these issues were first cropping up (I believe he had at least 12 different complaints).
So just because the guy was white and his victim was black doesn't mean it was race driven (by that reasoning the black officer who killed that white woman two years ago in Minneapolis (seems to be a trend their) should have been accused of racism yet wasn't (or the black officer who killed the unarmed teenager in Louisiana)). Could it have been? Of course, but it could have been a lot of things and without evidence we cannot assign motive.
As for this country, do I think that the united states, the only nation in the world to elect a minority as president (twice) is racist? Do I think that the country that makes over a million immigrants legal citizens per year, five times more then the next most generous nation in the world (Canada) is racist? Do I think the nation that has multiple laws to prevent racism, is racist? Do I think that the nation that has a grand total, rounding up and taking the highest estimates, of less then 10,000 white supremacists in the country of 220 million whites is racist? Do I think that a nation, who's top four highest earning groups are indian, Filipino, Thai, and Jewish, is racist? Do I believe that a nation where Nigerian americans out earn most white ethnicities, and where the incredibly difficult task of being admited into EVERY ivy league school has been pulled off predominantly by African immigrants in the past five years, is racist? No, no I do not. The assertion is absurd.
As you said, if we are such a racist nation, why do so many people want to immigrate here (I mean almost 20% are from mexico and south America alone. Where over 50% of our foreign born citizens are from latin America, over thirty are from asia, and only 11% are from "white" countries i. e. Europe), that's simply counter intuitive.
As for the media, they are the enemy of the people. Whites are killed by cops at much higher rates (this is even accounting for blacks having far higher encounter rates with police (because they are responsible for over half of all crime (and 80% of all interracial crime))), yet we know that the media gives seven times the coverage for blacks killed then whites (and usually lie through their teeth and push false narratives (in almost every case the officer was justified and in the rare occurrence that it wasn't, like this one, they where promptly arrested and tried for murder and misconduct).
The media only makes money when people are filled with hate and outrage, so they need to make you think that your in danger, that your a victim because its the only way to get you to buy their product. If they told you that their are 680,000 police officers in the country, policing 327 million people and out of all of that only 800% fatal incidents occur and out of those only 32 are actually questionable, you wouldn't buy news papers or read their articles. If they told you that your chances of being killed is lower then your chances of dying from the flu, from drowning, from pretty much everything thing else (.005%(and more then half that if we are allowed to address and rectify black on black violence)), then your not going to buy their product. If they told you that your not oppressed, that the biggest problem facing minorities today (and by that I mean specifically blacks) is fatherlessness and that all you have to do to fix all of the problems you have is not break the law and don't have kids unless your married, then who would panic buy their products? Nobody. Never trust the media.
America was built on the back of racism. However, it's much more complicated than simply "oh this group of people aren't white therefore they are inferior". It has to do with power dynamics, development of society/discovery of the world and land ownership.
Today, we often think racism is a thing of the past. It isn't. It's all around us. Prejudice exists everywhere in some form or another and is thrown around from all sides. It would be naive of me to deny the racism white people experience and only talk about black people. But it isn't often outright or overt.
Is there systemic racism in America? I don't think so. When the former president ofthe United States is a black man and the fact he was elected in the first place by the black community who overwhelmingly came out to vote for him shows me systemic racism is largely if not completely gone. Why do so many politicians pander to black people if those people supposedly have no really footing in this country? What about all the entertainers and athletes who are overwhelmingly of color? Compared to theor overall population they are vastly overrepresented. But so what? Who cares? Nobody. Unless they are white. In which case racism must be the cause.
by the way, I don't believe George Floyd was a victim of racism. I think he was a victim of police violence, poor training and the systemic hiring of bullies instead of public servants. How can the police be discriminately racist when just from the protest footage we see white people being brutalised by them just as much as anyone else. Luckily none of them have died but say they did. Would anyone call it racist? No. The only reason people are protesting at all is because George Floyd wasn't white. If he was, he would be nothing but another statistic no one cares about. No one would be protesting if George had been a white man.. and that is why I can't sympathize with the protestors all that much. They are ignorant virtue signalers and liars. Businesses and lawyers take advantage of this crime and use it to appear "woke". This country loves social upheaval and struggle but the second it becomes about economic struggle? They go silent and call us lazy, undeserving or something else demeaning. The powerful can live with a different culture so long as it's profitable, which is why segregation lasted so long. But when economic rights are in question that's when people die. MLK didn't get killed until he started asking for more economical redistricting. That's what this is about; money. Not race.
you almost hit the mark but no i think the reason racist have surface back up so high is becasue of a a black president to be honest america could never handle a brown america.
