The High Price of Stale Grievances

[Belsnickel]

(06-08-2018, 03:39 PM)PhilHos Wrote: But his argument isn't that racistm ended decades ago and "only exists in history and folklore". It's that whenever someone makes an argument that may paint blacks in a negative ways it's automatically dismissed as racist because of slavery, etc.

Often times it is racism, though. I'm not going to sit here and say that every instance of it is, or that those that are come from a place of hatred. What I think is that people often don't understand the background, the policy decisions, the statistical evidence, etc., that could provide them with a better view of the situation. People often discuss the racial inequality in this country from a position of ignorance and that results in racist generalizations. Then, because the words "racism" and "racist" have become so weaponized in our society, it results in conversations being shut down before we can actually engage in meaningful discussion.

Talking about race and social issues is something that we need to do. We need to talk about it because they are tied to each other and ignoring that will mean that it won't be solved.