>>"Here's another slab of reality for you: you utterly failed in your attempt to discredit my original claim"
Your claim has no merit. There is nothing to discredit. You can throw whatever bullshit you want out there and call it a claim. You have not presented any evidence in support of your claim either. But sure, indulge yourself and stay in your own reality bubble. (BTW, I think Trump may have trademarked that move/strategy of throwing bullshit claims and calling them facts. Are you violating his copyrighted moves? He may sue you - be careful)
Here's a claim that is as ridiculous as yours:
[Israeli Zionists are the most gentle, peace-loving and conscientious people on the planet. I don't need to provide any evidence for my claim. That is the structural reality. Maybe you should dial back the snark and ask yourself what other lies you've swallowed. What? You don't see the reality in my statement about the character of Israeli Zionists? Are you blind? I guess you failed to discredit my claim.]
PS: Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media. CRT also considers racism to be systemic in various laws and rules, and not based only on individuals' prejudices. The word critical in the name is an academic reference to critical theory rather than criticizing or blaming individuals.
I know what CRT is. It's bogus, anti-white, social poison. I used to live in China. There were lots of aspects of Chinese society and law that favored Chinese people over a white guy like me. Is China guilty of structural racism? Should China dismantle Chineseness? As a white man, I would be ashamed to demand Chinese change their culture and their country to favor me over them. No, I don't need to attack their Chineseness. I can make my own culture without needing to force anybody else to change theirs for my benefit.
You seem to be beyond help (not to mention logic). I don't think reading anything would help a person like you, and critical thinking seems beyond your reach (or abilities).
Enjoy your illusions (and your reality bubble) for as long as they last.
Jenny: yes, partly it is poverty. Black people tend to have a more difficult time finding work (because of racist attitudes) and are, therefore, more likely to be poor.
The elephant in the room is not "racism" or "poverty", those are definitely factors. That elephant is EDUCATION.
When a person graduates from high school and cannot read, cannot do basic math and cannot write legibly, how does this prepare any child for the job market? I do not care if you are black, white, yellow, red or some mixture of these; the person who is deficient in these areas is not going to get a "good" job, they cannot even qualify for ANY job. That is not "racism".
Using Chicago, LA and NYC as examples, these cities spend more per student than almost any other large metro area in the country. This is a fact. They also have some of the lowest graduation rates and test scores in the nation, period. When children excel in school, this removes the Primary roadblock to success in later life, regardless of race or any other factor. The Public, Federally controlled and financed education system in the USA has failed us all, and failed miserably.
I had a friend in high school who had a Black father and an Asian mother. He was not educationally deficient in any way, his parents made sure that he was prepared for the world. He also had structure and discipline in the home. He was one of the brightest people in the class of 1400 people. We respected each other and there was never a thought given as to the color of our skin. Educational excellence and self discipline are the keys to success later in life.
It is way more complicated than your presentation. Maybe look in WHY some people do not get through school. There are people of every skin colour and ethnicity that are in this situation. What is it about our system that allows this to happen?
Yes, blacks are such helpless children that their own behavior has no effect at all in our adult world. We superior whites are so far above blacks that our "attitudes" alone determine the life outcomes of that entire population
Jenny, the statistics are out there on the internet (if you are interested). You do have to make the effort to look them up though.
>>"I think this is more about poverty."
Jenny, this is why it would behoove you to learn about CRT - it is not just ONE factor. It is multiple factors and requires an understanding of 'INTERSECTIONALITY' too.
**Intersectionality: is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these factors include gender, caste, sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, disability, height, age, and weight. The term intersectionality was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. She describes how interlocking systems of power affect those who are most marginalized in society. Activists and academics use the framework to promote social and political egalitarianism.
** CRT: CRT is also used in sociology to explain social, political, and legal structures and power distribution as through a "lens" focusing on the concept of race, and experiences of racism. For example, the CRT conceptual framework examines racial bias in laws and legal institutions, such as highly disparate rates of incarceration among racial groups in the United States.