When you got a president who OK with the old 1900 ways. we do have a a huge problem considering well mosty whites voted him in.
so not sure where your looking form (im sure it different seats)
On a whole i agree that this is a big power game going on here but i mean to denied that black and segregation isn't a problem. Do you know how many mostly white love to say that it was just a pass being black and that how i got into college not hard work of course not! or how many black miss Americas we have? oh OK. Who complain about black characters. I mean hell at least white people got to play black face -_-
to say blacks are not at the bottom is a very bold thing to say and would love for you to prove and i can tell you just how wrong you are. They cop has a record for abusing other blacks... or are you saying he just unlucky he got to arrest blacks only? just saying.
and you said it having a black president is what really stir this shit up.
but this site not enough balance of opinions when it only majority one race around to speak for everyone... in america -_-
@GraveDoll what did Obama do that wasn't perpetuate the establishment policy agenda of the US though? Nothing. He wasn't a a bold progressive champion for change. He sold people a right wing healthcare plan and increased outsourcing and drone strikes. He was an establishment man through and through. He didn't change the system even though he could have. He had a majority Congress for 4 years and he didn't do anything substantial when he could have.
I would not say that the United States as a country is racist. The reason is because the policies that establish the United States attempt to include everyone and treat them equally under law. The policies also discourage hate and intolerance based on race, discrimination, and punish people with penalties harsher than normal when convicted of a racial crime. However, America used to be a racist country in the past because it was built on the backs of racially based slavery, had racially based discrimination policies, and it was, at one point, encouraging people to commit hate crimes. However, today, I would say that many Americans are racist rather than America itself. Despite the many anti-racist policies that America has right now, many Americans still defy those policies and continue to discriminate against people, form hate groups, commit hate crimes, and argue that different races are superior to others. For example, despite the fact that the American law requires people to treat everybody equally under law, individual racist people still defy the law and target certain racial groups more often with police misconduct, still discriminate based on race in housing and employment, and engage in racially motivated violence. Too many people care more about their political party and ideology rather than the facts and the well-being of others. At the same time though, you also have plenty of American people that are great, loving people. Therefore, the racism depends on the people rather than the country itself. You don't think that there are people in this country that are racist?
"If white police are racist for killing a few black people, then how racist are fellow black people for killing each other? What about the countless Latinos killing each other because of gangs?"
You do realize that not every form of violence is racist, right? Sure, it's always bad, but not racist. It's not that White people are racist for "killing a few Black people." Not every White person is racist, but I'm sure you know that. The issue is how the White people that actually are not very fond of Black people can get off scot-free for killing Black people when they are in positions of authority such as law enforcement. Even if they're not, a lot of times, they can say that their "life was in danger," and get off scot-free, even if they were the aggressor. I get that you're trying to trivialize the issue by saying "a few," but when Black people are five times more likely to be killed by police when they're unarmed and their killers get off scot-free, it becomes a problem and a potential danger for any Black person that comes in contact with police. If police are never held accountable, believe me, it could become much more than just "a few." Just like crime in general, it's an issue that also needs to be addressed.
I won't vote. I just wanted to clarify that even if a lot of people go to the US, many go to Europe or Ocenia as well.
How you see the topic of immigrations depends on how you manage data. The US gets more millions of immigrants than Germany, Italy or Spain.
However if we mesure by percentage of immigration according to total population, US is not that different than any European country.
On the other hand the US is equivalent to 50 countries. If we compare by state, some states have a big amount of immigrants but others don't have that much. Some states have a percentage similar to Canada or Australia while others are similar to European countries or lower.
Also if we compare by continent, all countries in North America don't get much more millions immigrants than all countries in Europe or all in Oceania. Technically in 2019 Europe got more millions, and Ocenia got the bigger percentage of immigrants for their total population.
Here you have the worl immigration report. The continents comparison is one of the first charts, and Europe and Oceania are ahead. Later there are comparisons by country and if measured that way US is ahead.
Plus seems that South American and Mexican migrants go more to North America, and that African migrants go more to Europe.
