We Hit Peak 2019

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(12-13-2019, 03:53 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Your posts have done a great job illustrating the problem. In addition to throwing around tired stereotypes and generalization, you're out right promoting a straw-man and refusing to broaden your perspective beyond what you're entrenched in.

The reality is "well spoken" and "articulate" are often times used exclusively for black people by white people in situations where it would be a given that the individual can speak clearly. There is no actual outcry claiming intentional racism on Bloomberg's part or when Obama was called "the first articulate... African American candidate" by Biden. The dialogue has been on how the language has been used in the past and the unintentional meaning behind it and then how we can learn from it and be better.

One of the worst responses to addressing implicit bias is to suggest that addressing it causes more problems. It doesn't. That's just a intellectually lazy response. Refusing to learn isn't admirable. I've recommended that people read any of the links I posted, but particularly the Times article. It's clear no one has, and it seems like the reason why is that people do not care about educating themselves on this issue. They'd rather just spit out what they've believed based on their experiences and not those of anyone else. 

I read it. It was an enjoyable read and reflective of everything my wife and our black friends have said to me (and what I've witnessed through them) about this topic in the past.