Your infantile attitude and immaturity hints at your state of mind. Enjoy your "perceived victory" as your thinking exists in its own reality bubble that is at contradiction with the world.
You wouldn't know what "character" is even if it come up to your face and bitch-slapped you. I (almost) feel sorry for you...
I don't know about China, but in the U.S. there is no objectively valid definition of "White", as in "White person"; there are, therefore, no "White persons" who could be discriminated against as such by the police, the courts, the legislatures, and so forth. Any such categorization could be legally challenged.
How about Asian? Do you know an Asian when you see one? Is there an "objectively valid" definition of Asian somewhere you can point to.
If you see a picture of the US swim team and someone asks you whether it is too white, are you just completely confused? Do you look at the 100 percent white team and, in your mind, it's just an undefined chaos of Samoans and Pygmies and Eskimos and Haitians? If everyone promoted into a management position in your company is white, however incompetent, while competent non-whites are left at a lower pay grade and someone asks you whether there is discrimination in favor of whites at your company, would you just get a perplexed look on your face and say, gosh, I can't tell you. I have no objectively valid definition of white at my disposal with which to make that determination. If a white police officer shoots an unarmed black man and your friends call you up to see whether you want to join them in a riot, are you going to say, well, I would, but there is no "white" police officer to riot against that would stand up in court.
>>"Here's another slab of reality for you: you utterly failed in your attempt to discredit my original claim"
Your claim has no merit. There is nothing to discredit. You can throw whatever bullshit you want out there and call it a claim. You have not presented any evidence in support of your claim either. But sure, indulge yourself and stay in your own reality bubble. (BTW, I think Trump may have trademarked that move/strategy of throwing bullshit claims and calling them facts. Are you violating his copyrighted moves? He may sue you - be careful)
Here's a claim that is as ridiculous as yours:
[Israeli Zionists are the most gentle, peace-loving and conscientious people on the planet. I don't need to provide any evidence for my claim. That is the structural reality. Maybe you should dial back the snark and ask yourself what other lies you've swallowed. What? You don't see the reality in my statement about the character of Israeli Zionists? Are you blind? I guess you failed to discredit my claim.]
PS: Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media. CRT also considers racism to be systemic in various laws and rules, and not based only on individuals' prejudices. The word critical in the name is an academic reference to critical theory rather than criticizing or blaming individuals.
Check out "Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6112586-critical-race-theory).
Craig is a racist piece of garbage 🤷♀️
So?
I know what CRT is. It's bogus, anti-white, social poison. I used to live in China. There were lots of aspects of Chinese society and law that favored Chinese people over a white guy like me. Is China guilty of structural racism? Should China dismantle Chineseness? As a white man, I would be ashamed to demand Chinese change their culture and their country to favor me over them. No, I don't need to attack their Chineseness. I can make my own culture without needing to force anybody else to change theirs for my benefit.
You seem to be beyond help (not to mention logic). I don't think reading anything would help a person like you, and critical thinking seems beyond your reach (or abilities).
Enjoy your illusions (and your reality bubble) for as long as they last.
Maybe one should find the figures of how many black people are incarcerated as opposed to whites?
On top of this, from what I understand, many blacks have to use a Public Defender and many cannot pay bail so they sit in Jail waiting for a PD.
I think this is more about poverty.
Jenny: yes, partly it is poverty. Black people tend to have a more difficult time finding work (because of racist attitudes) and are, therefore, more likely to be poor.
Wow. You sound like the Governor of New York that thinks black kids don’t know what a computer is.
what????
The elephant in the room is not "racism" or "poverty", those are definitely factors. That elephant is EDUCATION.
When a person graduates from high school and cannot read, cannot do basic math and cannot write legibly, how does this prepare any child for the job market? I do not care if you are black, white, yellow, red or some mixture of these; the person who is deficient in these areas is not going to get a "good" job, they cannot even qualify for ANY job. That is not "racism".