Anyways, I don't have the statics to measure racism, so I can't confirm to what degree USA is more or less racist than any other country. However based on the data, people migrate to other countries that aren't the US as much as to the US, so I don't see valid that point in your argument.
You like data, here you are. 1. World Migration report, it's 2020 but data is all from 2019. It's a PDF. Continent comparison it's on the first charts, and later there's country comparisons and many more info. https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2020
Oh you're one of those small minded backwoods small city barely see people of color rejects who thinks they know the world and just watches the news, & quotes back Trump. People kill each other everyday by the numbers maybe you're too dim in the brain from your lack of human interaction. But if you look between the lines if your brain can handle that much work you will see a public servant whose job is to serve & protect and raised there right hand and swore to do so and job is to battle crime of all sorts abuses there JOB that allows them special privileges to do that job misued and used to be able to kill a unarmed man who deserved due process like every other American & this happens frequently to Blacks, you don't see that as systemic racism that has been around for years?
Shall i remind you Slavery, Segregation, during desegregation of integrating blacks into school with white they had to deploy military forces to guard schools because racist whites protested and broke and destroyed there towns and threaten to kill little black kids and there parents over them going to the same school, drugs & weapons being tossed in black and Mexican neighborhoods to help destroy the population of people color, denying blacks works for a very long time, but today you wanna tell me its 2020 and you don't think people don't share the same mindset & it just went away? Do you do drugs or are you dumb?
when a Police Officer dies it's recognized & put on the news and the difference is Cops take it to the streets to figure out who did it with all there resources & it's the most stupidest & ridiculous thing you can do is a kill a member of blue in the line of duty & you can't compare that resource to regular Americans who aren't sworn to protect the law to kill each other so maybe you should petition to the Government about building more mental health treatment centers and deal with Americans who are murdering each other because they're clearly crazy & murder is wrong to do and murder happens everywhere not just in Chicago. So understand the difference you SHEEP!!!
That is the dumbest question I ever heard. This country has EVERY NATIONALITY living and prospering in this opportunity filled land. Any dream you work towards here you get !. If you do not apply yourself you fail. So of course the failures are complaining how bad they have it here and how repressed by their offensiveness level. EVERY FAMILY HERE has at least one member who did not repress themselves and made something of the opportunities here. I live in Minnesota. Every time I go to the airport or Minneapolis I feel like I am in another country. Whitey is the minority in number. Yet it's all cool everywhere I see and go. Listen if you make yourself different than you will feel different then the rest. But when you don't think in terms of repression then wow all the sudden you're sitting at the cool kid table. This is not junior high stop thinking people are thinking about you negatively. GROW UP with this damn racist banter. YOU ARE NOT HELPING...
YOU ARE ACTUALLY CAUSING IT AND all from FEAR... disgusting !
I don't think any country is inherently racist per se. It is people who are are racist. But of course this stems from factors like how the country is run, family, friends, diversity or lack of in your area. I've lived in both the US and the UK. Both receive a lot of criticism for the fact that they are founded on racism and have extremely racist histories. This may be true, but we aren't the same people who were doing these things and we unfortunately can't change history, but fortunately can change the future.
As a child growing up in the US, most of my friends were black. That was the norm for me and I didn't give a second thought about it, to be surrounded by white and black people. The bigger issues lay within the US police. They are given too much power and a few of the officers unfortunately abuse it. This abuse of power, violence, stop and search etc, tends to be (in terms of proportion of white/black populations) higher among black citizens. That is a racist stereotype that links to young black men and crime. I studied sociology in high school, and statistics show that even if crime is higher among young black males, it is likely due to self-fulfilling prophecy, i. e. the expectation from the police and society. Police need to stop adhering to stupid stereotypes and the justice system needs to be fairer (and by that I also believe women doing the same crimes need the same punishments as male counterparts).
Of course racism happens. Of course there will be racists everywhere. But the issue that has been brought to light is police brutality in the US and that's what should be addressed. I certainly don't need people telling me i'm racist when I never have been because I didn't post a black square on Tuesday and didn't buy into the latest social media fad to make myself look good. The police need to start looking at themselves and how they handle the public.
While what happened with George Floyd was completely out of line and unjust, I don’t think that case (even in addition to breonna taylor and other cases where people who were black were unfairly killed by white officers) warrants umbrella statements that all of the United States are racist.
