thoughts / comments about racism (white supremacy)
in the United States, slavery and apartheid of black people ended on a national level a long time ago
1968 wasn't that long ago, e.g., my mother was about 13 (i'm in my 20's now). so many of those people who were affected by racism (white supremacy) are still living. if you look at my grandmother, who's 80 years old, you'll find that she lived in a time when non-white people in the US were routinely murder by racists (white supremacists) and the law did little if anything to stop it or bring justice for the victims
just because the laws changed one day, doesn't mean that people's minds and hearts magically changed too; likely, if a person was alive and racist (white supremacist) during this time, they are still racist (white supremacist) if they are still living.
Take black history month, for example. A whole month devoted to the accomplishments of blacks.
for a long time, racists (white supremacists), worked very hard to spread the lie that non-white people were less than human and hadn't accomplished anything
this month is a "defensive reaction" to the aforementioned work by racists (white supremacists) - that equal-but-opposite-reaction-for-every-action thing comes into play here
when non-white children were in school's (controlled by racists [white supremacists]), they were conveniently not-included; it will take a long time before the amount of extra inclusion = the extra exclusion of the "old days"
White entertainment television?
BET is owned by Viacom
MTV could classify as WET if you judged by whether the programming predominately featured white / non-white people
infact, most channels could classify as WET if you make the determination based on whether the people on the shows are white / non-white
And affirmative action is the worst, by far. Take scholarships granted to a college student just for being black. "Oh, he's black, the poor thing; we should give him extra money because he's black." is exactly the message that affirmative action sends to me.
i don't know much about affirmative action, but i am reading about it now.
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i don't know much about affirmative action, but i am reading about it now.