Using Chicago, LA and NYC as examples, these cities spend more per student than almost any other large metro area in the country. This is a fact. They also have some of the lowest graduation rates and test scores in the nation, period. When children excel in school, this removes the Primary roadblock to success in later life, regardless of race or any other factor. The Public, Federally controlled and financed education system in the USA has failed us all, and failed miserably.
I had a friend in high school who had a Black father and an Asian mother. He was not educationally deficient in any way, his parents made sure that he was prepared for the world. He also had structure and discipline in the home. He was one of the brightest people in the class of 1400 people. We respected each other and there was never a thought given as to the color of our skin. Educational excellence and self discipline are the keys to success later in life.
It is way more complicated than your presentation. Maybe look in WHY some people do not get through school. There are people of every skin colour and ethnicity that are in this situation. What is it about our system that allows this to happen?
Yes, blacks are such helpless children that their own behavior has no effect at all in our adult world. We superior whites are so far above blacks that our "attitudes" alone determine the life outcomes of that entire population
Well, please, Craig Nelson, consider me to be an inferior white. I would not ever want to be a twisted, screwed up human like you.
Jenny, the statistics are out there on the internet (if you are interested). You do have to make the effort to look them up though.
>>"I think this is more about poverty."
Jenny, this is why it would behoove you to learn about CRT - it is not just ONE factor. It is multiple factors and requires an understanding of 'INTERSECTIONALITY' too.
**Intersectionality: is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these factors include gender, caste, sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, disability, height, age, and weight. The term intersectionality was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. She describes how interlocking systems of power affect those who are most marginalized in society. Activists and academics use the framework to promote social and political egalitarianism.
** CRT: CRT is also used in sociology to explain social, political, and legal structures and power distribution as through a "lens" focusing on the concept of race, and experiences of racism. For example, the CRT conceptual framework examines racial bias in laws and legal institutions, such as highly disparate rates of incarceration among racial groups in the United States.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate)
Whatever. In the US, during an arrest, an unarmed white guy is more likely to die at the hands of the police than an unarmed black guy.
Hmmm.
I know, right? Who is it feeding us such lies? And why?
I accept your surrender.
The fact that you think about this discussion in terms of "surrender" says more about you than anything else.
Yeah. I won. You lost.
But, if I had lost, I would have had the character to own up to it.
Your infantile attitude and immaturity hints at your state of mind. Enjoy your "perceived victory" as your thinking exists in its own reality bubble that is at contradiction with the world.
You wouldn't know what "character" is even if it come up to your face and bitch-slapped you. I (almost) feel sorry for you...
I don't know about China, but in the U.S. there is no objectively valid definition of "White", as in "White person"; there are, therefore, no "White persons" who could be discriminated against as such by the police, the courts, the legislatures, and so forth. Any such categorization could be legally challenged.
<sigh>
How about Asian? Do you know an Asian when you see one? Is there an "objectively valid" definition of Asian somewhere you can point to.
If you see a picture of the US swim team and someone asks you whether it is too white, are you just completely confused? Do you look at the 100 percent white team and, in your mind, it's just an undefined chaos of Samoans and Pygmies and Eskimos and Haitians? If everyone promoted into a management position in your company is white, however incompetent, while competent non-whites are left at a lower pay grade and someone asks you whether there is discrimination in favor of whites at your company, would you just get a perplexed look on your face and say, gosh, I can't tell you. I have no objectively valid definition of white at my disposal with which to make that determination. If a white police officer shoots an unarmed black man and your friends call you up to see whether you want to join them in a riot, are you going to say, well, I would, but there is no "white" police officer to riot against that would stand up in court.
I too spent a lot of time in China and what you are saying is simply not true.
Where'd you stay? The Shanghai Marriott?
Ever hear of hu kou?
Good on you Chang!
russian-bot, What brought that on! When Chang deserves credit I will tell him so. Goes for you too. Don't be jealous!! 😛