(April 23, 2016 at 2:35 am)paulpablo Wrote:(April 23, 2016 at 2:25 am)Goosebump Wrote: I suppose you can be racist against white people. But speaking as an american (US) it's kinda silly imo. 63% of the country is white. It's the "default" position. As white you get all the standard benefits and considerations.
Whites make up about 59% of those incarcerated, vs 38% of blacks who are only 13% of the population.
10% of whites are in poverty vs 27% of blacks in the US.
41% of whites have college degrees vs 22% of blacks.
The "default" position seems pretty good. So white racism, is what? Reminding white people how they have it better? Like the term "Honkey". Oh noes! A slur because what, white people have so many more opportunities and fewer pit falls?
*all stats were just quick googles.
Why would you think racism can only happen in America?
In America what if you have a population where black people outnumber white people and a white person gets singled out and killed?
Also white people don't just get to not be incarcerated, they commit a lot less murder than black people but more than Asians. They're incarcerated more than Asians but less than blacks as a result. They don't just get college degrees for the sake of being white, they perform better than black people, but not as good as Asians, which makes academic success more of an Asian privilage than a white benefit and consideration.
This isn't to say there's no racism involved in the prison or education system at all and that it doesn't exist but your post is claiming as a white person you "get" these things, like a get out of jail free card and a good education card.
***emphasis mine***
Not sure if you mean to straw-man me or just read something between the lines that wasn't there. I live in the US so that's where my experience is, I think it would be disingenuous of me to talk about Uzbekistan because I don't live there even though I can google numbers about it.
If you read my post you'll see I never claimed any of those things. I also never said what race I was so not sure what your on about with that.
Again, if your just straw-manning me, ok. If you've genuinely miss read it I hope I've cleared some of that up.
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