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[–] Moonman_Alpha 0 points 37 points 37 points (+37|-0) ago
They're fucking NPCs. They don't ever define this "systemic racism" or prove that it exists, they just SAY it exists and that's enough "proof" that it's real. Then the coronahoax bullshit... it may be a real virus but treating it worse than the bubonic plague and enacting fascist measures to control the people while they themselves ignore their own rules...
[–] InyourfaceNancyGrace 0 points 22 points 22 points (+22|-0) ago
Yea it's funny just had a convo with one of my black friends about this systemic racism.
"Show me race is genetic!"
"Well let's you and me go stand in the sun all day and see who's worse for the wear after."
"Skin color is simple - can be changed in a generation. I mean complicated genes."
"Okay, well Lupus and Sickle cell are more common in blacks and cystic fibrosis more common in whites. Genetic diseases with several markers directly linked to race."
"Whatever they still follow generally Mendelian patterns, what about intelligence?"
"Well empirical data of racial IQ differences are well-known, and they transcend borders around the world so clearly they're not institutional. Here's a study in fact.
Look you've got no problem with black people excelling, nay dominating, at nearly all manner of physical competition globally, and despite the myriad of genes that go into musculature and coordination, suddenly difference in intellect is impossible?"
"(crickets)"
Don't get me wrong - he's a smart dude. But just like Ben Carson, Candace Owens, Jerome Adams, et. al... blacks who want to except themselves from niggerdom... he's in a transitional state where, despite his unquestionable successes in life, academic and otherwise, he still wants to insist that systemic oppression exists. All the aforementioned realized that excuses are the real systemic oppression, and the black community has no shortcomings of those.
[–] Charilko 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
“Show me race is genetic”
That one has a really easy answer. If race wasn’t genetic, then two white parents could give birth to a Chinese baby, or two black parents could have a fair-skinned redhead. That has literally never happened in the history of the world. Skin color is 100% determined by genetics.
[–] McFluffy 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
only in things that ONLY involve running. american football is extremly simple. throw ball run with ball, and even then when an entire team is composed of nearly only white people they dominate the playing field... then all those players get drafted to different teams so no one makes the connection. all the really good black players are most times 25% white mixed atleast but just got all the really dark skin genes.
go look up power lifting, or extreme endurance things like marathons/tour de france, or actual sports like any riding sport, or "events" where physical capabilities actually matter like you know... war?
[–] Fuckle_Chucks 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It breaks down to this: If race doesn't exist then racism can't exist. The two are not mutually exclusive.
[–] satisfyinghump 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's the example I've used before as well, the physical form and feats being acceptable but not mental.
Although there is an additional hit against blacks in America vs those in Europe and parts of Africa, since the ones in America were systematically bred to be stupid but able to take commands and be physically strong. There's a difference in musculature and bone size between African blacks and American blacks.
[–] soundsalad 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
So crazy that everyone just assumes those cops were racist and that they killed George Floyd because he was black. Maybe they were, but there was one black and one Asian cop there too.
[–] RoryBellowsLives ago
Chauvin was also married to a Hmong woman. I mean she divorced him after the arrest but I can't say there are too many white women that wouldn't have either.
[–] One-Way_Bus ago
Which one is the nigger? I saw the obvioulsy Asian one.
[–] dassaer ago
Ikr, like the "Four white police officers ..." headline spammed by msm got me every time ...
[–] RoundWheel 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
There is systemic racism. Unquestionably so. It's called affirmative action and minority benefits. Whites are systemically discriminated and punished in our own countries.
[–] satisfyinghump ago
After reading over the 4chan meme and later, the articles based on actual research discussing this seemingly widespread 'fact' that the majority of people do NOT have a "voice" inside their own heads, which they typically use to discuss strategies for solving a problem or observe behaviors of those around themselves... to much surprise to many of us goats here, thats for sure, i remember those comments and posts by users who were surprised or satisfied and even joyful, now that they knew they were not strange or something was wrong, others were sad when realizing how many friends and family members were in fact zombies or npc's... and the hilarious response by practically all liberal bloggers and 'journalists' and reporters, who independently seemingly each had the SAME response they felt they the need to share on social media, genuinely either proving the theory or at least adding additional evidence... what joy those days had laid out for us!