I mean.. you guys have a population of 328 million in sum. Of which just over 3/4 are white. With ~15% being black. If the majority was as racist as the media seems to portray, I think the latter number could easily be quashed completely. Also, I’ve noticed a lot of bias in how the George Floyd case is reported. I mean.. 4 officers were involved- 2 white, 1 black, 1 Asian. How come you only learn that just half of the perpetrators were white if you actually read the last sentence or two of most articles?
Additionally, this case that just so happens to have gotten tons of media attention isn’t alone. I mean.. what about residential schools in Canada? What about the caste system in India? What about all the discrimination within East Asia (Japan/China/Hong Kong, etc.)?
Sure, racism or the ‘us vs. them’ ideology exists within the USA. As it does just the same in every country, and not just between races but quite often within races as well.
Short answer, yes but not nearly as much as people claim we are.
Also, although i'd consider myself liberal, i blame hardcore liberal for calling everyone racist just for the dumbest stuff thinking a movie sucks, not being 110% pc in comedy which (ended up ruining it) or just for being white and liking something from another culture. Like at my first year of college some white ass girl implied i was racist for wearing a Bob Marley shirt and it was "appropriating" someones culture, and that shit is so infuriating since iv grew up around ignorance, overcame and most of my boyfriend have been black men.
I hate racism, but i do "get" why someone would turn racist for years. All that said i still don't think our entire country is stupidly racist since even alt-right guys will be friends with a black man irl if he was cool.
But really i think the average person in the US doesn't care what race you are, the US only seems KKK racist because all eyes are on us all the time and the extreme liberals call everything racist. That said, i do think cops have racial biases and will target black men, and the George Floyd stuff is bullshit that deserves a the attention because he would've gotten away with it if there weren't cameras on him.
Usually, when racism is discussed, it is done in the context of advocating for more state intervention in order to prevent it. Ironically, the only racist institution in the United States is the police, which is the enforcement wing of the state.
Here are the facts: - 28.1% of total arrests are black individuals, despite only accounting for 12.7% of the population - 31.2% of drug abuse arrests are black individuals, despite, again, only accounting for 12.7% of the population - white individuals use drugs at higher rates than black individuals, and they each sell drugs at nearly identical rates
Here are the solutions: - end the war on drugs - raise police training standards, with emphasis on mental health screening and managing high-stress situations - replace internal investigations with civilian oversight committees for dealing with police misconduct - require police to be licensed (it is patently ridiculous that a license is needed to cut hair, but not needed to have the authority to enforce United States law, throw people in cages, use non-lethal or less-than-lethal weapons to force compliance, and shoot to kill in some situations) - end Qualified Immunity
It may be the least racist nation in the world. Democrats, mass media (but I repeat myself) and leftists starting with Brobama have intentionally stirred a pot, that had been settled since the 70's to create grievance voting blocs to win elections. But guess what? Black America is seeing through it all and giving Trump a 40% approval rating. And guess what again. Democrats mishandling of the Wuhan Red Death and the Riots are pushing more Black Americans to the Right because they KNOW they are better off. We are, after all the party that was founded to end slavery and spearheaded the 1964 Civil Rights Act. What have democrats done? Slavery Trail of Tears The Civil War Ku Klux Klan Jim Crow. Orville Faubus. (look it up, snowflakes) George Wallace Lester Maddox. Great Society programs that separated Black American families. Open borders letting illegals in to take jobs Black Americans would have had. With friends like the democrat party, who need enemies?
I am not an American and i think there are racist people in Usa but liberal utopias you mention? I wonder how do americans imagine Europeans? I guess you think some Unicorns rolling on the Alps while yodelling? The reality is a bit different. In France Black people are having hard times to find a place to stay, people yelled at just because they speak their mother language. There are stand-up comedy shows in Germany where the only material is racist jokes from opening to closer. There is a blackface festival in the Netherlands and many Dutch, strongly defend this traditional festival. Western Europe has a large catalog of racial/ethnic slurs. Even against Eastern Europeans. I heard “Toilet cleaners (Polish people) became the managers well congrats” in a very serious event. Nobody dared to speak about it. Many racist acts a regular American would be horrified/disgusted are part of everyday life, happening openly and unashamedly in West Europe. European countries don’t have as broad or open an outlook like the US. It’s just the nature of what they are. It’s sad that Americans easily buy any self-promotion propaganda of Western Europeans. (Eastern Europe is predominanty homogeneous, Russia is not and Russians are very racist too though)
Australia is not a Wonderland either. Indigenious Australians have %70 less chances to get a job. Natives change their names and give their kids Anglo-Sakson/Germanic names so that they can find a job and have a better future. Their culture is dying. AsianAustralians have many problems too. I don’t know much about Canada but i saw in the comments below someone has unpleasent experiences obviously.
