Lot's Wife
You know I worship the ground you walk on, but
You Wrote:
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> The key to productive discussion is a clear
> understanding of the terms under debate. When it
> comes to racism, you seem to lose the ability to
> get those terms straight. Thus. . .
>
>
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> > ILLOGICAL DOUBLETHINK #1
> > a) Race doesn't exist.
> > b) We must fight racism.
>
> Your problem lies in faulty definitions. Race and
> racism are different things. Racism is not race
> but rather the BELIEF in race. You'd be surprised
> how many "logical" paradoxes resolve when you get
> that straight.
>
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> > ILLOGICAL DOUBLETHINK #1
> > a) Race doesn't exist.
> > b) We must fight racism.
>
> Race truly doesn't exist.
>
> Witchcraft didn't exist in Salem either, but
> people were killed as witches and it was
> accordingly important to combat the BELIEF in
> witches. Joseph Smith didn't have the spirit of
> prophecy but people robbed, killed, and injured in
> the name of his revelations, so it is important to
> fight the BELIEF that the LDS church has the
> spirit of prophecy.
>
> Racism is a biologically nonsensical BELIEF that
> the ill-educated use to justify treating others
> poorly. Anyone with a conscience, with empathy,
> will denounce that misguided BELIEF as readily as
> they would any other system of superstitious
> thought.
>
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> > The illogic here arises from the denial of
> human
> > diversity (which is ironically racist in
> itself)
>
> Nonsense. Diversity means different appearances,
> cultures, languages, religions, etc. Race
> superimposes a spurious notion of genetic
> categories that do not exist and that, if they
> did, would not align with diversity or ethnicity.
> It is foolish to assert that those are all
> synonyms.
>
>
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> > If there is no race, why speak of
> > racism? You might as well speak of prejudice
> > against other non-existent things.
>
> See? You miss the point. Racism is not
> "prejudice against. . . non-existent things." It
> is "prejudice non-existing things." When people
> believe fervently in things that are false, they
> commit atrocities. Flawed ideology then leads to
> very real evil.
>
> There were no witches, but there were witch
> trials, torture, and murder. The Central Park
> Five did not rape that woman, but they were
> falsely believed to have raped her and
> consequently imprisoned. The only moral reaction,
> once the facts of the case became clear, was to
> fight not against the "non-existent" rape by those
> boys but rather against the belief in that
> "non-existent" rape by those boys. False belief
> often leads to horrible consequences. Delusion is
> real and harmful.
>
>
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> Ignorance--the failure to comprehend the meanings
> of words and the concomitant belief in
> falsehoods--often has profoundly negative
> consequences. Racism, the misguided belief that
> race is a scientifically meaningful concept, is
> one of myriad flavors of ignorance. The answer to
> such destructive canards is education--at least
> for those who care to know the truth.
>
> But one really can't get anywhere until he has
> grasped the meanings of the basic words. Race is
> not racism any more than capitalism is the same
> thing as capital or animism the same as animals.
> That should be obvious.
The way I think of it is that there were 16 well defined different species of humans, (Homos) besides Homo Sapiens Sapiens. There were also likely other sub species of Homo Sapiens, like Homo Neanderthal and Homo Denisovan,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_taxonomy#Speciesand our predecessor, Homo Sapiens Idaltu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens_idaltuThey've all been consolidated into one species, Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
It's kind of like dogs.
Some breeds of dogs are closer to wolves, some are closer to coyotes, some closer to foxes, some closer to dingos, some closer to African Wild dogs, but they can all interbreed. Even a Chihuahua can interbreed with a St. Bernard.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/320881542181674967/?autologin=trueThere is such a thing as race just as there is such an thing as different types of dogs.
If there were no such thing as race they wouldn't require you to answer what race you are on the Census form.
I tried not answering that question one time. I wrote on the form, "Not a Racist". The Census Bureau went out of their way to call me at work and get an answer from me. They told me that , "Not a Racist" wasn't an option.
I said, "Well, I don't know. Is there a test you can take to tell you what race you are?
No.
So how do I tell? Because I'm not white. Snow is white and I'm a lot more brown than snow. I'm not black. Coal is black and I'm a lot lighter than coal. I could be part Native American, or Hispanic I suppose, just based upon my skin color, but I spend a lot of time in the sun so I'm pretty beige. Mark me down as Beige!
That's not an option sir.
What is an option?
White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Pick one.
Like I said, "Not a racist."
Like I said, "That's not an option."
What if my family is from South Africa, but they're not black?
Then you're probably white, right?
I already told you I'm not white. I find that offensive. Frosty the Snowman is white. Not me.
Well your name sounds white. I'm just going to mark you down as white.
So why'd you even bother calling me?
What does it matter what color my skin is?
Have a good day sir.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/11/2019 12:57AM by koriwhore.