RE: Peterson's 12 Rules For Life, have you heard of this?
September 10, 2018 at 5:53 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2018 at 5:56 pm by bennyboy.)
Yeah, yeah. I know that you know that I know. . . so cite the source, and get the money sent.
I never had an inaccurate picture of scientific racism-- that would be you, since you cannot differentiate between racism and simple statistical facts. There are a lot of ways in which black people in the US differ from white people as a demographic: IQ, average income, % under poverty line, single parenthood, level of religious ideology, violent crime, time in prison, etc.
Talking about these issues isn't racist unless you intend to use the facts to justify either neglecting the problem or aggravating it. And it's not scientific racism at all, since it doesn't point to evolution or any other scientific field for validation of the neglect or aggravation.
In fact, in order to bring about equality, ALL these issues are going to have to be solved-- and refusing to consider them because you conflate statistical issues with "scientific racism" is just about the best possible way you could come up with to gurantee they never get solved.
Did white people ultimately create this situation? Certainly, and how could it be claimed otherwise? Africans didn't choose to get shackled and brought over on boats.
Okay, so let's grant that however you view the specifics on the ground, ultimately the problem goes back to white vs. black racism. Now what? Instead of puffing up your chest and shouting "Racism is baaaad. We shouldn' doooo it!" you're going to have to up your game. So far, my (horribly racist, alt-right, slimy piece-of-shit) views have generated real ideas:
-releasing prisoners, and making sure they have enough opportunities and incentives to keep them from returning. (You: "Are you calling black people LAZY, bruh!?")
-accepting that even if heritability is 80%, 20% is more than enough to justify investing in childhood programs.
-establishing health care and drug treatment programs
Your answer to any idea I've come up with so far is: "Yeah, but even if you do that. . . racism!" So what? You still have to try and actually do something. Do you not see the hypocrisy, here? I'm using stats you call racist in order to try and figure out how to apply positive change. You are using memes you consider PC to avoid having to do that.
I never had an inaccurate picture of scientific racism-- that would be you, since you cannot differentiate between racism and simple statistical facts. There are a lot of ways in which black people in the US differ from white people as a demographic: IQ, average income, % under poverty line, single parenthood, level of religious ideology, violent crime, time in prison, etc.
Talking about these issues isn't racist unless you intend to use the facts to justify either neglecting the problem or aggravating it. And it's not scientific racism at all, since it doesn't point to evolution or any other scientific field for validation of the neglect or aggravation.
In fact, in order to bring about equality, ALL these issues are going to have to be solved-- and refusing to consider them because you conflate statistical issues with "scientific racism" is just about the best possible way you could come up with to gurantee they never get solved.
Did white people ultimately create this situation? Certainly, and how could it be claimed otherwise? Africans didn't choose to get shackled and brought over on boats.
Okay, so let's grant that however you view the specifics on the ground, ultimately the problem goes back to white vs. black racism. Now what? Instead of puffing up your chest and shouting "Racism is baaaad. We shouldn' doooo it!" you're going to have to up your game. So far, my (horribly racist, alt-right, slimy piece-of-shit) views have generated real ideas:
-releasing prisoners, and making sure they have enough opportunities and incentives to keep them from returning. (You: "Are you calling black people LAZY, bruh!?")
-accepting that even if heritability is 80%, 20% is more than enough to justify investing in childhood programs.
-establishing health care and drug treatment programs
Your answer to any idea I've come up with so far is: "Yeah, but even if you do that. . . racism!" So what? You still have to try and actually do something. Do you not see the hypocrisy, here? I'm using stats you call racist in order to try and figure out how to apply positive change. You are using memes you consider PC to avoid having to do that.