Usa does have racist people, but there is no reason to believe they are worse than those so called liberal utopias. At least American society is aware of it and tries to work on it.
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All I can say is America does have a racism problem in certain areas, but many other countries simply don't have that bill of rights and lawsuit capacity to fix it when needed. In principle, America was supposed to be pure libertarian and capitalist, meaning not giving a shit about petty things like race, but rather how business savvy one is and that's why so many corporations got their cue/influence from the US, because that actually works. Problem is, many americans don't like or understand those principles because it contradicts their own, many of which come from small towns which easily get overlooked when it comes to playing by rules.
The only way they learn sometimes is to push a somewhat more urban mindset on them, whether lawsuit in court in a more educated area, getting them to meet face to face/work with with different people, push economic realities on them, etc. Until their bubble is popped, they do what they can to stay inside. Some even go to ridiculous lengths to reinflate an already popped bubble, only to get more frustrated and sometimes violent when it doesn't work, much like a toddler after being put in time out for throwing a fit because they got a blue ball over a red one.
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It is, anyone who says no is lying to themselves. But I have a feeling things will get uglier. White supremacists will not go down without fight, deep down inside they are scared of coloured people. How come we can't just live in fucking harmony. How can people harbour that much hatred in their live against another group? It's legit insane and all for what? To be stuck to this worldly affairs? Understand God judges us on the day of judgement, when the angels provide your book of deeds how do you think God will react when your deeds say "attacked this person", "bad mouthed this group of people consistently", "in the minds of he or she, they manifested their thoughts in a dark world by belittling and feeling superior to others". I am telling people to stop that nonsense and stop having this sickening ideology to out due someone else in terms of your status, wealth or whatever. When we die, do we take our cars with us? No. Do we take our money with us? No. Do we take our possessions with us? No. Pray for heaven because there is a life after this. There's no excuses, many people are not working atm so I ask those to take the time and do research and learn about others in a positive. For anyone who has this constant towards say Muslim people, then understand what Islam represents and you will notice what life means. I mean who wants to live life in anger, would someone want to live with angry spouse 24/7? Would someone want to work for an angry boss 24/7? So we have to change our ways as well and stop hating on others, hate is just ugly. Whoever dislikes my comment just proves to me that particular person doesn't give a shit and I feel sorry for people like that. My post is not to attack others its to highlight the deficiencies that exist amongst us.
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Point proven, people who disliked my comment can't see the bigger picture to try and be better people so they choose to remain in their ignorant ass ways.
This is like asking "do you think 2+2=4" or "do you think that the sun is bright" or something. It doesn't matter whether you, or I, or anyone else, THINK or BELIEVE WHOOOAAA or whatever that 2+2=4... two plus two does equal four. What I, or you, think about that, or not, is utterly irrelevant. America IS a racist nation with many racist people living in it, and has a long history of proven racist violence; it's WHAT we choose to think about that, not THAT it exists. You should have asked this in a different manner.
... Actually after reading the rest of your commentary, it's clear that you're retarded. Sorry, I didn't know that when I took such a measured response at first. Here, let me help you, and by extension, help all of us: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/sterilization Just click the link and start reading. Thank you.
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Amazing. You proved my point lol Liberals can't argue with facts, so it's just insults and shitty memes.
Aw! You're adorable. There is no such thing as a "liberal," honey. Or a "conservative." Or a "moderate." There are people who are smart enough to look at objective data and observable fact in order to reach appropriately complex conclusions, and then there are people who aren't smart enough to do that. You aren't smart enough to do that, but hopefully some day you will be. Until then, no really we'll have to insist that you don't reproduce. You're not ready. K? Thanks!
Are you truly that fucking retarded? What "sources" need to be cited based on what I'm saying? Do you even know how to cite sources? Did you graduate high school? Oooh, how about I cite a source that the sun is bright? Will that help you?
The country is not racist but a good number of the population in this country is. Some are just good at being closet racists. And i am speaking of white on black, black on white, black on black, hispanic on white, white on hispanic, hispanic on black, etc. We are extremely diverse and that makes foreigners feel welcomed. But i won't deny that some have more privilege and opportunities than others. A lot of cops are on a powertrip and go overboard because theyre likely to get away with it. I like seeing todays population call abusers out on their bullying. But that doesn't mean i view all cops as bad. I've never had an incident with the feds and hope to never have to. But like i said, a lot are on a powertrip... just like the politicians and some of those elected for president. When too much power goes into the wrong hands... welp
Dude, you do know that nations are issuing travel advisories against coming here. Maybe in years past, this nation was the envy of the world. Under trump that has taken a nosedive. We have come a long way from Reagan's "a shining city on the hill".
And I don't how you can justify murder of a "Black" man because of "Black" crime. Don't kill me because another "Black" man committed a violent crime.
I don't know why crazy insane racists think statistics proves their point. If you are racist, the only thing you are going to do is find stats that prove racism is the truth.
I completely agree, with an important added disclaimer. The United States is a wonderful country with all sorts of wonderful different people with many different backgrounds and stories and beliefs. People come here to better their lives more than anywhere else in the world combined. Our national population is almost 350,000,000. Unfortunately here's the issue: Even if you say that only 2% of our country is racist, that's still 7,000,000 people... or almost the population of New York City. That's a lot of racism in a wonderful country. So it's easy to see how we together as one country can be both at the same time.
@abc3643 Ah the "Block" move. Another cowardly tool utilized by the perpetually incorrect and perpetually stupid that have no natural ability to win a debate or argument solely on merit. Oh well whatever. Enjoy your ignorant echo chamber and shitposting your life away. 👍
I’m Chinese American, and Americans aren’t even that racist. You want real racism? Go visit Asia, and see how they treat you there. If you’re Asian, or White that’s fine, but if you’re Black look up how they treat Blacks in Guangzhou.
So no I don’t think Americans are racist, and I feel very privileged to live in America rather than under Beijing.
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Agreed lol I think people don't understand unless they've come from other countries
I can understand that things elsewhere are worse, but that's not an excuse for bad behavior elsewhere. Someone else being a thief doesn't excuse my theft.
Ay! Mi gente! I am also a proud Mexican American This wonderful country has given my family the opportunity to be educated and live a life free of societal corruption Unfortunately those times are changing and its increasingly corrupt. Liberals keep protecting black criminality and its hurting America. Where I grew up black Americans would target Mexican and guatemalan workers after they finished day labor. We would get paid cash and black criminals knew that. We always felt afraid that if we got paid we would get robbed on the walk back home.
Every country experiences racism. The U. S. isn't the worst by a margin. There are countries with radicals that commit genocide in this day and age against minority races.
And again.. Racism in the U. S. isn't the worst, nor does it exceed the benefits of living in the u. s. vs a developing nation. People come to the U. S. for economic opportunities and a better standard of living/life for their families.
That being said, racism in U. S. shouldn't be ignored and addressed. Floyd's death has sparked a revolution in many countries to combat racism, especially against minorities. I'm proud of that
Every country is not perfect. I'm Malaysian. The Japanese invaded Malaysia during WWII. They gave rights to the Muslim Malays in exchange to give them the Chinese and Malays. We were slaves, raped and called zipperhead because they would tie us up at wooden posts and our heads would blow up by a high powered rifle. Everyone in the world suffered not just the US. I don't like when westerners try to involve their politics into other cultures cause the left and the right did have involvement with white supremacists. That's America's problem not ours. Westerners believed it was their God-given duty to be paternalistic figures towards racial minorities. Many were unapologetic segregationists. I don't mean every westerner is like this to be fair.
America is not only racist to the core, it's actually built on racism. From the very beginning when the first settlers came, through the civil war, the 1960s, until today, and sadly, until the future. Look up "redlining" for one example of how this has manifested itself and still does. The only other western countries that I can think of that have similarly deeply rooted racist structures are certain Eastern European countries, but with one major difference - these countries are rather open about their racism and don't try so desperately to downplay, hide, or simply deny it, like America does.
I live in the real world. America not only racist, it's extremely racist. These riots will go on and will repeat themselves. Because you can't opress a group of people forever without them at least trying to revolt against it. Anyone not cool with that - fuck you.
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